The Nature Of Things
From The Joe Frank Wiki
"According to the theory of the big bang, the universe exploded from a single point."
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| April 3, 2000 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Zak Block, Michael Meloan, Kristine McKenna, Jack Kornfield, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Karma Style, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | The Wire |
| Followed by: | Karma (Part 1) |
The Nature of Things is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on April 3, 2000.
Synopsis
- The big bang is absurd. Deep sea creatures. Various Animals and god's plan.
- Jack Kornfield: talking about the universe and wisdom and knowledge ("what is a satellite?").
- Larry Block talks about drinking before a show, reads a poem.
- Kristine McKenna: A woman cries and talks about her sister.
- Larry and Joe discuss self destruction.
- Mike Meloan talks about meeting an Indian fortune teller in a parking lot.
- Kornfield: a merciful being assumed your body.
- Kristine talks about hearing a man in pain.
- A birthday party for film industry types: a man buys a bakery, shits in an airport.
- Kornfield: The scale of it all.
- Larry talks about drinking and then eating junk, antidepressants, suicide.
- Kornfield: a class describes an orange - an exercise in observation.
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.
- "Brazil" - Antonio Carlos Jobim (from Stone Flower, 1970) | YouTube
- "Re-arrange" - Cinematic Orchestra (from Talkin Inside The Beat, 1999) | YouTube
- "Black Coffee" - Patricia Kaas (from Café Noir, 1996) | YouTube
Miscellanea
- Fortune Teller sequence also in Karma Don't Deny Me.
- Nature discussions also in Karma (Part 3).
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