On The Edge (Remix)

When I first came to L.A. I lived in a hotel on the beach.

On The Edge (Remix) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on November 28, 1999.

Synopsis

A woman who dates veterans from successively earlier wars.
A toast to war. Contempt for peace. Sounds of war.
A man talks about covering May Day peace demonstrations as a journalist. His photographer goes nuts when he sees feminist protesters. Getting trapped by cops, rescued by a woman in an apartment above. Sounds of protest.
Joe is picked up by a hippie wearing bells while hitchhiking across the country, argues with truck drivers, gets into a chase.
What is death; what if the expression "bought the farm" were literally true?
Annoyances: waiting in line at supermarkets and post offices, athletes today, teenage dance shows. "What's the point of freedom if you don't let it debase you?"
Reading positive, self-help style advice in a desperate shouting voice.
What if "gone fishing" were true?
Annoyances: messes in public bathrooms, litter in movies, pan-handlers.
Death as hotel paradise.
"Death is..."

This program is different from the original On The Edge.