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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
0:00: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency
1:10: Joe reports the traffic problems in LA's freeways from the
traffic helicopter: biohazard spills, explosions, overpass collapse,
overturned school bus on fire, airplanes crashed, striking hospital
workers, looters, mad shooter...  (lots of buses overturned)<ref>The
street geography is accurate.</ref>
11:40: A surface-to-air missile hits Joe's helicopter.  He thinks he's
going to die in the crash.  He tells us, 'I have a message that I've
been saving for the last moment of my life a piece of wisdom that was
passed on to me by a very, very wise and holy man who told me one
evening...'  Instead of telling us the message he gives a long
preface.  We hear the sound of a crash.
15:50: 'Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix)' - Santessa
16:00: Joe describes checking into a motel.
17:00: When he enters his room he hears a neighbor talking to someone
on the phone.  He's rude to the callee.
18:20: Joe lists all the things he has to get done when he gets home,
'I have to clean out the storage bin next to the garage, dust the
Coulomb vanes in the power conversion unit.  I have to reschedule my
rumba lessons in order to re-point the surface of my company's cloud
chamber with Teflon because it is both economically and tragicomically
graded...'
20:20: 'True prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer
becomes impossible and your heart has turned to stone.'  Jack
Kornfield expatiates on learning when things seem impossible.
22:50: Kornfield tells of driving into the city, his daughter Caroline
paying the bridge toll for the car behind them, as an example of
making life beautiful in small ways.
24:40: 'Ai Du' - Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure
25:10: Joe's landed his helicopter safely, at least for him - a
convent burned down with a few fatalities.  He wonders if we've
reached the end times.
29:30: 'I must maintain my sense of humor, my sense of irony, my sense
of the absurd...'  He says there's always something good to balance
something bad.
34:40: Joe's back to giving the freeway traffic report, sees a
carjacking in high-speed pursuit.  The hijacker is firing at the
police and others.  Joe calls it a welcome break for the international
audience.  Some encourage the hijacker.  He has a book deal, is
negotiating TV rights, endorsement deals.  Joe says it shows how
people can succeed in America.  When he runs out of gas, Johnny
Cochran is there to defend him; CNN covers it live, lets the hijacker
speak.
39:50: Joe describes luxurious yacht.  An explosion sinks it.  The
evacuation is disorganized.
43:00: Joe reflects on the turn of events of the yacht's passengers,
that disasters make everything that seemed important before
meaningless.
47:40: 'We seem to be going round and round the same particular set of
phrases aren't you getting bored?'  Joe asks his interlocutor to see
him in person, talk it out.
50:10: Joe's giving the freeway traffic report again.  The freeways
are clear and safe.  A fire consumed half the city but it's subsided.
There's a cyanide spill in Pasadena.  'People seem to have reclined
wherever the mood is overtaking them.  They're lying on their backs
crowded around fountains, in the parks, just relaxing on sidewalks,
stretched out at the entrances to buildings.'
52:10: Joe describes an epic traffic jam that covers the whole of Los
Angeles county into the neighboring counties.
54:50: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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Joe is a helicopter traffic man reporting on bizarre disaster scenes in Los Angeles. Checking into a hotel and overhearing phone conversations. A list of chores that spirals into pseudo-technical nonsense.  Kornfield: life force, paying the toll for the car behind you.  Joe survives a helicopter crash and has only one eye.  Preparing for the end of the world.  Joe reports on a police chase.  Watching a ship sink.  Empty roads after a chemical spill.  A traffic report that degenerates into an endless stream of Los Angeles streets.
Joe is a helicopter traffic man reporting on bizarre disaster scenes in Los Angeles. Checking into a hotel and overhearing phone conversations. A list of chores that spirals into pseudo-technical nonsense.  Kornfield: life force, paying the toll for the car behind you.  Joe survives a helicopter crash and has only one eye.  Preparing for the end of the world.  Joe reports on a police chase.  Watching a ship sink.  Empty roads after a chemical spill.  A traffic report that degenerates into an endless stream of Los Angeles streets.
 
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== Music ==  
== Music ==
{{Tortoise (Higher Intelligence Agency)}} [Intro]
{{Tortoise (Higher Intelligence Agency)}} [Intro]
{{Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix) (Santessa)}} {{Added music}} [15:51]
{{Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix) (Santessa)}} {{Added music}} [15:51]
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== Additional credits ==
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits (read by Joe) state: "Edited and mixed by Theo Mondle, with music production by [[Bob Carlson]]. Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro."
The original broadcast credits (read by Joe) state: "Edited and mixed by [[Theo Mondle]], with music production by [[Bob Carlson]]. Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro."


