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Tuesday Aug 02, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0070

Tuesday Aug 02, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Jeff Detrow is today’s co-host. Jeff had a long and successful radio career in San Diego on KFMB, KKLQ, and KYXY. The Jeff & Jer Showgram was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2016. https://www.radiohalloffame.com/the-jeff-jer-showgram

Jeff points out that Frank’s red gingham shirt is another one purchased at an estate sale. It’s one of ten shirts that belonged to the father of Eddie Mannis. Jeff pretends to use a Frank & Friends Show beach towel as a shirt, prompting Frank to make sure there is a wraparound logo shirt available in the online merch store.

Frank has several boxes of his dad’s Kodak slides. He promised his sisters he would digitize the images. Frank finally bought a mid-range slide scanner after a period of indecisiveness known as “paralysis by analysis.” Frank signed up for another Google account in order to store the photos online and use their automatic photo retouching.

Frank watched YouTube reviews to help him decide which scanner to buy. Jeff is amazed by the high number of product reviews on Amazon. Frank says the gold standard of Amazon product reviews used to be those written about the Hutzler Banana Slicer. https://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/product-reviews/B0047E0EII

Frank and his wife Jere drove Artie Rocket home to Northern Virginia and then stayed for three nights at a cheap motel nearby. The lobby was closed, causing Frank and Jere to go to the motel next door to check in and get their key. The motel’s promotional photos differed from reality. The pool was closed. The free breakfast had been discontinued. There were cigarette burns on the bathroom sink. Frank removed some hair from the shower drain before realizing it wasn’t his or Jere’s hair.

Jeff thinks the shower drain story was gross. Frank follows up with the story of how “Jere the Brave” got her nickname. Frank and Jere were staying at a different cheap motel directly across the street from their most recent visit. Jere solved a toilet problem by using the straw from a Super Big Gulp.

Jeff reads some reviews of bad hotels on Yelp. One room had no cold water and a clogged sink. The floor was littered with floss picks. The jacuzzi was the color of chicken soup. Jeff reads a one-star review of a hotel room in Paris over a cheery music bed called “Gaiety in the Golden Age” by Aaron Kenny.

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Thursday Jul 28, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0069

Thursday Jul 28, 2022

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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Tuesday Jul 26, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0068

Tuesday Jul 26, 2022

Frank Murphy is joined by Eden Carnes, who designed wigs and face paint for an upcoming production of Cats by the Primary Players Children’s Theater Group. The performances will be January 13 to 15, 2023 at the Clayton Center for Arts on the campus of Maryville College. Learn more at https://primaryplayers.com/

Eden recently completed high school and beauty school. She devised a method of building wigs with synthetic hair in a fraction of the time it takes to make traditional wigs with yak hair.

Four cast members came along in wigs and make-up.

Eoin Faller as Bill Bailey

Zee Carnes as Admetus

Tristan Hall as Munkustrap

Gianna Lombardo as Etcetera

Eden first met Frank at an improv workshop in Pigeon Forge. Frank thought he went there to take the class but ended up as the assistant instructor. Frank was surprised when Eden was in the cast of The Nutcracker in Oak Ridge and was a contestant on East Tennessee PBS Scholars’ Bowl. Frank once interviewed Eden when she received a congressional medal for community service.

Eden plans to attend school for naval architecture and marine engineering on Long Island, New York. Frank surmises that Eden wants to be close to the theaters on Broadway.

Frank urges Eden to avoid watching Love Never Dies, the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. In it, the Phantom has moved to Coney Island and tricks Christine into coming to New York.

Tristan sings an excerpt of “The Old Gumbie Cat.” Frank thinks he resembles Peter Criss of KISS.

Frank’s friend Kristen Detrow wants to see a photo of Eden putting cat make-up on Frank. Kristen responded, “Rawr.”

Frank was once an honorary Hogette. The Hogettes were super-fans of the offensive line of the Washington Redskins in the 1980s.

