Tommy Schnurmacher Show - host biography

Birthplace?~Budapest

What's the best thing about living in Montreal?
The General Tao's chicken at Chez Benny on Queen Mary.

Most memorable moment in your radio career?
Co-hosting a show with former prime minister Kim Campbell.

Favorite person you interviewed and why?
John Lennon, the why is obvious.

Other than Montreal, where else would you love to live someday?
Gramercy Park Townhouse in Manhattan. Failing that, I'll settle for a studio on the Lower East Side.

When you have friends visit Montreal from elsewhere for the first time, what's the one thing you insist they see/do?
~I have them try a single malt in the lobby bar of the Saint-James Hotel in Old Montreal.

What's the weirdest job you've ever had?
Night porter at the Blake's Hotel in London where I delivered a live chicken for Alice Cooper's snake as part of room service.

Favorite Hobby/Pastime?
~Surfing political blogs and -- on rare occasion -- checking the price of gold on the Kitco web site.

Favorite magazine?
The Ikea catalogue.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be, and why?
~The U.S.

Favorite television show of all time?
It's a tie between Coronation Street and the Beverly Hillbillies.

TV Show that you'd most like to appear on, and why?
~The Oprah Winfrey Show where I would promote my new book "Two-million little pieces."

Famous person (living or dead) you'd most like to have lunch with?
~Ann Coulter and Mark Steyn.

If they made a movie about you, what actor would you like to play you?
Gilbert Gottfried, in case Brad Pitt was unavailable.

What's your #1 pet peeve?
Elton John auctions or anything remotely connected with Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey.

Whom do you admire the most?
Ronald Reagan.