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|data2 = [[Work In Progress]] | |data2 = [[Work In Progress]] | ||
|data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], 88 minutes | ||
|data4 = [[:Category:1986|1986]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1986|1986]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/no-show No Show][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=No%20Show] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/no-show No Show][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=No%20Show] | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
* Joe announces that there is no show, and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music. | * Joe announces that there is no show, and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music. | ||
* Discussing the inter-connectedness of all things and the indomitable desire to live with | * Discussing the inter-connectedness of all things and the indomitable desire to live with his producer. | ||
* Joe sweeps a tuner across commercial radio stations, suggests his audience listen to something else | * Joe sweeps a tuner across commercial radio stations, suggests his audience listen to something else | ||
* A woman invites herself to Joe's apartment, talks forever about nothing, and harasses his cat. Sharing a frozen dinner with an elderly cat. | * A woman invites herself to Joe's apartment, talks forever about nothing, and harasses his cat. Sharing a frozen dinner with an elderly cat. | ||
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* Joe's friend talks about problems with his mother. | * Joe's friend talks about problems with his mother. | ||
* Joe's cat goes into a seizure. | * Joe's cat goes into a seizure. | ||
* Living in a noisy neighborhood. Waking up to a film crew outside. | * Living in a noisy neighborhood. Waking up to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Simon ''Simon & Simon''] film crew outside. | ||
* Joe picks up a girlfriend at the airport. | * Joe picks up a girlfriend at the airport. | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{My First Homage (Gavin Bryars)}} [Intro] <!--radio segment includes "Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, Allegro" - András Schiff | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Anne Murray | "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles --> | {{My First Homage (Gavin Bryars)}} [Intro] <!--radio segment includes "Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, Allegro" - András Schiff | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Anne Murray | "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles --> | ||
== Shared material == | |||
* [[No Show (Remix)]] (60 minutes) | |||
== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
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== Miscellanea == | == Miscellanea == | ||
*Joe's most truly autobiographical show. 100% true, *probably*. He talks about his daily life and frustrations, and the cumulative interruptions which have caused him to be unprepared to write a show. | *Joe's most truly autobiographical show. 100% true, *probably*. He talks about his daily life and frustrations, and the cumulative interruptions which have caused him to be unprepared to write a show. | ||
*Joe's most "improvised" monologue. You hear him tell unprepared stories about his life, his narrative is less polished, more hesitant, sounds like his "true speaking voice". | *Joe's most "improvised" monologue. You hear him tell unprepared stories about his life, his narrative is less polished, more hesitant, sounds like his "true speaking voice". | ||
*Includes material about his lawsuit against the screenwriter | *Includes material about his lawsuit against the screenwriter of the Martin Scorcese film ''After Hours'', which is not included in the 60-minute version. | ||
*There is also a 120-minute version that contains duplicated segments plus an excerpt from [[Joe Frank's America]]. | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 25 October 2021
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 88 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | A Landing Strip In The Jungle |
| Followed by: | Let Me Not Dream |
I have an announcement to make this evening. There is no show.
No Show is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
- Joe announces that there is no show, and spends the program explaining why against soft piano music.
- Discussing the inter-connectedness of all things and the indomitable desire to live with his producer.
- Joe sweeps a tuner across commercial radio stations, suggests his audience listen to something else
- A woman invites herself to Joe's apartment, talks forever about nothing, and harasses his cat. Sharing a frozen dinner with an elderly cat.
- Joe calls a telephone counseling line from the studio.
- A dinner party in Joe's honor, feeling a fraud, discussing the meaning of quality of life. Dinner parties as an Olympic sport.
- The lawsuit against a film company for plagiarism.
- Joe's friend talks about problems with his mother.
- Joe's cat goes into a seizure.
- Living in a noisy neighborhood. Waking up to a Simon & Simon film crew outside.
- Joe picks up a girlfriend at the airport.
Music
- "My First Homage" - Gavin Bryars (from Hommages, 1981) | YouTube [Intro]
- No Show (Remix) (60 minutes)
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother."
Miscellanea
- Joe's most truly autobiographical show. 100% true, *probably*. He talks about his daily life and frustrations, and the cumulative interruptions which have caused him to be unprepared to write a show.
- Joe's most "improvised" monologue. You hear him tell unprepared stories about his life, his narrative is less polished, more hesitant, sounds like his "true speaking voice".
- Includes material about his lawsuit against the screenwriter of the Martin Scorcese film After Hours, which is not included in the 60-minute version.
- There is also a 120-minute version that contains duplicated segments plus an excerpt from Joe Frank's America.