The later (The Other Side) broadcast version credits state: "Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. With Joe Frank and Buddhist teacher [[Jack Kornfield]]. Mixed by JC Swiatek. Production assistance: Esmé Gregson."
The later (The Other Side) broadcast version credits state: "Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. With Joe Frank and Buddhist teacher [[Jack Kornfield]]. Mixed by JC Swiatek. Production assistance: Esmé Gregson."

Revision as of 17:35, 2 September 2023

Eye In The Sky[1]
Series
Somewhere Out There
Original Broadcast Date
January 7, 1996
Cast
Jack Kornfield, Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 54 minutes
Preceded by: Iceland (Part 2) (Remix)
Followed by: Three Shingles

That sigalert continues out in Chino Hills on the Corona expressway.

Eye In The Sky is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Somewhere Out There. It was originally broadcast on January 7, 1996. A longer version was broadcast as part of the series The Other Side.

Synopsis

0:00: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency

1:10: Joe reports the traffic problems in LA's freeways from the traffic helicopter: biohazard spills, explosions, overpass collapse, overturned school bus on fire, airplanes crashed, striking hospital workers, looters, mad shooter... (lots of buses overturned)[1]

11:40: A surface-to-air missile hits Joe's helicopter. He thinks he's going to die in the crash. He tells us, 'I have a message that I've been saving for the last moment of my life a piece of wisdom that was passed on to me by a very, very wise and holy man who told me one evening...' Instead of telling us the message he gives a long preface. We hear the sound of a crash.

15:50: 'Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix)' - Santessa

16:00: Joe describes checking into a motel.

17:00: When he enters his room he hears a neighbor talking to someone on the phone. He's rude to the callee.

18:20: Joe lists all the things he has to get done when he gets home, 'I have to clean out the storage bin next to the garage, dust the Coulomb vanes in the power conversion unit. I have to reschedule my rumba lessons in order to re-point the surface of my company's cloud chamber with Teflon because it is both economically and tragicomically graded...'

20:20: 'True prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart has turned to stone.' Jack Kornfield expatiates on learning when things seem impossible.

22:50: Kornfield tells of driving into the city, his daughter Caroline paying the bridge toll for the car behind them, as an example of making life beautiful in small ways.

24:40: 'Ai Du' - Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure

25:10: Joe's landed his helicopter safely, at least for him - a convent burned down with a few fatalities. He wonders if we've reached the end times.

29:30: 'I must maintain my sense of humor, my sense of irony, my sense of the absurd...' He says there's always something good to balance something bad.

34:40: Joe's back to giving the freeway traffic report, sees a carjacking in high-speed pursuit. The hijacker is firing at the police and others. Joe calls it a welcome break for the international audience. Some encourage the hijacker. He has a book deal, is negotiating TV rights, endorsement deals. Joe says it shows how people can succeed in America. When he runs out of gas, Johnny Cochran is there to defend him; CNN covers it live, lets the hijacker speak.

39:50: Joe describes luxurious yacht. An explosion sinks it. The evacuation is disorganized.

43:00: Joe reflects on the turn of events of the yacht's passengers, that disasters make everything that seemed important before meaningless.

47:40: 'We seem to be going round and round the same particular set of phrases aren't you getting bored?' Joe asks his interlocutor to see him in person, talk it out.

50:10: Joe's giving the freeway traffic report again. The freeways are clear and safe. A fire consumed half the city but it's subsided. There's a cyanide spill in Pasadena. 'People seem to have reclined wherever the mood is overtaking them. They're lying on their backs crowded around fountains, in the parks, just relaxing on sidewalks, stretched out at the entrances to buildings.'

52:10: Joe describes an epic traffic jam that covers the whole of Los Angeles county into the neighboring counties.

54:50: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency

Legacy Synopsis

Joe is a helicopter traffic man reporting on bizarre disaster scenes in Los Angeles. Checking into a hotel and overhearing phone conversations. A list of chores that spirals into pseudo-technical nonsense. Kornfield: life force, paying the toll for the car behind you. Joe survives a helicopter crash and has only one eye. Preparing for the end of the world. Joe reports on a police chase. Watching a ship sink. Empty roads after a chemical spill. A traffic report that degenerates into an endless stream of Los Angeles streets.

Music

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits (read by Joe) state: "Edited and mixed by Theo Mondle, with music production by Bob Carlson. Created in collaboration with David Rapkin. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro."

The later (The Other Side) broadcast version credits state: "Created in collaboration with David Rapkin. With Joe Frank and Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. Mixed by JC Swiatek. Production assistance: Esmé Gregson."

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The street geography is accurate.
  2. ↑ Joe added music to several of his shows when they were rebroadcast or digitized. The updated versions are usually available at Joefrank.com
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