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''"I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding..."''
''I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding...''


'''Sales''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI and NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1983]].
'''Sales''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1983|1983]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
"I'm waiting" monologue.  A lonely sheet-music salesman based in new york strikes up a connection to a long-distance customer. After a year and a half of phone calls, the customer visits the salesman, and the romance unravels.


== Interesting Facts ==
"Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)


== Music ==  
0:10: Joe lists what he's waiting for: an epiphany,
{{Walking (Steve Tibbetts) }}
understanding, purification, exaltation, the second coming, the
revolution, the Spiegel catalogue, a refund from Sears, an
unemployment check, a call from his mother.
 
1:10: Joe tells of George who works as a sheet music salesman
for a firm in NYC.  His colleagues are a depressing lot.  George hates
his job.
 
4:10: He falls for one of his customers, a woman manager of a
music store in St Louis, Carol.  He begins calling her at home.  She
tells him all about herself.  He begins calling nightly; they grow
closer.  His calls are the only thing they enjoyed.  They decide they
have to meet, but have no opportunity.
 
7:20: George's company fails; its employees have mishaps, some
fatal.
 
8:50: Carol travels to NYC for a long weekend in mid-October.
 
9:10: George chaperones his son's 6th-grade class on a trip to
Restoration Village, a replica of a colonial town.
 
10:10: Restoration Village looks like motel cottages.  The
kids aren't interested.  After a trip to the gift shop and lunch, they
go to a nearby pond and skip rocks.  After returning his son to his
(the son's) mother George feels terribly lonely.
 
14:30: Carol flies to NYC, 1.5 years after they first began
talking.  She arrives at 3 AM.  George is apprehensive.  She's pretty
and petite, seems overwhelmed.  They try to make love, but fail.  They
spend the day awkwardly.  The next day they decide their weekend is
over; she spends the rest of the weekend with old college chums from
Queens.  She stays in town for another few days - a really long
weekend.  He sees her twice more, once for dinner, another day for
window-shopping.
 
23:50: George calls Carol in St Louis; they talk for hours.
She was sick with an undiagnosed endocrine condition the whole time.
George doesn't know whether to believe her.  His calls tailed off.
 
24:50: A year later she tells George about her boyfriend, a
trumpet player in a Dixieland band, beating and raping her.  She tells
George she was excited by it.  George is disgusted with her.
 
25:40: "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)
 
26: Joe lists what he's waiting for again.
 
26:40: Children singing the song they sang on the way to
Restoration Village.
 
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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== Commentary ==
"I'm waiting" monologue.  A lonely sheet-music salesman based in New York strikes up a connection to a long-distance customer. After a year and a half of phone calls, the customer visits the salesman, and the romance unravels.
{{commentary}}


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== External Links ==
== Music ==  
{{Show Me The Way To Go Home (Al Hirt)}} [Intro]
{{Walking (Steve Tibbetts)}} [4:18]


== Additional credits ==
The original broadcast credits state: "Recorded at Polima Studios in Camarillo and mixed at [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/06/getting-it-down/f55d3fdc-ed92-4afa-a0a1-ecac391b7aba/ Sonic Images] in Washington."


{{WBAI And NPR Playhouse}}
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Latest revision as of 05:52, 2 May 2021

Sales[1]
Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
04/01/1983
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, 24 minutes
Preceded by: Lies
Followed by: The Queen Of Puerto Rico

I'm waiting for an epiphany, and I'm waiting for understanding...

Sales is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1983.

Synopsis

"Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)

0:10: Joe lists what he's waiting for: an epiphany, understanding, purification, exaltation, the second coming, the revolution, the Spiegel catalogue, a refund from Sears, an unemployment check, a call from his mother.

1:10: Joe tells of George who works as a sheet music salesman for a firm in NYC. His colleagues are a depressing lot. George hates his job.

4:10: He falls for one of his customers, a woman manager of a music store in St Louis, Carol. He begins calling her at home. She tells him all about herself. He begins calling nightly; they grow closer. His calls are the only thing they enjoyed. They decide they have to meet, but have no opportunity.

7:20: George's company fails; its employees have mishaps, some fatal.

8:50: Carol travels to NYC for a long weekend in mid-October.

9:10: George chaperones his son's 6th-grade class on a trip to Restoration Village, a replica of a colonial town.

10:10: Restoration Village looks like motel cottages. The kids aren't interested. After a trip to the gift shop and lunch, they go to a nearby pond and skip rocks. After returning his son to his (the son's) mother George feels terribly lonely.

14:30: Carol flies to NYC, 1.5 years after they first began talking. She arrives at 3 AM. George is apprehensive. She's pretty and petite, seems overwhelmed. They try to make love, but fail. They spend the day awkwardly. The next day they decide their weekend is over; she spends the rest of the weekend with old college chums from Queens. She stays in town for another few days - a really long weekend. He sees her twice more, once for dinner, another day for window-shopping.

23:50: George calls Carol in St Louis; they talk for hours. She was sick with an undiagnosed endocrine condition the whole time. George doesn't know whether to believe her. His calls tailed off.

24:50: A year later she tells George about her boyfriend, a trumpet player in a Dixieland band, beating and raping her. She tells George she was excited by it. George is disgusted with her.

25:40: "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (Al Hirt)

26: Joe lists what he's waiting for again.

26:40: Children singing the song they sang on the way to Restoration Village.

Legacy Synopsis

"I'm waiting" monologue. A lonely sheet-music salesman based in New York strikes up a connection to a long-distance customer. After a year and a half of phone calls, the customer visits the salesman, and the romance unravels.

Music

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "Recorded at Polima Studios in Camarillo and mixed at Sonic Images in Washington."

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