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A novelist, writing the story of a love affair between a Spanish bullfighter and his American girlfriend, loses control of his characters. A panel discussion on the dangers of reading is followed by a marital argument about reading vs. TV.

Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI
Show Type: Comedy
Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank
Air Date: 06-08-1979
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Category: NPR Playhouse and WBAI.

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Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI
Show Type: Comedy
Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank
Air Date: 06-08-1979
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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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

"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

"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

"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

"Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon Magazine

"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

"The world of Joe Frank is a wildly entertaining surrealistic universe...hilarious, unsettling, zany, powerful, moving and perhaps the most unique, inventive and effective use of radio since Orson Welles convinced much of America there was a War of the Worlds."

The L.A. Weekly

"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

"Frank [is] the apostle of radio noire... His free-form radio dramas... are sometimes moving, often funny, but always manage to confound the listeners' expectations. A maestro of verité, Frank exploits the power of radio..."

Rolling Stone

"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

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Arena

Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI

Show Type: Comedy

Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank

Air Date: 06-08-1979

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI

Show Type: Comedy

Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank

Air Date: 06-08-1979

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Arena

Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI

Show Type: Comedy

Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank

Air Date: 06-08-1979

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Series: NPR Playhouse and WBAI

Show Type: Comedy

Cast: Tim Jerome, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Mantell, Rosemary Foley, Avery Hart, Matt Basford, Lester Nafzger, Eric Sears, and Joe Frank

Air Date: 06-08-1979

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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