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

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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