 and welcome to my show. I hope you enjoyed our series on Effley Bailey. I'm so proud to have been the last person who interviewed Effley Bailey before he passed away a few months ago. And I appreciate that Rob Baldacci and my law partner, Ken Osho, who came on to discuss their memory of Effley Bailey, and we were both mentioned in a magazine called Preferred Magazine, a worldwide magazine in which they did an article about Effley Bailey and courted me in that article. And I'm proud to say that Effley Bailey was a friend. But today, I introduce the second longest friend I have had in my life. This gentleman has been my friend since the second grade, beaten only by Don Druin Standish and Marty Hawkins, Martha Hawkins, who I've known since the first grade. Jim, Mighty John Marshall, welcome aboard. Thank you, Jerry, it's great to be with you. You're gonna enjoy listening to Mighty John because he is considered to be perhaps one of the best disc jockeys in the history of Maine. But with him today is a gentleman I just met whose resume reads like, Who's Who in America? Mark Steifem, I did it. Mark, you have had such experience, ranging anywhere from being a doctor, to a television star, to also being on Jeopardy. And I'm gonna start off with that because my other show, Me on Five, is now running with what I call, who I call Jeopardy, Jamie, who won twice, but you went on Jeopardy in 1987, correct? That's correct. And did you win? I did. They actually do five shows on Tuesday and five shows on Wednesday. They do three in the afternoon, a supper break, and then two at night. And so I came in after the dinner break. You never know. They tried to mix it up to see who's gonna be the most exciting. So I won the first time. I won $10,100, about $21,000 a day. And I lost the second one. So I just changed my jacket. It's not my next day. So the adrenaline had just drained out of me. Now, I will tell you, if you'd like to hear, the final Jeopardy I won on. I do. The final Jeopardy I lost on. Yes, I wanna hear it. Okay, well the first one, there was a dentist from St. Petersburg, Florida that had been the champion. He had won $20,000. So again, a good sum back then. And so the category was US presidential elections. And they've got that Merv Griffin composed theme song. It's only 30 seconds long. And it goes by pretty fast. And the old days, they used to say, put down your pants, put down your pants with Art Fleming back in New York. Now it's all electronic. So they just cut you off. So I was running out of time, but I did this. And it said, the only two presidents to win 49 out of 50 states. I don't know. So you can do it, you know? No, not even close. Well, I knew right away, Nixon. Okay. Because Nixon and McGovern, remember? Right. Only Massachusetts was from McGovern. And the bumper stickers were, don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts, remember that? And the second one, do you know who it is? Reagan? Yes. No way. Yes. No. My hero. I've told him before. Okay, after Trump. But anyway, so no, Reagan beat Mondale in 1984. Who took Minnesota as the favorite son. So anyway, so I finally get it and I win. And the Phil, the guy's, the dentist's name was Phil. But anyway, he goes, and Alex Trevec, you know, he's beloved now because he's dead and all this. He's kind of a smug Canadian. He was. And he would make fun of us during the thing. You know, the only person that's ever said anything. Yeah, really, well, I'm telling you. You're going to have to cut that. No, no, no, no, no, no. I mean, I'm sorry he's dead. So why? Nobody says, no, he was a smug Canadian. That we let him down, make millions. You try being an American actor, go to Canada, get on Canada, no, forget it. Right, okay. Anyway, so he goes, so Phil said Reagan or Nixon. He said Nixon and FDR. And so Alex goes, oh, you blew it. You forget that there were only 48 states back when FDR was. That's right. Yeah, but I mean, he's making fun of the winner. Anyway, so I got a new champion. And of course, when he introduced me, he said Mark Statham because Johnny Gilbert, he prides himself on that. He came up to us and said, phonetically, how you pronounce your name? I go, Mark Statham. He did it. From Kailua, Hawaii, Mark Statham, a physician. And then at the end, so he introduced me and he goes, Alex said, Mark Statham, is saying that right now? Yeah. So 20 minutes later, which is all the show it