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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Apparently real sounds in an emergency room (apparently
University Hospital in Baltimore): woman grunts, apparently in pain; a
guy asks another about the gun; physicians and nurses interview
patients in an emergency room, discuss their treatments.  A physician
explains a procedure on a gunshot victim.
5: A guy identifies his police department.
6: A guy who claims to be a surgeon says he wants internal
organs moved to the outside.  A panel of 3 'experts' (Larry Block,
Arthur Miller, Tim Jerome) discuss moving organs around.
10: Joe talks about how nice it is to live at the beach in
Curaçao, ends up eating a chocolate gun, despite his diabetes.
<ref name=laughing>originally aired in [[Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio]]</ref>
14: Emergency room again, treating patients.
21: The panel of 'experts again': one proposes 'couple
transplants'; another talks about preserving bodies in space; another
talks about exoskeletons.
30: Joe tells the story of Caldwell, who dies while running up
34 floors of stairs during the 1977 July 14 blackout in NYC, has an
out-of-body experience in which he meets dead family members (1 a
niece who drowned in the Potomac) but is resuscitated, to his regret.<ref name=laughing />
36: Emergency room again, treating patients.
42: The panel of experts talks about new methods of
sterilization, including by sound, then in what order to treat
patients in the ER, whether patients with mental problems are being
treated more slowly than those with wounds.
48: The fast piano player Alan Baron finishes playing a piece, then
Joe and he take a call from Lester Ainslie, a fast-piano-player
competitor, quarrel.<ref name=laughing><ref>also used in [[Arena]]</ref>
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Recordings from an emergency room.  A man with a shotgun wound is interviewed.  Staff talks about what was done when the man arrived.  A policeman calls the man's family.  Actor panel discussion: a surgeon talks about the advantages of carrying one's organs externally, synthetic organs, leaving the body behind and becoming machines.  Monologue: Second person narrative describing surfing, a diabetic killing oneself with a chocolate gun.  Emergency room: an angry, drunken man who's been beaten is questioned.  Panel discussion: fluid transfusions for couples, cryogenically preserving people by launching them in orbit, zipper suturing, external skeletons, the spirit drug, flattening patients and shining light through them. Monologue: a man who dies while climbing stairs in a blackout has an out of body experience. He travels down a long dark tunnel and emerges into a festive dinner party attended by dead family members. They do the carnival dance. More emergency room audio: an old man is interviewed, ear swabbing, a discussion of the alcoholic regulars.  Panel discussion: sterilization techniques, the fairness of triage, the "bakery theory," treating victims and assailants.  Joe and actors: the fastest piano player is challenged to a piano-off.  Emergency room: a shocking pink psych ward, amazing human resiliency.
Recordings from an emergency room.  A man with a shotgun wound is interviewed.  Staff talks about what was done when the man arrived.  A policeman calls the man's family.  Actor panel discussion: a surgeon talks about the advantages of carrying one's organs externally, synthetic organs, leaving the body behind and becoming machines.  Monologue: Second person narrative describing surfing, a diabetic killing oneself with a chocolate gun.  Emergency room: an angry, drunken man who's been beaten is questioned.  Panel discussion: fluid transfusions for couples, cryogenically preserving people by launching them in orbit, zipper suturing, external skeletons, the spirit drug, flattening patients and shining light through them. Monologue: a man who dies while climbing stairs in a blackout has an out of body experience. He travels down a long dark tunnel and emerges into a festive dinner party attended by dead family members. They do the carnival dance. More emergency room audio: an old man is interviewed, ear swabbing, a discussion of the alcoholic regulars.  Panel discussion: sterilization techniques, the fairness of triage, the "bakery theory," treating victims and assailants.  Joe and actors: the fastest piano player is challenged to a piano-off.  Emergency room: a shocking pink psych ward, amazing human resiliency.
 
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== Music ==
== Music ==
{{C'est Le Vent Betty (Gabriel Yared)}} [2:21]
{{C'est Le Vent Betty (Gabriel Yared)}} [2:21]
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== Additional credits ==
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Lester Nafzger]], and Joe Frank. This program was mixed by Jeff Sykes."
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Lester Nafzger]], and Joe Frank. This program was mixed by Jeff Sykes."
== Commentary ==
At 5 minutes, a male police officer, talking to someone on the
phone, to report a gunshot wound, addresses him/her as 'hon', a
Baltimore-ism.  He has a Baltimore accent.  The Potomac river (at
33:50) and the Chesapeake bay (at about 57 minutes) are also
mentioned.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:08, 25 September 2023 (PDT)
== Footnotes ==


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