Bitter Pill
From The Joe Frank Wiki
"If I could write something it would be about, uh you know, equating one's mother to a sun."
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| December 3, 2000 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Maude Gaines, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Telephone, Singing, 53 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Brothers |
| Followed by: | Sunday Morning Service |
Bitter Pill is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on December 3, 2000.
'Bitter pill' is available on the Joe Frank Channel of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSnJOEOiwpM
Synopsis
- Larry Block: a celebration for his mother's 80th birthday; comparing country clubs; The Runaway Bunny.
- Monologue: high school buddy "Danny" the musician and his depressed daughter; Either/Or and the impossibility of escaping misery; Joe not having children; children are terrorists and vampires.
- Maude Gaines: The ideal future and having children; bad sex; therapy.
Music
- "Epominomous, Where Are You?" - Mike Richmond (from Basic Tendencies, 1996) | Soundhound [Intro]
- "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) [3:07]
- "I Remember You" - sung by Donna with Danny on piano [51:41]
