Arthur and Eleanor
Eleanor needs a family -- but the only family she had, her ex-husband Arthur, doesn't really need her anymore.
1987 / Joe Frank / Rent-A-Family, USA
Eleanor needs a family -- but the only family she had, her ex-husband Arthur, doesn't really need her anymore.
Arthur & Eleanor is excerpted from "Rent-a-Family," Joe Frank's Peabody Award-winning series.
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Joe Frank (1938 - 2018) began his radio career in 1976 at WBAI, Pacifica's New York station, and served as co-anchor of NPR's All Things Considered in the show's early days.
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