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''Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome.'' | |||
'' | '''Dreamland''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1986|1986]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | |||
Joe announces what's coming on tonight's show: global leaders rigged | |||
up as marionettes, the Red Army Chorus, Bruno of Vienna, Bog Man (a | |||
100,000 year old corpse preserved in a peat bog), the Yaco (sp?) | |||
people of Guam who have bred with teak trees, thus becoming very | |||
hard… | |||
3:40: Somebody tells about the Kapts, a people in ancient Turkey who | |||
kidnapped others. Because no one else lived there they kidnapped | |||
inanimate objects, then each other. | |||
6:20: Joe tells about his favorite wrestler, Mr Capital, a predatory | |||
capitalist who perpetrates all the common crimes of Capitalists. He | |||
bought all the organic farms on Long Island, converted them to a theme | |||
park, Dreamland. Mr Capital has a sequence of surreal experiences, | |||
including throwing a little girl who floats into space. | |||
18:20: Joe calls his bank's automated telephone service, finds his | |||
balance is $1.62. | |||
19:30: Joe talks about kidnapping. | |||
24:50: Joe tells of Dr Ostrowsky (sp?) and his wife. He has a | |||
sequence of surreal experiences, visits Dreamland, which has fallen | |||
into disrepair. | |||
36:40: Joe tells of a new wave band's recording session that | |||
ends up with such a severe anthrax outbreak that authorities detonate | |||
a small nuclear weapon, killing 200,000, to stop its spread. "This story has never been told." | |||
45:20: People (2-3 men, 1 woman) tell how much ransom was paid for them | |||
when they were held hostage. | |||
52:00: Joe calls the White House switchboard, can't talk to the | |||
president. | |||
53:00: Joe talks to a Yaco person: he's hard. | |||
54:20: Joe eats the sweetmeat recovered from Bog Man. | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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Mr. Capital, the Kapts, kidnapping and the swiss hostage exchange, Dr. Estrowski and Dreamland, third person version of the teeth chattering and seizure fantasy, disaster in a rock recording studio, hostage panel discussion, Joe calls the white house. | Mr. Capital, the Kapts, kidnapping and the swiss hostage exchange, Dr. Estrowski and Dreamland, third person version of the teeth chattering and seizure fantasy, disaster in a rock recording studio, hostage panel discussion, Joe calls the white house. | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{ | {{Pastime (Tangerine Dream)}} [intro] | ||
{{Bent Cold Sidewalk (Tangerine Dream)}} [5:55] | |||
{{Barbakane (Tangerine Dream)}} [24:00] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "[W]ritten and produced by Joe Frank. Special thanks to [[Paul Mantell]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Lester Nafzger]], and [[Arthur Miller]]. Technical production by Tom Strother." | |||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Improv_Actors]] | [[Category:Improv_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | |||
[[Category: Work In Progress]] | |||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]][[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19860012]] {{Airdate|airdate=1986}} | |||
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Arthur Miller]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Avery Hart]], [[Lester Nafzger]], Joe Frank}} | |||
Latest revision as of 18:23, 31 October 2024
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Arthur Miller, Paul Mantell, Avery Hart, Lester Nafzger, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Improv Actors, 59 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Cocktails Before Dinner |
| Followed by: | Rose |
| Purchase | |
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome.
Dreamland is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
Joe announces what's coming on tonight's show: global leaders rigged up as marionettes, the Red Army Chorus, Bruno of Vienna, Bog Man (a 100,000 year old corpse preserved in a peat bog), the Yaco (sp?) people of Guam who have bred with teak trees, thus becoming very hard…
3:40: Somebody tells about the Kapts, a people in ancient Turkey who kidnapped others. Because no one else lived there they kidnapped inanimate objects, then each other.
6:20: Joe tells about his favorite wrestler, Mr Capital, a predatory capitalist who perpetrates all the common crimes of Capitalists. He bought all the organic farms on Long Island, converted them to a theme park, Dreamland. Mr Capital has a sequence of surreal experiences, including throwing a little girl who floats into space.
18:20: Joe calls his bank's automated telephone service, finds his balance is $1.62.
19:30: Joe talks about kidnapping.
24:50: Joe tells of Dr Ostrowsky (sp?) and his wife. He has a sequence of surreal experiences, visits Dreamland, which has fallen into disrepair.
36:40: Joe tells of a new wave band's recording session that ends up with such a severe anthrax outbreak that authorities detonate a small nuclear weapon, killing 200,000, to stop its spread. "This story has never been told."
45:20: People (2-3 men, 1 woman) tell how much ransom was paid for them when they were held hostage.
52:00: Joe calls the White House switchboard, can't talk to the president.
53:00: Joe talks to a Yaco person: he's hard.
54:20: Joe eats the sweetmeat recovered from Bog Man.
Music
- "Pastime" - Tangerine Dream (from Heartbreakers, 1985) | YouTube [intro]
- "Bent Cold Sidewalk" - Tangerine Dream (from Cyclone, 1978) | YouTube [5:55]
- "Barbakane" - Tangerine Dream (from Poland (The Warsaw Concert), 1984) | YouTube [24:00]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "[W]ritten and produced by Joe Frank. Special thanks to Paul Mantell, Irene Wagner, Lester Nafzger, and Arthur Miller. Technical production by Tom Strother."
