Frank & Friends Show 0062

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:

1. Model the way 
2. Inspire shared vision 
3. Challenge the process 
4. Enable others to act 
5. 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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