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|data8 = [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Improv Actors|Improv Actors]], [[:Category:Sound Effects|Sound Effects]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Improv Actors|Improv Actors]], [[:Category:Sound Effects|Sound Effects]], 28 minutes | ||
|data4 = [[1993]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1993|1993]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/problems Problems][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Problems] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/problems Problems][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Problems] | ||
|data6 = | |data6 = [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Phil Proctor]], [[Douglas Johnson]], Joe Frank | ||
|data10 = [[God]] | |data10 = [[God]] | ||
|data11 = [[Pilgrim]] | |data11 = [[Pilgrim]] | ||
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''My father was a pioneer in the fluorocarbon and silicon industry.'' | ''My father was a pioneer in the fluorocarbon and silicon industry.'' | ||
'''Problems''' is | '''Problems''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1993|1993]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe's father is a chemical engineer at a condom company in | |||
Massachusetts. Tired of his work, he builds a dirigible in the | |||
garage; on its first voyage, winds take it to the Vatican. He returns | |||
to the US, designs prosthetics, goes on the lam to avoid legal | |||
problems. | |||
6:30: John ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) is glad he got a 9-millimeter (pistol), | |||
shoots his dog, Ollie, gets into a fight with his wife, Angie, | |||
([[Grace Zabriskie]]).<ref>Re-used [[In The Dark (Remix)]]</ref> | |||
12:30: Joe delivers a mock paean to a fictional mother, all the things | |||
she did for her children and husband.<ref>re-used in [[Pilgrim]]</ref> | |||
21:30: John and Angie are back, arguing about where he was Wednesday | |||
and Thursday. He won't tell her because she could be kidnapped and | |||
tortured to find out. | |||
23: Joe remembers when we were safer (to an improbable degree) | |||
in our possessions. | |||
24: A guy calls. He's inside a shack, sees elephants out the | |||
window. | |||
<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"> | |||
Joe's father works in a condom company, condom testing on animals and people. A testing lab made up like a hotel. His father escapes from an unhappy life in a dirigible, catches seagulls and fish. He meets the pope; we're given a list of topics they discuss. His father returns, works in prosthetics, then disappears to avoid patient lawsuits. A man talks about his gun, uses it to shoot a barking dog. His wife is furious. Sound of thunder in the background. The man and wife fight over the weather, over a squash dish, her housework. Monologue: Joe delivers monologue praising an idealized mother in a poor, rural household. Excusing her drunken outbursts, attempts to run away, repeated hospitalization, setting the house on fire, affairs with a doctor. The fighting couple - he refuses to tell her where he's been in order to prevent her from being captured and tortured for information. Monologue: remembering an idyllic past free from crime. A man on the phone describes seeing elephants from the window of his shack, his fear of a wet suit, says good bye. Bird and elephant sounds. | Joe's father works in a condom company, condom testing on animals and people. A testing lab made up like a hotel. His father escapes from an unhappy life in a dirigible, catches seagulls and fish. He meets the pope; we're given a list of topics they discuss. His father returns, works in prosthetics, then disappears to avoid patient lawsuits. A man talks about his gun, uses it to shoot a barking dog. His wife is furious. Sound of thunder in the background. The man and wife fight over the weather, over a squash dish, her housework. Monologue: Joe delivers monologue praising an idealized mother in a poor, rural household. Excusing her drunken outbursts, attempts to run away, repeated hospitalization, setting the house on fire, affairs with a doctor. The fighting couple - he refuses to tell her where he's been in order to prevent her from being captured and tortured for information. Monologue: remembering an idyllic past free from crime. A man on the phone describes seeing elephants from the window of his shack, his fear of a wet suit, says good bye. Bird and elephant sounds. | ||
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== | == Music == | ||
{{Long Gray Line (Thomas Newman)}} [Intro] | |||
{{Atom Dream (William Orbit)}} [22:53] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Recorded and mixed by Theo Mondle. Additional recording by Bob Carlson. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Phil Proctor]], and [[Douglas Johnson]]." | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
I hear the voices of Joe, Ryan Cutrona, Grace Zabriskie, and a third man (in the last segment), which I can't identify. Various sources put Philip Proctor, Alan Arbus, and Douglas Johnson in the cast. I don't hear 4 male voices. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Improv_Actors]] | [[Category:Improv_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Sound_Effects]] | [[Category:Sound_Effects]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Grace Zabriskie]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Ryan Cutrona]] | ||
[[Category:Phil | [[Category:Phil Proctor]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Douglas Johnson]] | ||
[[Category:David Rapkin]] | |||
[[Category:Bob Carlson]] | |||
[[Category:1993]] | [[Category:1993]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:In The Dark]] | ||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]] | |||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19930002]] {{Airdate|airdate=1993}} | |||
{{Series|series=In The Dark}}{{Cast|cast=[[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Phil Proctor]], [[Douglas Johnson]], Joe Frank}} | |||