Bitter Pill
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| December 3, 2000 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Maude Gaines, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Telephone, Singing, 53 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Brothers |
| Followed by: | Sunday Morning Service |
"If I could write something it would be about, uh you know, equating one's mother to a sun."
Bitter Pill is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on December 3, 2000.
Synopsis
- Larry Block: a celebration for his mother's 80th birthday; comparing country clubs; The Runaway Bunny.
- Monologue: high school buddy "Danny" the musician and his depressed daughter; Either/Or and the impossibility of escaping misery; Joe not having children; children are terrorists and vampires.
- Maude Gaines: The ideal future and having children; bad sex; therapy.
Music
- "Epominomous, Where Are You?" - Mike Richmond (from Basic Tendencies, 1996) | Soundhound [Intro]
- "Like Someone in Love" - sung by Joe's high school girlfriend Donna, with Danny on piano. Recorded in Joe's living room when he was 16 (~1954) [3:07]
- "I Remember You" - sung by Donna with Danny on piano [51:41]
