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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
A woman delivers a first person monologue:
A woman delivers a first person monologue:<br>
*Falling for outcasts.  A relationship with a sophisticated, "eastern" 12 year old which continues into high school. He falls for someone else, and she is happy for him.
Falling for outcasts.  A relationship with a sophisticated, "East Coast" 12 year old which continues into high school. He falls for someone else, and she is happy for him.
*Going to school in Italy, meeting an anesthesiologist at a dance club. Feelings free to say anything in another language. The man goes nuts over a traffic incident, pulls a knife.
 
A woman offers a second person address to her violent ex:  
A second woman delivers a first person monologue:<br>
*thrown coffee, being threatened with an antique gun, getting married three weeks after meeting.
7:00: Going to school in Italy, meeting an anesthesiologist at a dance club. Feelings free to say anything in another language. The man goes nuts over a traffic incident, pulls a knife.
*She caught you cheating, felt bad about being suspicious.   
 
More second person monologues from several actresses:
A third woman (Grace Zabriskie) offers a second person address to her violent ex:<br>
*A woman is furious that you've been stalking her, broken her window pane.
18:30: Thrown coffee, being threatened with an antique gun, getting married three weeks after meeting.<br>
*Another woman calls to you playfully from under the mistletoe.
24:30: She caught you cheating, felt bad about being suspicious.
*Repeatedly addressing a sexual failing (impotence, presumably): she comforts you, praises sex without coitus, later becomes more angry and upset, is furious with you, sends you away.  
   
*A scene with sound effects: a woman complains about the way you brush you teeth in several different ways, becoming more angry each time.   
30:10: The second woman is furious that you've been stalking her, broken her window pane.
*"The more I know you. . . the more I despise you."
 
*A woman admonishes you to pay attention.
32:50: The first woman calls to you playfully from under the mistletoe.<br>
*"Don't you dare talk to me like that."
34:20: She repeatedly addresses a sexual failing (impotence, presumably), comforting you.
 
36:00: The second woman continues along the same lines, praises sex without coitus, later becomes more angry and upset, is furious with you, sends you away.
 
43:40: A scene with sound effects: the third and second women complain about the way you brush you teeth in several different ways, becoming more angry each time.
   
50:20: The first woman says "The more I know you. . . the more I despise you."
 
51:30: The third woman admonishes you to pay attention.
 
53:00: The first woman admonishes you: "Don't you dare talk to me like that."


== Music ==
== Music ==
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== Additional credits ==
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[A. Lorey]], [[Antony Becker]], and [[Grace Zabriskie]]. Recorded by Eric Meyers and [[Bob Carlson]], and mixed by Jeff Sykes."
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[A. Lorey]], [[Antony Becker]], and [[Grace Zabriskie]]. Recorded by Eric Meyers and [[Bob Carlson]], and mixed by Jeff Sykes."
== Miscellania ==
Joe describes the process of creating this show in "[[Frankly, Joe's Branching Out]]".


[[Category:Real_People]]
[[Category:Real_People]]

Latest revision as of 06:44, 18 August 2024

The More I Know You [1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1989
Cast
A. Lorey, Antony Becker, Grace Zabriskie
Format
Real People, Improv Actors, 56 minutes
Preceded by: Performer
Followed by: Road To Hell

"I've always had very peculiar taste in men."

The More I Know You is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1989.

Synopsis

A woman delivers a first person monologue:
Falling for outcasts. A relationship with a sophisticated, "East Coast" 12 year old which continues into high school. He falls for someone else, and she is happy for him.

A second woman delivers a first person monologue:
7:00: Going to school in Italy, meeting an anesthesiologist at a dance club. Feelings free to say anything in another language. The man goes nuts over a traffic incident, pulls a knife.

A third woman (Grace Zabriskie) offers a second person address to her violent ex:
18:30: Thrown coffee, being threatened with an antique gun, getting married three weeks after meeting.
24:30: She caught you cheating, felt bad about being suspicious.

30:10: The second woman is furious that you've been stalking her, broken her window pane.

32:50: The first woman calls to you playfully from under the mistletoe.
34:20: She repeatedly addresses a sexual failing (impotence, presumably), comforting you.

36:00: The second woman continues along the same lines, praises sex without coitus, later becomes more angry and upset, is furious with you, sends you away.

43:40: A scene with sound effects: the third and second women complain about the way you brush you teeth in several different ways, becoming more angry each time.

50:20: The first woman says "The more I know you. . . the more I despise you."

51:30: The third woman admonishes you to pay attention.

53:00: The first woman admonishes you: "Don't you dare talk to me like that."

Music

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "With A. Lorey, Antony Becker, and Grace Zabriskie. Recorded by Eric Meyers and Bob Carlson, and mixed by Jeff Sykes."

Miscellania

Joe describes the process of creating this show in "Frankly, Joe's Branching Out".