Bitter Pill
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side (Series) | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| December 3, 2000 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank, Larry Block, Maude Gaines | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Telephone, Singing, 1 hour | |
| 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 (Series). It was originally broadcast on December 3, 2000.
Synopsis
Larry Block: a celebration for his mother's 80th birthday, run away bunny, comparing country clubs.
Monologue: high school buddy "Danny" the musician and his depressed daughter, Joe Having children, children are terrorists and vampires.
(Maude Gaines): The ideal future and having children, bad sex, therapy.
Old tapes: pop songs, woman singing "I remember you"
Music
- "Epominomous, Where Are You?" - Mike Richmond (from Basic Tendencies, 1996) | Soundhound
- "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)
- I Remember You - sung by Donna with Danny on piano
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