Nausea
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1989 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 57 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Road To Hell |
| Followed by: | Bad |
One afternoon I drove by a voluptuous, scantily dressed female hitchhiker.
Nausea is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1989.
Synopsis
- Joe watches an attractive fake hitchhiker.
- Notes on women in bed.
- Joe's father published novels in France, authored distorted titles, won the last Nobel prize in literature. Nobel prize in literature replaced by other prizes.
- Something is missing from my life.
- Fredrick and Josephine find debauchery as sailors in the far east, go mad, imagine that they are at sea, fish from their apartment, and become monks.
- Becoming a monk and developing polyps.
- Verbal martial arts and being compelled to use it against everyone. "
- Why did [people do things]" monologue, random pondering.
- Joe is a race car driver.
- Monologue on rain - man knows he has to leave his wife before the rain ends.
Music
- "El Lamento de los Ayatollah" - Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta (from Urban And Tribal Portraits, 1988) | Bandcamp [Intro]
- "The Kiss" - Harold Budd (from The White Arcades, 1988) | YouTube [10:59]
- "Just Is" - Flux Of Pink Indians (from Uncarved Block, 1986) | YouTube [29:03]
- "The Race" - Yello (from Flag, 1988) | YouTube [31:28]
- "Balthus Bemused By Color" - Harold Budd (from The White Arcades, 1988) | YouTube [55:33]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "[P]erformed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with Arthur Miller and David Rapkin. It was recorded and mixed by Jeff Sykes."
Miscellanea
- The beginning of this show is the premise of Joe's Playboy Video The Hitchhiker
