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"White Elephants" is the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI and NPR Playhouse|NPR]] in 1980.
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It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020
''The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn.''
 
'''White Elephants''' is a program produced by Joe Frank for [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse|NPR]] in 1980.
 
It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020.
 
== Synopsis ==
 
* This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[A Landing Strip In The Jungle]]
* Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]]
* Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from [[A Landing Strip In The Jungle]]
* A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past.
* Beggars in Tibet and Nepal.
* An alternative high school in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts Somerville, Massachusetts].
* A private tour of a cathedral.
 
== Music ==
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{{Raga Gara (Ravi Shankar)}} [Intro] {{Unidentified|id=string music @8:52, percussion @25:25}}
{{Yemaya, Sister Of The Fishes (Alive!)}} [18:18]
{{Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV665 (Daniel Chorzempa)}} [27:54]
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[[Category:Unknown air date]] [[Category:Show_by_date|19800000]] {{Airdate|airdate=1980}}
[[Category:WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
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Latest revision as of 19:23, 14 July 2023

White Elephants [1]
Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
1980
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Narrative Monologue, 31 minutes
Chronology
Preceded by: The Eighty Yard Run
Followed by: The Rare Recording

The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn.

White Elephants is a program produced by Joe Frank for NPR in 1980.

It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020.

Synopsis

Music

This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.