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''"I just, just turned eighteen in November."'' | ''"I just, just turned eighteen in November."'' | ||
'''Higher Learning''' is | '''Higher Learning''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on November 14, [[:Category:1999|1999]].<ref>Two shows share this air date on joefrank.com: this and [[Holy Land]]. According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20000408145253/http://www.kcrw.org:80/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=jf&tmplt_type=Program KCRW], Holy Land was broadcast on November 7.</ref> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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Joe's mother ([[Friederike Frank]]) tells the story of her | Joe's mother ([[Friederike Frank]]) tells the story of her | ||
marriage. <ref>originally in [[God Only Knows]]</ref> <ref>Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.</ref> | marriage.<ref>originally in [[God Only Knows]]</ref><ref>Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.</ref> | ||
17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a | 17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a | ||
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self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no | self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no | ||
attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the | attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the | ||
performances we put on, in life. <ref name=Cocktails>originally in [[Cocktails Before Dinner]]</ref> | performances we put on, in life.<ref name=Cocktails>originally in [[Cocktails Before Dinner]]</ref> | ||
21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with | 21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with | ||
tools: clothes, cars, makeup … | tools: clothes, cars, makeup …<ref name=Cocktails /> | ||
25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself | 25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself | ||
with fantasies of making awful decisions. | with fantasies of making awful decisions.<ref>originally in [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]</ref> | ||
<ref>originally in [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]</ref> | |||
28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in | 28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in NYC,<ref>Joe taught at Dalton school</ref> including Kim and their unfortunate date.<ref>adapted from [[Pretender]], in which it was interspersed with Monmouth's story</ref> | ||
NYC<ref>Joe taught at Dalton school</ref> | |||
48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the | 48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the | ||
sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space. | sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space.<ref | ||
name=Cocktails /> | name=Cocktails /> | ||
49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, | 49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, | ||
contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, | contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, | ||
comments on the ephemerality of life. <ref>originally in [[He Hesitated]]</ref> | comments on the ephemerality of life.<ref>originally in [[He Hesitated]]</ref> | ||
52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her | 52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her | ||
husband. <ref>originally in [[Road To Calvary | husband.<ref>originally in [[The Road To Calvary]].</ref> | ||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | ||
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*Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge. | *Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Sex (The Necks) }} | {{Sex (The Necks)}} [Intro] | ||
{{A Mother (For Your Mind) ( | {{A Mother (For Your Mind) (The Herbaliser)}} [17:21] | ||
{{The Beast (Autechre Mix) (Palmskin Productions)}} | {{Close Your Eyes (Faze Action mix) (Bebel Gilberto)}} {{Added music}}<!--presumptive but unconfirmed--> [25:45] | ||
{{The Beast (Autechre Mix) (Palmskin Productions)}} [28:07] | |||
== Shared material == | |||
* [[Pretender]] (life as a schoolteacher) | |||
* [[Cocktails Before Dinner]] | |||
* [[God Only Knows]] | |||
* [[The Road To Calvary]] | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
<div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> | <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> | ||
[[Category: Absurd Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Friederike Frank|Friederike Frank]] | [[Category:Friederike Frank]] | ||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:1999]] | |||
[[Category:The Other Side]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19991114]] {{Airdate|airdate=1999-11-14}} | |||
{{Series|series=The Other Side}}{{Cast|cast=[[Friederike Frank]], Joe Frank}} | |||
Latest revision as of 17:26, 31 October 2024
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 11/14/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Friederike Frank, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 59 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | The Box |
| Followed by: | Holy Land |
| Purchase | |
"I just, just turned eighteen in November."
Higher Learning is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on November 14, 1999.[1]
Synopsis
This show is 100% re-used:
Joe's mother (Friederike Frank) tells the story of her marriage.[2][3]
17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a play in which she has a role. Concerned that she watches him, Joe is self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the performances we put on, in life.[4]
21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with tools: clothes, cars, makeup …[4]
25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself with fantasies of making awful decisions.[5]
28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in NYC,[6] including Kim and their unfortunate date.[7]
48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space.[4]
49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, comments on the ephemerality of life.[8]
52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her husband.[9]
Legacy 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.
Music
- "Sex" - The Necks (from Sex, 1989) | YouTube [Intro]
- "A Mother (For Your Mind)" - The Herbaliser (from Blow Your Headphones, 1997) | YouTube [17:21]
- "Close Your Eyes (Faze Action mix)" - Bebel Gilberto (from Tanto Tempo Remixes, 2001) | YouTube (Added later)[10] [25:45]
- "The Beast (Autechre Mix)" - Palmskin Productions (from The Beast Remix, 1995) | YouTube [28:07]
- Pretender (life as a schoolteacher)
- Cocktails Before Dinner
- God Only Knows
- The Road To Calvary
Footnotes
- ↑ Two shows share this air date on joefrank.com: this and Holy Land. According to KCRW, Holy Land was broadcast on November 7.
- ↑ originally in God Only Knows
- ↑ Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 originally in Cocktails Before Dinner
- ↑ originally in When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel
- ↑ Joe taught at Dalton school
- ↑ adapted from Pretender, in which it was interspersed with Monmouth's story
- ↑ originally in He Hesitated
- ↑ originally in The Road To Calvary.
- ↑ Joe added music to several of his shows when they were rebroadcast or digitized. The updated versions are usually available at Joefrank.com
