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|data6  = [[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], Marilyn, Scott, 'Carlos Santiago', Joe Frank
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''"This is a microphone, are we recording now?"''

'''The Box''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on November 7, [[:Category:1999|1999]].<ref>According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20000408145253/http://www.kcrw.org:80/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=jf&tmplt_type=Program KCRW], The Box was broadcast on November 21.</ref>

== Synopsis ==
'Carlos Santiago' does a mic check over storm sounds.  He speaks a few
words of Spanish, sometimes calling it Arabic.  He recites the 'Lord's
Prayer', talks a lot of nonsense, calls himself crazy.<ref>originally
aired in [[In The Dark (Part 2)]]</ref>

4:10: Larry, drunk, calls Marilyn, asking her permission to drive up
to Santa Barbara.  She refuses.<ref>It doesn't sound like Larry to me;
[https://www.joefrank.com/shop/box-the/ joefrank.com] says it's
Larry.</ref><ref>Marilyn is the woman he has an affair with in 
[[Karma (Part 4)]], writes flirtatious e-mails to in [[Terminal]].  
This is the only time we get to hear her voice in Joe's shows.</ref>

11:20: Debi calls from NYC ('can you believe it') with Scott,
whom she met on a blind date (in LA) set up by Donna, haven't
separated since.  She brought Scott with her.  She's worried that he
hasn't found a job, isn't a 'go-getter', is worried about money.  He
really wants a threesome with another woman, which Debi has
reservations about.  She tells the story of making out with another
woman at a party.

17:50: Joe (voicing a fictional character) tells of a mysterious woman
coming for an interview late one night in his office.  Weird things
have been happening at work lately.  She's beautiful, leaves behind a
box, at first against Joe's objections - but he wants to get rid of
her.  He calls security, who tell him they haven't seen anyone leave.
Joe looks in the cabinet in which she placed the box, only to find it
empty.

Joe goes to a bar, calls an old friend in the foreign service in
Denmark.  He tells Joe to get his blood tested and burn his tie (the
mysterious woman had asked for it), acts as though the incident is
important, not crazy.<ref>originally aired in [[Islands]]</ref>

37:20: Debi tells more about her relationship problems with Scott,
especially money, because she wants to spend hers and he doesn't have
money.  She imagines what it would be like to marry him.  He gets 2
catering jobs.  He shits in the bathtub on Debi's dare.

44:40: We get to hear Scott's voice in this segment, including a few
words on the phone with Joe.

47:40: After a few minutes of the sound of rain Joe talks about how we
feel when it rains.  He decides he can't continue to live as he has
been, packs his stuff, walks out on his wife.<ref>originally aired in
[[Nausea]]</ref>

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Someone delivers a nonsense monologue in English with mangled Spanish words thrown in.  A woman tells a drunk man not to visit her. [FINISH ME -45]  [[Debi Mae West|Debi]] talks about fighting with her boyfriend, a direction-less guy with no money and shaven body parts, and describes an impromptu threesome at a party.  A mysterious woman visits Joe's office late at night and asks him to keep a box. Seeing one's back in a mirror.  [[Debi Mae West|Debi]] complains about paying for her boyfriend when they go out, reading in order to impress people.  Her boyfriend shows up while she's talking about him.  They discuss shitting in the bathtub.  Monologue on rain; feeling one's life is meaningless and needing to break up with a wife/girlfriend before the rain ends.
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== Music ==
{{Sex (Thomas Newman)}} [Intro]
{{Flyin' On 747 (Kid Loco)}} [10:53]
{{Dark River (DJ Food)}} [17:22]

== Shared material ==
* [[In The Dark (Part 2)]]
* [[Islands]] 
* [[Nausea]]
== Footnotes ==


[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Real_People]]
[[Category:Karma_Style]]
[[Category:Debi Mae West]]
[[Category:The Other Side]]
[[Category:Show|Box]]
[[Category:1999]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19991107]]	{{Airdate|airdate=1999-11-07}}
{{Series|series=The Other Side}}{{Cast|cast=[[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank}}