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|data4  = 1979
|data4  = 8/22/[[1979]]
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|header5  = Cast
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Beth Dixon]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Fran Dorn]], [[David St. James]], Joe Frank
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Beth Dixon]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Fran Dorn]], [[David St. James]], Joe Frank

Revision as of 13:50, 24 February 2021

Summer Notes
Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
8/22/1979
Cast
Tim Jerome, Beth Dixon, Arthur Miller, Lester Nafzger, Rosemary Foley, Paul Mantell, Fran Dorn, David St. James, Joe Frank
Format
1 hour
Chronology
Preceded by: Arena
Followed by: The Eighty Yard Run

I notice a metal sheet here, lying beside you.

Summer Notes is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally aired in 1979. It was rebroadcast without change under the title Summer Notes (Remix).

A segment from this program was turned into an animated short film.

Synopsis

  • Interview with an armed guy (Arthur Miller) on the beach.
  • Scenes in which a sugary couple encounters disaster, interspersed by a panel discussion.
  • A sailing trip that ends lost in the fog.
  • The history of picnics and picnic etiquette. A hike that ends in berry picking and poisoning.
  • A man in the street tries to get attention - offers little girl sandwiches and sings "you are my sunshine."
  • Outdoor theater, performing scenes according to the time of day.
  • The street performer fights with passers-by, threatens them, then apologizes.
  • The history of theater.
  • The couple builds a fire and catches the forest.
  • Joe interviews people about resort communities - Woodstock, a nature resort in the Cook islands, and some sort of retirement community.
  • The couple argues, watches multiple televisions.
  • Animated monologue describing scenes of summer: a man on the subway shouts, "I'm not dead"; an idyllic neighboring family man goes mad; Houdini's act as the ultimate form of protest; a blind man carries a cripple on his back; shooting people at the beach as art; Joe repeats lines from the street performer and the acted dialog; "the sun shines from one place in the sky."
  • Beach technology: radios, beach scanners, seismographs.

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