A Natural Disaster

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A Natural Disaster[1]
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

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