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''"When I was in high school, I hung out with a tall, skinny guy named Howard."''
''"When I was in high school, I hung out with a tall, skinny guy named Howard."''


'''The Loved One''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1993]].
'''The Loved One''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1993|1993]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Stories of people who feel drawn to Joe. Howard goes into a downward spiral and ends up living with Joe. Joe works at a wholesale boutique for Earl, who finds that Joe is the only one who can understand him. Joe moves into friends Vincent and Diane's guest cottage. Joe describes in detail the curse of being so beautiful as people find him so alluring, they want to kiss and hug him - even despite his attempt to live in disguise. A series of desperate messages left for Joe on an answering machine. Joe defends a woman in a bar.
Joe tells of Howard, his high school friend, a year older; his father
had died when he was young, his mother was an alcoholic.  Howard asks
Joe to kiss him.
 
His senior year, Howard finds out he's about to inherit a million
dollars from his grandparents.  Howard wants Joe to manage his
business<ref>far-fetched</ref> ideas. Joe goes to community college;
Howard squanders his inheritance renting a mansion, buying expensive
cars, etc.
 
'After a number of years' Howard runs out of money, has to sell all
his stuff, ends up broke and homeless.  Joe has graduated from
college, has a real job.  Howard moves in with him, becomes too
familiar, cooking and cleaning.  He paints pictures, but can't sell
them.
 
Joe works his way up at work, an importer of expensive vases.  The
abusive boss likes him too much, makes a pass at him.  Joe quits,
plans to move out.  Faced with the news, Howard throws his pictures
out the window then jumps.
 
Joe visits his friends Vince and Diane in San Francisco. Diane has
fallen out of love with Vince, asks Joe to make love to her, tears at
his clothes; when Joe refuses, she shoots herself.
 
10:20: 'Is it the smoldering beauty of my purple eyes&hellip; - Joe
is the most beautiful, charming, intelligent person in the world, all
men and women want to be with him.<ref>Later used in [[Lover Man]]
(it's the opening), [[The Loved One (Remix)]],
and [[Waiting For The Bell]].</ref>
 
19:20: Desperate women and men call Joe, plead with him to make love
to them.
 
23:20: Joe's in north Redondo Beach.<ref>a small city in Los Angeles
county, on the ocean, expensive</ref>  Nichole sings along with the
jukebox. Joe has a shot of Old Taylor.<ref>a noted bourbon from
Kentucky</ref>
 
24:00: 2 fat bikers get loud, grab a Korean girl.  Joe stands up to
them, gets punched; the bartender throws them out.  Nichole tells Joe
he did a good thing.  She takes him on her motorcycle to her old high
school, jumps the fence, goes to the pool. She takes off her clothes,
wants Joe to take off his; he demurs - she calls him 'Grandpa'.  She
swims then takes him to her apartment, which is trashy.  She tells him
that her parents took her to amusement park at the end of a pier<ref>there used to be one on Santa Monica pier, just up the
beach</ref> when she was a girl; in the house of mirrors she saw the
face of a beautiful man, which turns out to be Joe's, wants to make
love to him.  Joe puts her off by claiming he has a girlfriend, a
nurse; claims he's a physician.  After Joe leaves Nichole comes after
him on her motorcycle; Joe evades her, she hits a parked car and
crashes.


Produced and aired in 1993


Cast: Laura Estermann, Lester Nafzger, Grace Zabriskie, Arthur Miller, Heidi Nordberg, Harvery Perr, Farley Ziegler and Joe Frank
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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== Interesting Facts ==
Stories of people who feel drawn to Joe. Howard goes into a downward spiral and ends up living with Joe. Joe works at a wholesale boutique for Earl, who finds that Joe is the only one who can understand him. Joe moves into friends Vincent and Diane's guest cottage. Joe describes in detail the curse of being so beautiful as people find him so alluring, they want to kiss and hug him - even despite his attempt to live in disguise. A series of desperate messages left for Joe on an answering machine. Joe defends a woman in a bar.
</div></div>


The monologue in this show about Joe's cursed beauty also appears in the show [[Lover Man]], [[The Loved One (Remix)]] and [[Waiting for the Bell]]
== Music ==
{{Third Stone from the Sun (Pat Metheny)}} [9:57]


== Commentary ==
== Additional credits ==
{{commentary}}
The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[Michael Meloan]] and [[David Rapkin]]. The story editor was [[Farley Ziegler]]. Recorded and mixed by Theo Mondle. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Laura Esterman]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Heidi Nordberg]], [[Harvey Perr]], and [[Farley Ziegler]]. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro."


