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|label10  = Preceded by:  
|label10  = Preceded by:  
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|data8 = [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], 1 hour
|data8 = [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], 60 minutes
|data4  = [[1987]]
|data4  = [[:Category:1987|1987]]
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|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/in-the-middle-of-nowhere-1 In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=In%20The%20Middle%20Of%20Nowhere)]
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome|Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block|Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett|Nick Ullett]], [[Laura Esterman|Laura Esterman]], [[Ryan Cutrona|Ryan Cutrona]]
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Ryan Cutrona]]
|data10 = [[Rent A Family (Part 3)]]
|data10 = [[Rent A Family (Part 3)]]
|data11 = [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)]]
|data11 = [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)]]
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''"Oh oh God, oh my arm!"''
''"Oh oh God, oh my arm!"''


'''In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1987]].
'''In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1987|1987]].


== Cast of characters ==
== Cast of characters ==
* An unnamed prospector ([[Nick Ullett]])
* An unnamed prospector ([[Nick Ullett]])
* Bud ([[Larry Block]]), a traveling salesman  
* Bud ([[Larry Block]]), a traveling salesman  
* Ray ([[Ryan Cutrona]], who owns the local road house
* Ray ([[Ryan Cutrona]]), who owns the local road house
* Charlene ([[Laura Esterman]]), a road house dancer
* Ryder ([[Tim Jerome]]), an ambulance driver
* Rider ([[Tim Jerome]]), an ambulance driver
* A 'gay angel' ([[Arthur Miller]])


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
An eccentric French ambulance driver, Ryder ([[Tim Jerome]]),
side-swipes a prospector ([[Nick Ullett]]) in a rural area, injuring his
arm.  On the way to a hospital the prospector calls his colleague,
Tom, to tout the riches he has found, on the pay-phone in the
ambulance.
8:20: At Ray's roadhouse Bud ([[Larry Block]]), a traveling Bible and
religious goods salesman on his way to a big tent show in Paradise,
talks to Ray ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) about the stuff he sells, including
large crucifixes and confessionals.  Ryder had side-swiped Bud's car,
so it was at Mac's, the mechanic in Itmon.<ref>the name I give the
unnamed town to make writing this synopsis easier</ref>
16:30: Ryder describes the convoluted route to the hospital, says that
the prospector is equally to blame for their collision, which angers
the prospector.  At Ryder's insistence they stop to watch the sunset
at the edge of a cliff.
28:00: At the roadhouse Bud talks about people watching a tornado.
Bud was scared of the tornado; Ray tells him 'it's an opening into a
new life'.  When Bud refers to the town as being in the middle of
nowhere, Ray objects, tells him about the area's significance.
33:30: The prospector tries to push Ryder off the cliff<ref>with an
injured arm?</ref> but Ryder pushes the prospector off instead.
36:20: Ray expatiates on metaphysical matters to Bud, including tarot
cards, fortune-tellers, and unseen forces.  When Bud professes to
believe what Ray has told him, Ray tells him it's nonsense.
42:30: Ryder and an angel ([[Arthur Miller]])<ref>I take that from
[https://www.joefrank.com/shop/in-the-middle-of-nowhere-1 the synopsis at joefrank.com];
nothing explicit in the text of the show identifies the speaker as an
angel.</ref> converse about Ryder's life.  First Ryder says that he's
adrift, has no past, no identity, then refutes that by describing
himself and his history in detail.  The angel makes advances on Ryder,
which Ryder rebuffs.
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*A prospector is hit by an ambulance, taken on a long circuitous route toward a hospital, and is eventually thrown off a cliff by the driver.   
*A prospector is hit by an ambulance, taken on a long circuitous route toward a hospital, and is eventually thrown off a cliff by the driver.   


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*Ray, the ambulance driver talks to a therapist or religious-leader about having lost his way: "I don't have a name, I don't have a place of birth. . ."  
*Ray, the ambulance driver talks to a therapist or religious-leader about having lost his way: "I don't have a name, I don't have a place of birth. . ."  
 
</div></div>
== Music ==  
== Music ==  
{{The Stone (Andreas Vollenweider) }}
{{The Stone (Andreas Vollenweider)}} [1:05] <!-- drone+piano at 0:50 is probably a Sonic Images bed... -->
{{Make The World Go Away (Hank Cochran and Jeannie Seely)}} [8:45]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotta_Serve_Somebody "Gotta Serve Somebody"] - unknown version [11:43] <!-- more Sonic Images music @44:29 ? -->


== Commentary ==
== Additional credits ==
{{commentary}}
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], and [[Ryan Cutrona]]. It was recorded by Jess Plumley at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Link#Westrax_Recording_Studios Westrax Studios] in New York City, and mixed by Tom Strother. The music was by Sonic Images."


