Holy Land
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 11/14/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Arthur Miller, Larry Block, Farley Ziegler, David Franks, Grace Zabriskie, Keith Talbot, Robert Gordon, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Improv Actors, Found Tape, 58 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Higher Learning |
| Followed by: | On The Edge (Remix) |
| Purchase or Stream | |
I'm in the Garden of Eden with Eve, she's naked.
Holy Land is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on November 14, 1999.[1]
Synopsis
This episode is 100% re-used material, from 'God Only Knows', 'Smile', 'Prayer', and 'A natural disaster'.
Joe tells of Adam & Eve from Adam's point-of-view.[2]
10:10: Joe gives his account of the story of Joseph, father of Jesus, that Mary is bright and witty while Joseph is hesitant and withdrawn; he feels that Mary betrayed him with God. He becomes a drunk and a tramp.
Joseph resents Jesus's success, suspects his 'miracles' are tricks, is secretly happy at the crucifixion.[2]
21:10: A woman (Farley Ziegler?) calls Joe. She's been keeping track of Joe's medical expenses, is exasperated by the difficulty.[3]
23:50: A rabbi talks with Joe about immortality.[3]
24:40: Larry complains to Joe that Arthur Miller gets more of his stuff on Joe's shows. Joe disagrees.[3]
26:30: A woman (Farley Ziegler?) leaves a message on Joe's answering machine, apologizing for not being what Joe wants.[3]
27:00: A fellow (Keith Talbot[4]) leaves a message on Joe's answering machine, saying that he can tell when Joe's doing better because he calls less.[3]
27:40: A guy ('Cousin Bob' - Robert Gordon?) talks about the significance of life.[3]
28:10: A woman with an accent (Grace Zabriskie? Noemi?) says 'radio talk' helps her deal with anxiety.[3]
29:10: Arthur Miller tells Joe what a bad actor Larry is, how good he is, wants more money.[3]
31:10: The rabbi talks about celebrating weddings and bar mitzvahs, feeling that deceased parents of the celebrants are watching. He believes that there's an eternal spirit.[3]
32:10: 'Alice don't know me that well' protests a woman to a crazy 'preacher', prankster David Franks, who wants to come over for a séance.[5][6]
38:40: Random people praying; joefrank.com in 2013 reads, 'We hear a series of religious Dial-a-Prayers.' - it sounds like it.[6]
46:30: Crazy preacher (David Franks) calls person (sounds like a woman to me; preacher addresses him/her as 'brother'), leads him/her in a crazy prayer ('Clytemnestra's daughter … African Eurasian tiger pussycat'…).[7]
55:10: A woman (Grace Zabriskie) talks about bliss, which comes upon her unawares, for no discernible reason, how much she likes it, how it makes her life worth living.[6]
First person account of Adam and Eve. Joseph as a resentful father. A woman complains about doctor's bills for a long list of procedures. A man talks about achieving immortality through what we leave behind. Larry complains that Joe didn't use his material a program about pilgrimage, says that Joe is bullied by Arthur Miller into using his material. Arthur makes fun of Larry for doing research in preparation for a program, says that Larry may be able to act but cannot improvise, then praises himself and threatens to quit unless he gets more money. A man talks about experiencing the spirit of the dead. Prank telephone spirit medium / preacher calls. Preachers speak, offer prayers. More prank calls. A woman talks about experiencing bliss.
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.
- "Lanzarote" - Brian Eno (from The Shutov Assembly, 1992) | YouTube [21:04]
- "Shut Up Pedro" - Thomas Newman (from The Linguini Incident, 1992) | YouTube [38:19]
Footnotes
- ↑ Two shows share this air date on joefrank.com: this and Higher Learning. According to KCRW, Holy Land was broadcast on November 7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 originally aired in God Only Knows
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 originally aired in Smile
- ↑ his voice sounds like John's in When I'm Calling You
- ↑ apparently a found tape
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 originally aired in Prayer
- ↑ originally aired in A Natural Disaster
