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''I have an announcement to make this evening. There is no show.'' | |||
'''No Show''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1986|1986]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe announces that there is no show and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music. | * Joe announces that there is no show, and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music. | ||
* Discussing the inter-connectedness of all things and the indomitable desire to live with his producer. | |||
* Joe sweeps a tuner across commercial radio stations, suggests his audience listen to something else | |||
* A woman invites herself to Joe's apartment, talks forever about nothing, and harasses his cat. Sharing a frozen dinner with an elderly cat. | |||
* Joe calls a telephone counseling line from the studio.<ref> | |||
<blockquote>'Frank sits expressionless and unblinking, under an enormous pair of headphones, looking like a still life of a man in outer space. He flips a switch that carries his voice to the glassed-in control booth. "Sharon, get me a crisis hot line." | |||
'Sharon Bates, a station volunteer, makes the call; when she gets through, she waves to Frank, who's resumed his usual, distant, off-air expression. | |||
'Now he leans forward, his lips nearly touching the microphone, ready for the hot line. "I do a radio program where I talk about my life," he tells the counselor. He rests one hand on his heart. "And because I'm sort of | |||
depressed"--his voice takes on a caressing shimmer--"I thought of calling you on the air."'</blockquote> | |||
<br>[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-22/magazine/tm-23630_1_joe-frank 'Radio Noir : On the Air, a Voice Like Dirty Honey Tells Stories Grim as Nightmares. If You Think Radio Is All Top 40, You Haven't Heard Joe Frank.'] | |||
</ref> | |||
* A dinner party in Joe's honor, feeling a fraud, discussing the meaning of quality of life. Dinner parties as an Olympic sport. | |||
* The lawsuit against a film company for [[Lies#Interesting_Facts|plagiarism]]. | |||
* Joe's friend talks about problems with his mother. | |||
* Joe's cat goes into a seizure. | |||
* Living in a noisy neighborhood. Waking up to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Simon ''Simon & Simon''] film crew outside. | |||
* Joe picks up a girlfriend at the airport. | |||
== Music == | |||
{{My First Homage (Gavin Bryars)}} [Intro] <!--radio segment includes "Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, Allegro" - András Schiff | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Anne Murray | "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles --> | |||
== Shared material == | |||
* [[No Show (Remix)]] (60 minutes) | |||
* [[Black Light]] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother." | |||
== Miscellanea == | |||
*Joe's most truly autobiographical show. 100% true, *probably*. He talks about his daily life and frustrations, and the cumulative interruptions which have caused him to be unprepared to write a show. | |||
*Joe's most "improvised" monologue. You hear him tell unprepared stories about his life, his narrative is less polished, more hesitant, sounds like his "true speaking voice". | |||
*Includes material about his lawsuit against the screenwriter of the Martin Scorcese film ''After Hours'', which is not included in the 60-minute version. | |||
*There is also a 120-minute version that contains duplicated segments plus an excerpt from [[Joe Frank's America]]. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | |||
[[Category:Work In Progress]] | |||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]] | |||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19860008]] {{Airdate|airdate=1986}} | |||
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=Joe Frank}} | |||
Latest revision as of 17:23, 31 October 2024
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 88 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | A Landing Strip In The Jungle |
| Followed by: | Let Me Not Dream |
| Purchase | |
I have an announcement to make this evening. There is no show.
No Show is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
- Joe announces that there is no show, and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music.
- Discussing the inter-connectedness of all things and the indomitable desire to live with his producer.
- Joe sweeps a tuner across commercial radio stations, suggests his audience listen to something else
- A woman invites herself to Joe's apartment, talks forever about nothing, and harasses his cat. Sharing a frozen dinner with an elderly cat.
- Joe calls a telephone counseling line from the studio.[1]
- A dinner party in Joe's honor, feeling a fraud, discussing the meaning of quality of life. Dinner parties as an Olympic sport.
- The lawsuit against a film company for plagiarism.
- Joe's friend talks about problems with his mother.
- Joe's cat goes into a seizure.
- Living in a noisy neighborhood. Waking up to a Simon & Simon film crew outside.
- Joe picks up a girlfriend at the airport.
Music
- "My First Homage" - Gavin Bryars (from Hommages, 1981) | YouTube [Intro]
- No Show (Remix) (60 minutes)
- Black Light
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother."
Miscellanea
- Joe's most truly autobiographical show. 100% true, *probably*. He talks about his daily life and frustrations, and the cumulative interruptions which have caused him to be unprepared to write a show.
- Joe's most "improvised" monologue. You hear him tell unprepared stories about his life, his narrative is less polished, more hesitant, sounds like his "true speaking voice".
- Includes material about his lawsuit against the screenwriter of the Martin Scorcese film After Hours, which is not included in the 60-minute version.
- There is also a 120-minute version that contains duplicated segments plus an excerpt from Joe Frank's America.
Footnotes
- ↑
'Frank sits expressionless and unblinking, under an enormous pair of headphones, looking like a still life of a man in outer space. He flips a switch that carries his voice to the glassed-in control booth. "Sharon, get me a crisis hot line."
'Sharon Bates, a station volunteer, makes the call; when she gets through, she waves to Frank, who's resumed his usual, distant, off-air expression. 'Now he leans forward, his lips nearly touching the microphone, ready for the hot line. "I do a radio program where I talk about my life," he tells the counselor. He rests one hand on his heart. "And because I'm sort of
depressed"--his voice takes on a caressing shimmer--"I thought of calling you on the air."'
