ALL
ALL RIGHT. KEITH, THANK YOU4@ NORMALLY. RIGHT NOW WE'VE BROUGHT A
COMMERCIAL BREAK4@ BUT NOT THIS
AFTERNOON.
TODAY SOMEONE IS CALLING IT A
CAREER4@ AND MOVING ONTO A
NEW ONE.
ALL THIS WEEK WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE
STORIES LEE HAS COVERED OVER
THE 30 YEARS HERE AT NEWS THAT
ARE MADE.
BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA SHIFT
GEARS A LITTLE AND LOOK AT THE
MAN BEHIND THAT CAREER, A
CAREER THAT SEEMS TO BE IN THE
GENES.
GOOD EVENING.
4@I'M LEE NELSON.
LIKE HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM,
DOESN'T HE?
COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT. 4@
LEE'S FATHER LEE NELSON SENIOR
ANCHORED THE VERY FIRST LIVE
NEWSCAST IN MAINE.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
CLOSED LOWER4@ TODAY.
HE WENT ON TO ANCHOR IN BOSTON
AND NEW YORK.
SO LEE4@ JUNIOR GREW UP AROUND
THE NEWS BUSINESS.
EARLY ON THOUGH, HE ASPIRED TO
BE BATMAN.
BUT THE NEWS KEPT CALLING4@ AFTR
GRADUATING FROM SYRACUSE.
LEE BECAM4@E A PAGE AT NBC4@ IN
NEW YORK AND THEN WOUND UP
WHERE ELSE THE NEWSROOM.
HE CAUGHT THE BUG DOING HIS
VERY FIRST AUDITION TAPE ON THE
SET OF NBC NEWS AT SUNRISE.
I'M LEE NELSON AND THIS IS NBC4@
NEWS.
AT SUNRISE THE NEXT SET WASN'T
QUITE4@ AS IMPRESSIVE MISSISSIPI
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BRAD DYE AS
HE LANDED HIS FIRST ON AIR JOB
AS A REPORTER AND WEEKEND
ANCHOR AT A TINY4@ STATION IN
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI.
WDIA AM NO JOKE.
THIS IS NEW SEVEN WEEKEND
EDITION WITH LEE MILTON AND
THAT'S WHERE HE MET CINDY AND
CONVINCED4@ TO HEA4@D NORTH.
AFTER WORKING AT DIFFERENT
SOMETIMES COMPETING STATIONS
THEY WOUND UP TOGETHER AGAIN AT
NEWS CENTER IN 99.
4@ SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY GOT
MARRIED IT WAS CENTER'S MORNING
REPORT WITH LEE NELSON.
LEE BECAME A STAPLE ON THE
MORNING REPORT4@ SHAPING AND
RESHAPING THE NEWSCAST OVER THE
YEARS.
BOSTON BRUINS HAD A GAME LAST
NIGHT.
WELL, THERE GOES THE FLYING
CLICKER FIRST WITH KEVIN MANNIX
THEN ADDING SHARON4@ ROSE AND
HILARITY ENSUED.
4@WHEN YOU WOULD STRIKE SOMEONE@
YOU YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SLOW
IT DOWN4@.
HE DIDN'T GET TO BE BATMAN BUT
HE DID GET TO PLAY NEO FROM THE
MATRIX.
MR. NELSON, WELCOME BACK.
WE MISSED YOU.
AND HEY, MITCH FROM THE HUNGER
GAMES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M4@ HERE TO TEACH
YOU NOW.
SCRIPT EVEN AT PSEUDO4@ OLYMPIC
ATHLETE AND THE FUN DIDN'T STOP
THERE.
IS YOUR DOG GETTING THE MOST
OUT OF LIFE?
4@HE P4@RODUCED THE PEOPLE PLACS
AND THINGS SEGMENT FOR YEARS4@
THEN4@ AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTER COVERED EVERYTHING
FROM OIL SPILLS4@, THE JOB OF TE
COAST GUARD IS TO POLICE CASCO
BAY.
