He  represents New York City’s third congressional district, comprising much of both Nassau and Suffolk counties, as Long Islandian as you can get, and is the first member of Congress to be a guest on the show, so the stakes were pretty… actually, there was no pressure at all. He was amiable, I was attentive and Mamie Minch was thoroughly musical, a fine night out at the Port Washington Public Library.

•  PERSON: his late father, Howard Israel
•  PLACE: Sweet Hollow Diner, Melville, LI
•  THING: his iPhone

•  RANDY’S PERSON: Chester Alan Arthur