Warheads
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 04/12/1983 | |
| Cast | |
| Lester Nafzger, Paul Mantell, Arthur Miller, Mark Hammer, Irene Wagner, Larry Block, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| 30 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Sales |
| Followed by: | The End |
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"Warheads" is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1983.
Synopsis
Weapons dealers and a low level terrorist in a conference call: Hair gas, petty revenge via cab driver, electric and electromagnetic warfare, sterility warfare and unborn casualties, boomerang missiles, uniforms that look like civilian clothing, psychological warfare by placing speakers under children's pillows, getting recognition for killing people; a strange woman get mixed up in the phone call. Monologue: description of Kathmandu: animals are allowed to do whatever they want, finding a cheap hotel, an English and a Malay drug dealer get into a fight in the lobby. Monologue: Joe is picked up by a hippie while hitchhiking across the country, argues with truck drivers, gets into a chase.
Music
- "Raga Gara" - Ravi Shankar (from Ragas Hameer & Gara, 1979) | YouTube
- "Rejoicing" - Oregon (from Moon And Mind, 1979) | YouTube
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