>>4@>
>>4@> THE
>>4@> THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ANNOUNCED HIS
RESIGNATION TODAY.
>> LAST NIGHT, WE SHOWED YOU
THIS VIDEO OF A FORMER MAINE
NEWS ANCHOR WHOSE CHILD IS NOW
IN THIS BUSINESS AND WORKING AT
NEWS CENTER MAINE.
>> A LOT OF YOU WEIGHED IN ON
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA 4@PAGES ON WHO
THIS 4@MIGHT ACTUALLY 4@BE.
JIMMIE CONNER WERE BOTH
INVOLVED IN STRATEGY PLANNING
TODAY.
SO, IT WAS THE RUNNING MATES
WHO DOMINATED THE CAMPAIGN
SCENE.
>> LITTLE BOY'S CHRISTMAS MEANS
WHO DOMINATED THE CAMPAIGN SCENE. >> LITTLE BOY'S CHRISTMAS MEANS@
FIRE TRUCKS AND ELECTRIC TRAINS
AND CATCHERS MITTS.
LITTLE GIRLS ARE SOMETHING
ELSE.
IT'S DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS.
LITTLE DOLLS WITH BIG EYES AND
BIG DOLLS WITH RAGGEDY SKIRTS
AND AT LEAST 1,000 OF THEM ON
DISPLAY TODAY 4@AT THE CHRISTMA
TOY STORE ON BERKELEY STREET.
>> THAT'S THE NEWS, I'M LEE 4@
NELSON.
GOOD NIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD
WEEKEND. 4@
>> THERE IT IS.
THAT'S THE GIVE AWAY RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S THE NEWS.
I'M LEE 4@NELSON.
>> YES INDEED.
WHEN WERE THOSE CLIPS FROM4@?
>> 70s.
'72 AND '76.
>> TALKING ABOUT JIMMIE CARTER
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
YOUR DAD 4@WAS WORKING WHERE?
>> IN 4@1972, HE WAS AT THE CBS
STATION IN BOSTON, WHICH IT 4@W
AT THAT TIME, 4@W, OH BOY, NAC,
BUT IT IS NOT ANYMORE.
AND THE OTHER ONE 4@WAS THE PBS
IN BOSTON.
>> DID YOU KNOW GROWING UP
WATCHING HIM THAT THIS WAS 4@
SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO DO?
>> I GUESS KIND OF.
IT IS REALLY FUNNY, YOU KNOW,
HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE HE EVER
KNEW I WENT INTO THIS ACTUALLY.
BUT I GUESS SO.
IT WAS SO NATURAL, YOU KNOW, WE
WENT TO WORK TO SEE HIM AT 4@WO
ALL THE TIME.
WE WERE 4@IN THE STUDIOS.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS FROM WABI,
WHICH IS WHERE HE 4@GOT HIS TV
START IN IN THE EARLY 50s.
>> EARLY 4@50s.
VERY EARLY 50s.
HE IS CREDITED4@ WITH DOING THE
FIRST 4@EVER LIVE NEWSCAST IN T
VERY EARLY 50s. HE IS CREDITED4@ WITH DOING THE FIRST 4@EVER LIVE NEWSCAST IN T@
STATE OF MAINE.
>> YOUR DAD GREW UP IN THE TOWN
OF POLAND?
>> YUP.
AND WENT TO ANTIOCH COLLEGE IN
OHIO.
ALSO DID BROADCASTING IN THE
WAR, IN THE KOREAEN WAR.
>> AND THEN LOOPED BACK AROUND,
BECAUSE WHEN HE WORKED IN
MAINE, HE 4@WORKED FOR CHANNEL
IN POLAND SPRINGS.
>> 4@RIGHT.
RIGHT.
SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL MOVE
BACK.
YOU KNOW, BACK THEN YOU WORE A
MILLION HATS.
