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This program features several Joe Frank stories. The announcer begins by comparing hearing Joe's work to watching a movie. | 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. | * [0:52] "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. | * [7:55] "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. | * [12:05] "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." | * [17:26] "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. | * [25:41] "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. | ||
* "Beautiful Woman on Elevator": the often repeated experience of an awkward elevator ride beside attractive woman. | * [33:59] "Beautiful Woman on Elevator": the often repeated experience of an awkward elevator ride beside attractive woman. | ||
* [53:54] "That was really wonderful, Alan - I've never heard it played quite that fast": the often repeated dispute between fastest piano players. | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
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* The striving/fulfillment/futility essay appears at the end of [[He Hesitated]]. | * 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]]. | ||
* The fastest piano players dispute appears in [[Arena]], [[Arena (Remix)]], and [[Emergency Room]]. | |||
== Miscellanea == | == Miscellanea == | ||
* About 16 minutes of the program is a distinct "Cartoon For Radio" segment by Matt Calhoun | |||
* The background music to the elevator story ("Hard Work") is used often on Harry Shearer's ''Le Show.'' | * The background music to the elevator story ("Hard Work") is used often on Harry Shearer's ''Le Show.'' | ||