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|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/summer-notes Summer Notes][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=summer+notes]
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|header1 = Series
|header1 = Series
|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date
|data4  = 1979
|data4  = 8/22/[[:Category:1979|1979]]
|header5  = Cast
|header5  = Cast
|data6  = Joe Frank
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Beth Dixon]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Fran Dorn]], [[David St. James]], Joe Frank
|header7 = Format
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|data8 =  1 hour
|data8 =  58 minutes
|header9 = Chronology
|header9 = Chronology
|label10= Preceded by:  
|label10= Preceded by:  
|data10 = [[Rare_Early_Joe_Frank_Stories_from_NPR_Playhouse|Rare Early Joe Frank Stories]]
|label11= Followed by:  
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|data11 = [[Til You're Gone]]
|data10 = [[Arena]]
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"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)."  In 2004, a portion of this program was set to an [[Summer Notes (short film)|animated short film]].
''I notice a metal sheet here, lying beside you.''
 
'''Summer Notes''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally aired in [[:Category:1979|1979]]. It was rebroadcast with minor edits under the title [[Summer Notes (Remix)]].
 
A segment from this program was turned into [[Summer_Notes_(Short_Film)|an animated short film]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
*Interview with an armed guy on the beach
Joe interviews a guy at the beach who has a reflector screen and a
*Scenes in which a sugary couple encounters disaster, interspersed by a panel discussion.
gun ([[Arthur Miller]]).
*A sailing trip that ends lost in the fog.   
 
*The history of picnics and picnic etiquetteA hike that ends in berry picking and poisoning.
3:10: Dirk ([[Tim Jerome]]) and Diana ([[Beth Dixon]]) go sailing.
*A man in the street tries to get attention - offers little girl sandwiches and sings "you are my sunshine.
(Dirk learnt in New Delhi.) They collide with a large ship.
*Outdoor theater, performing scenes according to the time of day.  
 
*The street performer fights with passers-by, threatens them, then apologizes.
9:40: Joe interviews a couple about picnics.  (I think the man is
*The history of theater.
Arthur Miller.)
*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.
12:50: Diana and Dirk go hiking, eat some wild berries, get sick to
*The couple argues, watches multiple televisions.   
their stomachs.
*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.  
17:20: A guy in a crowded space tries to draw attention to himself
desperately, says he's going to kill a little girl and serve
sandwiches made from her meat.
 
23:50: Actors declaim random bits of Shakespeare and fake Shakespeare.
Some comes from <i>Titus Andronicus</i>.
 
24:30: A critic ([[David St. James]]?), addressing Joe, laments the
separation of classical drama from normal life, is happy drama's being
performed in public; the fake Shakespeare continues in the background.
 
28: The guy desperate for attention is back, talking to a guy with a Yiddish
accent who was jailed in his former country.
 
30:30: The fake Shakespeare is back, the critic and Joe, too.
 
32:20: The desperate guy and the guy with the accent are back; the guy
with the accent worries about his heart.
 
33:20: Diana & Dirk are at home, dealing with mundane affairs,
such as buying the soap, fixing the air conditioner, disagreeing about
what they're watching on televisionThey sound not in love.
 
37:30: 4 people promote their areas: a guy in Woodstock<ref>Mr Nafzger lives in
Woodstock.</ref> promotes Woodstock 2; others
promote the Cook Islands, Montauk, and Georgia.
 
42:50: Diana & Dirk make a campfire which, predictably, starts a
forest fire.
 
47:10: Joe was riding on the IRT in Manhattan going uptownHe sat
next to a blind man.  When Joe identified a stop, intending to help
him, the guy shouted, 'I'm not dead!'<ref>This story is repeated in [[Joe Frank In Concert]]</ref>
 
48: Joe tells us about his next door neighbors: a couple with 4
daughters, who treat the man dotingly - one day he shouts, 'No!',
repeatedly.


49:50: Joe tells us about Houdini, the ultimate protester.


50:40: Joe tells the 'old story' about a blind man who carries a
cripple on his back.


== Interesting Facts ==
51: Joe tells us his idea of a good time is shooting surfers.  Joe
shouts, 'No' repeatedly, then shouts, 'I'm not dead!', then pleads
that we listen to him; he says other random things.


53:40: The guy on the beach with the reflector and gun is back, shows
Joe more of his stuff.


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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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* Interview with an armed guy ([[Arthur Miller]]) on the beach. 
* A woman sings and speaks in French
* 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 sets the forest on fire. 
* 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.
</div></div>


== Commentary ==
== Music ==
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{{Music-Stub}}
{{Hard Work (John Handy)}} [1:32]
{{Cappriccio Stravagante (Noel Pointer)}} [3:00]
{{Crank It Up (Peter Brown)}} [16:00] {{Unidentified|id=unknown drumming @ 23:04]}}


== Shared material ==
* [[Summer Notes (Remix)]]
* [[Joe Frank In Concert]]


== External Links ==
== Additional credits ==  
The original broadcast credits state: "Performers included: [[Tim Jerome]], [[Beth Dixon]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Paul Mantell|Bernie Mantell]], [[Fran Dorn]], [[David St. James]], and Joe Frank. Production assistance by Ira Glass. Summer Notes was directed by [[Keith Talbot]]."


== Footnotes ==


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