FRANKIE AND THE KLITZ

When you were a kid growing up in Quincy, were you a Cardinals or Cubs fan? Both Klitz and Frankie have spent a great deal of time in Chicago. Living in Quincy poses issues when trying to get to a big city like Chicago, St. Louis, or Kansas City; the drive times are 5 hours,…

OMG, do not go see the movie, “Tiptoes.”   The movie has Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Gary Oldman, Patricia Arquette, and Peter Dinklage, and more. Sounds good, right?  Don’t say we didn’t warn you. In the meantime, when you watch this podcast, keep in mind what brand you like more:  Hostess or Little Debbie?  Disregard what…

What Saturday morning cartoons did you watch as a kid?  Thundercats, Smurfs, Muppet Babies?  What time did you wake up on your own and rush downstairs?  Did you pour yourself a bowl of Froot Loops and milk? Frankie and Klitz go through the whole process of trying to figure out what was popular and whether…

Do you put the toiler paper roll on backwards like a savage nincompoop? Please don’t tell Klitz you put it on like a lunatic.   In the pod today, house parties are discussed, along with bedtime rituals, sleepwalking, peeing in the wrong places, and looting.  What would you loot first if you were involved in a…

Where did you hang out in high school? Jack’s parking lot? Music world on Broadway? Hardee’s parking lot? Were you one of the losers driving up and down Broadway all evening from sunset to Midnight? Frankie makes an attempt to rat out all the places where his classmates drank Keystone Light and Red Dog. Klitz…

Does anyone remember the mail-in opportunity to buy 12 CDs or tapes for a penny?  Besides destroying Frankie’s credit, it helped to build western civilization.  Klitz wants to know why the “pop-in” went the way of the Dodo Bird.  The “pop-in” was the act of an entire family just walking or driving over to someone’s house…

If a man doesn’t have a hobby, he’s doing it wrong. Beer brewing may be a hobby, but golf is, for sure. Klitz says that watching football can be a hobby, but Frankie says that watching TV can’t be a hobby. The two discuss whether watching the movies Predator and Rambo made them tougher as…

Christmas is so hard, isn’t it? Do you feel it’s breaking you? Frankie has seen people go broke trying to please their families. Klitz has angered his grandmother at the dinner table, to the point of, well, it’s not good. We need to hurry and get through this holiday before someone gets hurt. Have you…

Ever been to Merkels by The Abbey or the Kay Bee toy store in the old mall?  Ever heard of the K’s Merchandise catalog or the Sears Catalog?  Did you circle the toys you wanted or did you write them out on a piece of paper?  What’s the first Christmas song you learned as a…

FRANKIE AND THE KLITZ: Are kids loyal to each other? Do they run in packs like they used to, back in the day? Can boys be as tight as the boys in the movie Stand By Me or do cell phones ruin the whole experience? Klitz lays out the exact order of the top 5…