Or, how did we become the brand new Tom Leykis?

You know how certain things are burned forever into your memory? Even months or years later you can still remember exactly how you felt.

Maybe you’re a normal person and it’s events like graduating from college or getting married or having a baby. Or maybe (probably not) you’re like me and it’s the day Mr. KABC got fired, the day you read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the day you listened to Frosty, Heidi, and Frank’s last show on KLSX.

I will never forget Frank’s tearful (and drunk) speech near the end of the show when he declared he loved Frosty and Heidi more than he loved his own family. (And then blamed Tom Leykis for the station’s downfall.)

Like a cherry on a morose sundae…wait, what’s a morose sundae?

Like a black rose on Miss Havisham’s wedding cake, FHF then released a “special treat” for us. The SADDEST goodbye video ever!

Now let’s fast-forward through the next 11 months.

FHFU starts out as a low-end weekly podcast.

FHFU ramps up to a good daily podcast.

FHF get hired at KABC.

Frank promises to continue FHFU. Because he loves it, we love it, and he loves us.

Frosty quits FHFU.

Frank and Heidi vow to continue HFU. Because they love it, we love it, and they love us.

Vacation.

Frank and Heidi realize we don’t want FHFU without the first F.

Frank and Heidi quit FHFU. And they blame it on us.

The End

Without preamble and in my very best Ira Glass voice…

Hey there, podcast listeners.

By now you know that Frosty quit the FHFU podcast. To clear things up for those of you who are behind, he only quit the uncensored podcast, not the KABC radio show.

Supposedly he didn’t think he fit in on the podcast because of the heavy adult content. Content that he didn’t really understand or relate to. I can totally understand that. However, it does suck that he couldn’t bring himself to say goodbye ON the podcast. Instead, he left it to Frank and Heidi to explain.

This is a very old-school radio bull move, stemming from a long history of radio personalities being fired either immediately after the end of a shift or just before the beginning of a new one. But for someone who doesn’t understand the benefits of TiVo, cellphones, or salad, I guess I can’t expect anything different.

Episode #120 – the first HFU show – is revealing in many ways. It’s a must listen. (I’m not going to tell you how much I HATE the idea of Heidi having her own podcast with her “girls” or Frank having a drug podcast.)

And now this.

The 12/23/09 KABC show was a radical let-down as well. There was no gift exchange this year. Heidi brought presents but Frank and Frosty didn’t and the change in programming wasn’t even acknowledged. (Heidi and Frank talked about it on HFU and Frank opened a few gifts, but it was totally not the same.)

Remember the story Heidi tells about going home for Christmas and that her mom didn’t put up any decorations? She was super disappointed and not at all in the Christmas spirit.

Yeah, that’s how I feel without an FHF gift exchange.