st. louis park. the cohen brothers grew up in st. louis park. a lot of cohen brothers grew up in st. louis park. event it momentous remember was sputnik. launched the first satellite into orbit in 1957. this just freaked america out. soviets were ahead of us in space and they had nuclear weapons. so my parents marched me and my brother into the living room, sat us down and said, you boys are going to study math and science so we can beat the soviets. was a lot of that pressure to put on a six-year-old. but, we were obedient sons, so we studied math and science. we were good at it. my brother was first in our family to go to college. he went to m.i.t., majored in physics, and became a photographer. that's my brother. i went to harvard and became a comedian. but, we beat the soviets, so you are welcome. a couple good things came out of my time in college. first of all, i get to tell people that i went to harvard. wifet as good as i met my the first week of school at a that in downtown boston was 50 years ago september 19, and we have been married now 44 years, many of them happy. franni