Jon Eakes Bio

Birthplace -- Los Angeles, California

What's the best thing about living in Montreal?
Living in French.

Most memorable moment in your radio career?
Half way through a one hour show on CBC to realize that there were no commercials.

Favorite person you interviewed and why?
Leonard Lee (Lee Valley Tools). He is a person who is not only real and loaded with integrity, but he is successful. What a combination!

Other than Montreal, where else would you love to live someday?
Been there, done that: S.F., Tokyo, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Paris, Calgary -- Montreal is the home that I was looking for.

When you have friends visit Montreal from elsewhere for the first time, what's the one thing you insist they see/do?
Get lost on the East side without a translator and discover the beauty of French Montreal.

What's the weirdest job you've ever had?
Arc welding missile silos from the inside as a kid in California.

Favorite Hobby/Pastime?
Wood turning.

Favorite magazine?
L'Actualité

If you could have one superpower, what would it be, and why?
To fly -- to never drive again!

Favorite television show of all time?
Ally McBeal

TV Show that you'd most like to appear on, and why?
Just Ask Jon Eakes -- actually there was one episode where I did interview myself.

Famous person (living or dead) you'd most like to have lunch with?
Arnaud Desjardins

If they made a movie about you, what actor would you like to play you?
Jane Fonda -- why not if Travolta could do it in Hairspray.

What's your #1 pet peeve?
Store clerks that say: "What you are asking for doesn't exist." -- or "If we don't have it, you don't need it."

Whom do you admire the most?
Dave Fisher -- because he gets up earlier than I do on weekend mornings.