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26 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 28, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Morden says he has enjoyed illustrious career on air Continued from page 20 Morden, who will be 65 in November, did not retire voluntarily. "I was retired," he said. "When AM 740 was sold everybody got fired and it was up to the new owner (Moses Znaimer) to offer positions and he did not offer me a position. So I'm open to offers. However, the thought of retiring did cross my mind." Being on air all of those years didn't feel like work. "If you like what you're doing than it's not really work and if you get paid for it -- hey, it doesn't get any better than that," he said. "I've had more fun over the last 50 years than anybody deserves in one lifetime." While Morden is looking forward to relaxing by the pool this summer at his Burlington home -- he's lived there for the past 30 years -- he's also looking back at an illustrious career. "Being stage- and star-struck, I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of marvelous people. I played in a band while I was in high school and have also been a stage director for some plays, but I didn't Whenever Morden went on assignwant to depend on this for my livelihood ment to interview a celebrity entertainer, because I didn't think I was that good at he carried a tape recorder and a camera it. -- the taped interview found its way into "Radio was an afterthought and it the next day's show and the pictures decwould keep me on the orate his home office. edge of things. It's a "If you like what you are doing He got the idea for lot shakier being on then it's not really work and if these interviews from the stage because you get paid for it -- hey, it seeing pictures of the every time you finish a doesn't get any better than late Ed Mirvish at Ed's play you're out of Warehouse, his restauwork, so radio gave me that ." rant in Toronto. a little bit more stabil"I'm quite proud of Barry Morden ity." the pictures I have," he Morden said every Retired AM 740 announcer mused. time he met a local Some are autocelebrity who mengraphed. tioned listening to his show on CHWO He also enjoyed going to Los Vegas "it would knock my socks off." and interviewing a number of entertainAmong them were Jackie Rae, founder ers. Getting the interviews was easy of the Spitfire Band and his wife, singer "because they're so extremely PR conPatrician McKinnon Rae. science down there. They just opened "Patrician called me one day asking if their doors and invited me for dinner. I I would promote her sister Catherine bought breakfast every day but I never McKinnon's Christmas album and I bought dinner. I brought back some asked her, `What about your stuff?'" said marvelous tape and pictures." Morden. "We became great friends." On one of these trips in 1970 he spot- ted television variety show host Ed Sullivan and his wife in the hallway at the Riviera Hotel where he was staying "and I cornered him. I asked him for an interview and he said, `No' but his wife said, `Of course.' I sat between him and his wife. Now, everything the comics said about Ed Sullivan is true. "When I faced Ed and asked him a question he sort of just looked at me and his wife answered -- so I had to whip around with the microphone as she answered," explained Morden. "When I asked Ed a second question he would answer the first question and his wife answered the second question and it went on like that all the way through -- he was one stop out all the way. "When I got home I had to dub all of this on a reel-to-reel tape and I literally had it strung out from one end of my basement to the other, cutting out my questions and moving his answers to where they should be," thus cutting his wife's answers out of the interview. See Happy page 27 Oakville Restaurant Oakville's Upscale Sports and Entertainment Saturday June 7, 2008 Destination J. BRIAN " Join Us! Join the Saturday May 31, 2008 CATHERINE MITCHELL When you are here you are like family! Family Restaurant, Eat in, Take Out or Delivery "FREE DELIVERY" Monday thru Saturday 11am to 10pm SENIOR CITIZEN'S Atmosphere! " · Casual, Upscale Atmosphere · Live Entertainment · 15 Flat Screens · Fantastic Menu · Catering Available Saturday June 14, 2008 PAT HEWITT Saturday, June 21, 2008 GLENN GROVES 10% OFF PERFECT ATMOSPHERE TO WATCH THE NHL FINALS · Falafel · Shawarma · Souvlaki · Taboule · Seafood Mixed Grill 1540 North Service Road, Oakville 905-469-1441 www.tincupsportsgrill.ca Oakville Restaurant Oakville Restaurant BUY 1 DINNER GET SECOND FAMILY DEAL, 2 medium pizzas, 4 toppings combined, 2 garlic breads, 6 cans of pop 1/2 OFF Dorval $ OPEN: Mon.-Thurs. 11-11 Fri.-Sat. 11-11:30 905.338.1888 Kerr 134 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville Dine in only 26.99 Upgrade to large for $2.00 per pizza Lakeshore Rd. 905.825.1189 1470 Speers Rd. (between Third and Fourth Line)