#48 With Frank King

On today's episode I talk to the infamous Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian. Why is he infamous? Just google Frank King Covid 19 and see all the misleading or just plain bad press about Frank. This is not why I had him on the show. We talk about his run in with the press, escaping the fires in Oregon, a lifetime of comedy, faxing jokes to Jay Leno, 5 TEDX talks and speaking openly about suicide. He even goes so far as giving his number to anyone who just needs to talk. More from his website: Frank King was a quarter-finalist on Star Search…he lost to a puppet. He's also appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv, Showtime's Comedy Club Network, and CNN's Business Unusual. In addition to telling jokes, he's been busy selling jokes. He's written nationally for Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, and Dennis Miller. They've called him the best thing to happen to after-dinner since dessert. He's opened up for Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Jeff Foxworthy, and Ron White. Most recently was himself opened up, by a crack team of cardiac surgeons, at the Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute…who performed an aortic valve replacement, his second, and tossed in a double bypass, his first…so he truly is, Funny at Heart. As a Certified Laugh Coach, Stress Reduction Specialist, and Professional Comedian since 1985 who has totaled one marriage, two heart valves, and three cars, and turned a million dollar real estate portfolio, amassed by age 52, into, thanks to the recession and a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing, a $125,000 real estate portfolio by age 53, I offer time-tested tools for using humor to turn pain into punchlines, losses into laughs, and messes and stresses into successes. "You can make a difference. You can save a life. I can show you how." 858.405.5653 http://www.TheMentalHealthComedian.com http://www.YourTEDxCoach.com http://www.facebook.com/thementalhealthcomedian http://www.instagram.com/mentalhealthcomedian http://www.twitter.com/theMHcomedian https://www.youtube.com/thementalhealthcomedian https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkingthemhcomedian Born to Be Funny https://youtu.be/mugOzr6ItFk Mental With Benefits https://youtu.be/mCnsHSdAn48 A Matter of Laugh or Death https://youtu.be/IeMg6OFYfU0 Suicide, The Secret of My Success https://youtu.be/3D4m33DXtsI Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin. My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber My Instagram: @joelyshmoley and @slidesofjohn FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/wereyoustilltalking/ Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht