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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
This show is all re-used material, none from [[Dreamland]];
<i>Dreamland</i> isn't even mentioned.
'Time is just a dimension of the universe&hellip;' a homeless fellow
delivers a monologue on time, energy, the universe, sound, California,
Los Angeles (which he calls a giant tick)&hellip;<ref>originally in
[[Streetwise]]</ref>
10: 'Alice don't know me that well' protests a woman to a crazy
'preacher', prankster [[David Franks]], who wants to come over for a
s&eacute;ance. <ref name=prayer>originally in [[Prayer]]</ref>
16:30: A guy worries that he's psychotic, complains that people think
he's gay. <ref name=loner>originally in [[Loner]]</ref>.
26:40: Crazy preacher (David Franks) calls a person (sounds like a
woman to me; preacher addresses him/her as 'brother'), leads him/her
in a crazy prayer ('Clytemnestra's daughter &hellip; African Eurasian
tiger pussycat'&hellip;).<ref>originally in [[A Natural Disaster]]</ref>.
35: Excerpts from 'Dial-a-prayers'<ref name=prayer />
42: A woman ([[Grace Zabriskie]]) talks about bliss, which comes upon
her unawares, for no discernible reason, how much she likes it, how it
makes her life worth living.<ref name=prayer />
45: A guy reads tarot cards over the phone.<ref name=hotline>originally in [[Hot Line]]</ref>
49:40: A guy remembers his father, how he could always rely on him.
The father commandeered a street-sweeper in Georgia, drove it into a
cemetery. <ref name=hotline />
54:20: A guy who can't find his hotel stays at another.<ref name=loner />
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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A paranoid homeless man, a bizarre telephone preacher, and a lonely male nurse share the stage of this surreal program.
A paranoid homeless man, a bizarre telephone preacher, and a lonely male nurse share the stage of this surreal program.


Also see [[Dreamland]].
Also see [[Dreamland]].
 
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== Music ==
== Music ==
{{Rock Hammer (Thomas Newman)}} [Intro]
{{Rock Hammer (Thomas Newman)}} [Intro]
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== Miscellanea ==
== Miscellanea ==
The <i>NPR Playhouse</i> version identifies it as <i>Dreamland</i>,
credits David Franks, William Reinert (the Loner?  the guy who
remembered his father?) , and Grace Zabriskie, with special thanks to
Stanley (the homeless guy?).  Reinert's other credit is [[Streetwise]]
- could he have played the homeless guy?
* Joe uses the music "[[:Category:Rock_Hammer_(Thomas_Newman)|Rock Hammer]]" (a cut from the score of <i>Shawshank Redemption</i>) in [[Dreamland: A Compilation]]; his character uses a rock hammer in [[Escape From Paradise]].
* Joe uses the music "[[:Category:Rock_Hammer_(Thomas_Newman)|Rock Hammer]]" (a cut from the score of <i>Shawshank Redemption</i>) in [[Dreamland: A Compilation]]; his character uses a rock hammer in [[Escape From Paradise]].
== Footnotes ==


[[Category:David Franks]]
[[Category:David Franks]]