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''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."''
''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."''


'''Great Lives''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1989]].
'''Great Lives''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1989|1989]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The jovial side of Stalin. Hitler was a woman. Old man monologue- "I have been;" speaking about astronauts, cashew nuts, engineeringConfusion is created by god - trying to stop a woman from doing something she should not be doing. Einstein the bitter wash up, an obsession with going backwards, dating Marilyn Monroe. Old man ([Ryan Cutrona]) "I've seen god" in household objects monologue. Freud was in it to meet women. Picasso dates Gertrude Stein. Picasso as the link between modern art and contemporary marketing. Description of the young Marlene Dietrich. Discussion of an affair with the "multi-sexual" Dietrich who falls for a statue, becomes obsessed with going backwards, has an affair with Sammy Davis Junior. Old man: Hitler was a womanPanel discussion: music as reality, the book "sound and nonsense," measuring beauty as ship-launching potential, traveling and looking for death, the face in the mirror. Drum solo. Panicked man begs "don't make me do it" accompanied by a bizarre moaning soundtrack. Panel discussion: falling asleep while falling asleep. A man moans and strains while a woman giggles, being buried alive. A woman moans. Panel discussion: the nature of time, life as a series of experiments, Spinoza's stones in motionOld man: being in a cafe full of famous people.  Woman singing show tunes, coached by Joe.  
The sound of a train, coming to a stop.
 
A man ([[Arthur Miller]]), says that Stalin was very amusing with a
'light, fey sense of humor' and more unlikely stories about him.
 
2:40 A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) travels on interstates and other metaphorical highways.
 
4:20 A man ([[Tim Jerome]]) puts words together to form sentences, but they don’t have intrinsic value; if we don’t have intrinsic value, we don’t have extrinsic existence.
 
7:30: Joe asks the man about his claim that Hitler was a woman, which
he affirms, then tells other unlikely stories about him.
 
10:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about the things he has been
(holy, evil, rich, very wealthy…), then the places he has been
(Indianapolis, Korea, Venezuela, Baton Rouge, the Moon)Then he says
some things he wants to talk about - but doesn't.
 
11:10: A man (Tim Jerome) talks about confusion, then god, then
watching a woman doing something she should or shouldn't through a
window, whether or not you are doing what you should.
 
14:40: A man (Arthur Miller) talks about how Freud was a depressed, lonely, lost man, due to a childhood bicycle accident. Freud really wanted to be a shoe salesman.
 
18:40 A man (Ryan Cutrona) says there are people who are no longer around, and people who are outside the law.
 
19:20 A man (Tim Jerome) lists the crimes he has committed.
 
22:00: Joe talks to a man (Arthur Miller) who taught at Princeton,
knew Einstein, tells unlikely stories about him, including Einstein's affair
with Marilyn Monroe.
 
24:30: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells all the things he's seen god
in.
 
26:40: A man (Tim Jerome) tells unlikely stories about Sigmund
Freud.
 
29:00: Joe asks a man (Arthur Miller) about Picasso's relationship
with Gertrude Stein, allegedly an explosive affair.
 
32:00 A man (Ryan Cutrona) lists the crimes he has committed.
 
34:00: A woman<ref>German accent, real according to a
correspondent on Reddit - I don't think it's Julie Renick, the only
woman mentioned in the cast</ref> talks about songs Marlene Dietrich sang.<ref>The first
song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tnUBwt74M 'Ach, Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/annie-doesnt-live-here-anymore-g43e71b7b.html 'Annie doesn't live here anymore']; the second song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6aKAMYDHk 'Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/wenn-ich-mir-was-wunschen-durfte-1bc2595c.html 'If I could wish for something']Dietrich sang both.</ref>
 
37:20: A man (Arthur Miller) tells about attending a costume party
in New York City dressed as Marlene Dietrich did for <i>The Blue
Angel</i>, where he meets her and has a relationship with her when she
was in her 50s.<ref>She was born in 1901.</ref>
 
42:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about Hitler's life as a little
girl, goes on about why we haven't been told Hitler was a woman.
 
43:50: A man (Tim Jerome) complains about his childhood.
 
45:30: A man (?) talks about his father’s life.
 
51:00: A man (Arthur Miller) lists the crimes he has committed.
 
54:20: A man (Ryan Cutrona) talks about when he lived in Vienna
and hung out at cafés with Freud, often saw Stalin, then Einstein and
Marilyn Monroe; Picasso drew portraits on the streetHe claims
Eleanor Roosevelt turned his life around.
 
57:10: A woman ([[Julie Renick]]) sings 'You do something to me' in a
fake German accent, impersonating Marlene Dietrich.


== Music ==
== Music ==
{{Music-Stub}}
{{Music-Stub}}
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{{The Animals (Jan Hammer)}} [5:48]{{Unidentified|id=Music+chanting at 19:55}}
*"Call It Love" - Yello (from ''One Second'', 1987)
{{Call It Love (Yello)}} [27:31] {{Unidentified|id=need to identify music at 45:30}}
<!-- need to identify music at ~28m -->
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song) "You Do Something To Me"] - song composed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter Cole Porter], tremulously sung by Julie Renick [56:11]
{{Skin Deep (Duke Ellington)}}
 
* "You Do Something To Me" - song composed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter Cole Porter], tremulously sung by Julie Renick
== Shared material ==
* [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]]
* [[Pledge Drive Show, KPFA, 2004-01-15]]
* [[Reprise]]
* [[Great Lives (Remix)]]
 
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Julie Renick]], and Joe Frank. This program was recorded at Westrax Recording Studios in New York City and at KCRW in Santa Monica."
 
