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|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | |data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | ||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |header3 = Original Broadcast Date | ||
|data4 = 1980 | |data4 = [[1980]] | ||
|header5 = Cast | |header5 = Cast | ||
|data6 = Joe Frank | |data6 = Joe Frank | ||
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|data10 = [[ | |data10 = [[Eighty Yard Run, The|The Eighty Yard Run]] | ||
|data11 = [[ | |data11 = [[Adventures Along The Spectrum]] | ||
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'' | ''The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn.'' | ||
'''White Elephants''' is the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR]] in 1980. | '''White Elephants''' is the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR]] in 1980. | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | * This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | ||
* Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]] | |||
Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]] | * Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | ||
* A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past. | |||
Then returns to | * Beggars in Tibet and Nepal. | ||
* An alternative high school in Somerville, Massachusetts. | |||
* A private tour of a cathedral. | |||
[[Category:1980]] | [[Category:1980]] | ||
[[Category: Narrative Monologue]] | [[Category: Narrative Monologue]] | ||