takes with all the commercials, he goes, and we have a new champion, Mark Statham. I just take it in my head. Yeah, Kim's main thing. Yeah, that's right. Wrong guy, that's because he's called him a smug Canadian. Yeah, well, I can talk in the back of the camera. But OK, so here's the second one. So the 20 minutes later, now, again, I'm in the same position. I'm 5,000, and the guy leading is 9,000. I've got a double, which is the same show, the first show. I've got to wager everything, and the guy's got to miss it. OK, so I wager everything, $5,000. I mean, it's not monopoly money to me. Now, the category here is US currency. And the answer was the only US currency to depict an event. OK. OK. Now, OK, the 50 cent piece with the landing on the moon and the current is quite interesting. So anyway, perfectly legit question, the answer is the $2 bill. But because in 1976 at the Bicentennial, they replaced Montpelier on the back, Jefferson's home, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But it was 11 years later, I had not seen the $2 bill. You know how there were unlucky people tore up the corners? So anyway, so I put down a $500 bill, knowing that wasn't circulation. And Alex goes, well, Mark, as a doctor, you are used to the big money, and I just have to sit there. Oh, my God. No, he's a smug guy. Well, I'm sorry for all your Alex Trebek fans. Well, Mark, thanks for putting down Alex Trebek, so that my show is going to be hated. I love Alex. So Mighty John, we got a minute and a half left there. That's right. That's why I brought him along. I don't want to have to do it. Yeah, you didn't want to. So you brought him, so you wouldn't have to talk. I interviewed Bob Ho. I said, Bob, is there anything you want me to ask you or don't ask you? I'll just say, Bob, how are you doing? I'll take it from there. That's right. I said, well, Bob, how are you? And he talked for 30 minutes straight. I didn't say another word. Thank you for having me on. He was gone. Mark, you know who can do that is George Mitchell. Yeah. So when George Mitchell is being interviewed, he tells him, he says, just give me your questions, and I'll give you my answer right now. And he's off the cuff, he's unbelievable. Mighty John, you were known as Jim Fury to me, which to me is a movie star name. Yeah. And yet, you get the WGUI in Bangor, which was my favorite station when I was at O and O High, and they changed your name to John Marshall. They didn't mention Jim Fury. I'm the reason why. He thinks he's the reason why. He thinks he's the reason why. You tell me the reason why. He wanted to tell a story, and then I'll tell the real story. Well, yes, they gave me the name John Marshall. It was Bill Moyes, who had a bunch of names from the Dartmouth radio station where Mark worked. He ripped them off. Yeah, so, he had nothing to do with it, because Moyes. Well, no, because I gave Moyes the job lead at WGUI. Anyway, they wanted to sue me when I left GUI because I stole that name. That's all I'm gonna tell them, no, it was Mark who stole it. Now they can come after Mark. No, it was Boyce, no, he was a son of a gun. Anyway, he ripped off our jingles. John Marshall is this boring lawyer in Burlington, Vermont now. I haven't seen him since colleges. The point is that he ripped it off. He ripped off WRKOs format, remember? Now radio, Drake, Chinalt. So thanks, Mark, for getting me sued on this public topic. But anyway, they said, you know, Jim Fieri, that's not gonna take a great story. That sounds a little phony for radio, so pick one. I think they had, they had John Marshall, and I thought, well, how can I beef that up? So I said, well, I came out saying, this is John Marshall ruling supreme in the afternoon because John Marshall was the first Chief Justice in the Supreme Court. That's right, that's right, yeah. And the other guy there was Rick Starr. That was his real name. That was his real name. Rick Starr, and they gave him the name Bill Summers. I said, Rick, there's not a better name in radio than Rick Starr. Yeah, right, Rick Starr. And it was Rick that gave me the mighty part, so. Oh, yeah. That's how that happened. You know, one of my favorite stories that you told me when we were at lunch, because I love meeting celebrities, and I've talked about meeting Priscilla Prousley. I spent two hours. But folks, this story, which you're about to hear from Mighty John to me is one of my