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''Oh Emerald Isle, surrounded by the raging sea.''

'''Emerald Isle''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1988|1988]].

== Synopsis ==
* Sound of rain.
* monologue by Joe: a meditation on Ireland, Dublin.
* monologue by an actress with an Irish accent in the second person: She has found racy magazines in her dormer's room.
* She accidentally read his journal, found it was about her.
* She admits to having feelings for him. She sings Misty, is greeted with applause and thanks the band, starts on "That Old Black Magic" in a monotonic whisper.
* Joe: A magician sets his audience on fire; a volunteer is sawed in two and dies horribly; a magician is pulled into a hat by a disembodied hand.
* Ode to woman: high school cheerleader, business woman, nurse, homemaker, secretary, stewardess, prostitute, torch singer.
* Actors: the Irish singer calls her Agent to complain about her hotel, they argue. Joe delivers a second person monologue: you explore a run down hotel; a mental patient obsessively opens and closes a trunk; bathroom graffiti.
* The story of a maid; she knows the secrets of the inhabitants of the house she cleans.
* When she discovers that the family is planning to fire her, she leaves and becomes a blues singer.
* The Irish singer and her agent continue to argue.
* Joe monologue: one side of a stock conversation to accompany an illicit affair.
* The Irish singer talks about comforting men.
* Edie Brickell song, "Nothing."

== Music ==
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* [[Fionnula Flanagan]] sings over "Misty"
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_(song) "Misty"] - Teddy Booth | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tAngwt8S4&t=131s YouTube] [13:41]
* Fionnula Flanagan sings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Old_Black_Magic "That Old Black Magic"] over unknown instrumental music [20:00]
{{The Kiss (Harold Budd)}} [22:45]
{{Brussels (Jon Hassell)}} [35:11]
{{Danny's All-Star Joint (Rickie Lee Jones)}} [47:47]
{{Nothing (Edie Brickell and New Bohemians)}} [55:28]

== Shared material ==
* [[Clement At Christmas]]
* [[Live At Market Street]]

== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Fionnula Flanagan]], [[Larry Block]], and Joe Frank. Recorded by Jeff Sykes and [[Bob Carlson]], and mixed by Jeff Sykes. Special thanks to [[David Rapkin]] and [[Sheila Bjornlie]]."

[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Singing]]
[[Category:Fionnula Flanagan]]
[[Category:Larry Block]]
[[Category:1988]]
[[Category:Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19880008]]	{{Airdate|airdate=1988}}{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Fionnula Flanagan]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank}}