Name: Gregory Berg- but my real name is actually

David Gregory Berg

Age: 49

Birthday: February 16th

Birthplace: Sioux Fall, SD

Hometowns: Colton, SD

Decorah, IA

Atlantic, IA

Orfordville, WI

Spouse: The long-suffering,  astoundingly patient

and all-around wonderful

Kathleen Ann (Gall) Berg

Dependents: Two Golden Retrievers: Ellie & Bobbi

Current Employment:

Assistant Professor of

Music- Carthage College

Fine Arts Director/ host of

“The Morning Show” for

WGTD FM 91.1

Minister of Music -

Holy Communion Lutheran Church in Racine

Favorite Scriptures:

Micah 6:8

II Corinthians 4

Psalm 90

Favorite Hymns:

What Wondrous Love is This

Thy Holy Wings

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Lord of all Hopefulness

My Hope is Built on

    Nothing Less

Favorite Saying:

“If we pause to think, we

will have cause to thank.”

My favorite Movies:

United 93

Wall-E

To Kill a Mockingbird

Alien / Aliens

A Trip to Bountiful

Harry Potter and the

    Sorcerer’s Stone

The Dresser

Toy Story / Toy Story Two

Monsters, Inc.

Testament

Favorite Comic Strips:

Sherman’s Lagoon

Doonesbury

Brewster Rocket

Mr. Boffo

Zits

Favorite Board Games:

Taboo

Catch Phrase

Who, What, Where

Favorite Card Games:

Nerts

99

I Doubt It

My favorite Active Athletes:

Rafael Nadal (tennis)

Michael Phelps (swimming)

Tim Tebow  (college football)

My favorite Retired Athletes:

Paul Wylie (figure skating)

Andre Agassi (tennis)

Bonnie Blair (speedskating)

Favorite  restaurants

Sweet Tomatoes

Fuddruckers

TGI Fridays

Outback Steak House

Boston Market

Favorite Books (not music)

Living Out Loud-

    by Anna Quindlen

All Too Human-

    by George Stephanopoulos

102 Minutes: The Untold Story

of the Fight to Survive inside

the Twin Towers

    by Jim Dwyer/Kevin Flynn

You know you should be glad

    by Bob Greene

We are all the Same

    by Jim Wooten

Favorite Books (music)

Full Circle

    by Dame Janet Baker

Aria for George

    by Nora London

The Inner Voice

    by Renee Fleming

Putting the Record Straight

    by John Culshaw

Sign Off from the Old Met

     by Paul Jackson

Favorite Magazines

Opera News

Atlantic Monthly

Sports Illustrated

Vanity Fair

Fanfare

Favorite Past Opera Singers

Joan Sutherland

Jon Vickers

Gwyneth Jones

Leonie Rysanek

Christa Ludwig

Favorite Opera Singers Now

Juan Diego Florez

Dolora Zajick

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Renee Fleming

Nathan Gunn

Favorite Singers (not opera)

James Taylor

Kathy Mattea

Audra McDonald

Steven Curtis Chapman

Twyla Paris

Favorite Symphonies

5th Symphony in D major- Vaughan Williams

Symphony in C major-

Dukas

Third Symphony-

Copland

Favorite Operas

Der Rosenkavalier

Otello

Madama Butterfly

Amahl & the Night Visitors

Tristan und Isolde

Favorite Musicals

Showboat

The Music Man

The Most Happy Fella

The King and I

Ragtime

Favorite Plays

Doubt

The Weir

The Glass Menagerie

Glengarry Glen Ross

Equus

Favorite Interviewers

Terry Gross (NPR’s Fresh Air)

Matt Lauer (NBC’s Today)

Charlie Gibson  (ABC World

        News Tonight)

Favorite Documentaries

Biography:Nicholas & Alexandria

American Masters:  Pete Seeger-

      The Power of Song

Titanic: Death of a Dream

Moonshot

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story

  of Elizabeth Caty Stanton and    Susan B. Anthony    

Favorite MTM episodes

Lou’s unwanted birthday party

WJM lightens up the news

Lou’s date w/ Mrs. Duddley

Lou opens a bar

Sue Ann’s Christmas Episode

Favorite All in the Family Episodes

Gloria and Mike’s Wedding

Archie buys a “hot” watch

Cousin Maude comes to visit

Archie gets locked in the cellar

Edith learns about “fair fights”

My favorite classic

Star Trek episodes:

1. •The Doomsday Machine
   

2. •The Corbormite Maneuver
   

3. •Balance of Terror
   

4. •Tomorrow is Yesterday
   

5. •This Side of Paradise
   

Favorite Frasier episodes

F’s new boss is gay

Dr. Nora becomes F’s partner

F & L woo school head on Tgiving

N & Daphne dance together

F & N open new restaurant