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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
'Tell me about this big thrill…' says a man, a tarot card | |||
reader, to a woman caller who longs for a relationship with a man but | |||
won't start talking to any of them. She sees them in stores, on the | |||
street; she imagines that they're fascinated with her; she imagines | |||
that a state trooper sneaks into her apartment, rearranges her stuff | |||
as a message to her. In addition to reading tarot the guy gives | |||
common-sense advice, such as that she should strike up conversations | |||
with men she likes, go out more often. | |||
17:40: A guy calls the tarot reader, wondering if this other man loves | |||
him. | |||
20:10: A woman calls him as a wrong number; he insists on reading her | |||
cards. | |||
23:20: (Not on the tarot hotline) A guy remembers his father, how much | |||
he misses him (he's dead), how he could always rely on him, talk to | |||
him about anything. The father commandeered a street-sweeper in | |||
Georgia, drove it into a cemetery. He misses his friends too, dead | |||
and alive. He talks about a picture in his room looking at him, | |||
over-hearing pay phone conversations.<ref>re-used in [[Dreamland: A Compilation]]</ref> | |||
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*Recordings of a telephone psychic and tarot card reader. | *Recordings of a telephone psychic and tarot card reader. | ||
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*A man talks about missing his father. His father commandeered a street sweeper and drove into a cemetery, stripped his apartment before dying. Waking up next to ''it'' and discovering that you are its ''it''. People avoid the lonely. | *A man talks about missing his father. His father commandeered a street sweeper and drove into a cemetery, stripped his apartment before dying. Waking up next to ''it'' and discovering that you are its ''it''. People avoid the lonely. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
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* Special thanks to Farley Ziegler, Jennifer Ferro, Shaun Levin, and Jerry Summers | * Special thanks to Farley Ziegler, Jennifer Ferro, Shaun Levin, and Jerry Summers | ||
== Miscellanea == | |||
Joe re-used [[Hot Line]] as the second half of [[Phone Therapy]], the | |||
first half of which is [[When I'm Calling You]]. | |||
== Commentary == | |||
Richard Looney (and his heirs, including WFMU) puts Davis Black in | |||
the cast of this show. joefrank.com puts him in the cast of 'Men of | |||
the cloth' and 'Prayer remix'. jfwiki puts him in the cast of | |||
'Hotline', 'Phone therapy', and 'Prayer (remix)'. 'Prayer (remix)' is | |||
'God' followed by 'Prayer' - Black can't be in the first without being | |||
in one of the last two. I don't hear the tarot card reader of the | |||
first 3 segments in 'God' or 'Prayer'. I don't recognize the voice of | |||
the guy in the fourth segment. I can't find any evidence of a likely | |||
Davis Black on the Internet. There are tarot card hotlines. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Found_Tape]] | [[Category:Found_Tape]] | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 19 May 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1995 | |
| Cast | |
| Davis Black | |
| Format | |
| Found Tape, Telephone, 28 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Raymond |
| Followed by: | In A Lonely Place |
"Tell me about this big thrill."
Hot Line is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1995.
Synopsis
'Tell me about this big thrill…' says a man, a tarot card reader, to a woman caller who longs for a relationship with a man but won't start talking to any of them. She sees them in stores, on the street; she imagines that they're fascinated with her; she imagines that a state trooper sneaks into her apartment, rearranges her stuff as a message to her. In addition to reading tarot the guy gives common-sense advice, such as that she should strike up conversations with men she likes, go out more often.
17:40: A guy calls the tarot reader, wondering if this other man loves him.
20:10: A woman calls him as a wrong number; he insists on reading her cards.
23:20: (Not on the tarot hotline) A guy remembers his father, how much he misses him (he's dead), how he could always rely on him, talk to him about anything. The father commandeered a street-sweeper in Georgia, drove it into a cemetery. He misses his friends too, dead and alive. He talks about a picture in his room looking at him, over-hearing pay phone conversations.[1]
- Recordings of a telephone psychic and tarot card reader.
- A woman with seemingly delusional love interests calls: a stranger on an elevator makes her happy. Looking young because of pain and suffering. Angels. A man repeatedly calls her on the phone, never says a word. While she's in the hospital, a state trooper sneaks into her house and re-arranges objects in symbolic ways which please her. Her relationship with a stranger who repeatedly drives past her house. The psychic advises her to get out more.
- The psychic talks to someone else who asks, "does he love me?"
- An insurance company representative calls with a wrong number, and he keeps her talking for several minutes.
- A man talks about missing his father. His father commandeered a street sweeper and drove into a cemetery, stripped his apartment before dying. Waking up next to it and discovering that you are its it. People avoid the lonely.
Music
- "Insomnie Nemurenai (Instrumental)" - United Future Organization (from Insomnie Nemurenai, 1992) | YouTube
Additional credits
- Produced by Joe Frank.
- Mixed by Theo Mondle.
- Music editing by Bob Carlson.
- Special thanks to Farley Ziegler, Jennifer Ferro, Shaun Levin, and Jerry Summers
Miscellanea
Joe re-used Hot Line as the second half of Phone Therapy, the first half of which is When I'm Calling You.
Commentary
Richard Looney (and his heirs, including WFMU) puts Davis Black in the cast of this show. joefrank.com puts him in the cast of 'Men of the cloth' and 'Prayer remix'. jfwiki puts him in the cast of 'Hotline', 'Phone therapy', and 'Prayer (remix)'. 'Prayer (remix)' is 'God' followed by 'Prayer' - Black can't be in the first without being in one of the last two. I don't hear the tarot card reader of the first 3 segments in 'God' or 'Prayer'. I don't recognize the voice of the guy in the fourth segment. I can't find any evidence of a likely Davis Black on the Internet. There are tarot card hotlines.
Footnotes
- ↑ re-used in Dreamland: A Compilation