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"The Road to Hell, 1988" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]].
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''Oh Midnight Special, I ride the rods a hobo, not homeless...''


'''Road To Hell''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1989|1989]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Train sounds.  A poetic celebration of the hobo.  A ski lodge, writing "regret not the momentary impulse" on a cast.  Founding fathers, the articles of confabulation and the bill of human bondage.  General Deities Incorporated. Christmas in new york.  Throwing a new years party - a guest suffocated beneath coats.  Getting mugged weekly in the stairway of Joe's apartment, then meeting the same guy years later.  Rapid monologueamidst glass-style minimalist orchestral music: I am a statue in the park... walking into the river and filling a bowl on one's head, using a third eye to cheat at cards.  Individualism amidst mobs, perception of a radio program.  Deepened monologue: immigrants mistaking an oil rig for America, getting menial jobs, raising middle class children.  The balance of payments: taxation by weighing noblemen.  A woman with a french accent talks about falling in love.  A malfunctioning garage door opener.  Describing a fantasy woman.  Odes: Oh woman, high school cheerleader, businesswoman, nurse, homemaker, secretary, stewardess.  Deepened monologue: being tired of life, the legions of the dead. Dreams: discovering one is still married to an ex wife,  being a cartoon character spun off as a plastic doll.  A being oiled by women in a room full of video games with a glass floor while a man reads holy books, wanting to go away, watching an old man dance with a beautiful young girl.  
Train sounds.


0:50: A paean to the hobo, the first few seconds of Country Joe
McDonald's 'Hold On It's Coming' repeating in the background - 'Oh
midnight special, I ride the rods a hobo...'


7:30: 'I jump off the train in Wildermere.(sp?)'  Joe describes the
small town where he jumps off the train.


== Interesting Facts ==
10:00: Joe describes a scene in a ski lodge.  He inscribes an
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attractive woman's cast, 'Regret not the momentary impulse.'


11:50: He describes how he likes to sleep in a cold room.  A woman
comes in.  He speculates about what she's wearing.  He compares the
shape of her body to the architecture of our nation's governance,
including the 'Articles of Confabulation' and other parody documents.


== Music ==
15:00: He recommends things to do, including replacing that broken
{{Unknown (Country Joe McDonald) }}
pane of glass... and flossing.
== Commentary ==
{{commentary}}


18:00: Christmas in New York, 'Carolers standing beneath the street
lamp', the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St
Pat's...


== External Links ==
22:10: Joe describes a New Year's Eve party, which gets wild.
Miracles happen.  Someone smothers to death underneath the jackets
thrown on the bed.
 
28:50: A class, run by a fellow named Rottweiler.  Joe gets so bored
he carves his initials in the shoulder blades of the person sitting in
front of him.  The class turns out to be a meeting of people who
perpetrate disruptive acts upon the public: subliminal messages in
movies, on blimps, banners, 'radical wandering yodelers',
hallucinogens in room fresheners, napalm in fire extinguishers,
shaving creams that cause hair to grow uncontrollably, powerful
emetics, diuretics, and laxatives in coffee-cart coffee,
paranoia-inducing substances in public-toilet paper dispensers.  Joe
describes how people react to these, especially the hallucinogens.
 
39:50: Joe unwinds a long list: 'lite beer, lite cheese, lite meat,
lite baked goods... a bank of television monitors enabling you to see
who is approaching along the driveway... the seaplane that takes you
to Southampton... the ex-Vietnam veteran karate-expert chauffeur who
lives in the apartment above the garage... cigar-smoking,
brandy-quaffing men in the library discuss the humor of high finance
around a great crackling blaze in the Southern California
night... henless eggs, decaffeinated cocaine'
 
47:30 Joe tells us how much he likes the life he's leading,
repeatedly, for about a minute.
 
49:40: Joe describes an enormous mall that sells everything.  It has
apartments beneath it, in which one can experience foreign
environments, including contracting malaria and parasitic infestations
from the Brazilian rainforest.
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:95%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
 
<li>Train sounds; a poetic celebration of the hobo.
<li>A ski lodge, writing "regret not the momentary impulse" on a cast.
<li>Founding fathers, the Articles of Confabulation and the bill of human bondage.
<li>General Deities Incorporated. Christmas in New York.
<li>Throwing a New Year's Eve party - a guest suffocated beneath coats.
<li>Revolutionary political group promulgates messages and performs actions.
<li>Conventional life disrupted by sabotage - fire extinguishers filled with napalm; shaving cream replaced with hair growth substance; emetics, diuretics, and laxatives added to office coffee
<li>List of everyday items: lite beer, lite cheese, lite meat, lite baked goods...
<li>List of security services: a bank of television monitors enabling you to observe who is approaching along the driveway...
<li>List of upper class amenities: the Alpine ski lodge in wintertime Palm Desert Club timeshares...
<li>List of beverages: ... noca-cola, joka-cola, bloka-cola, smoka-cola, croka-cola, loca-cola, broka-cola.
<li>Joe hums and raps "it's the sweet life I'm leading" to music.
<li>The triumph of the suburban mall.
</div></div>
== Music ==
{{Music-Stub}}
{{Hold On, It's Coming No.1 (Country Joe McDonald)}} [0:26] {{Unidentified|id=need to identify the drone at ~7.5m and later / need to identify the overlaid music at ~39m}}
{{New York/Brazil (Lee Ritenour)}} [18:28]
 
