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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
'Papa don't take no mess' (James Brown)
Joe confesses to an affair with Melanie Loewenberg for the last
3&frac12; years.  She's 33 years younger than Joe.<ref>Which would
make her 28 at the time of the show.</ref> Joe apologizes to
everybody, invites all sorts of spiritual leaders to a prayer
breakfast.
5:10: Joe talks to a preacher (David Cross) about faith.
5:50: Larry calls, had been thinking of Joe.  He sounds drunk.
6:20: The preacher talks about his faith.
9:00: Larry talks to Joe about nature documentaries on TV, how weird
the people are.
11:20: A guy leaves a long message on Joe's answering machine, wants
to get together; he puts on funny voices, including a
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre Peter Lorre] impersonation.
14:00: Joe asks the preacher why good people suffer and bad people
don't.
19:10: Joe asks the preacher how he knows when god is present.  He
says that god is always there, even when he leaves.  The preacher
finds a Canadian dollar.
21:10: Naomi calls.  They schedule seeing
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(1999_film) <i>Limbo</i>]<ref>the
1999 John Sayles film</ref> at the
[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1139 NuWilshire].<ref>an old
movie theatre in Santa Monica</ref> at 3:30.
21:40: Joe tells a mock fable about a child who grew to old age in 1
day, sucked on the offered breast of a beautiful young woman, which
made him younger and her older; a unicorn and hippopotamus show up.
It ends badly.
25:20: Joe and the preacher talk about an older preacher who has sex
with young women in his congregation.
27:00: The preacher tells Joe about ORT, a gang of Jewish women,
Israeli army soldiers, who corrupt Christians.  They talk about
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart] and
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker Jim Bakker], TV preachers
whose infidelities were caught out.
28:30: Karen calls.
32:20: Larry tells Joe about his current role.  He thinks he's doing
great acting, and that no one cares.
35:50: Joe tells about Isabella, whose husband, a missionary, becomes
corrupt on his mission, but writes about his great successes to
Isabella.  Their 2 children suffer from his sins.  He refuses her
entreaties to return.  The children die.
39:20: 'I was a rambunctious rebellious devil child&hellip;' the
preacher tells Joe about his misspent youth.  Then he saw god on a
[https://www.circleline.com/ Circle Line] tour in NYC - he was the
maintenance man on the boat.
42:30: Larry tells Joe about the baboon quarry at the
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Zoological_Garden Frankfurt Zoo]
in the late '60s, when he was in the Army.
44:00: Joe tells us how it is.
47:50: The preacher tells Joe about stealing penny-candy.  Then they
talk about death and the afterlife.
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*Back to the preacher. He habitually steals candy in small amounts, and it's beautiful because it's part of God's plan. Is anything evil since everything is God's plan? Facing death. "I can't wait to die."
*Back to the preacher. He habitually steals candy in small amounts, and it's beautiful because it's part of God's plan. Is anything evil since everything is God's plan? Facing death. "I can't wait to die."
 
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== Music ==
== Music ==
{{Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) (James Brown)}} [Intro]
{{Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) (James Brown)}} [Intro]
{{The Murderer's Home (Jimpson)}} [18:07]
{{The Murderer's Home (Jimpson)}} [18:07]
{{Old Alabama (South Carolina Chain Gang)}} [29:15]
{{Old Alabama (South Carolina Chain Gang)}} [29:15]
 
==Footnotes==
[[Category:Mock Interview]]
[[Category:Mock Interview]]
[[Category:Serious Monologue]]
[[Category:Serious Monologue]]

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