== External Links ==
== Miscellanea ==
The monologue in this show about Joe's cursed beauty also appears in the show [[Lover Man]], and [[Waiting For The Bell]]


== Footnotes ==


{{Somewhere Out There}}
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Grace Zabriskie|Grace Zabriskie]]
[[Category:Grace Zabriskie]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller|Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Laura Esterman|Laura Esterman]]
[[Category:Laura Esterman]]
[[Category:Lester Nafzger|Lester Nafzger]]
[[Category:Lester Nafzger]]
[[Category:Farley Ziegler|Farley Ziegler]]
[[Category:Farley Ziegler]]
[[Category:Heidi Nordberg|Heidi Nordberg]]
[[Category:Heidi Nordberg]]
[[Category:Harvey Perr|Harvey Perr]]
[[Category:Harvey Perr]]
[[Category:David Rapkin]]
[[Category:Michael Meloan]]
[[Category:1993]]
[[Category:1993]]
[[Category:In The Dark]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]]
[[Category:Show|Loved One]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19930007]] {{Airdate|airdate=1993}}
{{Series|series=In The Dark}}{{Cast|cast=[[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Laura Esterman]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Farley Ziegler]], [[Heidi Nordberg]], [[Harvey Perr]], Joe Frank}}

Revision as of 04:28, 6 August 2021

The Loved One[1]
Series
In The Dark
Original Broadcast Date
1993
Cast
Grace Zabriskie, Arthur Miller, Laura Esterman, Lester Nafzger, Farley Ziegler, Heidi Nordberg, Harvey Perr, Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, 28 minutes
Preceded by: Prayer (Remix)
Followed by: Five Part Dissonance (Remix)

"When I was in high school, I hung out with a tall, skinny guy named Howard."

The Loved One is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.

Synopsis

Joe tells of Howard, his high school friend, a year older; his father had died when he was young, his mother was an alcoholic. Howard asks Joe to kiss him.

His senior year, Howard finds out he's about to inherit a million dollars from his grandparents. Howard wants Joe to manage his business[1] ideas. Joe goes to community college; Howard squanders his inheritance renting a mansion, buying expensive cars, etc.

'After a number of years' Howard runs out of money, has to sell all his stuff, ends up broke and homeless. Joe has graduated from college, has a real job. Howard moves in with him, becomes too familiar, cooking and cleaning. He paints pictures, but can't sell them.

Joe works his way up at work, an importer of expensive vases. The abusive boss likes him too much, makes a pass at him. Joe quits, plans to move out. Faced with the news, Howard throws his pictures out the window then jumps.

Joe visits his friends Vince and Diane in San Francisco. Diane has fallen out of love with Vince, asks Joe to make love to her, tears at his clothes; when Joe refuses, she shoots herself.

10:20: 'Is it the smoldering beauty of my purple eyes… - Joe is the most beautiful, charming, intelligent person in the world, all men and women want to be with him.[2]

19:20: Desperate women and men call Joe, plead with him to make love to them.

23:20: Joe's in north Redondo Beach.[3] Nichole sings along with the jukebox. Joe has a shot of Old Taylor.[4]

24:00: 2 fat bikers get loud, grab a Korean girl. Joe stands up to them, gets punched; the bartender throws them out. Nichole tells Joe he did a good thing. She takes him on her motorcycle to her old high school, jumps the fence, goes to the pool. She takes off her clothes, wants Joe to take off his; he demurs - she calls him 'Grandpa'. She swims then takes him to her apartment, which is trashy. She tells him that her parents took her to amusement park at the end of a pier[5] when she was a girl; in the house of mirrors she saw the face of a beautiful man, which turns out to be Joe's, wants to make love to him. Joe puts her off by claiming he has a girlfriend, a nurse; claims he's a physician. After Joe leaves Nichole comes after him on her motorcycle; Joe evades her, she hits a parked car and crashes.


Legacy Synopsis

Stories of people who feel drawn to Joe. Howard goes into a downward spiral and ends up living with Joe. Joe works at a wholesale boutique for Earl, who finds that Joe is the only one who can understand him. Joe moves into friends Vincent and Diane's guest cottage. Joe describes in detail the curse of being so beautiful as people find him so alluring, they want to kiss and hug him - even despite his attempt to live in disguise. A series of desperate messages left for Joe on an answering machine. Joe defends a woman in a bar.

Music

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with Michael Meloan and David Rapkin. The story editor was Farley Ziegler. Recorded and mixed by Theo Mondle. The performers were Joe Frank, Laura Esterman, Lester Nafzger, Grace Zabriskie, Arthur Miller, Heidi Nordberg, Harvey Perr, and Farley Ziegler. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro."

Miscellanea

The monologue in this show about Joe's cursed beauty also appears in the show Lover Man, and Waiting For The Bell

Footnotes

  1. far-fetched
  2. Later used in Lover Man (it's the opening), The Loved One (Remix), and Waiting For The Bell.
  3. a small city in Los Angeles county, on the ocean, expensive
  4. a noted bourbon from Kentucky
  5. there used to be one on Santa Monica pier, just up the beach