Frank Lyons Back From Suspension

[Scav]

All he talks about is getting smashed, it was a matter of time before he went on the air lit up

[Rupert Pupkin]

I believe it was a couple of you guys that reported correctly that Frank and Gary were drunk on the air on a Friday night at Hollywood Park in June. I'm almost sure that it was on this board that a couple of you said that these guys appeared drunk on a Friday night. I didn't know if it was true at the time because I didn't see the telecast that night. I was in Kentucky that weekend. Anyway, when I got back to town I found out that it was true. And now I just found out that the reason that Frank was not on the air for the past few weeks was because of that incident.
To answer the question as to why Frank was not fired, I think it is because they regard Frank as a star. He is their most popular on-air personality and they really don't want to fire him. If it happens again though, I don't know what will happen. He may very well be fired if it happens again. Hopefully he will learn something from this suspension and it won't happen again.

[JJP]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

To answer the question as to why Frank was not fired, I think it is because they regard Frank as a star. He is their most popular on-air personality and they really don't want to fire him. If it happens again though, I don't know what will happen. He may very well be fired if it happens again. Hopefully he will learn something from this suspension and it won't happen again.

They regard him as a star? Are you kidding? He's not even a has-been. He's a never-was. Gary Stevens I can understand; he's a Hall of Fame rider. But of the TV "talent", the best guy, by far, is Matt Caruthers. Bob Baedeker isn't bad either. The rest seem more interested in getting face time on TV.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by JJP

They regard him as a star? Are you kidding? He's not even a has-been. He's a never-was. Gary Stevens I can understand; he's a Hall of Fame rider. But of the TV "talent", the best guy, by far, is Matt Caruthers. Bob Baedeker isn't bad either. The rest seem more interested in getting face time on TV.

Frank is a star in the racing industry. There was a big feature done on him in one of the majore racing publications a few months ago. I don't remember it was the Blood Horse or which magazine. The feature was entitled "King of the Forrest".