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== 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. | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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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 == | == Music == | ||
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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]]." | 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 == | |||
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]] | ||