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|header1 = Series | |||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |||
|header5 = Cast | |||
|header7 = Format | |||
|label10 = Preceded by: | |||
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|data8 = [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], [[:Category:Improv Actors|Improv Actors]], [[:Category:Panel Discussion|Panel Discussion]], 58 minutes | |||
|data4 = [[:Category:1987|1987]] | |||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/rent-a-family-1 Rent A Family (Part 1)][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Rent%20A%20Family%20(Part%201)] | |||
|data6 = [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa | |||
|data10 = [[Nightride]] | |||
|data11 = [[Rent A Family (Part 2)]] | |||
|data2 = [[Work In Progress]] | |||
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''"Anyway they closed the office and they let me go."'' | |||
'''Rent A Family (Part 1)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1987|1987]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Eleanor, an unemployed divorceé with 2 young daughters, | |||
([[Barbara Sohmers]]) having trouble finding work, reluctantly joins | |||
Rent-A-Family, an organization that rents out families to men who want | |||
one temporarily. | |||
9:30: Rent-A-Family's proprietor, Joel, ([[Larry Block]]) describes | |||
how Rent-A-Family works. | |||
10:50: Panelist #1 ([[Tim Jerome]], German accent) asks a question | |||
about how it works. | |||
11:50: Panelist #2 ([[Arthur Miller]]) asks a question. | |||
12:10: Panelist #3, Johnny, ([[Nick Ullett]], English accent) asks a | |||
question. | |||
13:10: The panel and proprietor talk about Rent-A-Family and society, | |||
planned obsolescence, the convenience of renting instead of owning. | |||
18: Carmen introduces herself; more voices of women and children, | |||
mostly drowned under music and sound effects. Joe names things | |||
(...cheeseburgers, zoning regulations...) | |||
19:40: Eleanor tells about Wendy and Diane; takes them to get filmed | |||
for Rent-A-Family. She decides the first applicant is suitable, | |||
prepares for an outing at the beach. | |||
31:50: Panelist #2 says that society sells the happiness of families | |||
but families are diminishing. The panel discusses Rent-A-Family | |||
further. | |||
41: More voices of women and children, mostly drowned under | |||
music and sound effects. | |||
42:30: The first outing, to the beach, goes well until the fellow | |||
(un-named and voiceless) takes the girls to get ice cream. | |||
51:40: The panel talks about Rent-A-Family further. | |||
<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"> | |||
The program explores an organization that rents women with children to bachelors for days at a time. A woman talks about signing up with the program. Panel discussion about the program with a spokesman and questioners: men who choose a range of different families; renting spare children; the cost of different families; built in obsolescence; the relative value of long and short term relationships; the RAF as prostitution. Clips from the catalog of applicant videos against a background of chimes and Joe listing random nouns. The woman discusses her first experience in the program. Panel discussion continues: loneliness; the no parent family; intimacy in short term relationships; fast moving society, a bachelor in RAF commits suicide. More catalog clips. The woman describes the first meeting with her renter for a picnic on the beach. [Spoiler removed.] Panel discussion: the strangeness of the encounter as a positive, alienation in ordinary marriage. | |||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Gypsy Violin (Harold Budd) }} | {{A Fine Line (Tim Story)}} [Intro] | ||
{{Eihwaz (Defense) / Kano (Opening) (Giles Reaves)}} [9:33] | |||
{{Gypsy Violin (Harold Budd)}} [18:26] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "The performers were [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], and [[Larry Block]]. Special thanks to Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Lynn, and Sarah. Rent A Family Part 1 was recorded at M&I Studios in New York City by Phil Capp, and at KCRW by Dave Weaver. Technical production by Tom Strother." | |||
== Miscellanea == | |||
There is/was an actual "Rent-A-Family" company in Japan that sent actors to visit lonely parents - see [https://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/bush2 "Running Out Of Time"] (''In Context'', Winter 1994). | |||
This show was so emotionally powerful, that the actors involved often broke down in tears (in real life) during the taping. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]] | [[Category:Scripted_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Improv_Actors]] | [[Category:Improv_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Panel_Discussion]] | [[Category:Panel_Discussion]] | ||
[[Category:Barbara Sohmers]] | |||
[[Category:Mark Hammer]] | |||
[[Category:Arthur Miller]] | |||
[[Category:Tim Jerome]] | |||
[[Category:Nick Ullett]] | |||
[[Category:Carolyn Swift]] | |||
[[Category:Larry Block]] | |||
[[Category:1987]] | |||
[[Category:Work In Progress]] | |||
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa}} | |||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]] | |||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19870001]] {{Airdate|airdate=1987}} |