Pilgrim

Pilgrim[1]

Series
In The Dark
Original Broadcast Date
1993
Cast
Joe Frank, Arthur Miller, Grace Zabriskie, Helen Wilson, Florina Federescou, Douglas Johnson
Format
Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, 1 hour
Preceded by:	Problems
Followed by:	Smile

The first light snow of the year has fallen, and the ground is dusted in white.

Pilgrim is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.

Synopsis

Second person description of a thanksgiving dinner. Thoughts about the pilgrims including birth defects. Actor: Meeting a holy man while being washed downriver. The point of a pilgrimage. Actor: Falling asleep in a temple. Falling in love with a car and buying it, then driving across the country as a pilgrim, falling for a waitress. Actor: trying to commit suicide in Budapest, taking a train to see a doctor in a pool hall. Driving in the rockies and the desert. Being pulled over by a cop who complains that people travel too much. Driving to Las Vegas. Driving into the ocean.

Miscellanea

This program was originally broadcast in two half hour parts, but appears on joefrank.com as a single program.

Music

• "The Spirit Cannot Fail" - Bill Nelson (from Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights, 1987) | YouTube

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• "Brooks Was Here" - Thomas Newman (from Shawshank Redemption Soundtrack, 1994) | YouTube

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