Sales: Difference between revisions
(→Commentary: rm empty) |
(Additional credits (minor, for the record)) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
|label11 = Followed by: | |label11 = Followed by: | ||
|data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], 24 minutes | |data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], 24 minutes | ||
|data4 = 04/01/[[1983]] | |data4 = 04/01/[[:Category:1983|1983]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/sales Sales][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Sales] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/sales Sales][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Sales] | ||
|data6 = Joe Frank | |data6 = Joe Frank | ||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
''I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding...'' | ''I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding...'' | ||
'''Sales''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1983]]. | '''Sales''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1983|1983]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
9:10: George chaperones his son's 6th-grade class on a trip to | 9:10: George chaperones his son's 6th-grade class on a trip to | ||
Restoration | Restoration Village, a replica of a colonial town. | ||
10:10: Restoration | 10:10: Restoration Village looks like motel cottages. The | ||
kids aren't interested. After a trip to the gift shop and lunch, they | kids aren't interested. After a trip to the gift shop and lunch, they | ||
go to a nearby pond and skip rocks. After returning his son to his | go to a nearby pond and skip rocks. After returning his son to his | ||
| Line 78: | Line 78: | ||
26:40: Children singing the song they sang on the way to | 26:40: Children singing the song they sang on the way to | ||
Restoration | Restoration Village. | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | ||
| Line 92: | Line 92: | ||
{{Walking (Steve Tibbetts)}} [4:18] | {{Walking (Steve Tibbetts)}} [4:18] | ||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Recorded at Polima Studios in Camarillo and mixed at [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/06/getting-it-down/f55d3fdc-ed92-4afa-a0a1-ecac391b7aba/ Sonic Images] in Washington." | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:52, 2 May 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 04/01/1983 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 24 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Lies |
| Followed by: | The Queen Of Puerto Rico |
I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding...
Sales is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1983.
Synopsis
"Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)
0:10: Joe lists what he's waiting for: an epiphany, understanding, purification, exaltation, the second coming, the revolution, the Spiegel catalogue, a refund from Sears, an unemployment check, a call from his mother.
1:10: Joe tells of George who works as a sheet music salesman for a firm in NYC. His colleagues are a depressing lot. George hates his job.
4:10: He falls for one of his customers, a woman manager of a music store in St Louis, Carol. He begins calling her at home. She tells him all about herself. He begins calling nightly; they grow closer. His calls are the only thing they enjoyed. They decide they have to meet, but have no opportunity.
7:20: George's company fails; its employees have mishaps, some fatal.
8:50: Carol travels to NYC for a long weekend in mid-October.
9:10: George chaperones his son's 6th-grade class on a trip to Restoration Village, a replica of a colonial town.
10:10: Restoration Village looks like motel cottages. The kids aren't interested. After a trip to the gift shop and lunch, they go to a nearby pond and skip rocks. After returning his son to his (the son's) mother George feels terribly lonely.
14:30: Carol flies to NYC, 1.5 years after they first began talking. She arrives at 3 AM. George is apprehensive. She's pretty and petite, seems overwhelmed. They try to make love, but fail. They spend the day awkwardly. The next day they decide their weekend is over; she spends the rest of the weekend with old college chums from Queens. She stays in town for another few days - a really long weekend. He sees her twice more, once for dinner, another day for window-shopping.
23:50: George calls Carol in St Louis; they talk for hours. She was sick with an undiagnosed endocrine condition the whole time. George doesn't know whether to believe her. His calls tailed off.
24:50: A year later she tells George about her boyfriend, a trumpet player in a Dixieland band, beating and raping her. She tells George she was excited by it. George is disgusted with her.
25:40: "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)
26: Joe lists what he's waiting for again.
26:40: Children singing the song they sang on the way to Restoration Village.
"I'm waiting" monologue. A lonely sheet-music salesman based in New York strikes up a connection to a long-distance customer. After a year and a half of phone calls, the customer visits the salesman, and the romance unravels.
Music
- "Show Me The Way To Go Home" - Al Hirt (from Al Hirt At The Mardi Gras, 1962) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Walking" - Steve Tibbetts (from Northern Song, 1982) | YouTube [4:18]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "Recorded at Polima Studios in Camarillo and mixed at Sonic Images in Washington."