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A washed-up musician tries to fill time.  As a college student, he steals brownies from Howard Johnson's restaurants.  In New York he gets a job as a janitor at a church and dates a German waitress.  Stealing sunglasses, cafe meals.  Telemarketing for an opera company.  Subway stations as an underground world.  Playing music in a bar.  Hiring prostitutes.  Imagining oneself as a character in a novel.
A washed-up musician tries to fill time.  As a college student, he steals brownies from Howard Johnson's restaurants.  In New York he gets a job as a janitor at a church and dates a German waitress.  Stealing sunglasses, cafe meals.  Telemarketing for an opera company.  Subway stations as an underground world.  Playing music in a bar.  Hiring prostitutes.  Imagining oneself as a character in a novel.


== Interesting Facts ==
== Miscellanea ==
Shares most of its text with Fat Man Down, but includes scenes from a boat going down river in place of hospital scenes, more sound effects, and little music.  Not a remix, but a recording of the same text with small changes.
Shares most of its text with Fat Man Down, but includes scenes from a boat going down river in place of hospital scenes, more sound effects, and little music.  Not a remix, but a recording of the same text with small changes.



Revision as of 14:11, 2 March 2021

Dreams Of The River[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1986
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
1 hour
Preceded by: Across The River
Followed by: Dear Annie

The river is a winding tunnel through the jungle.

Dreams Of The River is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1985."

Synopsis

A washed-up musician tries to fill time. As a college student, he steals brownies from Howard Johnson's restaurants. In New York he gets a job as a janitor at a church and dates a German waitress. Stealing sunglasses, cafe meals. Telemarketing for an opera company. Subway stations as an underground world. Playing music in a bar. Hiring prostitutes. Imagining oneself as a character in a novel.

Miscellanea

Shares most of its text with Fat Man Down, but includes scenes from a boat going down river in place of hospital scenes, more sound effects, and little music. Not a remix, but a recording of the same text with small changes.

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