favorite celebrity stories. Tell us about you meeting Elvis Prousley and his only main appearance on Augusta. I just love this guy. That was at the Augusta Civic Center. Yep. It was, I believe, a Sunday afternoon. Yep. And I had the last seat next to the stairwell where Elvis was gonna come up. Yep. And the dignitaries in the area, and I'm not sure what city they were from, about five of them all dressed up like they were going to a grand ball, head for the back door, and there's a bouncer standing there. And he's gonna help you. Well, yes, I'm so-and-so, and this is the councilman so-and-so, we're here to present Elvis the key of the city. The bouncer said, well, thank you, but I'll take it back to him. Oh, no, no, no, we wanna meet Elvis. I said, he says, no, nobody goes backstage. And he got really adamant after a while. I said, we're going backstage to meet Elvis. And the guy says, you're not going backstage. He says, I have the power to shut this show down. And the bouncer said, see that mic up there on the stage? That's live. Go ahead and do it. You go up and tell the people, they're not gonna see Elvis because you can't get backstage. So anyway, the music starts up, and I'm sitting in that chair next to the stairwell, and he's standing as close to me as you're sitting to me. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, and I look over and I go, Elvis, he goes, what? I can't think of a thing to say. And he says, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then he was gone. So that was my brief encounter with Elvis. You know, Mighty, the reason why I love that story is because people have the chance to embellish their lives as they go on. And you can say, oh, Derry, Elvis, oh my God, we sat around, we laughed and joke. And folks, I started this off by telling people how close I am to Bobby Ryder, one of my dear friends, and Brenda Lee, and Mighty tells me the story about Elvis. But Mark, I wanna get back to you because among your many qualifications, the doctor and all these things you've done, you have also been on several television shows that were aware of it. And one, after the year 2000, you've been on Hawaii Five-O. Yes. And speaking parts, right? You're not just walking through a store. No, no, no, no, no. I had a very nice part in. It was a pineapple. Yeah, it was in season three of the rebooted Five-O. The renewed, the new Five-O, right. So that was 2012. Which is very good, by the way. Yeah. Well, thank you. This is great, because I played a judge involved in a prostitution ring. Wow. High casting. Yeah, well, the thing is that I was 62 at the time. And the thing is that this woman pretends to be a therapist, a psychologist, but she's really running the hookers. Right, yeah. Anyway, so all these guys, judges and doctors, say to their secretary, I'm going out for my hour of therapy. Okay, and they go out and get laid. Sorry, it's the point. Yeah, no, I, oh, sorry. Okay, yeah, that's all right. Well, I mean, that's okay, that's all right. Yeah, yeah, that's all right. So the thing is that, so Dano asked me, he goes, he plays a tape recording because it had been taped by a private detective. And he goes, one of those heavy breathers is you, your honor. And I go, I'm not gonna, no. And then they go, and tell us about all, what was her name? I forget. Vicki Oliver or something. I go, she wasn't my therapist. And McGarrett says, what was she? And I go, she's my madam. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Right, cut to commercial. So that was a fun one. And I did two on Lost, which was great because Lost was- Good show. In 200 countries. It was the largest indication- Lost, good show. The television show. Yeah, in season one, I played a doctor who tells Jack that his father killed a pregnant woman in the peer reviews scene. Those Losties, if any of you are watching, they'll know that scene because I said you were- Losties, you mean people that watch that show called Losties? I watch The Bachelor, so what am I? I'm a Bachelorette. You're a Bachelorette. Yeah, you're a Bachelorette, yeah. We won't go there. Anyway, so, and then in season three, I played a priest. I got to marry the beautiful Kate, Evangeline Lilly, who's only five feet tall. She was a model. So, Mark, it's pretty clear to me that just having met you in the last half hour, you actually take on the roles of all these characters as you go through life. So, when