Frank & Friends Show 0069

Frank Murphy’s friend Kristen Detrow is today’s co-host. When she lived in California, Kristen called herself Kris. Frank is wearing another shirt he bought at the estate sale at Prestige Tuxedo. The shirts belonged to the late father of Eddie Mannis. Kristen loves to shop at estate sales. 

Frank jokes that he should have a yard sale to sell copies of the book he’s trying to write. He started writing his memoirs after losing a radio job but stopped when he started a podcast. Tim Coleman urged Frank to finish the book. Kristen says she will be Frank’s accountability partner. 

Kristen offers to call Frank at 4:00 in the morning. Frank says 4:00 is the worst hour. It’s bad for people who stay up late and for people who get up early. Kristen’s husband Jeff did morning radio for 35 years. She says he would show up at 6:05 for a show that started at 6:00. 

Frank tells how he and his coworkers at KROQ would notice that Rick Dees prerecorded the first 90 minutes of his show on KIIS. They had tapes of Rick reacting to earthquakes of various intensity. 

Frank missed a few Southern California earthquakes because he was traveling when they struck. A lucky leprechaun figurine on the fireplace was the only thing in Frank’s house that broke during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. 

Frank and his wife Jere visited Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. They saw displays of prisoners’ weapons and items smuggled into the prison. Townspeople could get their laundry done at the prison for free. 

Kristen and her husband took their daughter Mia to Brushy Mountain. They took a guided tour given by a former prisoner named George who did time for blowing up a country club when attempting to break into the safe. Kristen had to translate George’s thick accent for Mia. 

Frank likes regional accents. In East Tennessee, people flatten the long I sound. Kristen and Frank compare California accents. 

One Sunday, Frank and Jere visited their friend Fr. Michael Woods in Fairfield Glade. After Mass, Frank and Jere went to Buc-ee’s in Crossville to get brisket sandwiches. Kristen and her husband Jeff have been to that Buc-ee’s and to one near Calhoun, Georgia. Kristen likes to get pecan chicken salad at Buc-ee’s. 

Frank says Buc-ee’s was a convenience store but Kristen says it’s more than that. Buc-ee’s seems to sell their own version of things like Beaver Nuggets instead of cheese puffs or caramel corn. They had free samples of Beaver Nuggets.

They sell many kinds of Buc-ee’s merchandise including clothing from head to toe. Frank thought it was silly that they sell no-show socks.

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