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Blain Michael Griffon, known as Moon Griffon (pronounced gre-FONN, born May 16, 1961),〔 is a conservative radio talk show host who broadcasts statewide through station KPEL 1420 AM in Lafayette in southwestern Louisiana. He formerly was based at KMLB 540 AM in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in the northeastern part of the state. Griffon is sometimes likened to the national radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh〔(Radio Host Reacts to Jindal Victory | KALB - News 5, Alexandria LA )〕 though his program reflects his distinct Louisiana accent and his own brand of politics. ''The Moon Griffon Show'' debuted on August 23, 1993.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', August 23, 2012〕 ==Biography== Griffon was born and reared in Plaquemine, the seat of government of Iberville Parish south of Baton Rouge. His paternal grandfather, Charles A. Griffon, Jr., was a sheriff of Iberville Parish for sixteen years until he was unseated in 1964 by then 31-year-old Jessel Ourso.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', August 17, 2010〕 His maternal grandfather, Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot (1904–1985), originally from Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish, owned and operated a Shell Oil service station in Plaquemine.〔Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot obituary, ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', June 7, 1985, p. 12C〕 Griffon's father, Charles Thomas "Tommy" Griffon of Plaquemine (born 1935), served an unexpired term as an Iberville Parish police juror. Griffon's mother, the former Dorothy Ann "Dot" Berthelot (born 1936), is one of four children of Matt Berthelot and the former Nethla Morales.〔 Griffon has two brothers, Steven Thomas Griffon (born 1957) and Kurt Joseph Griffon (born 1962), and two sisters, Karen Faye Griffon Leach (born 1958) and Suzanne Marie Griffon Lestage (born 1964).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LAORLEAN-L Archives )〕 Griffon's brother-in-law, attorney Brian Steele Lestage (born December 1961), a Republican,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plug in Brian S. Lestage, December 1961 )〕has been since July 2008 the clerk of court in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana Clerks of Court )〕〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', May 21, 2013〕 Griffon received his nickname "Moon" because as a small boy he particularly enjoyed the song "Moon River".〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 4, 2014〕 He graduated in 1979 from Roman Catholic-affiliated Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge, since closed.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', January 25, 2013〕 He was then recruited by coach and later athletic director Benny Hollis (1939–2011) to the University of Louisiana at Monroe to play basketball.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', March 14, 2011〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Benny Hollis obituary )〕 Griffon subsequently graduated in 1983 from ULM, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. On his radio program on May 13, 2009, Griffon revealed that he had kept a pistol for protection in his ULM dormitory room.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', May 13, 2009〕 In 2013, Griffon said on his program that he owns weapons but has never been compelled to use one for either personal or family protection.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 20, 2013〕 Griffon is divorced from the former Connie Rene Moseley (born March 1962),〔 now Connie M. Pace. Griffon has two sons from the first marriage, Daniel Blain Griffon (born 1987),〔 like his father a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Derek Charles Griffon (born 1989), a graduate of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Griffon )〕 In December 2012, Daniel Griffon wed the former Elizabeth Morgan Ernst; both are from Monroe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Ouachita Legal News'', December 19, 2012 )〕 His second wife is the former Tonia Lou Digirolamo (born April 1963), a nurse at a specialty hospital. She is the daughter of Joseph John Digirolamo of Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo, a retired secretary for the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church who died in 2011 at the age of eighty-five.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo )〕From the second marriage, Griffon has two children, including a son, Andrew Walker Griffon (born 2001), and a special needs daughter, Mattie, born in 1996, whom Griffon frequently mentions on his program. He attributes the move to Lafayette in large part to meet Mattie's special needs.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', June 23, 2014〕 He is an avid fisherman and frequently makes light on the radio program of his fishing success. Griffon was a caterer for nine years before he began his radio career.〔 Griffon also addresses dinners and private gatherings as an entertainer and a motivational speaker.〔 He has been affiliated with the North Monroe Baptist Church.〔''The Moon Griffon Show'', November 21, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moon Griffon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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