=== [[User:Shiro|Shiro]] ===
== Miscellanea ==
This is a gorgeous, sprawling adventure, with some of the best dialog every captured on tape. After realizing that it's possible to create radio like this, one can only weep to think of the time and tape wasted on hokey comedies and ''oh George, don't you just adore the daffodils'' style BBC plays.
* Samples of In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) appear on the [[Wikipedia:Still_Life_(US_band)|Still Life]] EP [https://www.discogs.com/master/1079297-Still-Life-Limitations-Boundaries-And-Failures ''Limitations Boundaries And Failures''] track [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRCDY25tXqI&t=254s "Into Fruition"]


I recommend listening to them back to back with a good pair of headphones.  There's a lot of stereo structure in the dialog. 
== Footnotes ==


[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]]
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[[Category:Larry Block]]
[[Category:Larry Block]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Arthur Miller]]
[[Category:Laura Esterman]]
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona]]
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona]]
[[Category:Nick Ullett]]
[[Category:Nick Ullett]]
[[Category:1987]]
[[Category:1987]]
[[Category: Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Work In Progress]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]][[Category:Show]][[Category:Show_by_date|1987]]
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]][[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19870004]] {{Airdate|airdate=1987}}{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Ryan Cutrona]]}}

Latest revision as of 09:27, 18 October 2022

In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1987
Cast
Tim Jerome, Larry Block, Arthur Miller, Nick Ullett, Ryan Cutrona
Format
Scripted Actors, 60 minutes
Preceded by: Rent A Family (Part 3)
Followed by: In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)

"Oh oh God, oh my arm!"

In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1987.

Cast of characters

Synopsis

An eccentric French ambulance driver, Ryder (Tim Jerome), side-swipes a prospector (Nick Ullett) in a rural area, injuring his arm. On the way to a hospital the prospector calls his colleague, Tom, to tout the riches he has found, on the pay-phone in the ambulance.

8:20: At Ray's roadhouse Bud (Larry Block), a traveling Bible and religious goods salesman on his way to a big tent show in Paradise, talks to Ray (Ryan Cutrona) about the stuff he sells, including large crucifixes and confessionals. Ryder had side-swiped Bud's car, so it was at Mac's, the mechanic in Itmon.[1]

16:30: Ryder describes the convoluted route to the hospital, says that the prospector is equally to blame for their collision, which angers the prospector. At Ryder's insistence they stop to watch the sunset at the edge of a cliff.

28:00: At the roadhouse Bud talks about people watching a tornado. Bud was scared of the tornado; Ray tells him 'it's an opening into a new life'. When Bud refers to the town as being in the middle of nowhere, Ray objects, tells him about the area's significance.

33:30: The prospector tries to push Ryder off the cliff[2] but Ryder pushes the prospector off instead.

36:20: Ray expatiates on metaphysical matters to Bud, including tarot cards, fortune-tellers, and unseen forces. When Bud professes to believe what Ray has told him, Ray tells him it's nonsense.

42:30: Ryder and an angel (Arthur Miller)[3] converse about Ryder's life. First Ryder says that he's adrift, has no past, no identity, then refutes that by describing himself and his history in detail. The angel makes advances on Ryder, which Ryder rebuffs.

Legacy Synopsis
  • A prospector is hit by an ambulance, taken on a long circuitous route toward a hospital, and is eventually thrown off a cliff by the driver.
  • Bud, a traveling religious item salesman on his way to Paradise talks with a local in a road house: portable confessionals, the middle of nowhere, mysteries of the universe, seers, comparing a map with a hand.
  • Ray, the ambulance driver talks to a therapist or religious-leader about having lost his way: "I don't have a name, I don't have a place of birth. . ."

Music

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "With Tim Jerome, Nick Ullett, Arthur Miller, Larry Block, and Ryan Cutrona. It was recorded by Jess Plumley at Westrax Studios in New York City, and mixed by Tom Strother. The music was by Sonic Images."

Miscellanea

Footnotes

  1. ↑ the name I give the unnamed town to make writing this synopsis easier
  2. ↑ with an injured arm?
  3. ↑ I take that from the synopsis at joefrank.com; nothing explicit in the text of the show identifies the speaker as an angel.
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