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''"I have drunk gallons of | ''"I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours ...."'' | ||
'''Stories For Nothing''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid J-walking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night. | Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid J-walking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night. | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 8 March 2018
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Work In Progress | |
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1988 | |
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Joe Frank | |
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Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
Preceded by: | Emergency Room |
Followed by: | Building A Church |
"I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours ...."
Stories For Nothing is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Synopsis
Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid J-walking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night.
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