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''"We don't have any | ''"We don't have any Jameson's, we got some, um, we got a little Imperial over here."'' | ||
'''To The Bar Life''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1987|1987]]. | '''To The Bar Life''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1987|1987]]. | ||
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is broken in both.</ref> | is broken in both.</ref> | ||
1:50: Joe recites a prayer, some parts taken from the Tridentine | 1:50: Joe recites a prayer, some parts taken from the [[Wikipedia:Tridentine Mass|Tridentine Mass]]. | ||
2:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | 2:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | ||
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29:00: A woman, who sounds like she's in a club, talks about how much | 29:00: A woman, who sounds like she's in a club, talks about how much | ||
he likes love and kisses; Dooley Wilson's 'As time goes by' plays in | he likes love and kisses; Dooley Wilson's 'As time goes by' plays in | ||
the background.<ref>re-used in [[Love Is]] and [[Where Will It End?]]. | the background.<ref>re-used in [[Love Is]] and [[Where Will It End?]].</ref> | ||
30:00: Bud and Ray are back; Ray still can't make any drink Bud wants. | 30:00: Bud and Ray are back; Ray still can't make any drink Bud wants. | ||
31:00: Joe talks about liquors (Kessler, Johnny Walker, Old | 31:00: Joe talks about liquors (Kessler, Johnny Walker, Old | ||
Bushmill...) as though they | Bushmill...) as though they're people. He quotes ''[[Wikipedia:A Shropshire Lad|A Shropshire Lad]]'', 'Malt has done more than Milton can...'. | ||
Lad', 'Malt has done more than Milton can...'. | |||
32:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | 32:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | ||
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36:20: Johnny's plane, Wellington bomber AG725L of the 165th | 36:20: Johnny's plane, Wellington bomber AG725L of the 165th | ||
bomber command, had its engines fail over the Channel, into which it | bomber command, had its engines fail over the Channel, into which it | ||
crashed. Johnny, a turret gunner, was the only survivor. He spent | crashed.<ref>'Bomber command' was the name of the whole British bomber | ||
enterprise, which was divided into squadrons; there was no 165th | |||
squadron.<br> | |||
According to Wikipedia there was no type 725 of the Wellington | |||
bomber.<br> | |||
According to the | |||
[http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AG725 rafcommands database] | |||
there was a bomber with ID number AG725 that crashed on takeoff from | |||
Malta 1943 May 4. It was a Martin Baltimore, not a Wellington, a | |||
light, not heavy, bomber. All the crew were killed. It was in the | |||
69th squadron. It did have 1 Canadian crew. | |||
</ref> Johnny, a turret gunner, was the only survivor. He spent | |||
the rest of the war at a desk job. He loved the bar life, drinking | the rest of the war at a desk job. He loved the bar life, drinking | ||
from 9 PM to 4 AM. | from 9 PM to 4 AM. | ||
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kissed him, Johnny left, drifted west, ended up in Venice. | kissed him, Johnny left, drifted west, ended up in Venice. | ||
48:40: Joe quotes | 48:40: Joe quotes <i>Matthew</i> 26:48-49 on the betrayal of Jesus. | ||
49:00: Bud and Ray return, this time Bud unhappy that Ray has | 49:00: Bud and Ray return, this time Bud unhappy that Ray has | ||
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{{Rosasolis (Penguin Cafe Orchestra)}} [46:37] | {{Rosasolis (Penguin Cafe Orchestra)}} [46:37] | ||
== Shared | == Shared material == | ||
* [[A Kiss Is Just A Kiss]] | * [[A Kiss Is Just A Kiss]] | ||
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*This is largely a retelling of the material from A Kiss is Just a Kiss, cut with poetry and toasts by Joe, and a bar room acted dialog. | *This is largely a retelling of the material from A Kiss is Just a Kiss, cut with poetry and toasts by Joe, and a bar room acted dialog. | ||
*The bar room dialog may have originally been recorded as part of [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)|In The Middle Of Nowhere]]. It features the same actors (Larry Block & Ryan Cutrona), the style seems consistent, and the customer makes references to needing to unwind from a traumatic experience and not having a working car, both of which are consistent with an early scene in which Bud and Ray meet. Both programs also feature a prominent reference to Lourdes. | *The bar room dialog may have originally been recorded as part of [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)|In The Middle Of Nowhere]]. It features the same actors (Larry Block & Ryan Cutrona), the style seems consistent, and the customer makes references to needing to unwind from a traumatic experience and not having a working car, both of which are consistent with an early scene in which Bud and Ray meet. Both programs also feature a prominent reference to Lourdes. | ||
== Commentary == | |||
I didn't listen for years: the opening conversation is hard to | |||
make out and not worth any effort - a witless version of Monty | |||
Python's 'Cheese shop' sketch; I expected the rest to be no better. | |||
Thanksgiving afternoon about 10 years ago I went for a walk, | |||
copied 3 episodes of Joe's shows to my Coby, then added 'To the bar | |||
life' in case I went long, which I did. I found Johnny's story, and | |||
the accompanying music, excellent, one of Joe's best. I don't care | |||
for the rest, especially after re-evaluating Merton.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
I kept track of the last 14 years of the episodes KPFA aired, | |||
the last 13 of those WBEZ and WNYC did, the last 8 years KDVS did. | |||
None of them aired it - perhaps for the reason I didn't listen for so | |||
long.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
A number of homeless people on Venice and Santa Monica beach | |||
have chatted me up. Johnny doesn't sound like one of them. I think | |||
it's fictional - it has too much detail, is too neat. The portions of | |||
'A kiss is just a kiss' that I have heard are much more detailed.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||