25 Things You Don't Know About Me: Maury Povich
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Maury Povich, 72, (his talk show, Maury, airs weekdays) shares the 25 things you don't know about him with Us Weekly
1. My real name is Maurice.
2. I began my career 50 years ago on the radio as a sportscaster.
3. In golf, I have a 2 handicap.
4. I've been golf buddies with president George W. Bush for 30 years.
5. I was a batboy for the Washington Senators.
6. I hate broccoli.
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7. I was fired four times.
8. My favorite movie is Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean.
9. I never know paternity test results before my audience does.
10. Our strangest show was when a set of twins had two fathers!
11. I've never had plastic surgery.
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12. My father was a sportswriter at The Washington Post.
13. I have been to 49 states. Alaska awaits.
14. I covered the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr.
15. I began my catchphrase, "Until next time, America," in 1986 when I anchored A Current Affair.
16. This is my 25th year on national TV.
17. I met my wife, Connie Chung, in 1969 when she was a copy girl.
18. I own a Montana ranch.
19. Connie and I own a newspaper, The Flathead Beacon, in Montana.
20. I would be lost in the business world.
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21. I played myself on How I Met Your Mother.
22. My favorite teams are the Yankees, Nationals and Redskins.
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23. My golden retriever is called Birdy.
24. I love new country music.
25. I would want Jerry Springer or Tyler Perry to play me in a movie.
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3If some of those women who are jilted are lonely you can send some of them to the Great White North, Maury! Lol
72!!! wow! he looks good and he doesnt know the paternity results before the audience LMBO!
MAURY IS 72 YEARS OLD HE IS OLD. I DIDNT KNOW DAT