PRIYA MORGANSTERN (PM): I'm Priya MORGANSTERN and..
KEN MORGANSTERN (KM): Excuse me.
Can you raise the volume?
PM: Oh, you want me to speak louder?
I can raise my volume.
KM: Yeah, louder. Yeah. PM: Okay, let me turn the dial.
I'm going to be interviewing my father today,
and I'll be interviewing him with my sister, Bhavani.
Dad, why don't you say your name and how old you are?
KM: I'm Ken MORGANSTERN.
I'm um - hmm, I think 81.
PM: That's right. KM: Is that right?
BHAVANI JAROFF MORGANSTERN (BJM): Yes.
KM: Okay.
PM: All right, dad, I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions.
KM: All right.
PM: And you'll answer them the best you can from your memory.
So you came out here to New York,
and then somehow you met Mom.
KM: Did I meet her in New York?
PM: Yup. You did.
KM: I don't remember how, when.
Mom would remember.
PM: She would have remembered, yeah.
BJM: Our mom passed away about four and a half years ago.
PM: Do you recall dating her?
KM: Oh yeah, I remember dating her.
She was a sexy gal.
PM: She was.
So let's talk about your kids a little bit.
KM: We had four kids.
Is that the right number? BJM: Yes, it is.
KM: Good. They were great.
PM: Who are they?
KM: You, who else?
PM: Priya, Bhavani...
KM: Priya, Bhavani, and there's a man in there.
(Soundbite of laughter) BJM: David, Dad.
KM: David, yeah.
BJM: David is not going to be too happy with you
when he listens to this, Dad!
(Soundbite of laughter) PM: Who was the best kid?
KM: David.
PM: He was actually the best kid.
No, he definitely was. KM: He was.
Pm: And you see us all a lot still, right, Dad?
BJM: Dad? KM: What?
BJM: Priya was asking if you still see us a lot?
KM: See you a lot?
BJM: Yeah.
Are we in your life?
KM: Sure.
What are you talking about?
BJM: We're just asking you a question.
PM: Yeah, what's your life like now, Dad?
KM: Oh, it's a wonderful life.
I get up in the morning.
Go to sleep at night.
And in between eat three meals.
(Soundbite of laughter) KM: What's wrong with that?
PM: It's a nice thing that is so easy to make you happy, Dad.
KM: I'm very much like I think my father.
PM: Mm-hmm.
KM: He was an easygoing guy.
People used to call him Happy Harry.
And I had a lot of his characteristics, I think.
PM: Dad, was there anything that you wish you had gotten in life
that you didn't get?
KM: Anything that I wish I had gotten in life?
PM: Yeah.
KM: I'm sitting here thinking I have no regrets on anything.
The important thing is I have a family that I love.
And they're loving people.
That's the biggest thing that you leave as a...
BJM: Legacy.
KM: Legacy, yeah.
PM: I want to tell you, Dad, that I've always considered you
my guru and teacher.
KM: Well, thank you.
BJM: I would say the same.
You've been a role model for all of your family.
People are constantly saying to us
how lucky you are to have all of us,
and I turn to them and say, "We are because of him."
You've created such love around you, and we want to be with you.
KM: Thank you, honey.
That's awfully nice to hear.
BJM: It's the truth.
PM: We love you, Dad.