TRT: 50:19 // ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 6/29/19
RECORDED IN SHERMAN OAKS, CA, WE GO BEYOND AND BACK WITH ARTIST & DESIGNER PAUL FRANK.
Paul Frank in Sherman Oaks, CA, January 2019
Paul Frank is best known as the co-founder of Paul Frank Industries, a multi-million dollar company that found success in the mid-1990s with his iconic characters like Julius the Monkey.
In this first of two episodes with Paul Frank, we talk about the beginnings of his creativity, what influenced his early work, where Julius the monkey came from and the fun and the function that comes from just figuring things out yourself.
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SONG CREDITS:
THEME MUSIC BY DAVÍD GARZA
ALL SONGS IN THIS EPISODE ARE BY DAVÍD GARZA, EXCEPT FOR “GARDEN PARTY” BY RICKY NELSON