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Two stories from the Bible retold: Adam and Eve and Joseph and Jesus. Joe’s mother recalls her marriage and honeymoon to a rich man more than twice her age.

Series: Somewhere Out There
Show Type: Monologue
Cast: Joe Frank and his mother
Air Date: 03/10/1996
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Category: Somewhere Out There.

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Brian K (verified owner) – December 22, 2015:

These two are forgotten gems. I’m so glad Joe’s made them available. Few things will make melaugh (& cringe a bit) like these two monologues. Go Joe Frank!

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Two stories from the Bible retold: Adam and Eve and Joseph and Jesus. Joe’s mother recalls her marriage and honeymoon to a rich man more than twice her age.

Series: Somewhere Out There
Show Type: Monologue
Cast: Joe Frank and his mother
Air Date: 03/10/1996
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Reviews

0 out of 5

Brian K (verified owner) – December 22, 2015:

These two are forgotten gems. I’m so glad Joe’s made them available. Few things will make melaugh (& cringe a bit) like these two monologues. Go Joe Frank!

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Reviews of Joe’s Work

"[Frank] travels in the emotional landscape of Bergman and Fellini; there's a tension and sense of mystery halfway between Kafka and Chandler... and a satiric edge worthy of Firesign Theatre and Woody Allen... No one else in radio is doing what Frank does."

The Washington Post

"To me, he's what radio is really for... his show makes me think he's getting to some great truth... so completely captivating and just unlike anything else."

David Sedaris, writer

"The perfect Joe Frank experience is driving down an unfamiliar highway alone at night. You turn on your radio and are greeted by a lush, resonant voice that lulls you into a seemingly simple tale of love: a man at an airport saying goodbye to his wife over the phone, which abruptly turns into a vision of betrayal, alienation and death - often from obscure disease - all brought about by some profound personal failing, which is redeemed at the last moment by a nearly transcendent moment of joy."

Salon

"Joe Frank is an original whose work has helped form some of the most eccentric, dark and interesting parts of public radio's personality. "

Terry Gross, Fresh Air

"Mixing bizarre monologues, multi-sequenced dramatic vignettes and mock-solemn critiques, [Joe Frank's work] is both sophisticated and surreal. A sizable cult has been growing around Frank...a rare radio talent."

The Village Voice

"You don't have to close your eyes to appreciate Joe Frank's dense audio universe cascading out of your radio. It helps, though, because there are so many layers - of sound, philosophy, of reality-coursing through his dramas... Come to think of it, after awhile, you won't want to close your eyes because in Frank's short stories for the radio, the tension and pathos are as enveloping as they are intriguing... "

The Washington Post

"Joe Frank is a singular voice in radio. What he has done is hypnotic, psychotic, neurotic, sad, terrifying, and some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard anywhere. I can't think of another radio performer who has come close to achieving this kind of alchemy."

Charlie Kaufman, filmmaker

"Joe Frank is an invaluable warrior who stands in defense of our fears, our vanities and our forever-eroding sense of ourselves. He transforms the everyday banality of the human comedy into an inspired weirdness that feeds on pathos and irony, and feels a lot like revelation. Sartre would have called it nausea; Frank makes it art."

Spin Magazine

"In an arena in which formats are sacrosanct, Joe Frank has charted new territory with his literate, frequently bizarre, wildly funny essays and parodies... He can be funny, poignant, serious and off the wall - sometimes within the framework of the same piece. Unique is one word to describe it. Brilliant is another."

Los Angeles Times

"Although commonly categorized as radio drama, Frank's work bears very little resemblance to the stagy artifice of plays performed over air. Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon

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God Only Knows

Series: Somewhere Out There

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank and his mother

Air Date: 03/10/1996

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Series: Somewhere Out There

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank and his mother

Air Date: 03/10/1996

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Reviews

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God Only Knows

Series: Somewhere Out There

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank and his mother

Air Date: 03/10/1996

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Reviews

Add a review Click here to cancel reply.

Product Description

Series: Somewhere Out There

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank and his mother

Air Date: 03/10/1996

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Reviews

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