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|data2 = [[UnFictional]] | |data2 = [[UnFictional]] | ||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |header3 = Original Broadcast Date | ||
|data4 = 10/19/2015 | |data4 = 10/19/[[:Category:2015|2015]] | ||
|header5 = Cast | |header5 = Cast | ||
|data6 = [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[David Cross]], Joe Frank | |data6 = [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[David Cross]], Joe Frank | ||
|header7 = Format | |header7 = Format | ||
|data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], [[:Category:Mock_Interview|Mock Interview]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Serious_Monologue|Serious Monologue]], [[:Category:Mock_Interview|Mock Interview]], 27 minutes | ||
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''"Some native peoples, they would have a name like Soar Like An Eagle, that's the person's name..."'' | ''"Some native peoples, they would have a name like Soar Like An Eagle, that's the person's name..."'' | ||
'''Downfall''' is a radio program produced by Joe Frank and broadcast on KCRW's [[UnFictional]] Series. It originally aired on October 19, 2015. This was Joe's final program. | '''Downfall''' is a radio program produced by Joe Frank and broadcast on KCRW's [[UnFictional]] Series. It originally aired on October 19, [[:Category:2015|2015]]. This was Joe's final program. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
0:50: A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) and Joe talk about Native American names, such | |||
as 'Soar Like An Eagle', 'Spotted Mouse', 'Hat Stench'. | |||
3:00: Joe, hosting an episode of 'Travels across America' interviews | |||
Solomon Hicks ([[David Cross]]), mayor of Sand Hill, Georgia, which he | |||
has mismanaged to its ruin: potholes and craters in its streets, the | |||
collapse of a bridge, the roof of the elementary school auditorium, | |||
pollution of a lake. Hicks has facetious explanations, plans to build | |||
the world's largest amusement park to divert Sand Hillers' attention. | |||
7:50: Joe goes home, takes a bath, feels himself melting, dreams of | |||
playing chess with a mysterious cowled man while riding in a horse | |||
cart - 'a wheel came off the wagon, and a coffin fell out, spilling | |||
clocks ticking without hands. And I watched legions of | |||
professionally-maimed and disfigured beggars follow tourists to their | |||
hotels and wait underneath their cars.' | |||
9:20: Joe's lying on his back, lying beside a woman. She gets up, | |||
rends her clothes, smears ashes on her forehead, cries out, "Where is | |||
God?" | |||
10:00: They have just watched a report of a plane crashing in the | |||
South China Sea. Joe wonders how the relatives of the victims feel. | |||
A letter was found in the wreckage, addressed to Joe, apparently from | |||
a girlfriend who wanted to break up with him. Joe remembers the | |||
beginning of their relationship. 2 weeks after they moved in | |||
together, he came home to find everything gone. | |||
13:00P: Joe lists places where one can and can't sing the blues. | |||
14:00: Man (Cutrona) talks about a primitive Amazon tribe, that | |||
wealthy people are often unhappier. | |||
16:20: Joe tells about seeing a therapist. Their relationship evolved | |||
into a friendship; she ended up telling Joe more about her life than | |||
Joe told her about his. She remembered her seventh birthday party, at | |||
which her father died. Then she broke off the relationship. | |||
18:50: Man (Cutrona) tells Joe about talking to his imaginary friend. | |||
19:40: Joe notices people talking on their cellphones while they're | |||
driving. Joe wonders whether it's because they're lonely or trying to | |||
impress others. | |||
20:40: Joe asks Hicks about his affair with the wife of his opponent | |||
in the upcoming mayoral election. | |||
23:40: 'I'm looking for a small, screw-top plastic container. I | |||
believe I left it on my desk next to my notebooks beside a cup of | |||
coffee and a Danish, but I may have left it in the Fairmont Hotel's | |||
bathroom, because Dr. Nierenberg<ref>Dr Nierenberg is also mentioned in [[When I'm Calling You]] and [[Bottle For A Headstone]]</ref> at the food table as I was eating | |||
some Kasha with kiwi fruit salad and pickled Vidalia onions said he | |||
required a urine sample immediately, and I was directed to follow the | |||
wrought iron fence facing the small gazebo at the end of the gravel | |||
path.' | |||
24:40: Joe tells of being in the mens' room, comparing his urine | |||
stream to that of a robust young man, noticing the behavior of others. | |||
25:50: Joe recounts that when he was 5, his father gave him 2 silver | |||
dollars, which he buried in the front yard. A woman asked him what he | |||
was doing, said the silver dollars were hers, took them. | |||
26:40: Joe and Hicks talk about prayer. | |||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
Downfall from Joe Frank consists of the interview of a mayor facing charges of incompetence and corruption, interspersed with contemplative conversations and dreamlike events… which is to say that Downfall is a comic program of dubious value, limited merit, debatable and problematic. In lieu of flowers please bathe more frequently. - [https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-downfall KCRW] | Downfall from Joe Frank consists of the interview of a mayor facing charges of incompetence and corruption, interspersed with contemplative conversations and dreamlike events… which is to say that Downfall is a comic program of dubious value, limited merit, debatable and problematic. In lieu of flowers please bathe more frequently. - [https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-downfall KCRW] | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{The Watcher - Instrumental (Dr. Dre)}} [2:40] | |||
{{Funky For You (Deadbeats)}} [7:35] | |||
{{Your Place (Zero 7)}} [16:03] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
* Mixed by [[Ray Guarna]] | |||
* Special thanks to [[Michal Story]]. | |||
== External | == External links == | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8SKS1y0cE "Downfall" on Joe's YouTube channel] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8SKS1y0cE "Downfall" on Joe's YouTube channel] | ||
* [https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-downfall "Downfall" streaming audio at KCRW] | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
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[[Category:David Cross]] | [[Category:David Cross]] | ||
[[Category:UnFictional]] | [[Category:UnFictional]] | ||
{{Series|series=UnFictional}} | |||
[[Category:Bob Carlson]] | |||
[[Category:Ray Guarna]] | |||
[[Category:2015]] | [[Category:2015]] | ||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|20151016]] {{Airdate|airdate=2015-10-16}} | |||
{{Cast|cast=[[Ryan Cutrona]], [[David Cross]], Joe Frank}} |