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An answering machine message from Joe apologizing for not calling in last week. Clips of callers praising Joe's work. Susan Stone interviews Joe live on the phone (previously recorded.) Joe threatens to sue over the offensive nature of listener comments, then regrets it. Joe talks about [[The Eighty Yard Run]]. Questions from listeners: Joe claims he uses no scripts. A question about the archery range and stoplight scenes from [[Stories For Nothing]]. | An answering machine message from Joe apologizing for not calling in last week. Clips of callers praising Joe's work. Susan Stone interviews Joe live on the phone (previously recorded.) Joe threatens to sue over the offensive nature of listener comments, then regrets it. Joe talks about [[The Eighty Yard Run]]. Questions from listeners: Joe claims he uses no scripts. A question about the archery range and stoplight scenes from [[Stories For Nothing]]. | ||
[[Larry Block]] calls and claims Joe is avoiding him, giving him wrong phone numbers, and that he is owed money. Joe talks about a fistfight, [[Zak Block]] planting a bomb under his car, harassment. Larry claims everything was fiction and that his career is ruined because of his role on the show. Zak praises the ambiguity over what is real in Joe's show, accuses him of exploiting Larry. Joe and Zak talk about what is real on radio; Joe as a scavenger of human sorrow. Susan opens the phones with Joe and Zak on the air. Diamond Dave (a San Francisco call-in regular) talks about the story about Detroit from [[Rose]], claims he met Detroit. [Note - there was a guy named Detroit in Berkeley in 1999 who occasionally dropped by camp KPFA. Same guy?] A guy asks Joe for advice for an 18 year old. Joe says he never smoked marijuana. The relationship between Joe and Bob Dylan. A question about some show with a struggling actor and his brother. (Possibly Jerry's world?) Jim Bennett and Mary Berg join Joe in studio. Joe tied Bennett to a tree and took his money. Joe pitches for the fund drive. Larry offers a matching grant. Joe hangs up. Clips from old programs. | [[Larry Block]] calls and claims Joe is avoiding him, giving him wrong phone numbers, and that he is owed money. Joe talks about a fistfight, [[Zachary Block|Zak Block]] planting a bomb under his car, harassment. Larry claims everything was fiction and that his career is ruined because of his role on the show. Zak praises the ambiguity over what is real in Joe's show, accuses him of exploiting Larry. Joe and Zak talk about what is real on radio; Joe as a scavenger of human sorrow. Susan opens the phones with Joe and Zak on the air. Diamond Dave (a San Francisco call-in regular) talks about the story about Detroit from [[Rose]], claims he met Detroit. [Note - there was a guy named Detroit in Berkeley in 1999 who occasionally dropped by camp KPFA. Same guy?] A guy asks Joe for advice for an 18 year old. Joe says he never smoked marijuana. The relationship between Joe and Bob Dylan. A question about some show with a struggling actor and his brother. (Possibly Jerry's world?) Jim Bennett and Mary Berg join Joe in studio. Joe tied Bennett to a tree and took his money. Joe pitches for the fund drive. Larry offers a matching grant. Joe hangs up. Clips from old programs. | ||
== Miscellanea == | == Miscellanea == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:14, 14 September 2024
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Other | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| February 22, 2004 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Zachary Block, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Live, Telephone, Pledge Drive, 1 hour | |
KPFA Pledge Drive, Feb 22, 2004 is a program Joe Frank participated in during the 2004 Winter pledge drive at Berkeley radio station KPFA.
Synopsis
An answering machine message from Joe apologizing for not calling in last week. Clips of callers praising Joe's work. Susan Stone interviews Joe live on the phone (previously recorded.) Joe threatens to sue over the offensive nature of listener comments, then regrets it. Joe talks about The Eighty Yard Run. Questions from listeners: Joe claims he uses no scripts. A question about the archery range and stoplight scenes from Stories For Nothing.
Larry Block calls and claims Joe is avoiding him, giving him wrong phone numbers, and that he is owed money. Joe talks about a fistfight, Zak Block planting a bomb under his car, harassment. Larry claims everything was fiction and that his career is ruined because of his role on the show. Zak praises the ambiguity over what is real in Joe's show, accuses him of exploiting Larry. Joe and Zak talk about what is real on radio; Joe as a scavenger of human sorrow. Susan opens the phones with Joe and Zak on the air. Diamond Dave (a San Francisco call-in regular) talks about the story about Detroit from Rose, claims he met Detroit. [Note - there was a guy named Detroit in Berkeley in 1999 who occasionally dropped by camp KPFA. Same guy?] A guy asks Joe for advice for an 18 year old. Joe says he never smoked marijuana. The relationship between Joe and Bob Dylan. A question about some show with a struggling actor and his brother. (Possibly Jerry's world?) Jim Bennett and Mary Berg join Joe in studio. Joe tied Bennett to a tree and took his money. Joe pitches for the fund drive. Larry offers a matching grant. Joe hangs up. Clips from old programs.
Miscellanea
- Last hour of extended fund drive.
