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''When did it begin? I don't know really.''

'''The End''' is a thirty minute program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR Playhouse]]. It is typically broadcast together with [[Pilot]]. It originally aired in April [[:Category:1983|1983]].

== Synopsis ==

&lsquo;Black Coffee&rsquo; begins and plays under much of the first few
minutes and in the rest of the show.

0:30: Joe was feeling bad, worried about his heart, went to see Dr
Hess ([[Brother Theodore]]). Dr Hess puts his stethoscope on Joe&apos;s chest,
has a heart attack himself; an ambulance takes him to the ED.  Dr Hess
ends up in the ICU, his nurse under sedation.

2:10: Joe goes home; someone else is there; he disputes Joe&apos;s
ownership, slams the door on him.

3:20: A parody Indian guru says death begins as a misunderstanding.

4:30: Joe interviews Dick ([[Arthur Miller]]) & Jane ([[Irene Wagner]]? [[Avery Hart]]?),
a couple who make &lsquo;Love&rsquo; movies (don&apos;t
call it porn!)  They air 3 minutes of their latest, <i>The Moving
Instant</i>; we hear sounds of passion, a melodramatic Muzak-y version
of &lsquo;Moon River&rsquo;.

8:40: Joe opens the flap of Gindu&apos;s (sp?) tent, says he&apos;s in Nirvana,
&lsquo;the nexus where love meets death&rsquo;.  A guy pounds stakes into the
ground, he can hear wild animals.  Joe goes to the beach where clowns
are doing flips.  An explosion blows the clowns up.

10: We're back in the &lsquo;love&rsquo; movie: sounds of passion.  Dick & Jane
lament they don't have enough time.

11:10: Joe says it seems like an ordinary pornographic film.  They
explain why it&apos;s better.

12:40: Joe&apos;s in the YMCA on East 14th Street.<ref name=factsrequested>This segment was sampled for the track [https://youtu.be/WHheGwh6fUU?t=208 328 E. 14th St. #11] by [http://www.herearethefactsyourequested.com Here are the facts you requested] from their [https://herearethefactsyourequested.bandcamp.com/album/shocks-struts Shocks-struts album].  The quote is, &lsquo;YMCA East 14th
Street - 2 a.m. - can't sleep&rsquo; at 12:37 .  &lsquo;Black coffee&rsquo; is the music
in both.  Good ear!  I can't make it out - whisper did.  The current Y
is at 344 E. 14th - http://www.14streety.org</ref>  It&apos;s 2 AM; Joe can't
sleep: the straw in his mattress needs changing.  Joe asks what our
nature is, cites Steinfeld's <i>Theory of chaos</i>, page 54.  Then a
fellow with a German-ish accent ([[Brother Theodore]]) talks philosophical
nonsense.

13:50: &lsquo;Sentimental Walk&rsquo; (Vladimir Cosma)<ref>Cosma was inspired by Erik Satie's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnossiennes &lsquo;Gnossiennes&rsquo;]</ref>

14:10: A woman tells about being with her best friend at the grocery
store.  A fellow and his wife, who are buying huge hams, invite them to dinner at their house.<ref>They end up having an orgy, I think.</ref>

18:30: Joe&apos;s on the crowded Bosnian express (a train).  Workmen play
cards; a drunk at the bar tells everybody that they&apos;re stupid.  A
passenger ([[Arthur Miller]]) buys and sells animals.  The conductor
comes in, asking for passports; Joe doesn&apos;t have his but the conductor
passes him by.  Joe remembers his summers in Bosnia.

22:30: A boatman, offering Joe a ride across the Paravani
river<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravani_River The Paravani river] 
is in Georgia (the country), flows out of the
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravani_Lake Paravani lake], which may
have a beach.  The Bosnian express is quite a train, taking Joe to
Georgia.</ref>, can't start its engine.

23:40: Joe has a dream: his body has been split down the middle; a
doctor with forceps pulls out pieces of bone and pottery.

24:30: The parody Indian guru is back, talking about how great
Nirvana is (they leave a mint on your pillow! The roast beef is rare, and very nice.)

25:40: A man ([[Tim Jerome]], his Spanish/French accent) complains to
a woman.  He&apos;s responsible for burying the clowns, lacks what he needs
to do the job.

26:40: Joe awaits Dick & Jane, who have promised him a part in their
next movie.  Someone left a baby by the water.  Joe says he&apos;s been
dreaming all his life, that this is the end of his dream.

27:20: &lsquo;The Dawn&rsquo; (DJ Food) concludes the program, but was not released until 1994 - it was added to the show after the initial broadcast. 

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
Joe's doctor dies, and he finds someone living in his apartment.  Voice-over radio plays: an exaggerated Indian accent describes souls who don't know they are dead.  An interview with "Love Film" actors.  A circus by the sea explodes.  Joe can't sleep at the YMCA, emotion is a sign of decadence. Steinfeld's theory of Chaos.  A woman describes an encounter with a couple and a girlfriend.  Joe is in a bar on a train in the countryside, the conductor questions people (the "Is your business of a personal nature or is it commercial?  . . . I buy and sell animals..." dialog), Joe remembers the country side and tries to cross a river.  A doctor removes fragments of bone from Joe's body.  Indian voice talks about nirvana as a resort hotel.  A couple fights at the circus funeral. 
</div></div>

== Music ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Coffee_(1948_song) "Black Coffee"] - unknown version<!-- it's not the Patricia Kaas version used in other programs--> [Intro]
{{Moon River (Peter Nero)}} [8:18]
{{Sentimental Walk (Vladimir Cosma)}} [14:18]
{{Smile (Jesse Crawford)}} [25:13]
{{The Dawn (DJ Food)}} {{Added music}} [27:14]

== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "Directed by [[Arthur Miller]], with sound by [[David Rapkin]]. Performers were [[Paul Mantell]], [[Robin Goodman]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Annalee Jefferies]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Brother Theodore]], Joe Frank, and [[Tim Jerome]]."

== Footnotes ==

[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Mock_Interview]]

[[Category:Paul Mantell]]
[[Category:Irene Wagner]]
[[Category:David Rapkin]] 
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Tim Jerome]]
[[Category:Annalee Jefferies]]
[[Category:Robin Goodman]]
[[Category:Brother Theodore]]
[[Category:Paul Mantell]]
[[Category:1983]]
[[Category:Show|End]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19830415]]	{{Airdate|airdate=1983-04-15}}
[[Category:WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
{{Series|series=WBAI And NPR Playhouse}}{{Cast|cast= [[Paul Mantell]], [[Robin Goodman]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Annalee Jefferies]], Joe Frank}} <!-- I removed Barbara Sohmers, Clark Gordan, and Avery Hart, per the broadcast announcer credits -Ramon -->