Stories For Nothing
"I have drunk gallons of chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours..."
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1988 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Sleep |
| Followed by: | The Street |
"Stories For Nothing" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Synopsis
Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid J-walking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night.
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