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Thursday Jul 21, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0067

Thursday Jul 21, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Erik Dobell is co-hosting today’s episode. Erik is a mentalist. His show, Impossibilities - Magic, Mind-Reading, and Mayhem! is in the Iris Theater at the Gatlinburg Space Needle. Get tickets at https://www.impossibilitiesshow.com

Erik has a friend who pays to subscribe to pizza-making videos online. Frank prefers to watch Adam Ragusea for free on YouTube. Frank’s interview with Adam Ragusea will air on East Tennessee PBS on Tuesday night (actually Wednesday, July 27) at midnight.

Erik has a Carl Sagan pin on his jacket. Many people cannot recognize Sagan. Eric also has a pin for members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

Erik is wearing a t-shirt that Frank bought for the movie Fish Bait. Frank was wearing the shirt when his character was eaten by a giant catfish. Members of Einstein Simplified starred in Fish Bait as the fishing buddies who end up at Fear Hollow Marina. They improvised their lines. The movie is available free with ads on Tubi. https://tubitv.com/movies/638830/fish-bait

In an episode of The Office, Michael Scott takes an improv class but does all the things improvisers are trained not to do. In real life, Steve Carell is an excellent improviser. There are some improv games designed to break one of the improv rules such as the game “Questions Only.”

The Secret City Improv Festival has a head-to-head tournament called the Slayden Cup, named after Bill Slayden, a founding member of Einstein Simplified. This year’s festival will be September 30 and October 1, 2022.

Erik wonders why he got an empty folder for his high school diploma. Frank says that’s normal. Most schools hold back the actual diplomas until after the ceremony to make sure everyone has met all requirements.

Erik wonders if his daughter will be interested in sports. Frank mentions that ballet is as intense as a sport. Frank played the old man in several Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association performances.

When Frank passed the age at which his father died, his sister texted, “Congratulations. You win at breathing.” Frank’s next goals are to outlive his paternal grandfather, his uncle, and his maternal grandfather. Frank likes to say that he wants to be buried so that he is exhumable.

Erik is from Elmira, New York. He met his wife when living in North Carolina. They moved to Gatlinburg because of his show. He is a mentalist. Mentalism is a branch of magic that involves mind-reading. The magicians who do elaborate stage shows are generally called illusionists.

Erik once worked as a mime. Frank agrees that pantomiming is difficult. Improvisers try to do realistic pantomime when holding imaginary objects.

The tv show Police Squad had hilarious ending scenes in which the actors would freeze but something in the scene kept moving. For example Leslie Nielsen was pouring coffee when the scene froze and the coffee cup overflowed. Frank loves the Police Squad theme.

Erik likes ‘80s cartoon themes. Frank used to watch reruns of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends. Erik jokes that poor Rocky had a sad end.

Frank appeared in parody videos for MoonPie. He played a character named Chandler Skootch who was afraid space aliens would invade Earth to get more MoonPies. You can watch the videos on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Chandler-Skootch-692797124483814/

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Tuesday Jul 19, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0066

Tuesday Jul 19, 2022

Frank is wearing another shirt he bought at an estate sale. Erik jokes that Frank might get misidentified by the son of the man whose shirt Frank is wearing. Erik once mistook another woman for his wife. He also approached a stranger’s car thinking it was his friend’s car. Frank often gets approached by strangers.

Frank took notice of his wife Jere’s receipt from Chick-fil-A. It had her full name and the make and color of her car in case she ever uses curbside pickup. Frank wondered what happens when Jere takes Frank’s car to Chick-fil-A.

Frank and Jere took their grandson Artie Rocket to see Erik’s magic show. Frank taught a mind-reading trick to Artie. Erik does a mind-reading trick in which he tells what wishes audience members wrote on slips of paper and placed in a fishbowl on stage.

Frank and his friend Victoria Henley recorded a See More Smokies episode at the Impossibilities show. Erik took Frank’s wedding ring and connected it to another man’s ring. Frank isn’t 100% positive that he got the right ring back.

