On The Edge (Remix)
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 11/28/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Pilgrim |
| Followed by: | Predator |
"When I first came to L.A. I lived in a hotel on the beach."
On The Edge (Remix) is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on November 28, 1999.
Synopsis
- A woman who dates veterans from successively earlier wars.
- A toast to war. Contempt for peace. Sounds of war.
- A man talks about covering May Day peace demonstrations as a journalist. His photographer goes nuts when he sees feminist protesters. Getting trapped by cops, rescued by a woman in an apartment above. Sounds of protest.
- Joe is picked up by a hippie wearing bells while hitchhiking across the country, argues with truck drivers, gets into a chase.
- What is death; what if the expression "bought the farm" were literally true?
- Annoyances: waiting in line at supermarkets and post offices, athletes today, teenage dance shows. "What's the point of freedom if you don't let it debase you?"
- Reading positive, self-help style advice in a desperate shouting voice.
- What if "gone fishing" were true?
- Annoyances: messes in public bathrooms, litter in movies, pan-handlers.
- Death as hotel paradise.
- "Death is... "
Interesting Facts
This program is different from the original program titled On the Edge. It shares material with On the Edge, I'm Not Crazy, War Heads, Why I Don't Love You Anymore.
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