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''I work hard at my job.'' | ''I work hard at my job.'' | ||
'''Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio''' is a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR | '''Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio''' is a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR Options]]. It was originally broadcast November 29, [[:Category:1978|1978]], and was released as a monthly premium at [http://joefrank.com joefrank.com] in December 2004. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
This program features | This program features several Joe Frank stories. The announcer begins by comparing hearing Joe's work to watching a movie. | ||
* "The Night Watchman": the first person account of a night watchman who rises through the ranks of a company by inviting bosses to dinner and burying them in the back yard, only to find himself invited to dinner by the new night watchman. | * "The Night Watchman": the first person account of a night watchman who rises through the ranks of a company by inviting bosses to dinner and burying them in the back yard, only to find himself invited to dinner by the new night watchman. | ||
* "A Time On The Beach": life on a beach in Curaçao; a diabetic eats a chocolate gun. | |||
* "Caldwell": a fitness nut who dies while climbing stairs in a blackout has an out of body experience. He travels down a long dark tunnel and emerges into a festive dinner party attended by dead family members. They do the carnival dance. | * "Caldwell": a fitness nut who dies while climbing stairs in a blackout has an out of body experience. He travels down a long dark tunnel and emerges into a festive dinner party attended by dead family members. They do the carnival dance. | ||
* "Isn't it true that we continue to strive all our lives in order to find peace and fulfillment ... life is not a game you can win, but a game that has no end, and all you do is die somewhere in the middle of it." | |||
* "Long Island Memories": Joe's childhood in Long Island. A child is open to experiences: Lady bugs, frogs, turtles, butterflies, campfire, grandmother's hollow chocolate-filled cookies, being in the countryside with a dog, walking to meet his father's car on its return home. It's thirty years later, the adult has dulled senses. Joe runs out of gas in the country, experiences a vivid memory of childhood and imagines that his whole life has been a child's dream. | * "Long Island Memories": Joe's childhood in Long Island. A child is open to experiences: Lady bugs, frogs, turtles, butterflies, campfire, grandmother's hollow chocolate-filled cookies, being in the countryside with a dog, walking to meet his father's car on its return home. It's thirty years later, the adult has dulled senses. Joe runs out of gas in the country, experiences a vivid memory of childhood and imagines that his whole life has been a child's dream. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Banda (Cyril Jackson)}} <!-- | {{Music-Stub}} | ||
{{Evensong (John Abercrombie)}} | {{Banda (Cyril Jackson)}} [Intro] <!-- also appears on numerous compilations like "Afro Drums" and "African Drums & Afro-Caribbean Grooves" --> | ||
{{Hard Work (John Handy)}} | * Original music by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Peaslee Richard Peaslee] [8:14] | ||
{{Evensong (John Abercrombie)}} [14:48] | |||
{{All My Tomorrows (Frank Sinatra)}} [22:33] {{Unidentified|id=easy listening [29:17 & 32:51]}} | |||
{{Hard Work (John Handy)}} [33:59] | |||
== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
* "The Night Watchman" shares some text with [[Lies]]. | * "The Night Watchman" shares some text with [[Lies]]. | ||
* The "Caldwell" | * "A Time On The Beach" and "Caldwell" appear in [[Emergency Room]]. | ||
* The striving/fulfillment/futility essay appears at the end of [[He Hesitated]]. | |||
* We hear another reference to Joe walking out to meet his father (Freddy) in [[Karma Memories]]. | * We hear another reference to Joe walking out to meet his father (Freddy) in [[Karma Memories]]. | ||
* "Beautiful Woman on Elevator" is not the same material as the elevator encounter in [[Obsessions]]. | * "Beautiful Woman on Elevator" is not the same material as the elevator encounter in [[Obsessions]]. | ||