Frank upgraded his wedding ring on the day of the O.J. Simpson slow-speed chase, June 17, 1994. Erik’s birthday is June 17. Frank worked at KROQ at the time. They did live broadcasts from outside the courthouse on the first and last days of the O.J. trial. KROQ sent redacted versions of the Kevin & Bean Show to the courthouse as entertainment for the jurors. Some other Los Angeles stations sent redacted tapes of their shows too. Frank received a thank-you letter from Judge Lance Ito.

Frank, Jere, and Artie rode the Moonshine Mountain Coaster both before and after they saw Erik’s magic show. When they rode in the afternoon, the manager Klaus urged them to come back for a night ride.

When Tennessee Shine Co. purchased and rebranded Moonshine Mountain Coaster, they hired Klaus away from Rocky Top Mountain Coaster and upgraded all the equipment. Frank and Erik wonder what upgrades may be coming to Ober Gatlinburg now that it has been purchased by some members of the Baker family, who created Ole Smoky Moonshine.

Frank’s grandsons are adept at using Amazon Alexa to play specific songs they want to hear. Frank doesn’t listen to music recreationally. He can’t help but analyze the way radio stations or online streaming services arrange their playlists. He turns up the radio when the deejay starts talking.

Instead of using the Roku box to watch television, Artie used the Xfinity Flex box because the remote has voice-control. The Xfinity box came with free Peacock, which allows Frank and Jere to watch Girls5eva. Artie watched prank videos and science experiment videos on YouTube.

Frank has started using “Hey Siri” because his wife gave him AirPods for his birthday. He uses an Irish Female voice for Siri. He tells it to fast-forward or rewind 30 seconds when listening to podcasts.

As a prank, Erik will go into stores and command their Alexa to play a hardcore rap song. Alexa’s “wake word” can be changed to “Computer” like on Star Trek: The Next Generation and some versions of Batman.

Frank’s dad bought a red phone for their house in the 1970s. Frank recalls that a former KROQ employee named Ralph Garman bought a replica of the Shakespeare bust from the ‘60s Batman series.

Erik has a Kit-Cat Klock in the lobby of his theater. Erik says the clock is in horror movies. Frank thinks that just the tail of the clock will be visible during the opening and closing segments that he and Victoria Henley recorded for the upcoming See More Smokies episode.

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Thursday Jul 14, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0065

Thursday Jul 14, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Becca James is today’s co-host. Frank and Becca emceed the Karns Fairest of the Fair Pageant on Saturday. The pageant winners will appear at the Karns Community Fair this Saturday, July 16. They can also go on to compete at the Tennessee Valley Fair.

Becca is still asked to emcee events even though she is no longer on the radio. Frank points out that there are more emcee gigs than there are local deejays now that so many stations run syndicated shows or use voice-tracked deejays from other cities.

Frank loves the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous, which satirizes beauty pageants. The film is hard to find because of its politically incorrect humor. He thought it would be fun to emcee a pageant.

Frank learned that emceeing a pageant can be challenging because the contestant descriptions are often written in first person and must be transposed to third person. The Karns pageant has gotten better organized each year. It also goes more smoothly with a competent co-host.

Becca complimented the tuxedo Frank wore. He thanked Robin at Prestige Tuxedo for selecting the blue jacket with a black shawl collar that he wore. Robin also put Frank in a black vest to blend with the jacket.

On the day before the pageant, Frank went to pick up his suit at Prestige Tuxedo. They were holding a huge estate sale in the warehouse. The woman running the sale said her father had passed away. Frank later realized that the woman’s brother is Eddie Mannis, owner of Prestige Cleaners and Prestige Tuxedo.

Frank bought ten shirts at the estate sale, including the yellow Brooks Brothers shirt he is wearing on today’s episode. The shirts he bought ranged in price from $2 to $5. He spent $28 for ten shirts.

At the Karns pageant, Becca wore the same dress she wore when she won Dancing with the Knoxville Stars. Becca got the highest dance score and Kristin Farley won the fundraising competition. They both scored higher than Morgan Wallen and Glenn “Kane” Jacobs who also competed that year.

