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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | * This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | ||
* Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]] | |||
Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from [[Stories For Nothing]] | * Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | ||
* A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past. | |||
Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from [[Landing Strip In The Jungle, A]] | * Beggars in Tibet and Nepal. | ||
* An alternative high school in Somerville, Massachusetts. | |||
A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past. | * A private tour of a cathedral. | ||
Beggars in Tibet and Nepal. | |||
An alternative high school in Somerville, Massachusetts. | |||
A private tour of a cathedral. | |||
[[Category:1980]] | [[Category:1980]] | ||
[[Category: Narrative Monologue]] | [[Category: Narrative Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 23 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1980 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Narrative Monologue, 31 minutes | |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by: | Summer Notes |
| 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 the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for NPR in 1980.
It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020
Synopsis
- This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from Landing Strip In The Jungle, A
- Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from Stories For Nothing
- Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from Landing Strip In The Jungle, A
- 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 Somerville, Massachusetts.
- A private tour of a cathedral.