STEVE HARTMAN

"EVERYBODY HAS A STORY"

Fun Facts

It has taken Steve up to as many as 44 phone calls before getting someone to agree to tell their story.

Top five most visited states - Texas (7), Iowa (6), Montana (5), Kentucky (5) and Utah (5).

Steve and cameraman Les Rose are on the road chasing darts almost a 1/3 of the year.

Steve has logged approximately 100,000 miles and 150 flights for EHAS.

Steve's "Everybody Has A Story" (EHAS) subjects run the gamut - his youngest being a four year-old cowgirl (Nephi, Utah) to his oldest, an 87-year old woman who still does her son's laundry (Bastrop, La.).

Steve's first EHAS aired on July 1, 1998 (Garden City, Texas) on CBS News' "Public Eye."

Steve has followed the dart to 40 states at least once.

Miami is the largest city to which the dart has taken Steve and?McMullen Co., Texas (population: 851), which requires a one-page?phonebook, is the smallest.

He's been to one Texas county with only 500 residents twice and, coincidentally, profiled next-door neighbors (Motley Co., Texas).

The weirdest story Steve encountered - a funeral director who has kept a mummy in his garage for 60 years (Laurinburg, N.C.).

Steve's toughest interview was with a woman who replied to most of his questions with "no comment" (Normal, Ill).

Press Contacts: Jenny Tartikoff (THE EARLY SHOW) 212/975-2856 or tartikoffj@cbsnews.com Andie Silvers (CBS EVENING NEWS) 212/975-3328 or silversa@cbsnews.com