Frank’s grandkids went to a big costume party during the Independence Day parade in Saugerties, New York. They have a deejay and announcers doing unofficial commentary on the parade. Frazier Smith used to do snarky Rose Parade commentary on the radio in Los Angeles while the parade was on television.

Guests at the parade costume party were told to dress as a character with their same first initial. Charlie Rocket wanted to be a Charizard Robot. He wore a gray shirt, gray shorts, and gray socks over his regular clothes.

Becca’s twin boys are three and a half. They were playing in the front yard when one pulled down his pants and peed as a car drove by. Becca said to her husband, “Where were you? We were in man-to-man coverage!”

If Frank’s grandsons have to go to the bathroom urgently while in the pool, they will jump out and go in the grass behind the fence. When they were at a park in Virginia, Frank had to help one find a secluded spot to pee.

Over the July 4th weekend, Frank’s neighbors shot off a lot of fireworks. Frank heard the retorts and got up from the couch to look but missed the display. It was too humid to wait outside for the next round, so he returned to the couch only to jump up again when he heard fireworks. He missed the fireworks again and again two or three more times.

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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0064

Tuesday Jul 12, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Frank Rosamond is co-hosting today’s episode. Frank plays the mayor in Encore Theatrical Company’s production of Bright Star. He is the founder of Mondbiz Enterprises. He was previously the president of the Knoxville News Sentinel. He is the current chair of the Knoxville Opera board.

Remaining performances of Bright Star are July 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and July 17 at 2:30 p.m. Call 423-318-8331 or visit https://etcplays.org for tickets.

Frank Rosamond was on Living East Tennessee to do a personality test of the show’s hosts. It determines if you are people-oriented or task-oriented among other details.

Frank Rosamond was planning to rotate off the Knoxville Opera board when he was asked not only to stay on but to become the new chair. Frank Murphy compares it to his experience being elected president of the Front Page Foundation board.

Frank Rosamond describes how it was easier to get someone on the phone when he had the title of president of the newspaper. Frank Murphy can relate to the situation.

Frank Murphy has a friend who still uses a flip phone. She asked Frank to come over because her television audio was in Spanish and some other shows had the audio description for the blind.

Frank Murphy meant to offer Frank Rosamond some snacks like a fruit pouch or an Uncrustable. Rosamond isn’t familiar with Uncrustables, which are frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You are supposed to let them thaw before eating them and are warned not to microwave them.

When Artie Rocket was visiting, he asked for some Diet Coke and Mentos. Frank only had some old cans of Diet Coke which did not produce as satisfying an explosion of fizz as a two-liter bottle does.

A friend of Frank’s has pitched a show idea. The friend wants to have her daughter demonstrate the wigs and face paint she has designed for an upcoming production of Cats.

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Tuesday Jul 05, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0063

Tuesday Jul 05, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Tim Coleman is filling in for Kathryn Frady, who is working at Opéra Louisiane in Baton Rouge. Frank says Kathryn is now vindicated because she kept reminding Frank to invite Tim to fill in.

This episode is double-length and will be the only podcast episode released this week. Tim is here to promote his role as Daddy Murphy in Encore Theatrical Company’s production of Bright Star. Performances are July 8, 9, 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and July 10 and 17 at 2:30 p.m. The Friday, July 8 performance comes with the option for a BBQ dinner before the show. Call 423-318-8331 or visit https://etcplays.org for tickets.

Frank’s next-door neighbor Nancy kept an eye on the pool while Frank was out of town. Her son enjoyed floating in the pool, which eased a backache. Tim’s neighbor gave him a hot tub that Tim would have to move to his own house. They removed the railing from the neighbor’s porch to get the tub into their truck.

Tim was on the Oktoberfest episode of the Frank & Friends Show. For years, Tim has worked as a singer at Ober Gatlinburg. Tim doesn’t know what will happen this year. He says that Ober Gatlinburg has been sold to the family that owned Ole Smoky Moonshine.

