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|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
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|data4  = 1980
|header5  = Cast
|data6  = Joe Frank
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|data8 =  [[Narrative Monologue]], 31 minutes
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''"The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn."''

'''White Elephants''' is the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR]] in 1980.

It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020

== Synopsis == 

* This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]]
* Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]]
* Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]]
* A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past.
* Beggars in Tibet and Nepal.
* An alternative high school in Somerville, Massachusetts.
* A private tour of a cathedral.

[[Category:1980]]
[[Category: Narrative Monologue]]