[joe-frank-list] 'The best'

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Joe praises Norman Rockwell's paintings, then Edward Kean's
(the children with the huge, liquid eyes),
5: Joe talks about Christo, the environmental artist.
8: Joe talks about the crash of the Exxon Valdez as
environmental art, building on Christo.
11:20: Joe talks about Pol Pot.
16:10: Joe talks about Charles Manson, contrasts him with Pol
Pot.
19:40: Joe talks about Wilhelm Reich, says he was suppressed
because the oil companies feared being put out of business by orgone.
(Reich comes up again in 'Predator', 'Summerhill', and
'Rent-a-family'.)
25:50: Joe tells us how important Barry Manilow's lyrics are,
that he eclipsed Reich's psychological insights.
32:20: Joe's mother calls to tell us how great Joe is - then
makes sure she's said enough.
33:20: Larry Block calls to tell us how great Joe is - then
where to send the check. (The zip code is in the wrong state.)
35: A dog barks, then gets shot. (John, in 'Problems', shoots
his dog (re-used in 'In the dark remix'); a story in 'Rent-a-family,
part 2' includes the shooting of a dog; a story in 'Karma crash'
includes the shooting of a dog; Joe imagines shooting his neighbor's
dog in 'On the edge'. In a pledge drive Joe asked for pledges to keep
a dog from getting shot; I remembered the 'National Lampoon' cover:
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36:10: Joe's stepfather, Teddy Frank (when Joe refers to him
he calls him Freddy), calls to tell us how great Joe is, then fumbles
the 'I got a dog for my wife.' - 'Great trade!' joke.
38:30: Joe asks us what allows us to judge.
43: Joe addresses Alicia (absent) on her behavior.
53:50: Joe talks about Jimmy Swaggart, Jim & Tammy Faye
Bakker.
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russell bell