I THINK HE WAS ON THE 4@TOWN
PLANNING BOARD AND HE WAS A
SELECTMAN AND HE WAS THE NEWS
DIRECTOR, BUT 4@HE WAS THE
STATION MANAGER.
IT WAS 4@CRAZY.
HE DID EVERYTHING.
>> YOU STARTED ANCHORING IN
MAINE JUST 4@OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
>> YES.
>> AT THAT TIME, YOU REALLY
LOOKED LIKE YOUR DAD.
THERE WERE STILL A LOT OF 4@
PEOPLE WHO REMEMBERED YOUR DAD
FROM WHEN HE WAS ON TV IN
MAINE.
>> THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO
REMEMBER NOW.
FEWER, I SUPPOSE.
I DID LOOK ALIKE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE 4@SEEN MY SO
SANDER, HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE
MY DAD.
REALLY MORE SO THAN I DID.
THAT WAS AN AD FOR THE CBS 4@IN
BOSTON WHEN CHUCK WAS HIS
COANCHOR AT THE TIME.
CHUCK HAS 4@BEEN AT WNBC IN NEW
YORK FOR 30 SOME ODD YEARS NOW.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IMAGE.
>> WHEN YOU STARTED 4@HERE, DID
YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP TO
YOU ON THE STREET TALKING TO
YOU ABOUT YOUR DAD?4@
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ALL THE TIME.
A COUPLE PEOPLE, I ACTUALLY GOT
A NOTE FROM SOMEONE WHO SAID,
LEE NELSON, 4@WOW, YOU LOOK
GREAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ALL
THESE YEARS.
I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, SHE
THINKS 4@I'M MY FATHER.
I HAD TO WRITE BACK, SORRY,
DON'T 4@ADJUST YOUR TV.
IT'S 4@HIS SON.
BUT YEAH.
>> REINCARNATED.
>> ANY GOOD STORIES FROM PEOPLE
BUT YEAH. >> REINCARNATED. >> ANY GOOD STORIES FROM PEOPLE@
WHO WERE CONFUSED?
>> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE
REMEMBER AND YOU KNOW, IT'S 4@
INTERESTING, TOO.
AT CHANNEL 8 BACK WHEN MY DAD
WORKED THERE, IT WAS OWNED BY
JACK PARR, WHO OF COURSE WAS
ONE OF THE PREDECESSORS OF 4@
JOHNNY CARSON ON THE TONIGHT
SHOW.
THE WHOLE JACK PARR ERA WAS
REALLY, REALLY COOL.
JACK PARR HAD BABY LIONS AT HIS
HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE WAS LIKE
THIS HUGE LIFE THAT WE GOT A
WINDOW INTO A LITTLE BIT WHEN I
YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE WAS LIKE THIS HUGE LIFE THAT WE GOT A WINDOW INTO A LITTLE BIT WHEN I@
WAS A LITTLE KID AT THE TIME.
>> I'M PUTTING TWO AND TWO
TOGETHER.
YOU DO STILL LOOK A LOT LIKE
HIM.
HAVING LOOKED BACK AT VIDEOS OF
YOU WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED, YOU
LOOKED A LOT LIKE HIM.
>> HE HAD 4@THE VOICE.
BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS ALL
ABOUT 4@THE VOICE BACK THEN.
AND HE ACTUALLY WORKED IN RADIO
IN MAINE 4@AS WELL.
HE WAS ON IN THE LATE 40s.
HE HAD THAT CLASSIC 4@KIND OF
1960s ANCHOR MAN.
IT WAS CALLED BACK THEN AND
STILL IS, THE 4@VOICE OF GOD,
THAT'S WHAT HE HAD.
>> 4@HE SMOKED 90 PACKS A DAY,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT VOICE.
>> WELL, WE HAVE 4@A NEW HABIT
YOU CAN TAKE UP.
WE'LL GO OUT AND BUY TWO PACKS
OF CARTONS.
>> I THINK I'LL PASS 4@ON THAT
ONE.
>> THAT WAS FUN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> NEAT LOOK AT