Tim used to work in real estate, getting foreclosed homes ready for sale. He would put items on the lawn for neighbors to take for free. Someone once took his “Help Yourself” sign. He was surprised by the junk that people would take, including some filled soda bottles from the 1982 World’s Fair. Frank mentions that Chris Ford of Sweet Pea’s BBQ has a huge collection of 1982 World’s Fair memorabilia.

One of Tim’s grandparents was a Pittman, as in the Town of Pittman Center and Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. Frank met Tim through the Gatlinburg Improv Fest. Tim says he misses the GIF. Frank suggests that Tim come to the Secret City Improv Festival at the Grove Theatre in Oak Ridge on September 30 and October 1, 2022. Tim remembers being in an improv jam with very experienced improvisers, Tara Ochs and Ian Covell from the Atlanta improv scene.

Frank recruited Tim to be a “ringer” in the Front Page Follies during the summer that Tim had retired from the cast of Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre. Tim unretired after one year away from Sweet Fanny Adams and stayed at the theatre until it went out of business. Tim would hide notes backstage with reminders for his scripted lines.

Frank didn’t want to memorize lines for the Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association’s version of Into the Woods. Instead he described the action that he saw. He thought of himself as a play-by-play sportscaster explaining the plot. An audience member seated near Frank’s wife Jere thought that Frank was lip-syncing to a recording of the narration. Jere explained that Frank really did sound like that.

Tim tells Frank to take his course on memorization. Tim says it’s guaranteed to improve memory by 300%. Tim admits that when he first took the class and was walking out of the building, he couldn’t remember where he had parked.

Tim says actors have two nightmares. One is going onstage in your underwear. The other is going on stage without knowing the script. Tim went to see a friend perform in The Odd Couple. The actor playing Murray the Cop had a medical emergency. Tim’s friend said Tim could play the part with no preparation. They put a copy of the script on the poker table for Tim to read. He was asked to learn the script and finish the run as Murray.

The theatre company that produced The Odd Couple asked Tim to open a theatre in the Carousel Restaurant in Gatlinburg. across from Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre. Tim responded to an ad for a house to rent and the call was answered by Pat MacPherson, who with her husband Don, owned Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre. He wondered whether to tell her that he was opening a new theatre across the street. Pat eventually asked Tim to audition to be in the cast at Sweet Fanny Adams.

Tim is in the cast of Encore Theatrical Company’s production of Bright Star, which was written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Performances are July 8, 9, 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and July 10 and 17 at 2:30 p.m. The Friday, July 8 performance comes with the option for a BBQ dinner before the show. Call 423-318-8331 or visit https://etcplays.org for tickets.

Another Bright Star cast member, Frank Rosamond, asked about promoting the musical on the Frank & Friends Show. Rosamond asked Tim about co-hosting the podcast. Tim thought the invitation was just a joke. Frank Rosamond is the former president of the Knoxville News Sentinel and is the current chair of the Knoxville Opera board.

Tim is very impressed by the caliber of the Bright Star cast. He gets caught up in the harmonies of the musical numbers during rehearsals. Tim won’t reveal the plot twist in Bright Star.

Tim likes to have butterflies in his stomach on opening nights. Frank recalls wearing a FitBit that showed his heart rate spiking before an improv performance but dropping to about 58 bpm once the show started. Tim empathizes with Kathryn Frady’s sentiment that it’s depressing when a show closes.

Frank will have more guest co-hosts in the weeks ahead including mentalist Erik Dobell and former radio deejay Becca James. Frank and Becca will co-host the Karns Fairest of the Fair Pageant on Saturday, July 9, 2022.

Tim emceed a Disney-themed event for the now-closed Creative Theater in Pigeon Forge. Frank knew an emcee who referred to an event going “off the rails.” Frank’s theory of emceeing is to not take the train but to use a JetSki to cross the river instead.

Frank was a big fan of Steve Martin and memorized some of his early routines. Frank sat in the last row of a Steve Martin show at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Lulu Roman of Hee Haw came to a show at Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre. She was staying at a hotel in Gatlinburg but was being interrupted by fans. Tim invited her to stay in his guest room and she accepted. Lulu took Tim and his parents out to dinner at Huck Finn’s Catfish in appreciation for his hospitality.