you tell people you're a doctor, they'll go, what do you mean? You played a doctor, you're not a real doctor. I want to ask you about somebody that- Folks, I love to drop names, and I love to drop the names of the people I know, but in my opinion, there's one name that can outmatch any other, and that would be Stephen King, the most prolific author of all time in the history of the world. You, Mighty John, our friends with Stephen, I mean, you guys are pals. Yes, well, I'm here with my lawyer and my psychiatrist, so anything I say is privileged. That's right, but what I like was your story about how he wanted you, he wanted you to help him write a character for his book, and the other thing is, he did an article about you in Playboy Magazine, which made you the most famous discharge in the country at that time. He was done in what year was that? 81 or 82. 81, and I remember at the time, all of us who knew you said, Mighty John is in Playboy Magazine, and you became- With his clothes on. Right, and you became- God, he wasn't the centerfold, that's what I'm so glad. With his clothes on, but you were essentially made famous by that, and then Stephen King started buying radio stations. I met him, you know, people always ask me, what's he really like? Yeah, I was going to ask you, what's he really like? And the first thing that always comes to my mind is that he is a wonderful family man. Oh, there you go. It always impressed me how well he treated his family, and how much he loves his family. That says a lot. Yeah, and that always impressed me. And also the fact that whether you were a famous movie star, or a D actor, or maybe a student at a fast food restaurant, he'd treat you the same, with respect and very polite. So no matter who you are, he'll treat you equally. I saw him on Stephen Colbert the other night, and I was so impressed, because he was talking about his problems with the governor of Florida, and we all know that Stephen's a liberal, good friends with John Baldacci. By the way, I did an event for Warren Silver, and Stephen King was sitting right beside me, and I said, Stephen, you use my name in your books, Derry's used all, do I get a royalty from that? And Stephen goes, let me think, no. But I have always been impressed with his, how humbly he is about this. Now he's, we know, likely a billionaire, I guess we would say, without much question. And yet, he is so generous to his community, and to the university, and, but you see him for a fair amount of time. Well, I haven't seen him in a long time. I email him now and then. Yeah. Which is the way we connect with people these days. And, well people, he'll say, if you ask him, what are you really like? He'll say the same thing. He'll always say, I have the heart of a small boy, and it's a jar on my desk. He's got. I have the heart of a small boy, it's a jar on my desk. You know what blows my mind about him? My brother went to college with him also. Yeah. And so people knew him from the university main that were up there. And you tell a story about him coming in and watching you do your disc jockey thing. You'd come in and play the records. Yeah. And so he's sitting there in the corner, and Mighty, as you're standing there, do you now look back in time and say, I'm looking at the most famous author other than Shakespeare of all time? Well, no, at the time, he was. Just a guy. Just a guy. He'd come in with the tabby, his wife, and they'd nurse a beer, maybe have one beer just to share between them. Yeah. He had no money. And I was playing at a place called The Outside Inn. Yes. And I'd play a 50s and 60s rock and roll, which he loves. Yes. And so he'd come up and sit in the corner. I never knew him at the time. He reminded me of it later on when we got to know each other. But people always ask me, how do I get to interview Stephen King? The answer is you can't. No, the easiest way is say you don't want to interview him. Turn him down. Because that's how I met him. I turned him down. I'll try that. Yeah. Why don't you come on the phone and say, guess what, Stephen? Jerry Rund, that doesn't want you coming anywhere close to that show. Mark, I got to ask you, because we're dropping celebrity names and it's one of my favorite games to play. Surely, give me one of your favorite celebrity stories. Some of it you've already put down Alex Trebek. How about talking nice about somebody? Okay, I'll talk nice