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "Performed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Recorded and mixed by Jeff Sykes."




{{Work In Progress}}
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[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd Lists]]
[[Category:David Rapkin]]
[[Category:1989]]
[[Category:Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19890003]] {{Airdate|airdate=1989}}
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=Joe Frank}}

Latest revision as of 17:24, 31 October 2024

Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1989
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, 58 minutes
Preceded by: The More I Know You
Followed by: Nausea
Purchase

Oh Midnight Special, I ride the rods a hobo, not homeless...

Road To Hell is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1989.

Synopsis

Train sounds.

0:50: A paean to the hobo, the first few seconds of Country Joe McDonald's 'Hold On It's Coming' repeating in the background - 'Oh midnight special, I ride the rods a hobo...'

7:30: 'I jump off the train in Wildermere.(sp?)' Joe describes the small town where he jumps off the train.

10:00: Joe describes a scene in a ski lodge. He inscribes an attractive woman's cast, 'Regret not the momentary impulse.'

11:50: He describes how he likes to sleep in a cold room. A woman comes in. He speculates about what she's wearing. He compares the shape of her body to the architecture of our nation's governance, including the 'Articles of Confabulation' and other parody documents.

15:00: He recommends things to do, including replacing that broken pane of glass... and flossing.

18:00: Christmas in New York, 'Carolers standing beneath the street lamp', the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St Pat's...

22:10: Joe describes a New Year's Eve party, which gets wild. Miracles happen. Someone smothers to death underneath the jackets thrown on the bed.

28:50: A class, run by a fellow named Rottweiler. Joe gets so bored he carves his initials in the shoulder blades of the person sitting in front of him. The class turns out to be a meeting of people who perpetrate disruptive acts upon the public: subliminal messages in movies, on blimps, banners, 'radical wandering yodelers', hallucinogens in room fresheners, napalm in fire extinguishers, shaving creams that cause hair to grow uncontrollably, powerful emetics, diuretics, and laxatives in coffee-cart coffee, paranoia-inducing substances in public-toilet paper dispensers. Joe describes how people react to these, especially the hallucinogens.

39:50: Joe unwinds a long list: 'lite beer, lite cheese, lite meat, lite baked goods... a bank of television monitors enabling you to see who is approaching along the driveway... the seaplane that takes you to Southampton... the ex-Vietnam veteran karate-expert chauffeur who lives in the apartment above the garage... cigar-smoking, brandy-quaffing men in the library discuss the humor of high finance around a great crackling blaze in the Southern California night... henless eggs, decaffeinated cocaine'

47:30 Joe tells us how much he likes the life he's leading, repeatedly, for about a minute.

49:40: Joe describes an enormous mall that sells everything. It has apartments beneath it, in which one can experience foreign environments, including contracting malaria and parasitic infestations from the Brazilian rainforest.

Legacy Synopsis
  • Train sounds; a poetic celebration of the hobo.
  • A ski lodge, writing "regret not the momentary impulse" on a cast.
  • Founding fathers, the Articles of Confabulation and the bill of human bondage.
  • General Deities Incorporated. Christmas in New York.
  • Throwing a New Year's Eve party - a guest suffocated beneath coats.
  • Revolutionary political group promulgates messages and performs actions.
  • Conventional life disrupted by sabotage - fire extinguishers filled with napalm; shaving cream replaced with hair growth substance; emetics, diuretics, and laxatives added to office coffee
  • List of everyday items: lite beer, lite cheese, lite meat, lite baked goods...
  • List of security services: a bank of television monitors enabling you to observe who is approaching along the driveway...
  • List of upper class amenities: the Alpine ski lodge in wintertime Palm Desert Club timeshares...
  • List of beverages: ... noca-cola, joka-cola, bloka-cola, smoka-cola, croka-cola, loca-cola, broka-cola.
  • Joe hums and raps "it's the sweet life I'm leading" to music.
  • The triumph of the suburban mall.

    • Music

    This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.

    Additional credits

    The original broadcast credits state: "Performed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with David Rapkin. Recorded and mixed by Jeff Sykes."

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