A Natural Disaster
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1994 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank, Arthur Miller, Ryan Cutrona, Larry Block | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Telephone, 30 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Hit Man |
| Followed by: | That Night |
"I'm at 1305 Lindbrook Road, about three houses past the blinking traffic light."
A Natural Disaster is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1994.
Synopsis
- A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake.
- Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife.
- Old man preacher character prophesies doom, laughs at the earthquake.
- Prank telephone spirit and prayer call ("Repeat after me.").
- Monologue: an address to a lit match; contemplating fire. Imprisoning the air in balloons as revenge for Hurricanes and tornadoes; torturing air by passing it through a filthy vacuum cleaner.
- Larry describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake.
- Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls.
Interesting Facts
The "repeat after me" prayer call originally appeared in Prayer.
Music
- "Atom Dream" - William Orbit (from Strange Cargo 2, 1990) | YouTube
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