Fair & Just Questionnaire: TV Personality Charlie Langton
You probably recognize Charlie Langton’s face from FOX 2 News, where he often appears as a legal analyst, or his voice, from morning drive time on WXYT AM 1270. Langton has won four Emmy awards for Excellence in Legal Broadcasting, due in part to his personal experience as an attorney and president of Langton Law Firm in Sterling Heights. A long-time colleague of Fieger Law, Langton shares his thoughts on his mother’s cooking, his love of art and why he’s grateful to former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
What is your favorite color?
Purple.
What is your favorite song?
"I Am the Walrus.”
What is your favorite restaurant?
Boodles.
Who is your favorite Detroit celebrity?
Kwame Kilpatrick (I thank him for my new career).
Where is your favorite place to be?
Out to dinner with my wife with a good bottle of wine.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Out to dinner with my wife with a good bottle of wine.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Christopher Columbus.
Which living person do you most admire?
My mother (but not for her cooking).
Which trait in yourself do you most deplore?
Procrastination.
What trait do you most deplore in others?
Laziness.
What’s your greatest extravagance?
Art collection (Detroit artists).
What is your favorite journey?
I’m on it …!
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Responsibility.
On what occasion do you lie?
How much junk food I eat.
Which living person do you most dislike?
I don’t dislike anyone.
What is your greatest regret?
Not disliking more people.
When & where were you the happiest?
Winning my first Emmy.
Which talent would you most like to have?
To play a 12-string guitar.
What is your current state of mind?
Excited.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish my nose was smaller.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Haven’t had it yet.
What is your most treasured possession?
Original Normal Rockwell charcoal painting.
Where would you most like to live?
New York City.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Voice.
What do you most value in your friends?
Quick wit and laughter.
Who are your favorite writers?
Dave Ashenfelter & M.L. Elrick
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Tom Sawyer.
Who is your hero in real life?
My wife.
How would you like to die?
Assisted Suicide (when I’m ready).
If you were a speech part, what would you be?
Verb (action word).
If you were a car, what kind would you be?
The Batmobile (the original one).
If you were food, what kind would you be?
Hot pepper.
If you were an animal, what kind would you be?
Dingo.
If you were fine art, what form would you take?
Mixed media.
What’s your motto?
“It’s all good!”
What’s your favorite quote about the law?
“Never underestimate the wisdom of the jury!”