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''Rockwell gave visual form to essential American values.'' | ''Rockwell gave visual form to essential American values.'' | ||
'''The Best''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1992]]. | '''The Best''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1992|1992]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe praises [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell Norman Rockwell]'s paintings, then [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane Margaret Keane]'s (the | |||
children with the huge, liquid eyes).<ref>These pictures were originally attributed to her husband Walter. | |||
She proved in court that she had drawn them. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Keane Walter Keane]'s Wikipedia page calls him a plagiarist, not | |||
an artist. Tim Burton's <i>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Eyes Big Eyes]</i> (2014) tells the story. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/margaret-keane-dead.html Her obituary in the <i>New York Times</i>] also does.</ref> | |||
5: Joe talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo_and_Jeanne-Claude Christo], the environmental artist. | |||
8: Joe talks about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill crash of the Exxon Valdez] as environmental art, | |||
building on Christo. | |||
11:20: Joe talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot Pol Pot]. | |||
16:10: Joe talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson Charles Manson], contrasts him with Pol Pot. | |||
19:40: Joe talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich Wilhelm Reich], says he was suppressed because | |||
oil companies feared being put out of business by | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone orgone].<ref>Reich comes up again in [[Predator]], [[Summer Hill]], and | |||
Rent A Family.</ref> | |||
25:50: Joe tells us how important [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Manilow Barry Manilow]'s lyrics are, that he | |||
eclipsed Reich's psychological insights. | |||
32:20: [[Friederike Frank|Joe's mother]] calls to tell us how great Joe is - then makes | |||
sure she's said enough. | |||
33:20: [[Larry Block]] calls to tell us how great Joe is - then where to | |||
send the check.<ref>The zip code is in the wrong state.</ref> | |||
35: A dog barks, then gets shot.<ref>John, in [[Problems]], shoots | |||
his wife's dog (re-used in [[In The Dark (Remix)]]); a story in [[Rent A Family (Part 2)]] | |||
includes the shooting of a dog; a story in [[Karma Crash]] includes | |||
the shooting of a dog; Joe imagines shooting his | |||
neighbor's dog in [[On The Edge]]. In a pledge drive, Joe asked for | |||
pledges to keep a dog from getting shot; the cover of <i>National | |||
Lampoon</i>, January 1973, is the [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Natlamp73.jpg "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" cover])</ref> | |||
36:10: Joe's stepfather, [[Freddy Frank | Teddy Frank]], calls to tell us how great Joe is, then | |||
fumbles the 'I got a dog for my wife.' - 'Great trade!' joke. | |||
38:30: Joe asks us what allows us to judge. | |||
43: Joe addresses Alicia (absent) on her behavior. | |||
53:50: Joe talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker Jim] & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Faye_Messner Tammy Faye Bakker]. | |||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
* Mock intellectual presentations: Rockwell and Keen as visionaries, comparing Cristo with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, comparing Pol Pot and Charles Manson, Freud and Reich and Barry Manilow. | * Mock intellectual presentations: Rockwell and Keen as visionaries, comparing Cristo with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, comparing Pol Pot and Charles Manson, Freud and Reich and Barry Manilow. | ||
* People call Joe, praise him, and then poison the scene. A dog barks and is shot. Joe coaches his parents in making a similar call. | * People call Joe, praise him, and then poison the scene. A dog barks and is shot. Joe coaches his parents in making a similar call. | ||
* Second person address to Alicia: eating meat, a misunderstood attack, adding reverb to a radio voice, an eloquent suicide note | * Second person address to Alicia: eating meat, a misunderstood attack, adding reverb to a radio voice, an eloquent suicide note | ||
* Jimmy Swaggart | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart] | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Next To You ( | {{Sketch (Penguin Cafe Orchestra)}} [Intro] | ||
{{Pnoom (Can)}} [4:30] | |||
{{Next To You (Toni Childs)}} [31:50] | |||
== Additional credits == | |||
The original broadcast credits state: "[P]erformed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with [[Larry Massett]] and [[David Rapkin]]. Edited and mixed by Theo Mondle. Special thanks to [[Phil Proctor]], Sheila Bjornlie, and Ariana Morgenstern." | |||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
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[[Category:Freddy Frank]] | [[Category:Freddy Frank]] | ||
[[Category:1992]] | [[Category:1992]] | ||
[[Category: Work In Progress]] | [[Category:Work In Progress]] | ||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]] | |||
[[Category:Show|Best]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19920003]] {{Airdate|airdate=1992}} | |||
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Larry Block]], [[Friederike Frank]], [[Freddy Frank]], Joe Frank}} | |||
Latest revision as of 13:15, 19 August 2023
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1992 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Friederike Frank, Teddy Frank, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Improv Actors, Telephone, 60 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | El Cholo (In The Beginning) |
| Followed by: | In The Dark (Part 1) |
Rockwell gave visual form to essential American values.
