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Revision as of 10:45, 15 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 11/14/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Friederike Frank, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | The Box |
| Followed by: | Holy Land |
"I just, just turned eightteen in November."
Higher Learning is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side (Series). It was originally broadcast on November 14, 1999.
Synopsis
- His mom tells of her early adulthood, her marriage to an older man.
- Straining to appear likeable, the audience at a play as performers.
- Humans making up for our physical inferiority
- A child falling asleep imagines being offered hideous decisions: torture of himself or others.
- Joe Frank the schoolteacher, dating coworker Kim with capped teeth, premature ejaculation
- Defending against students' intellectual attacks
- The insignificance of humans in the universe. A city viewed from an airplane.
- Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge.
Interesting Facts
- Joe's story of life as a schoolteacher also appears in Pretender.
- This program shares material with Cocktails Before Dinner, and it shares text with God Only Knows
- This program may have aired in 1992, and as part of KCRW's Flashback series.
Music
Commentary
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Spblat
I love the opening musical loop. Nice and mellow. I also particularly enjoy when Joe talks about the vastness of the universe and our apparent insignificance in it. Add his commentary about how frail we truly are, and this is a winner for me. I ranted about this once on my web site.