== Miscellanea ==
The programs "Great Lives" and "Great Lives (Remix)" from [http://joefrank.com joefrank.com] are identical, but KCRW originally broadcast a slightly longer version of the program.


== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
{{commentary}}
Thanks to people in the German subreddit for help identifying
the 2 Marlene Dietrich songs mentioned at 34 minutes; one said her
voice is authentically German.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)
 
== Footnotes ==


[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Panel_Discussion]]
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona]]
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Tim Jerome]]
[[Category:Tim Jerome]]
[[Category:Julie Renick]]
[[Category:Julie Renick]]
[[Category:Not Available Online]]
[[Category:1989]]
[[Category:1989]]
[[Category: Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19890006]] {{Airdate|airdate=1989}}
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Julie Renick]], Joe Frank}}

Latest revision as of 04:04, 14 September 2023

Great Lives
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1989
Cast
Arthur Miller, Ryan Cutrona, Tim Jerome, Julie Renick, Joe Frank
Format
Improv Actors, Absurd Monologue, 59 minutes
Preceded by: Bad
Followed by: Great Lives (Remix)

"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."

Great Lives is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1989.

Synopsis

The sound of a train, coming to a stop.

A man (Arthur Miller), says that Stalin was very amusing with a 'light, fey sense of humor' and more unlikely stories about him.

2:40 A man (Ryan Cutrona) travels on interstates and other metaphorical highways.

4:20 A man (Tim Jerome) puts words together to form sentences, but they don’t have intrinsic value; if we don’t have intrinsic value, we don’t have extrinsic existence.

7:30: Joe asks the man about his claim that Hitler was a woman, which he affirms, then tells other unlikely stories about him.

10:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about the things he has been (holy, evil, rich, very wealthy…), then the places he has been (Indianapolis, Korea, Venezuela, Baton Rouge, the Moon). Then he says some things he wants to talk about - but doesn't.

11:10: A man (Tim Jerome) talks about confusion, then god, then watching a woman doing something she should or shouldn't through a window, whether or not you are doing what you should.

14:40: A man (Arthur Miller) talks about how Freud was a depressed, lonely, lost man, due to a childhood bicycle accident. Freud really wanted to be a shoe salesman.

18:40 A man (Ryan Cutrona) says there are people who are no longer around, and people who are outside the law.

19:20 A man (Tim Jerome) lists the crimes he has committed.

22:00: Joe talks to a man (Arthur Miller) who taught at Princeton, knew Einstein, tells unlikely stories about him, including Einstein's affair with Marilyn Monroe.

24:30: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells all the things he's seen god in.

26:40: A man (Tim Jerome) tells unlikely stories about Sigmund Freud.

29:00: Joe asks a man (Arthur Miller) about Picasso's relationship with Gertrude Stein, allegedly an explosive affair.

32:00 A man (Ryan Cutrona) lists the crimes he has committed.

34:00: A woman[1] talks about songs Marlene Dietrich sang.[2]

37:20: A man (Arthur Miller) tells about attending a costume party in New York City dressed as Marlene Dietrich did for The Blue Angel, where he meets her and has a relationship with her when she was in her 50s.[3]

42:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about Hitler's life as a little girl, goes on about why we haven't been told Hitler was a woman.

43:50: A man (Tim Jerome) complains about his childhood.

45:30: A man (?) talks about his father’s life.

51:00: A man (Arthur Miller) lists the crimes he has committed.

54:20: A man (Ryan Cutrona) talks about when he lived in Vienna and hung out at cafés with Freud, often saw Stalin, then Einstein and Marilyn Monroe; Picasso drew portraits on the street. He claims Eleanor Roosevelt turned his life around.

57:10: A woman (Julie Renick) sings 'You do something to me' in a fake German accent, impersonating Marlene Dietrich.

Music

This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.

Shared material

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "With Arthur Miller, Ryan Cutrona, Tim Jerome, Julie Renick, and Joe Frank. This program was recorded at Westrax Recording Studios in New York City and at KCRW in Santa Monica."

Miscellanea

The programs "Great Lives" and "Great Lives (Remix)" from joefrank.com are identical, but KCRW originally broadcast a slightly longer version of the program.

Commentary

Thanks to people in the German subreddit for help identifying the 2 Marlene Dietrich songs mentioned at 34 minutes; one said her voice is authentically German.Arthur Peabody (talk) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)

Footnotes

  1. German accent, real according to a correspondent on Reddit - I don't think it's Julie Renick, the only woman mentioned in the cast
  2. The first song is 'Ach, Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier', 'Annie doesn't live here anymore'; the second song is 'Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte', 'If I could wish for something'. Dietrich sang both.
  3. She was born in 1901.