Stories For Nothing

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.

Music

• "Djina Mousso" - Nahawa Doumbia (from Didadi, 1987) | YouTube

• "World Rhythm - Part 5" - M Harre Harren (from World Rhythm - Afro-Percussion Beats) | YouTube

Commentary

Please see guidelines on commentary and share your personal thoughts in this section.