Rent A Family (Part 3)

Rent A Family (Part 3)[1]

Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1987
Cast
Barbara Sohmers, Mark Hammer, Arthur Miller, Tim Jerome, Nick Ullett, Carolyn Swift, Larry Block, Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa
Format
Scripted Actors, Improv Actors, Panel Discussion, 1 hour
Preceded by:	Rent A Family (Part 2)
Followed by:	In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)

"I had a terrible dream last night. I had this baby."

Rent A Family (Part 3) is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1987.

Synopsis

Eleanor talks to her psychiatrist - Eleanor has a dream about a screaming baby in a flood, hears children through the window, complains about her doctor's coughing. A man meets a woman at a banquet and falls asleep during a game of footsie. Eleanor calls Arthur and apologizes, offers to move in as a maid, claims she's sick. Joe chats with the woman he's rented. Chimes and list of nouns. Therapy session continues: Eleanor talks about repeating the word "father," A man seduces a woman and her daughter, and her daughter seduces his son. Eleanor and Arthur talk later after she's recovered. Eleanor hears voices on the line. Panel discussion: changing one's feeling for someone who's sick; smell and dating; Rent a Friend; value associated with paying for things. A man is full of rage, yearns to watch the university where he teaches crumble.

Music

• "A Fine Line" - Tim Story (from Three Feet From The Moon, 1985) | YouTube

• "Gypsy Violin" - Harold Budd (from Lovely Thunder, 1986) | YouTube

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