THAT COULD MEAN A DRUG SEIZURE
COULD MEAN JUST PICKING UP A
FISHERMAN WHO'S LOST AN ENGINE
OUT AT SEA.
IT ALSO MEANS WATCHING THESE
OIL TANKERS AND MAKING SURE
THEY DON'T SPILL ANY4@ TO
POLLUTION PROBLEMS.
PICTURE POSTCARD MATERIAL BUT
THERE4@ ARE OTHER NOT SO
BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS.
CIGARET BUTTS, PLASTIC GLASS
FOAM AND AN ASSORTMENT OF OTHER
HUMAN TRASH NOT SEEN ON4@
POSTCARDS BUT FOUND ON OUR
SHORES.
AND AMID ALL THE WORK4@ HE HAD A
LIFE4@ OUTSIDE OF IT.
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS, TRAVELING
AND RAISING TWO SONS.
4@WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO ALICE LEE NELSON.
THIS IS CINDY AND LEE'S FIRST
CHILD AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST4@
NEPHEW FOR UNCLE BOB CALDWELL.
4@WAS RIGHT4@ WHEN THEY GREW UP
CHILD AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST4@ NEPHEW FOR UNCLE BOB CALDWELL. 4@WAS RIGHT4@ WHEN THEY GREW UPD
DIDN'T MEET HIM HOME IN THE
AFTERNOONS ANYMORE.
HE KNEW THAT AFTER 30 YEARS HE
COULD NO LONGER HANDLE THE
EARLY4@ MORNING ALARM STARTED
WITH 240 HERTZ EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
SO HE SWITCHED TO WORK THE4@
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS A YEAR
AND A HALF AGO AND WHILE HE
ENJOYED IT, ANOTHER PASSION WAS
CALL4@ING.
I AM 58 STILL.
YOU KNOW4@, YOUNG ENOUGH TO
PURSUE MY OTHER PASSION WHICH
IS FITNESS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
PURSUE MY OTHER PASSION WHICH IS FITNESS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE4@ CLOSE TO ME.
THEY KNOW THIS HAS BEEN MY
PASSION FOR MY ENTIRE ADULT4@
LIFE AND I'M TRANSITIONING INTO
PERSONAL TRAINING.
SO AS THE SUN4@ SETS ON A STELLR
35 YEARS IN THE NEWS BIZ, LEE
NELSON4@ MAY WELL BE TRADING ONE
SUIT FOR ANOTHER.
THANK YOU.
THAT WAS ALL FOR ME BUT I LOVE
THAT4@4@4@4@4@ SHOT AT THE END S
BACK MAN.
I DO TOO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT FAR
I DO TOO. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT FAR4@ REALLY.
THIS IS A I DIDN'T PREPARE FOR
THIS QUESTION SO THIS CAN BE
DIFFICULT MAYBE.
DID YOU HAVE A PERIOD OF A
COUPLE OF YEARS OR SOMETHING?
WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS LIKE THIS
WAS THE BEST GROOVE THE MORNING
SHOW HAD BEEN IN?
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. SURE. BUT WHEN WAS THAT?
YEAH.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
I CAN'T REMEMBER BEFORE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AFTER.
LL IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN I
FIRST GOT THIS 10 YEARS AGO
WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE THE
MORNING SHOW WAS SUCH A
DIFFERENT VIBE THAN THAN THE
EVENING WAS.
AND THAT'S STILL THE CASE I
GUESS.
BUT YOU GUYS4@ THAT YOU HAD THAT
CREW GO ON IT'S DIFFERENT.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT EBBED AND
FLOWED OVER THE YEARS JUST LIKE
EVERYTHING4@ YOU LIK4@E SO MUCH
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT EBBED AND FLOWED OVER THE YEARS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING4@ YOU LIK4@E SO MUCHN
IN IT REALLY.
YEAH.
YEAH4@ I WAS IT WAS VERY FUN.
YEAH IT WAS FUN.
YEAH.
AT NIGHT.
NO NO NO.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO