Episode 0141 - Filter Buster

Frank Murphy is joined by his friend Mitch Moore, who is a freelance writer. 

Mitch likes to solve the Sunday and Monday crossword puzzles. Both he and Frank try to solve the Monday puzzle as fast as possible. Frank has broken the five-minute barrier but Mitch has yet to go “sub 5.” 

Mitch and his wife went to Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. They spent several days at Yellowstone. Frank and his wife would like to go back and spend more than a day at Yellowstone. 

Frank and Jere visited Tom Kent, one of Frank’s radio mentors, in Cleveland on the day after the eclipse in April. Tom died of cancer in June. On Tom’s birthday in August, hundreds of his Facebook friends wished him a happy birthday, obviously unaware that he had died. 

This episode is sponsored by BoneZones.com (don’t forget the S). Buy books and other merchandise autographed by Body Farm founder Dr. Bill Bass at https://bonezones.com/ including Body Farm t-shirts. Contact BoneZones to hire Frank to give a presentation about Dr. Bass and the Body Farm. 

Jere attempted to take two grandsons to McKay’s used bookstore but it happened to be the same day as the store’s anniversary. The store was overrun with fans trying to win prizes by driving to all five McKay’s stores in North Carolina and Tennessee. 

Mitch points out that the store used to be known as McKay Books and that in the South, people tend to add an S to store names like Kroger, Walmart, and others. 

Mitch recently finished the first draft of a book. He set the book in rural Arkansas during the same time period that he was growing up there. 

Frank had a poster printed using the image of an East Tennessee PBS monthly program guide that included him among some actual celebrities. 

Every time Frank buys a package of 700 coffee filters, he wonders if he will be able to use them all. 

The Tennessee Valley Fair asked Frank and Becca James to emcee the Fair Food Throwdown on Saturday, September 7 and the Sweet Goodness Doughnut Challenge on Thursday, September 12, 2024. 

Frank used bonus points to get a free Frappuccino but rather than drink it, he saved it in the freezer. A couple of weeks later he bought a Frappuccino to earn 75 bonus points. He put it in the freezer to save it for another day and then realized the first one was still there. 

Frank’s grandson Artie chastised him for not saying “excuse me” after a gastrointestinal outburst. Frank started saying “Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo” every time it happened again. Frank explained the reference, which made Artie want to watch The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart. 

Frank will be checking in the audience members at Marble City Opera’s “Tenors, Tuxedos, and Stalactites” concert on Saturday, August 17, 2024. The gate opens at 4:00 p.m. and the one-hour concert starts at 5:00 p.m. Get tickets at https://www.marblecityopera.com/tickets before they sell out. 

Mitch is the drummer in an ‘80s cover band called Vinyl Tap. The band will perform at Ale’ Rae’s, 937 N. Broadway, on Saturday, August 24, 2024 starting at 7:00 p.m. The Facebook event listing is https://www.facebook.com/events/326532536987376/ 

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