His sister, Annie Duke, was a finalist on Donald Trump's second Celebrity Apprentice, against winner Joan Rivers. Rivers said of Duke in the final, "You're a poker player. You're worse than Hitler!"
Lederer's father is Richard Lederer. Richard Lederer was a regular monthly guest on the KSFO Morning Show with Lee Rodgers. Lederer was the Word Man, taking calls from listeners on the origins of words, cliches, slang, and proper uses.
-PJ
Yes I saw that name Lederer and thought, wonder if any relation to Richard Lederer who wrote “Anguished English”
and did various talk show appearances? Orig. from Manchester NH I think. Things like: the couple overseas who named their daughter after an English word they’d heard because it sounded beautiful: Diarrhea. Or various misunderstandings
due to improper usage, and things like why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway, etc. Or Mr Spooner who inspired the Spoonerism: Is this pie occupewed? May I sew you to another sheet...Our queer old Dean...(The Capitol Steps do their own spoonerism routine, Lirty Dies and Scicious Vandals. You just whip your flirds, see?)
Anyway, used to have that book about 20 yrs back.