- The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window: I've yet to answer the door as Wonder Woman
- The Old Scout: When the Tough Should Get Going
- Post to the Host: Birds of a feather
- Photos: Slideshow for the Oct. 31, 2009 show
- Interview: Patty Loveless: Mountain Soul
- Russ Ringsak: Making Smithereens
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Un Compagnon des Maisons de la Prairie — en direct de Des Moines!
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BeauSoleil
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Mark Stillman
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Civic Center
This week on a Prairie Home Companion, we're bringing a touch of French flavor to the Midwest, live from the Civic Center in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The grande rendezvous will include maestros of Cajun music BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, French folk chanteuse Francine Roche, and Mark Stillman — accordionist extraordinaire. The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and Royal Academy of Radio Actors Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Sound Effects Man Fred Newman will supply that special je ne sais quoi, plus Café Boeuf, Guy Noir, and keeping au courant with Lake Wobegon.
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A Scary Home Companion
All about last week's show from the Bismarck, North Dakota — with Maria Jette, Janet Sorenson, The Radio Stars, Andra Suchy, and more.
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From last week's show
- No Particular Place to Go/Halloween Rock and Roll
Pat Donohue and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band - The Yo-Ho Valley
Janet Sorenson and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band - Ride Cowboy Ride
The Radio Stars - The Old Suchy Trail
Andra Suchy and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band - Ode to Joy Medley
GK, Maria Jette, Janet Sorenson and Shoe Band - Ghosts
Script - Ebben ne andro lontana (Catalani)
Maria Jette and Richard Dworsky - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
(with Janet Sorenson and Merrill Piepkorn) - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Host Garrison Keillor gives advice on topics from English Major gaffes to affairs of the heart.
Post to the host:
My name is Joyce Sparrow. I'd like to know how you chose that name for the character in A Christmas Blizzard.
Thank you--
Joyce Sparrow
Kenneth City, Florida
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Her husband's name is James, hers is Joyce, so you can see where that came from, and Sparrow is a perfect name for a wealthy couple. They roost in an enormous apartment high above the Loop in Chicago, and it's the week before Christmas. He wants to migrate to their nest on Hawaii and she is feeling ill and so they linger as Christmas mounts up around them. He dreads Christmas. She loves it. And she is the heroine of the story, so you should be pleased. Send along your address and I'll sign a copy of the book for you.
Russ Ringsak
Making Smithereens
The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window
I've yet to answer the door as Wonder Woman
The Old Scout
When the Tough Should Get Going
Post to the Host
Birds of a feather
Poetry 101
Shave and a Haircut...
Off the Air
Harry Smith videos from The Early Show (CBS)
Janet Sorenson
Maria Jette
This week's horn section
(11/01) Mark and Marie Lenker, Greetings to my parents in Arlington, Virginia. Moving...
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Q: How many morticians does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, they'd prefer to make the old light bulb look as brilliant as it did when it was alive.
This joke was sent in by Erica C., of Moreland Hills, OH. Thanks Erica!
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Now Available:
A Christmas Blizzard
GK's New Holiday Story
A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.
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Stories of a Wobegon romance far from home, all delivered with Garrison Keillor's trademark humor.
Read the first chapter»Signed Copies Available»
The latest collection of Lake Wobegon short stories gathered from live broadcasts include Confirmation Sunday, the church directory photos, Pastor Ingqvist's leather bound sermons along with song lyrics and the "95 Theses," among others. Companion audio also available.
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Our sporadic interview series continues, this time with Patty Loveless. Patty was gracious enough to answer a few questions after her October 3rd performance.