The Best is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1992.
Synopsis
Joe praises Norman Rockwell's paintings, then Margaret Keane's (the children with the huge, liquid eyes).[1]
5: Joe talks about Christo, the environmental artist.
8: Joe talks about the crash of the Exxon Valdez as environmental art, building on Christo.
11:20: Joe talks about Pol Pot.
16:10: Joe talks about Charles Manson, contrasts him with Pol Pot.
19:40: Joe talks about Wilhelm Reich, says he was suppressed because oil companies feared being put out of business by orgone.[2]
25:50: Joe tells us how important Barry Manilow's lyrics are, that he eclipsed Reich's psychological insights.
32:20: Joe's mother calls to tell us how great Joe is - then makes sure she's said enough.
33:20: Larry Block calls to tell us how great Joe is - then where to send the check.[3]
35: A dog barks, then gets shot.[4]
36:10: Joe's stepfather, Teddy Frank, calls to tell us how great Joe is, then fumbles the 'I got a dog for my wife.' - 'Great trade!' joke.
38:30: Joe asks us what allows us to judge.
43: Joe addresses Alicia (absent) on her behavior.
53:50: Joe talks about Jimmy Swaggart, Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker.
Legacy Synopsis
- Mock intellectual presentations: Rockwell and Keen as visionaries, comparing Cristo with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, comparing Pol Pot and Charles Manson, Freud and Reich and Barry Manilow.
- People call Joe, praise him, and then poison the scene. A dog barks and is shot. Joe coaches his parents in making a similar call.
- Second person address to Alicia: eating meat, a misunderstood attack, adding reverb to a radio voice, an eloquent suicide note
- Jimmy Swaggart
Music
- "Sketch" - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (from Signs Of Life, 1987) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Pnoom" - Can (from Delay 1968, 1981) | YouTube [4:30]
- "Next To You" - Toni Childs (from House Of Hope, 1991) | YouTube [31:50]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "[P]erformed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with Larry Massett and David Rapkin. Edited and mixed by Theo Mondle. Special thanks to Phil Proctor, Sheila Bjornlie, and Ariana Morgenstern."
Footnotes
- ↑ These pictures were originally attributed to her husband Walter. She proved in court that she had drawn them. Walter Keane's Wikipedia page calls him a plagiarist, not an artist. Tim Burton's Big Eyes (2014) tells the story. Her obituary in the New York Times also does.
- ↑ Reich comes up again in Predator, Summer Hill, and Rent A Family.
- ↑ The zip code is in the wrong state.
- ↑ John, in Problems, shoots his wife's dog (re-used in In The Dark (Remix)); a story in Rent A Family (Part 2) includes the shooting of a dog; a story in Karma Crash includes the shooting of a dog; Joe imagines shooting his neighbor's dog in On The Edge. In a pledge drive, Joe asked for pledges to keep a dog from getting shot; the cover of National Lampoon, January 1973, is the "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" cover)