Phone Therapy
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Somewhere Out There | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1997 | |
| Cast | |
| Laura Esterman, Grace Zabriskie, Larry Block, Arthur Miller, Keith Talbot, Helen Wilson, Walica Fuller, Farley Ziegler, Heidi Nordberg, Harvey Perr, Phil Proctor, Davis Black, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Improv Actors, Sound Effects, Real People, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Policeman's Ball, The (Remix) |
| Followed by: | Joe Frank Live - Women Police Officers |
"None of us has escaped the injuries and indignities of growing up."
Phone Therapy is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Somewhere Out There. It was originally broadcast in 1997.
Synopsis
- Monologue: The problems with conventional therapy and benefits of phone therapy.
- Actors: Telephone therapy session.
- Monologue w/ sound effects: Audio Rorschach test.
- Actors: Joe as a telephone therapist in dialog with an actor.
- Monologue: fax therapy, the infinity of nothingness
- Real people: A delusional woman asks a telephone psychic and card reader if she has a future with someone she saw on an escalator. She's in a relationship with someone who calls her but has never said a word. Pain and suffering leads to youthful looks. Angels. A state trooper visits her house and touches objects to bring her pleasure. A relationship with someone who continually drives past her house.
- Real people: A gay man calls the psychic hot line with relationship trouble.
- Real people: a salesperson calls the psychic accidentally and gets into a conversation.
- Actors: Actors individual therapy session continues, without Joe's comments.
Music
- "Longing for Daydreams" - Holger Czukay (from Moving Pictures, 1993) | YouTube
- "Insomnie Nemurenai (Instrumental)" - United Future Organization (from Insomnie Nemurenai, 1992) | YouTube
Miscellanea
- Shares first half hour with When I'm Calling You
Commentary
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