Justin Hall Show

Theme: Future Maladies

Opening credits -
pictures of Justin talking and looking serious, Justin doing weird/funny stuff, pictures of Justin's friends, interview outtakes, weird devices, underneath a theme song.


Introduction -
(setting: Justin's Living Room or Porch?)
JUSTIN, TYPING ON A STRANGE LOOKING KEYBOARD, NOTICES THE AUDIENCE AND ADDRESSES THEM DIRECTLY:

Everyday we use so many different gadgets; some we use for a long time and these change the way we hold our bodies and move our butts.  Did you know that when people lay down flat and relax their bodies, you can tell the people that drive automatic cars because their right foot won't fall over as readily as their left one?

The tools and technologies we use around us all day change us, and they create medical problems for tomorrow.  In the twentieth century, smoking was cool, now we're cutting holes in people's throats.  Asbestos was great fireproofing material, then it was generating new cancer patients.

How do our machines today figure into health care tomorrow?

JUSTIN SCRATCHES HIS HEAD AND WANDERS OFFSCREEN

First Sequence - John
FOOTAGE OF ROBERT MARKISON SHOWING JUSTIN HIS EQUIPMENT

VOICE OVER:

"Robert Markison is an inventor, musician, tailor and hand surgeon.  He heals the hands of people who overuse them, professional pianists and computer workers."

ROBERT AND JUSTIN SITTING IN SOME STRANGE ERGO CHAIRS

"Based on the people you see, what kind of medical problems do you think we might see more of in the future?"

"People are communicating and researching so extensively with their fingers and hands - does this mean more arthritis in forty years?"


Third Sequence - Bringing it all Back Home

"I used to have hand troubles from too much typing.  Definitely if I start having too much fun on the computer my hands act up again.  It was hard for me to give it up until I realized what else I might not be able to do in the future."


Second Sequence - Bringing it all Back Home
JUSTIN WALKS BACK INTO HIS LIVING ROOM

"I've had some troubles with my hands, and there are many other folks who have suffered from overuse.  Still it's tough to keep away from the beautiful box.  Maybe with some of these maladies in mind, we might try to find other ways to talk to our technology."

(Summary based on content shared by interviewees)