Escape From Paradise
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Somewhere Out There | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| June 30, 1996 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 56 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Mountain Rain |
| Followed by: | Reprise |
I was a trucker, I had an eighteen wheeler.
Escape From Paradise is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Somewhere Out There. It was originally broadcast on June 30, 1996.
Synopsis
Joe is a trucker who causes a massive accident. He begins smuggling immigrants, and is arrested and sent to an enlightened prison. Description of the prison and a prison rebellion. The wife of the transvestite prison director, Farrington, discovers his affair with a prisoner, Jones. Joe has a conjugal visit and questions his wife. Jones and Farrington fight. Farrington and his wife fight in the car. Jones kills and eats Farrington and they escape through a hole in the wall which had been disguised as a painting. They go to Mexico where Jones becomes an enlightened ascetic.
Music
- "Bless My Soul" - Nightmares On Wax (from Smokers Delight, 1995) | YouTube
- "Nights Introlude" - Nightmares On Wax (from Smokers Delight, 1995) | YouTube
- "Stop It" - Solar System (from Solar System, 1996)