about him. Robert Conrad. Oh my God, yes, okay. Who is in Wild Wild West. Yes. And love that show. Well, the good friend of mine, one of my acting coaches, a guy named Garrison True, he's in California now, best known as the casting director for Annie, the movie. He, I said, you deserve a place in heaven, Garrison, because he had to listen to 10,000 red-headed girls sing tomorrow, tomorrow, but it was the largest casting search since Scarlett O'Hara. Really? Yeah. Oh my, that's a good one. He did that. He also did one of the first mini series, Centennial. Yes. I remember that. And so anyway, Garrison was very, it became like what we call in Hawaii a calabash, which is not a real uncle to my daughters. He never had kids of his own. So he'd spent Christmas with us, I think for 10 years, he spent every Christmas with us. But anyway, very nice guy. But anyway, he had cast in Centennial, Richard Chamberlain, Dr. Kildare came and Bob Conrad. Yes. They were early in the thing. They were French fur traders. Right. So anyway, so I, in my youth when my hair was brunette, I looked like Conrad. I mean, I was, someone like him. So I, and no, more than one person told me that. I just watched Mighty John roll his eyes. Oh yeah, because he, yeah. I mean, so fuggly that. Me and George Clooney, too. People say I look like George Clooney. A lot of chainies, what he looked like. But anyway, so I went up and I mean, I said more than one person did that. So I went up to him. And a cocktail party and Garrison introduced us. And I said, you know, Mr. Conrad, I said, people say that we look, I used to look like you. And they go, he goes, well, we do have a similar look mark, but you're taller. He was five, six. That's right. I meant that he was short. Oh, he was short. Yeah. Like many actors are. Yeah, yeah. Let me remind you of a childhood joke up in Dover-Foxcroft. Who was the tallest president? And they came to say Abraham Lincoln. They go, no, he was shot. Yeah. Well, hey, you're the one with an accent. Come on. He was shot. By the way, folks, Mark and I have one other thing in common. We have many things in common we've found out, but I went to Orano High School and Orano High School never lost any track meet, basketball game or football game that Dover-Foxcroft in 62 years. I don't think that's the truth. I just made it up. You just made it up. Because in 1967 we were a class B state champ. There you go. And we were in 1961, but I do recall with great fondness. And by the way, my minister by church, my former minister, by pastor, her name is Ruth Morrison. And I'm gonna call and tell her that I mentioned her name so she can watch the show. Ruth is from Dover-Foxcroft and she is one of the finest pastors I've ever known. And when she told me she was from Dover, I said, Ruth, I'm sure I saw you. I'm sure I would have seen you in the stands with cheerleader assumptions. I wasn't a cheerleader. Well, major at whatever, I wasn't a major at. Well, you played on the other team, football, whatever. But Dover-Foxcroft, we loved that rivalry because you were a school of honor, I recall. Well respected athletes that we used to play against back in those days. Yeah, yeah. Not that he was an athlete. Not that I was, no. Not that you were. Did you play sports? No, horizontal gymnastics, basically. What's that? Horizontal gymnastics. Oh, jeez. You wanted me to bring him. Yeah, I know, you said that. Okay, I want to get back to you, mighty John. So now you have a new profession that you now, folks, this is an interesting profession. You are able to put a value on LP records, the old vinyl records, right? I mean, you go on air all over the country. Well, over the last 25 years I've been doing this and I've been on over 5,000 different radios. 5,000, what? 5,000. 