79:

Stuck in the Wrong Decade

Originally aired 10.10.1997
People stuck in the wrong decade — or simply carrying a lot of the props from another decade.

Prologue.

A communist, the filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, the band Camper Van Beethoven, and other people who may be stuck in the wrong decade. (3 minutes)

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Act One. The Wedding Game.

Karl T. Wright's and Wendy Miller's game show wedding. (18 minutes)

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Act Two. Stuck As A Teenager.

A former addict and a former prisoner discuss the developmental retardation their experiences caused. (8 minutes)

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Act Three. Perv Walk.

New York writer Sarah Miller talks about two men she knows. (9 minutes)

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Act Four. Working In Another Decade.

Stephen Glass (no relation to Ira) takes a job as a "field hand" at Mount Vernon. (8 minutes)

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Act Five. Nostalgia: The Final Frontier.

Jeff Dorchen reads Italo Calvino's short story All At One Point from Calvino's book Cosmicomics. (9 minutes)

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Photo: Mike Licht

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