Frank Horn is more like a brother than our nephew. He's been busy with his career as an assistant Director on television commercials for nearly 30 years. This conversation runs the gamut from Miami to Hollywood, a life in the business, early influences, and the origins of a "crazy" board game - plus a newly-digitized song from the archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Is That What It Is" by Roger Yale

4:09 - Greetings and about the song / Stax/Volt Records

5:28 - About Frank Horn

7:38 - Greetings, Frank / State of affairs in Miami and Myrtle Beach

9:20 - Chasing roller coasters

11:47 - University of Miami Film Program / Frank's Career in production / Film business versus music business

13:00 - Choosing film over architecture

13:51 - Making movies as a kid

16:42 - Student films / "Future Tense" / Universal Studios Florida Backlot

17:49 - More about Frank's career / Moving to Hollywood, 1992 / Universal Studios Hollywood - working on the backlot / "Airwolf" / Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment

20:02 - Moving back to Miami, 1997 / Getting into commercial work

21:01 - Role of the Assistant Director

22:07 - Shooting / Production trips

23:25 - "Miami Vice" / Key Biscayne / Virginia Key / "Jimbo's" / "Wild Things" / "Who Let the Dogs Out" / Baha Men

26:25 - Miami as a production hub / "Gentle Ben" / "Flipper" / Greenwich Studios / Ivan Tors

27:50 - Childhood trip to Universal Studios Hollywood / early influences and "that's fake" / Carl Yale - "Papa Carl" / More about working on that backlot / "Jurassic Park"

30:58 - Still a fan: Quirky celebrity encounters / Whitney Houston's makeup chair / Bobby Brown / Iggy Pop / Debbie Harry / Sick Stooges / Iggy and the Stooges

36:07 - Hollywood experience / Sierra Bonita Avenue and Sunset Boulevard / Rock 'n' Roll Ralphs / Rock 'n' Roll Denny's / The Drinking Denny's / Gower Gulch

38:26 - Burbank / Screenland Drive / Warner Brothers Ranch

40:17 - "Hollywood Lives" / Incubus / Jamie Kennedy

40:54 - Settling in Miami

41:40 - Coconut Grove / St. Hugh Catholic School

42:06 - "Star Wars" at the Chinese Theatre / More like brothers / More about "Papa" Carl Yale's influence / "Annie" at the Pantages Theatre / The Magic Hotel and the switchboard

45:08 - Origins of Crazy Trans: The Game of Loco-Motion / About the game

48:06 - The Crazy Trains jingle sessions

52:49 - Marketing Crazy Trains

56:25 - Parting shots and future plans

57:37 - Crazy Trains jingle