5,000 stations. And you go to my website, moneymusic.com. Money music. Money music. And you can find the value of any record that you have. A lot of people don't realize the big money that's in old records, especially from the 50s and 60s. Yes. And so I tell them, I do the radio show, people call up and say, well, I've got this Rolling Stones record. Right, right. I tell them what it's worth. And then I send it to my website to buy my new Jerry's. But how did you manage to get into this? How did you manage to even get into this business? Well, I was doing it all my life record collecting. Okay. And when I got into radio and became program director, so many records came my way. Yes. And at that time I knew they were worth money and I knew what was going to be worth money. So I hoarded all the records, especially those not for sale, promotional copy, do not remove from radio station. Oh my God. I removed them all. And... So far we've admitted to watch seven crimes on this show. Well, you know, people always say that. Can you sell something that says not for sale? I said, yes. You know why? Because the record companies sent them to the radio stations. You didn't ask for them. So anything that somebody sends you in the mail that you don't ask for, they've given it to you. It's unsolicited. Yes. And so, yes, you can sell it. That's law school 101. And I always wanted to be the guy in the police blotter arrested for selling a promotional record. Or pulling the tab off a mattress. Damn! Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Mark, you spend most of your winners in Hawaii. That's, that's, I noticed he's got, except you got a Las Vegas shirt on. You got a Hawaiian shirt that says Las Vegas. I know, I know. You saw that. You must have won that, you must have won that at the Bellagio, right? Ha ha ha ha. I think my wife won it. She's a poker player. But you also have a summer in Maine, right near my house in Cable, Elizabeth. They live right up the street. And how do you like Hawaii? Is that like the most greatest state to live in? Well, I can tell you, there's real positive. We only got a minute. So, you'll be sure. The biggest problem is the high cost of living. High cost. Oh my gosh. Higher than Maine? Higher than Cable, Elizabeth? Oh Lord, they call out the paradise tax. Yeah. It's like, it's, I think latest calculated it was 34%. So, in other words, to make 100,000 Maine equivalent, you'd have to make 134,000 in Hawaii. You're going to make it down to 30%, yeah. Oh yeah. No, I mean, everything has to be important. 85% of the food is important. A loaf of bread is seven bucks. Why? No, I'm not kidding you. It's what, I first went there in 1974. Quickly, Paps Blue Ribbon, I was a med student, was 88 cents on the mainland. There, it was $1.28. I go, oh my Lord, $1.28 for a cigarette pack. That was 1974. But no, and the politics are bad. There's only one, it's only one party state. It's all Dems. It could be all Republicans out of care, but there's no transparency. There's a lot of corruption. Milily? But yeah. Well, there they are Dems. But anyway, the thing is, I just loved being there. Thanks. Thank you, Rudy Giuliani. Yeah, yeah, he's Donald J over here. Yeah. Well, I'm going to tell you some folks, what a pleasure it has been to have your beers. First of all, I have shows where the conversation's serious. We're talking about serious topics. And then you two come on and turn this half hour literally into five minutes. I couldn't believe it. He came over and said, we've got the three minutes. But before we end, John, give us again your website for your music. Website, moneymusic.com. Moneymusic.com. We'll put out price guides and tell you about it every record. And Mark, we know that you are sort of still practicing. You were a forensic psychologist. Psychiatrist. Psychiatrist, excuse me. Yeah. I'm a trist, not a gist. Come on, baby. Yeah, and so you're still doing some practice, right? Right, but I said your viewers, if you've got any, should go to YouTube and type in my name, Mark Steitham, and you'll see my wedding scene from Lost Season 3. That I do want to see. Okay, just go to YouTube, Mark. So have you ever walked down the street and people actually recognize you and say they think they've seen you? At the same time, in Hawaii, somebody at a shopping mall said, you were the Jeopardy Champion. Oh, Mike, really? That's the only time, that's the only time. Yeah, because I have to tell you that when I had Jeopardy Jamie on my show, on my other show, Me On 5, I said to her, I said, you know, so many people watch that show. And you know, I once met Merv Griffin at a wedding. My ex-girlfriend married a movie star from Hollywood, Charles Haid, Renko on Hill Street Blues. And I met Merv Griffin, and I sat right next to her at the wedding, one of the finest men I've ever met in a short period of time. He was such a wonderful man. Anyway, we're wrapping up. This is the Dairy Run That Show. We'll see you next month. And Mighty John, Mark, thanks for coming on. Thank you. Thank you.