In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)

In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)[1]

Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1987
Cast
Tim Jerome, Larry Block, Laura Esterman, Ryan Cutrona
Format
Scripted Actors, 59 minutes
Preceded by:	In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)
Followed by:	In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3)

"All these morphines and pain killers, they didn't touch my body"

In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1987.

Cast of characters

• Bud (Larry Block), a traveling salesman
• Ray (Ryan Cutrona, who owns the local road house
• Charlene (Laura Esterman), a road house dancer
• Rider (Tim Jerome), an ambulance driver

Synopsis

• The guys in a roadhouse talk about the Bud's father dying slowly of disease, diverting a river, the roadhouse dancer.
• Ray offers a second person monologue to the dancer, sings "For Once In My Life" and yells at the band.
• Bud talks to Charlene: she grew up in Lords, he describes his robust father dying suddenly without warning.
• Ray and Rider play pool, compare Ray to the river.
• Bud asks Charlene to run away with him into an idyllic scene.
• Rider teaches Charlene to shoot.
• Rider sings "One Note Samba."
• Charlene tries to shoot Ray.
• Bud directs a second person monologue at his father about becoming a salesman.

Music

• "Make The World Go Away" - Hank Cochran and Jeannie Seely (from Honeysuckle Rose, 1980) | YouTube [Intro]

• "The Stripper" - Si Zentner And His Orchestra (from The Stripper And Other Big Band Hits, 1962) | YouTube [4:24]
• "For Once In My Life" - vocals by Ryan Cutrona [9:00]
• "One Note Samba" - vocals by Tim Jerome [44:18]

Additional credits

The original broadcast credits state: "With Tim Jerome, Larry Block, Laura Esterman, and Ryan Cutrona. It was recorded by Jess Plumley at Westrax Studio in New York City, and mixed by Tom Strother."