The Loved One

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The Loved One[1]
Series
In The Dark
Original Broadcast Date
1993
Cast
Joe Frank, Grace Zabriskie, Arthur Miller, Laura Esterman, Lester Nafzger, Farley Ziegler, Heidi Nordberg, Harvey Per
Format
Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, 30 minutes
Preceded by: Smile
Followed by: Tomorrow

"When I was in high school, I hung out with a tall, skinny guy named Howard."

The Loved One is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.

Synopsis

Stories of people who feel drawn to Joe. Howard goes into a downward spiral and ends up living with Joe. Joe works at a wholesale boutique for Earl, who finds that Joe is the only one who can understand him. Joe moves into friends Vincent and Diane's guest cottage. Joe describes in detail the curse of being so beautiful as people find him so alluring, they want to kiss and hug him - even despite his attempt to live in disguise. A series of desperate messages left for Joe on an answering machine. Joe defends a woman in a bar.

Produced and aired in 1993

Cast: Laura Estermann, Lester Nafzger, Grace Zabriskie, Arthur Miller, Heidi Nordberg, Harvery Perr, Farley Ziegler and Joe Frank

Interesting Facts

The monologue in this show about Joe's cursed beauty also appears in the show Lover Man, The Loved One (Remix) and Waiting for the Bell

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External Links

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Arena (Remix) | At The Dark End Of The Bar | Bible Salesman | Bible Stories | Black Light | Blues Singer | A Call In The Night (Remix) | A Death In The Family | An Enterprising Man | Escape From Paradise | Eye In The Sky | Fat Man Down | Five Part Dissonance (Remix) | God Only Knows | I'm Not Crazy (Remix) | Joe Frank Live - Women Police Officers | Journal | Just Get Me Out Of Here | Justine | Last Show | Lost Soul | The Loved One (Remix) | Mountain Rain | The O.J. Chronicles | Obsessions | The Other Side (Show) | Pathology | Philosophy | Phone Therapy | Pledge Drive, 1996-02-12 | The Policemen's Ball (Remix) | Red Sea | Rent A Family (Remix) | Reprise | The River | The Road To Calvary | The Sacred | Soul Mate (Remix) | Talk To Me | Three Shingles | White Moon