Pilot

Pilot[1]

Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
1983
Cast
Barbara Sohmers, Clark Gordon, Paul Mantell, Larry Block, Irene Wagner, Arthur Miller, Tim Jerome, Joe Frank
Format
Improv Actors, 30 minutes
Preceded by:	Lies
Followed by:	Questions

"Once, uh, I went alone to the Yucatan to go diving."

Pilot is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1983.

Synopsis

Interview with "love film" actors, Joe's doctor dies and he finds someone living in his apartment, female actor describes an encounter with a married couple and her girlfriend, Joe is in the dining car of a train, taking a row boat across the river, monologue on nirvana in Indian accent, diving in the Yucatan with a tooth ache, actor dialog: revolution around a resort and talking with a pilot, radio interview with anthropologist about a village dance, fighting couple.

Interesting Facts

"Pilots, problems, and what happens when you reach the end" according to the announcer.

Music

• "The Dawn" - DJ Food (from Jazz Brakes Volume 5, 1994) [added to later version; not in the original 1983 "Pilot"]

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