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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
A fellow with an East European accent ([[Arthur Miller]]?) recounts | |||
running a church in his home country. It had all sorts of social | |||
programs, but when it introduced real religion it was converted to a | |||
public bath and mining camp and he was made a janitor in a factory. | |||
1:30: He runs away by jumping onto a truck. When it came near | |||
a river, he jumped out, swam to a freighter, ended up on a banana boat | |||
to Indonesia. The ship got lost, ended up in England. From there he | |||
got work on a dirigible, flew to Indiana. From there he skateboarded | |||
to Kentucky, spent 3 days riding around on an amusement park train. | |||
Then he rode a motorbike to Salinas, Oklahoma, got a job at a church, | |||
became pastor, but left. When Joe asked why, he said it was in | |||
litigation, his lawyers told him not to talk about it. | |||
7:10: A fellow, speaking in a strained, loud voice, tells a nonsense | |||
history of how churches were built, that stained glass was invented by | |||
spilling wine on glass; then of the use of bells on ships and in | |||
churches. | |||
12:20: Then he explains the invention of tools from stones and animal | |||
teeth. | |||
13:20: An old Jewish man ([[Tim Jerome]]?) visits his son ([[Arthur Miller]]?), | |||
who tells him that he has converted to Christianity, to his dismay.<ref>abridged from [[Jewish Blues]]</ref> | |||
15:30: The fellow with the loud, strained voice says that Notre Dame | |||
was built only after Victor Hugo's famous novel set there, then a | |||
bogus account of the building of the cathedral at Chartres. Then he | |||
launches into an extravagant account of Leopold I of Sardinia building | |||
a massive cathedral at Boganville (sp?) beginning in 1215. When it | |||
was finally complete, in 1815, it collapsed. | |||
21:10: A woman ([[Tess Steincolk]]) tells about her mother getting mad | |||
at her and her younger sister, telling them she was going to sell them | |||
to the Gypsies. The mother kept this up long enough that they were in | |||
tears at the gas station, when she told them they were going to visitB | |||
their Aunt Margaret, which they did every summer.<ref name=woman>re-used in [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]]</ref> | |||
28:20: 'The spirit cannot fail' (Bill Nelson) | |||
30:10: 'I go to church I like to sprinkle two piles of broken glass | |||
molten ashes thumbtacks and carpet passes on the floor and kneel down | |||
on them for hours...' A masochist tells us what he does in church to | |||
get the attention of Esmeralda. A fellow reproves him for his | |||
behavior, then asks him to come to his office, he's interested in a | |||
business opportunity.<ref name=woman /> | |||
32:50: This fellow becomes the messianic leader of his own cult, | |||
performs miraculous healings: 'deaf become psychiatrists,... Mutes | |||
ascend podiums, declaim from papal balconies, conduct telethons, and | |||
host talk shows. The crippled are transformed into decathlon | |||
champions... the dead rise, freshen up, catch up on the latest trends | |||
in music, science, hairstyles, and join the legions of the living.' | |||
36:00: A carload of beautiful young women come to his mansion, have an | |||
orgy with him. | |||
38:20: A naughty yogi falls for hippie girls with 'big boobies'.<ref name=woman /> | |||
39:00: Loud, strained voice guy is back with explicit instructions for | |||
offerings to be made to him. | |||
40:20: A guy recounts his bad behavior when he was young: mooching off | |||
his friends, stealing from them, driving over a bag lady, stabbing a | |||
guy in a restaurant so he could use the pay phone first, setting 3 or | |||
4 nurses on fire. Then he wandered into a church, was uplifted, | |||
wanted to build one. | |||
46:20: A guy explains that the burning of | |||
[https://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno Giordano Bruno] | |||
was a cooking accident. Then he goes on to say that the apostles fell | |||
into the water when they tried to follow Jesus, and gives a nonsense | |||
discourse on the Enlightenment, Moses and the 10 commandments, the | |||
conversion of churches into secular buildings and other things | |||
(sunglasses, Tupperware, Tiffany lamps...) | |||
51:00: A guy ([[Larry Block]]) closes the show by telling Joe that | |||
he's disappointed with the turn his shows has taken, particularly this | |||
one; he liked on Tess Steincolk's story. He recommends Joe take a | |||
break, come up with new ideas.<ref name=woman /> | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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A minister is imprisoned, escapes using every imaginable transportation. Sounds of construction. The history of church building, windows, clock bells and time-keeping on ships by counting slowly, the history of tools, screws v/s nails. A son tells his Jewish father he's converting to Christianity. Notre Dame was built based on Hugo's description in NDDP. The cathedral of Chartres was originally a tiny church. A cathedral was built by slaves collapsed 600 years later and plunges the land into chaos. A woman talks about her mother pretending to sell her to gypsies. "This spirit cannot fail you" preacher. Mutilating oneself in church. Becoming the leader of a sect, an orgy in a tent, instructions for making offerings. The nature of love. A man takes advantage of everyone, kills people, experiences a conversion. Sounds of church building. The recycling of churches as secular buildings and consumer goods. Larry complains about the show, suggests Joe take a vacation. | A minister is imprisoned, escapes using every imaginable transportation. Sounds of construction. The history of church building, windows, clock bells and time-keeping on ships by counting slowly, the history of tools, screws v/s nails. A son tells his Jewish father he's converting to Christianity. Notre Dame was built based on Hugo's description in NDDP. The cathedral of Chartres was originally a tiny church. A cathedral was built by slaves collapsed 600 years later and plunges the land into chaos. A woman talks about her mother pretending to sell her to gypsies. "This spirit cannot fail you" preacher. Mutilating oneself in church. Becoming the leader of a sect, an orgy in a tent, instructions for making offerings. The nature of love. A man takes advantage of everyone, kills people, experiences a conversion. Sounds of church building. The recycling of churches as secular buildings and consumer goods. Larry complains about the show, suggests Joe take a vacation. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Body Of Light (Bill Nelson)}} [6:05] | {{Body Of Light (Bill Nelson)}} [6:05] | ||
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== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
* [[Building A Church]] | * [[Building A Church]] | ||
* [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]] | |||
* [[Jewish Blues]] | |||
== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Tim Jerome]], [[Tess Steincolk]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], [[Paul Mantell]], and Joe Frank. This program was created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]], and was recorded and mixed by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to Richard Eisner and Nan Lieberman." | The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Tim Jerome]], [[Tess Steincolk]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], [[Paul Mantell]], and Joe Frank. This program was created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]], and was recorded and mixed by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to Richard Eisner and Nan Lieberman." | ||
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== Miscellanea == | == Miscellanea == | ||
* Contains material from [[Building A Church]] (1988), with music changes. | * Contains material from [[Building A Church]] (1988), with music changes. | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Improv_Actors]] | [[Category:Improv_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Real_People]] | [[Category:Real_People]] |