Hometown: (cue the Howard Finkle voice) …HALING FROM PARTS UNKNOWN (AKA Sheboygan,WI)

Stuff: Born 8/21/1980, Married in June of 2008… divorced June 2019, and currently residing in Sheboygan (all da way on da North side, so I gotta drive like fife– ten minutes to work everyday, en so…) with my dog, Griffin the Elder, who is a 15 year old (or so… paperwork was a tad unclear on his exact age…) “senior” rat terrier I adopted in November of 2021. Basically it’s like having a cranky elderly person move in with me… the house is never warm enough, the kids walk too close to the lawn, he insists on meals being at the same time every day and must be very soft foods due to missing a bunch of teeth, he’s happy to point out when I’m doing things wrong…

Favorite TV Shows: WWE, pretty much ANY pro wrestling (There legitimately hasn’t been a week of my life where I haven’t watched some form of pro wrestling since I was like 5). The Simpsons (Especially seasons 3-9). South Park. Law & Order. Monty Python (either the movies or Flying Circus). Pretty much ANY form of auto racing. And I’m a sucker for almost any good “documentary” type stuff. And somewhat embarrassingly enough (though no shame here…) MTV’s “The Challenge” series. And plus pretty much any sporting event is capable of sucking me in…

Favorite Past-times: Riding my Honda Metropolitan, Fantasy Football, and following just about any sport known to mankind, watching pro wrestling, disaster related documentaries, and old school video games are also VERY high on my list (anything pre PS2), plus Drinking, Smoking (Cigars), and all other types of ill S##t.

What you wanted to be growing up: Either a Pro Wrestler, 3rd basmen for the Brewers, or President of the USA. (Still a solid shot at that last one! Hey, if Donald can do it…) Though being on the radio did fall somewhere in the top 10.

How I started in radio: I showed up a week after I graduated from High School in ’98 (Exciting I know!), and I’ve been kicking around here for the last 25 years or so.

Favorite Foods: Any/All with few exceptions. Though I will give props to a certain local chicken wing establishment as being about the finest in the world, and there is another local hamburger joint I give huge love too… Love Mom’s cooking too. Though if I had to pick one thing above all else: cheese. Gotta be cheese. And the Christmas/Thanksgiving spreads that get put out.

Favorite Beers: Coors Original, Miller Genuine Draft, Warsteiner Brewers Gold, Franziskaner, (actually MOST German imports are at the top of the list) Schlitz, almost anything by Lakefront, Sprecher, Leinies, and Founders Brewery, and my uncle Dave’s home brew. But like everyone else, my favorite beer is “Free”, and Hamm’s will do in a pinch!

Quirks: I almost never wear long pants. Shorts 24-7, year-round. And to answer your question in advance, no I’m not cold. Thanks for your concern. Also it is VERY rare to see me without a hat. And no, I’m not bald/balding, I’m just a “hat guy”. Same with the beard at some varying lenth. I am also a fountain of useless trivia. And I’m a big fan of people’s “silly” traditions (Example: “Formula One Pancake Breakfast”, as in I make/eat pancakes and sausage for like 95% of the F1 races… came from me thinking “well if I’m gonna be up for roll off in Germany at 7 on a Sunday morning… might as well have pancakes…” back somewhere in the early 2000’s, and it’s kinda stuck around)

Ultimate Goals: Myself? I’m good. After I finally beat “Adventures of Link” like 2 years ago, everything else kinda became gravy… My hope is to one day make it on Jeopardy. As far at the career goes, becoming the 50th President of the USA would be great. I’d also like to buy a few more hats. Far as the sports fan bucket list: a Brewer World series appearance is kinda the top of that mountian, the Badgers FINALLY winning a national title in either football or basketball (that doesn’t have the words “disputed” or “pre-war” in front of it) and the one that feels the most “pipe dreamy” but seemingly not totally impossible: hear the Star Spangled Banner during an F1 podium ceremony… obivously more Packers Super Bowls, Bucks NBA titles, and New Jersey Devils Stanley Cups (yeah, the Devils… Wisconsin doesn’t have an NHL team, the Blackhawks are the main reason we don’t so hell with them (and not like my DNA would allow me to cheer for a Chicago team anyway) so I was a “free agent” when I started watching hockey, and Scott Stevens laying people out sold me on the Devils when I was like 13) go without saying.

Oh and to explain the photo up top: yes, that is Miley Cyrus… yes I was one of only 2 males in the “meet and greet” like (former Marquette Coach Tom Crean was the other)… yes I was there with my sister… and YES she was fairly terrified when she saw me…

otto.man@mwcradio.com