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''This is Joe Frank. Just you and me, for an hour.''

'''Pledge Drive, 1996-02-12''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Somewhere Out There]].

== Synopsis ==
Joe tells the listener about how much people that have donated to his show on KCRW have had their lives improved: Handbag recovered from the belly of a shark and the mail carrier was love at first site, old sick man losing sanity and returns to health, suicidal women has meets the man who is a better replacement of her husband.

One of the pledge drive premiums is the cassette collection ''[https://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/1764 Jewish Short Stories From Eastern Europe And Beyond]'', so Joe reads a series of made-up absurdly short stories with Jewish themes and says KCRW is working on a series of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_assimilation Assimilated Jewish] Short Stories''.

Joe lists the benefits of fictional levels of KCRW membership. Travel possibilities include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal Love Canal], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster Chernobyl], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster Bhopal]. Joining the KCRW family entails christenings, bar mitzvahs, brises, divorce settlements, and sibling rivalry.

A volunteer chokes on food from the buffet table; Joe will perform the Heimlich Maneuver only when a pledge goal is reached. The dreadfulness of procrastination. Guilt as a repellant emotion to use for pledge drives; nevertheless, Joe reminds listeners of his Disappointment Related Dermatological Syndrome.

== Music == 
{{Buried At Sea (MC 900 Ft Jesus)}} [Intro]
{{One More Night (Can)}} [16:20]
{{Banstyle-Sappys Curry (Underworld)}} [27:51]
{{Air Towel (Underworld)}} [38:42]

== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "This is Joe Frank. I want to thank [[David Rapkin]] for collaborating with me on this program, [[Marnie Castor]] for almost choking to death on a chicken sandwich, [[Theo Mondle]] for engineering, [[Bob Carlson]] for music production, and also thanks to Jennifer Ferro and Esmé Gregson."

[[Category:1996]]
[[Category:Pledge_Drive]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]][[Category:Marnie Castor]][[Category:David Rapkin]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Somewhere Out There]]	[[Category:Show_by_date|19960212]]	{{Airdate|airdate=1996-02-12}}{{Series|series=Somewhere Out There}}{{Cast|cast=[[Marnie Castor]], Joe Frank}}