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''"I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours ...."''
''"I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours before dawn..."''


'''Stories For Nothing''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]].
'''Stories For Nothing''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]].

Revision as of 10:21, 15 February 2021

Stories For Nothing[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1988
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by: Emergency Room
Followed by: Building A Church

"I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours before dawn..."

Stories For Nothing is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.

Synopsis

Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid jaywalking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night.

Interesting Facts

Music

  • "Djina Mousso" - Nahawa Doumbia (from Didadi, 1987)
  • "World Rhythm - Part 5" - M Harre Harren (from World Rhythm - Afro-Percussion Beats)
  • "Red Wind" - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors (from Totem, 1985)
  • "Dancing Path: Flowing" - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors ‎(from Initiation, 1988)

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