Rain

From The Joe Frank Wiki
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1986
Cast
Angel, Shawn, Dinah, Chantal, Lester Nafzger, Larry Massett, Scott Carrier, Joe Frank
Format
Real People, Telephone, 60 minutes
Preceded by: Dear Annie
Followed by: Pretender
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"Rain is very sexual to me..."

Rain is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.

Synopsis

1:10: 3 young women talk about rain, how much of their bodies are water, how much they like night, parts of their bodies, sex, what makes them happy and unhappy…

8:10: Joe gets bathed by a professional bather, Chantal, a French woman, at the radio station. He asks her about her business, whether she swims, whether she's married, what she thinks of the rain, whether she rides a motorcycle…

14:10: Joe calls a porn number, hears the sounds of a woman getting off with her lover.

15:20: A fellow with an accent (Indian? possibly fake) has some consciousness-raising advice.

16:30: Scott Carrier talks about trout fishing.

18:20: Scott imagines aliens fishing for people in New York, getting hauled to another dimension; Larry Massett responds.

21:20: The 3 young women eat corn chips and talk about confession, why priests are celibate, their astrological signs…

25:10: Joe asks Chantal her astrological sign, whether she's Catholic. They eat chips.

31:50: A fellow (Lester Nafzger) tells about living with a woman in Ohio whose 16-year-old daughter flirted with him. He got her pregnant, fled to New York; she got an abortion.

36:00: The fellow with the accent returns with more consciousness-raising advice.

37:10: Scott Carrier talks about fly-fishing.

38:30: One of the young women tells about a guy who hijacked a cab she got into so he could meet her.

39:40: Another of the young women tells of the time she was a cabdriver, took a fare to Las Vegas, $375.

40:40: One of the young women is mad at her lover because he's too short; he used to be a jockey.

41:50: One of the young women talks about the attention she gets when she's riding her motorcycle.

43:40: Joe asks Chantal if he can wash her feet, whether her hands shrivel up in the water, to say something in French.

48:20: Joe is connected by phone to a woman in Australia. They talk about her life. She has 4 children, has just separated from her husband for faithlessness. Joe asks what she likes to drink, whether she likes to swim, whether she likes rain, Hawaii.

56:10: Scott Carrier observes that it's mostly men who fly-fish.

Legacy Synopsis

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Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "Appearing were Angel, Shawn, Dinah, Chantal, Lester Nafzger, Larry Massett, Scott Carrier, and Joe Frank. Special thanks to Tom Belton and Sheryl G. Technical production by Tom Strother."