Here is the cast and production team of Encore Theatrical Company’s production of Bright Star:

Emma Andrews - Alice

Bo Choate - Jimmy Ray

Jack Rosamond - Billy

Kassandra Hazard - Margo

Frank Rosamond - Mayor

Andrew Alder - Daddy Cane

Becky Collins - Lucy

Danny Hacker - Darryl

Kara Van Veghel - Mama Murphy

Tim Coleman - Daddy Murphy

Candace Moore - Dr. Norquist

Jackson Collins - Stanford

Brandon Meek - Station Master

Raegan Faircloth - Spirit Woman

Kayla Fielder - Spirit Woman

Delyn Filer - Spirit Woman

Hannah Nye - Edna

Olivia Smith - Florence

Dennis Elkins - Director

Melanie Coffey - Stage Manager

James Templin - Choreographer

Laura Ritter - Music Director

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Thursday Jun 30, 2022

Frank & Friends Show 0062

Thursday Jun 30, 2022

Frank Murphy’s friend Mean Jean is filling in for Kathryn Frady, who is working at Opéra Louisiane in Baton Rouge.

Mean Jean’s catchphrase on social media is AYYYYEEEE. Frank noticed that Jean added a ™ symbol as a joke. It’s pronounced like the letter A stretched out, similar to Fonzie’s catchphrase.

Frank and Mean Jean used to work at the same radio cluster. When Frank got a job on 104.9 LakeFM, he told his friend Steve to listen. Steve said the station played too much rap music, which confused Frank. It turns out that Steve was listening to Mean Jean’s station, Hot 104.5.

Frank and Jean were chosen as “Leadership Champions” when they worked for The E.W. Scripps Company. Jean asks Frank to remember the five leadership principles from The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Frank said they started with the letters MICEE and recited:

Model the way
Inspire shared vision
Challenge the process
Enable others to act
Encourage the heart

The leadership class went on retreat to Camp Joy in the woods of Ohio. The camp is normally used for special needs kids. For an after-hours party, Jean brought along a jar of orange Ole Smoky Moonshine. The other people barely took a sip of moonshine but Mean Jean and Frank took a big swig because they knew that the ‘shine was 40 proof or less.

As Mean Jean arrived, Frank’s wife Jere was leaving with their grandson Artie Rocket. Artie wanted to go to McDonald’s but Jere surprised Artie by taking him to Chuck E. Cheese.

Artie loved the songs from Something Rotten! and memorized some of the lyrics. At least two of the songs mention body parts. Frank and Jere tried to get Artie to replace the bad words with something else before he goes home to his parents.

Mean Jean lives in downtown Knoxville. One Tuesday night, Jean surprised Frank after an Einstein Simplified improv show. He snuck up behind Frank and hugged him. Mean Jean has a new rule for house guests. They are only welcome Thursday night through Monday morning. The air-conditioning at Jean’s apartment is broken.

Mean Jean went to a co-worker’s wedding. Frank was once that same co-worker’s Secret Santa. He ordered a box of Drake’s Devil Dogs online as her gift. He also bought a box for himself.

Frank bought a pole saw at ALDI and used it on Father’s Day. He cut some branches that were hanging over the fence and dropping seed pods into the pool. Jere was a little worried so Frank joked, “take a picture for the obituary.” Jere started to get her phone to take a picture.

Frank always hated yard work but has been getting it done nevertheless. He has two houseplants that he has kept alive since receiving them in a sympathy floral basket from the radio cluster when his mother died.

Frank had so many fig cuttings in the Spring that he planted some in the area that his wife told him not to use. Most of them died but two have taken root and started growing. He needs to transplant them before his wife notices.

An old man approached Frank in the church parking lot and warned him to never use his key-tag remote to lock the car. The man said that criminals would intercept the radio signal and open the car while the driver is away from the vehicle. Mean Jean says he will use his car remote when he leaves Frank’s house.

Jean and his friends played a game on a road trip. Each passenger could pick one CD to play in the car. Only the person who picked the CD was allowed to skip a song.

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