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'''Higher Learning''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of his KCRW series [[The Other Side | '''Higher Learning''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of his KCRW series [[The Other Side]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
*His mom tells of her early adulthood | *His mom tells of her early adulthood, her marriage to an older man. | ||
*Straining to appear | *Straining to appear likeable, the audience at a play as performers. | ||
*Humans making up for our physical inferiority | *Humans making up for our physical inferiority | ||
*Joe Frank the schoolteacher, dating coworker Kim, premature ejaculation | *A child falling asleep imagines being offered hideous decisions: torture of himself or others. | ||
*Defending | *Joe Frank the schoolteacher, dating coworker Kim with capped teeth, premature ejaculation | ||
*The insignificance of humans in the universe | *Defending against students' intellectual attacks | ||
*The insignificance of humans in the universe. A city viewed from an airplane. | |||
*Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge. | |||
== Interesting Facts == | == Interesting Facts == | ||
*Joe's story of life as a schoolteacher also appears in [[ | *Joe's story of life as a schoolteacher also appears in [[Pretender, The|The Pretender]]. | ||
*This program shares material with Cocktails Before Dinner, and it shares text with [[God Only Knows]] | |||
*This program may have aired in 1992, and as part of KCRW's Flashback series. | |||
== Music == | |||
{{Sex (The Necks) }} | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
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=== [[User:Spblat|Spblat]] === | === [[User:Spblat|Spblat]] === | ||
I love the opening musical loop. Nice and mellow. I also particularly enjoy when Joe talks about the vastness of the universe and our apparent | I love the opening musical loop. Nice and mellow. I also particularly enjoy when Joe talks about the vastness of the universe and our apparent insignificance in it. Add his commentary about how frail we truly are, and this is a winner for me. I [http://www.irace.net/mt/archives/000018.html ranted about this once] on my web site. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
{{The Other Side}} | {{The Other Side}} | ||
[[Category: Absurd Monologue]] | [[Category: Absurd Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 08:01, 16 February 2018
Higher Learning is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of his KCRW series The Other Side.
Synopsis
- His mom tells of her early adulthood, her marriage to an older man.
- Straining to appear likeable, the audience at a play as performers.
- Humans making up for our physical inferiority
- A child falling asleep imagines being offered hideous decisions: torture of himself or others.
- Joe Frank the schoolteacher, dating coworker Kim with capped teeth, premature ejaculation
- Defending against students' intellectual attacks
- The insignificance of humans in the universe. A city viewed from an airplane.
- Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge.
Interesting Facts
- Joe's story of life as a schoolteacher also appears in The Pretender.
- This program shares material with Cocktails Before Dinner, and it shares text with God Only Knows
- This program may have aired in 1992, and as part of KCRW's Flashback series.
Music
Commentary
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Spblat
I love the opening musical loop. Nice and mellow. I also particularly enjoy when Joe talks about the vastness of the universe and our apparent insignificance in it. Add his commentary about how frail we truly are, and this is a winner for me. I ranted about this once on my web site.