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Trading Spaces - Interview with Frank

How lame am I?

I'm so lame I call my wife from the gas station to tell her Frank is going to be on the radio in 20 minutes. I'm so lame I sit in my car listening to an interview with Frank Bielec in the parking lot at work. Frank is one of the designers on Trading Spaces, which is in town filming three episodes that should air in November. They filmed in O'Fallon, they are currently filming in Kirkwood (my hometown), and then they will film at Scott AFB (on the Illinois side of the river). Several weeks ago I was telling my mother about the show (my parents don't get cable) and she said a lady at her beauty salon was going to be on the show. At the time, I was yeah, right Mom. I still can't believe Kirkwood is going to be on the show (and I hate it when she's right). A coworker of my wife said she ran into Ty at Schnuck's (the number 1 grocery chain in St. Louis) over the weekend.

A local TV news channel even did a feature about the show - unfortunately I missed it. I didn't realize it, but they get a lot of fans hanging out during the show. Frank said they don't mind because they are quiet during the outdoor filming. According to the interviewer, Ty took his shirt off when filming in Kirkwood the other day and ladies poured out of their mini-vans for a closer look. Frank joked that while Ty only has six-pack abs, he has the whole case. When asked about his own house, Frank says his wife does all the decorating and that the walls are all white, or shades of white. He finds it very soothing. In response to a question about how to get on, Frank mentioned requirements about parking and electrical capacity etc. , and John Ulett said in that case the Unibomber shack wouldn't be on, to which Frank replied "I'd like to see what Doug would do with that!"