{"id":9048,"date":"1999-01-03T00:04:52","date_gmt":"1999-01-03T00:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2017\/03\/04\/frick-and-frack-visiting-701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:53","slug":"frick-and-frack-visiting-701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/1999\/01\/03\/frick-and-frack-visiting-701\/","title":{"rendered":"Frick and Frack &#8211; Visiting (701)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ve all heard the expression &#8220;Frick &amp; Frack&#8221;, but how many of us know where it really came from? Well in this episode Huell travels to Palm Springs to meet Frick, and get the lowdown on Frack. You see they were a pair of famous ice-skaters who have performed in front of literally millions of people over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Note: This episode was released across Public Broadcasting Service&#8217;s (PBS) affiliated stations in California, but not necessarily on the same day for each station. The date shown represents the earliest, approximate airdate for this episode.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded Media titled: VISI701_frick_and_frack\" src=\"https:\/\/video.chapman.edu\/V\/Video?v=10478397&amp;node=45857651&amp;a=132781372&amp;preload=false\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard the expression &#8220;Frick &amp; Frack&#8221;, but how many of us know where it really came from? 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