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David Franks is the crazy preacher leading that unfortunate | |||
woman (man?) on a crazy prayer in [[Natural Disaster, A]] (re-used in | |||
[[Prayer]] and [[Holy Land]]) and the guy who deals in mysticism in [[Bible Stories]] (re-used in [[Dreamland: A Compilation]]). | |||
He was a crazy character in real life. The <i>Baltimore Sun</i> | |||
published this obituary | |||
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2010-01-17-1001160067-story.html | |||
Andrei Codrescu eulogized him on <i>All things considered</i> | |||
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123747163 | |||
A friend eulogized him in | |||
http://welcometobaltimorehon.com/crabtown-observed-9-footlong-farewell-on-film | |||
When <i>Hearing voices</i> included one of his calls in an episode, | |||
https://hearingvoices.com/2008/12/hv040-spirit-world/ <ref> The page has a discussion; some objected to the call. One wrote that Franks was the Tarot card reader (must have been [[Hotline]]); it sounds like his style but not his voice; joefrank.com doesn't list him in the cast.</ref>, host Barrett | |||
Golding explained: | |||
<blockquote>'Larry Massett, the narrator, gave the tape to Joe (they're old friends) a long time ago. Larry got the tape from poet Andrei Codrescu, who got the tape from someone else, and that's where the provenance ends.'</blockquote> | |||
David Franks appeared in the following programs: | David Franks appeared in the following programs: | ||
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