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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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