Stories For Nothing
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1988 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Emergency Room |
| Followed by: | Building A Church |
I have drunk gallons of Chablis, danced the samba, sat outside the casino in the hours before dawn...
Stories For Nothing is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Synopsis
Repeated discordant monologue: Monte Carlo, a privileged life, living out of hotels, the spasms of the sphincter muscle, Flemish primitives, earthquakes, Hiroshima. Living in a cave off Greece, getting dysentery while traveling through Afghanistan, traveling through slums in Iran, putting a hotel owner on trial in Maui. Having forgotten one's life, never having said anything that didn't immediately seem untrue. A ruined suburban family: the mother runs off and discovers that she's spent a day stopped at a red light on the edge of town. A stoned newspaper man interviews the chief of police, strolls through an archery range. A man goes to meet a blind date, accidentally sends her dog out of a high window. A film director is arrested for an unpaid jaywalking ticket. A yuppie motorcycle gang crashes a party in a wealthy neighborhood. Wandering through LA at night.
Music
- "Djina Mousso" - Nahawa Doumbia (from Didadi, 1987)
- "World Rhythm - Part 5" - M Harre Harren (from World Rhythm - Afro-Percussion Beats)
- "Red Wind" - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors (from Totem, 1985)
- "Dancing Path: Flowing" - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors (from Initiation, 1988)
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