Rain
Series | |
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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 |
Purchase |
"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.
Music
- "Automatic Writing" - Steve Kindler (from Automatic Writing, 1985) | YouTube [0:40]
- "Back Country" - Steve Kindler (from Automatic Writing, 1985) | YouTube [15:40]
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."