Paul Harvey helped me win $8000

Paul Harvey died. Listening to him made me some money.


Read what the New York Times says here.

I grew up in the Midwest in the 70s. My Father would listen to his "plain talk" newscasts every day at a quarter to Noon.

A decade or so later, Mr. Harvey started his "The Rest of the Story" series.

One such tale told about an officer on an atomic submarine, sent to fix a malfunctioning reactor, succeeding at the task and averting disaster.

But later in the Navel officer's life people really don't know about that. They love him because he built houses for poor people and brought some peace to the Middle East. Others hate him for the discussing the malaise of America. This man is former US President Jimmy Carter.

Fast forward a few decades...

So I'm in New York City, sitting on a stool surrounded by a circle of a hundred people or so. Meredith Vieira is sitting across from me and says, "Mark, for $8000, which US President attended the US Naval Academy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?"

Out the things that race through your brain as you sit on the surreal set of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" Paul Harvey's contribution to a 98% educated guess kept me in the game to win $25,000.

Thank you Mr. Harvey and THANK YOU, US Navel Academy graduate, President Jimmy Carter. Two examples of how the actions of one person, can affect so many lives.

And now you know - the Rest of the Story.