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''I was a child, it was late at night, I couldn't sleep.'' | ''I was a child, it was late at night, I couldn't sleep.'' | ||
'''Sleep''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]]. | '''Sleep''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1988|1988]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 30 March 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1988 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Singing, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Islands |
| Followed by: | Performer |
I was a child, it was late at night, I couldn't sleep.
Sleep is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Synopsis
- Scenes from a fancy party: Joe can only look downwards, he is a specimen in a lecture hall, people begin dying.
- Joe as a childhood troublemaker.
- Compulsive borrowing, theft.
- Grave robbing, cornering the market on ball point pens and personal lubricants, creating allies through blackmail.
- First person address to God.
- Rhythmic humming / coughing, etc.
- How to be happy.
- Ode to the highway.
- Dancing among the sacred cowgirls.
- Joe hires a call-girl from a TV advert.
- "I have seen. . . " monologue.
- Rhythmic singing in a child's voice.
Music
- "River" - Terry Reid (from River, 1973) | YouTube
- "Possible Straight" - Lyle Mays (from Street Dreams, 1988) | YouTube