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"Across The River" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1984]]. | "Across The River" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1984]]. | ||
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[[Category:Lester Nafzger]] | [[Category:Lester Nafzger]] | ||
[[Category:1984]] | [[Category:1984]] | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 16 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1984 | |
| Cast | |
| Arthur Miller, Paul Mantell, Lester Nafzger, Avery Hart, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Improv Actors, 30 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Tour Of The City, A (Part 2) |
| Followed by: | Dreams Of The River |
"About ten, fifteen years ago there was a great scare that strontium ninety was going to cause cancer..."
"Across The River" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1984.
Synopsis
A bad folk singer sings about strontium, owning the sun. Men at a table discuss Strontium-91, the positive aspects of radioactive materials. A nightclub MC talks about living forever, his agent, a blind man and a cripple, etc. Panel discussion on alternative power sources: sports, human waste. A list of sound effects against a woman humming. Panel discussion: the benefits of radiation. Monologue: The trees are hung with objects. . . "on the other side" . . . "the wind does not feel the wind." Panel discussion: cancer as pure growth, progress; treadmills powering an apartment building. MC asks the time.
Interesting Facts
Shares material with The Other Side (Show)
Music
- "Kissin' Cousins" - Horace Silver (from Silver 'N Brass, 1975)
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