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|label11 = Followed by:  
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|data2  = [[Work In Progress]]
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|data4  = 1986
|data4  = [[:Category:1986|1986]]
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|data6  = Joe Frank
|data6  = [[Arthur Miller]], [[Patty Hardee]], Alison, Amy, Rabbi Robbins, Joe Frank
|data10 = [[No Show]]
|data10 = [[No Show]]
|data11 = [[Case Studies]]
|data11 = [[Case Studies]]
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''"Settle back and get very comfortable. Let everything go."''
''"Settle back and get very comfortable. Let everything go."''


'''Let Me Not Dream''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1986]].
'''Let Me Not Dream''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1986|1986]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
A hypnotist, a woman, instructs the listener to relax, think his/her
limbs limp.
1:50: Joe says he feels empty, helpless, despairing.  He's
afraid to sleep, begs god not to let him dream again of 'the woman and
the stallion in the paint factory'<ref>He titled a later show,
[[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]].</ref> He says he must put something
together to make tonight's show, odds and ends from past shows if necessary.
3:10: A man ([[Lester Nafzger]]?) calls an older woman, asks for Coco.  He identifies
himself as Joe Frank.  Coco isn't in.<ref>I think the caller is Lester
Nafzger, am not sure.  It isn't Joe.</ref>
4:20: A man ([[Arthur Miller]]?) sings 'Make love to me'<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love_to_Me_(1954_song) a pop song written in 1954] - not to be
confused with the 1942 song of the same name; song titles aren't
copyrightable</ref> accompanied by ukulele(?).
6:30: A man and woman yell, as though threatened (it's
indistinct).  There are sounds that could be a monster, could be
alarms.  It sounds like a movie.
7:30: A street preacher tells people they need spiritual
change, not political change; the crowd of college students at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sproul_Plaza Sproul Plaza] jeers him.
10:10: The director of River Valley camp ([[Arthur Miller]]?), a
sadistic summer camp for boys in the Brazilian Amazon, describes the
camp to Joe while showing slides.  It's protected by a long stretch of
barren land, then 'electronic' barbed wire, and a 200-foot gate.  The
rifle, archery, and blow-gun ranges use the boys as targets.  He calls
pain 'deeper understanding'.
16:40: A street preacher enjoins his listeners to chant, 'Hare
Krishna'.  The River Valley director's voice can be made out in the
background.
18:10: The River Valley director shows slides of 'fun night' -
Joe observes that they don't seem to be having fun.  Staff get to
experiment on the campers.
20:50: Congregation finishes singing a hymn, a preacher talks,
then they sing another hymn.  The River Valley director's voice can be
made out in the background.
21:40: The director describes visitors' day, during which the
parents can't see the children and vice-versa.  Letters between
campers and parents are disposed of.
26:10: A man calls an older woman, asks for Coco.  He
identifies himself as Joe Frank.  Coco isn't in.  She's in England.
27:20: A man ([[Arthur Miller]]?) sings 'There'll never be another
you'<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Never_Be_Another_You a pop song written in 1942]</ref>
accompanied by ukulele(?).
28:40: A man and woman yell, as though threatened (it's
indistinct).  There are sounds that could be a monster, could be
alarms.
29:30: A preacher tells us how terrible things are, that god's coming
back.<ref>It sounds like a TV preacher.</ref>
32:40: Joe prays that his body may breathe, that he not mock
himself, that he not dream of the woman and the stallion in the paint
factory&hellip;
34:00: Joe calls Patty; she's an actor in a show, a Hungarian comedy.
Joe sings 'I remember you'<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Remember_You_(1941_song) a 1941 pop song]</ref>
accompanied by a karaoke recording to her.
37:30: Joe calls Alison (she's been sick), sings 'I remember
you' to her.
41:10: Joe calls a rabbi who talks about facing the challenges
of life.  Joe asks him how to reconcile the Holocaust with a god he
would worship.  The rabbi tells him a story from Meyer Levin's
'Fanatic' of a Jew praying at the death camp.
45:50: 'I was born in South Dakota at the age of 4&hellip;'  A man
([[Lester Nafzger]]?) recounts impossible and conflicting versions of his
life, all involving Mt Rushmore.
48:30: The Christian street preacher is back, talking with the
crowd.
53:10: Joe calls Amy (she's sleepy), sings 'I remember you' to
her.  Joe tells her it was just for her.  She tells him that's sweet.
<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">
* A female hypnotist voice
* A female hypnotist voice
* Joe talks about feeling drained and hopeless and putting old tape together to make a show
* Joe talks about feeling drained and hopeless and putting old tape together to make a show
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* The River Valley children's camp in the jungle which resembles a bizarre prison camp.
* The River Valley children's camp in the jungle which resembles a bizarre prison camp.
* Preachers speak.
* Preachers speak.
* Joe call ex girlfriends and sings "I remember you."
* Joe call ex-girlfriends and sings "[[I Remember You]]."
 
</div></div>
== Music ==  
== Music ==  
{{Thursday Afternoon (61 Minute Version) (Brian Eno) }}
{{Thursday Afternoon (61 Minute Version) (Brian Eno)}} [Intro]
* "Make Love To Me" - unknown version, sung by Joe Frank
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love_to_Me_(1954_song) "Make Love To Me"] - unknown version, sung by Joe Frank [10:44]
* "I Remember You" - unknown version, sung by Joe Frank
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Never_Be_Another_You "There Will Never Be Another You"] - unknown version, sung by Joe Frank [33:45]
* "[[I Remember You]]" - karaoke version, sung by Joe Frank | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of74msb0Fuc YouTube] [41:52]


== Shared material ==
== Shared material ==
{{SM-Stub}}
* [[Reprise]]
* [[Reprise]]
* [[Black Light]]
* [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]]
== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "Special thanks to Arthur Miller, Patty, Alison, Amy, and Rabbi Robbins. It was produced in the studios of KCRW Santa Monica. Technical production by Tom Strother."


== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
{{commentary}}
 
I'm pretty sure the director of River Valley camp is Arthur Miller.
I'm less sure he sings the 2 pop songs; jfwiki attributes them to Joe,
but I disagree, cite the amateur ukulele accompaniment as additional
evidence for Mr Miller.
 
I'm less sure about Lester Nafzger calling for Coco and the guy with
the impossible life at 45:50.
 
The hypnotist sounds like a stock recording.  The street preachers
sound real.  The church service sounds real, perhaps recorded off TV,
as I think the preacher in 29:30 is, the horror movie too.
 
Joe re-used much of it in 'Woman and bull in paint factory'.
(Is bull a joke or did he forget?)
 
I'm ready to believe that Joe slapped together odds and ends to make
this show.
 
== Footnotes ==


[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
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[[Category:Real_People]]
[[Category:Real_People]]
[[Category:Singing]]
[[Category:Singing]]
[[Category:Telephone]]
[[Category:Patty Hardee]]
[[Category:Patty Hardee]]
[[Category:1986]]
[[Category:1986]]
[[Category: Work In Progress]]
[[Category: Work In Progress]]
[[Category: I Remember You]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]][[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]][[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19860009]] {{Airdate|airdate=1986}}
[[Category:Show_by_date|19860009]] {{Airdate|airdate=1986}}
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