Dec 6, 2025More Random Facts About Me
- The more expensive the restaurant, the less I like the food.
- English was not my first language. It was Italian.
- My first full time job was working as a waitress for a month when I ran away from home. I was eleven years old.
- I worked as an opening act for Tony Bennett.
- I sewed a lot of my own clothes when I had no money.
- I composed the theme music for my talk show.
- I was arrested and handcuffed at the Newark airport.
- Larry King asked me out to dinner.
- I can’t cook pork chops.
Why wasn’t your first language Polish?
After World War II, my Polish parents were refugees living in Italy. While waiting to emigrate to Canada and trying to make a living, an Italian friend was helping them with their children, myself and my older sister. We all spoke Italian for those two years.
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