The End

The End[1]

Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
4/15/1983
Cast
Barbara Sohmers, Clark Gordon, Paul Mantell, Robin Goodman, Avery Hart, Brother Theodore, Larry Block, Irene Wagner, Arthur Miller, Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Joe Frank
Format
Scripted Actors, Absurd Monologue, Mock Interview, 30 minutes
Preceded by:	Warheads
Followed by:	Pilot

When did it begin? I don't know really.

The End is a thirty minute program Joe Frank produced as part of the series NPR Playhouse. It is typically broadcast together with Pilot. It originally aired in 1983.

Synopsis

Joe's doctor dies, and he finds someone living in his apartment. Voice-over radio plays: an exaggerated Indian accent describes souls who don't know they are dead. An interview with "Love Film" actors. A circus by the sea explodes. Joe can't sleep at the YMCA, emotion is a sign of decadence. Steinfeld's theory of Chaos. A woman describes an encounter with a couple and a girlfriend. Joe is in a bar on a train in the countryside, the conductor questions people (the "Is your business of a personal nature or is it commercial? . . . I buy and sell animals..." dialog), Joe remembers the country side and tries to cross a river. A doctor removes fragments of bone from Joe's body. Indian voice talks about nirvana as a resort hotel. A couple fights at the circus funeral.

Music

• "Black Coffee" - unknown version
• "Moon River" - Peter Nero (from For The Nero-Minded, 1962) | YouTube

• "Sentimental Walk" - Vladimir Cosma (from Diva (Original Soundtrack Recording), 1982) | YouTube

• "The Dawn" - DJ Food (from Jazz Brakes Volume 5, 1994) | YouTube (Added later)

Additional credits

• Directed by Arthur Miller
• Sound by David Rapkin

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