Jeffrey Lyons talks about "Baseball, his Career, and his Father Leonard Lyons"
My guest is movie, critic, lecturer, and author Jeffrey Lyons of the recently released, "Stories My Father Told Me."
Jeffrey Lyons was born in New York City, one of the four sons of Sylvia and Leonard Lyons. He was the film critic for WPIX from 1970 to 1991, and a co-host of the movie review show Sneak Previews from 1982 to 1996. He appeared on MSNBC's "AT THE MOVIES" with his son Ben from 2004-6. On American AM radio, he hosted a show, “The Lyons Den", on WCBS (AM) from 1975 to 1993. The title "The Lyons Den" is taken from the New York Post column that his father wrote for 40 years. He joined WNBC in 1996 as the station's film and theatre critic. His last report on WNBC was on June 26, 2009. He reported during Live at Five and NewsChannel 4 newscasts. He created and co-hosted the NBC syndicated movie review TV show Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk from 2005-09. After leaving WNBC, he has hosted a syndicated radio program called “LYONS DEN RADIO" and appeared on several national TV shows talking movies and doing interviews. In addition to his work as a critic, he has appeared as himself in The French Connection, Deathtrap, and the TV series Wiseguy.
He is also the author or co-author of seven books, including Jeffrey Lyons’ 101 Great Movies for Kids. He and his brother Douglas have written several baseball trivia books, Out of Left Field," Curveballs and Screwballs" and "Short Hops and Foul Tips." He's recently had two books published, "Stories My Father Told Me; Notes From 'The Lyons Den'" about his father's iconic Broadway column, and "Catching Heat", co-authored with his brother Douglas and former Yankee Jim Leyritz, whose biography it is. A fourth in the series has been completed. Jeffrey and Douglas Lyons have lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Lyons has been a guest announcer, both as play-by-play and analyst, for the Boston Red Sox radio network and Red Sox games in Spanish.
Lyons has received two honorary degrees from Hofstra University and St. Mary's College. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse Law School. His son is the television personality and movie critic Ben Lyons who also uses the name "The Lyons Den" in his own work as a critic on the E! Channel's "E!News" show, and on "Good Morning, America."
Jeffrey Lyons was born in New York City, one of the four sons of Sylvia and Leonard Lyons. He was the film critic for WPIX from 1970 to 1991, and a co-host of the movie review show Sneak Previews from 1982 to 1996. He appeared on MSNBC's "AT THE MOVIES" with his son Ben from 2004-6. On American AM radio, he hosted a show, “The Lyons Den", on WCBS (AM) from 1975 to 1993. The title "The Lyons Den" is taken from the New York Post column that his father wrote for 40 years. He joined WNBC in 1996 as the station's film and theatre critic. His last report on WNBC was on June 26, 2009. He reported during Live at Five and NewsChannel 4 newscasts. He created and co-hosted the NBC syndicated movie review TV show Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk from 2005-09. After leaving WNBC, he has hosted a syndicated radio program called “LYONS DEN RADIO" and appeared on several national TV shows talking movies and doing interviews. In addition to his work as a critic, he has appeared as himself in The French Connection, Deathtrap, and the TV series Wiseguy.
He is also the author or co-author of seven books, including Jeffrey Lyons’ 101 Great Movies for Kids. He and his brother Douglas have written several baseball trivia books, Out of Left Field," Curveballs and Screwballs" and "Short Hops and Foul Tips." He's recently had two books published, "Stories My Father Told Me; Notes From 'The Lyons Den'" about his father's iconic Broadway column, and "Catching Heat", co-authored with his brother Douglas and former Yankee Jim Leyritz, whose biography it is. A fourth in the series has been completed. Jeffrey and Douglas Lyons have lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Lyons has been a guest announcer, both as play-by-play and analyst, for the Boston Red Sox radio network and Red Sox games in Spanish.
Lyons has received two honorary degrees from Hofstra University and St. Mary's College. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse Law School. His son is the television personality and movie critic Ben Lyons who also uses the name "The Lyons Den" in his own work as a critic on the E! Channel's "E!News" show, and on "Good Morning, America."
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