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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

April 12, 1997
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Paula Poundstone, Natalie MacMaster, and Maria Jette.

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00:00Logo
00:13TISHOMINGO
01:05Opening credits
02:00Opening monologue
03:21LOUNGE SINGER SONG
05:37applause
05:49FLOOD (RA)
09:35APPLAUSE
10:04PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (RA)
17:29applause
18:15PAULA POUNDSTONE (RA)
27:00GK TALKS WITH PAULA ABOUT THOMAS JEFFERSON
43:11applause--Paula talks about Natalie MacMaster (RA)
43:54SOUND EFFECTS man (RA)
51:10applause
51:33SOME DAY
53:30APPLAUSE
54:33JIG MEDLEY
58:05APPLAUSE--STEP DANCE
103:08WILD APPLAUSE
103:39GK SEGUE TO INTERMISSION
103:59THE SHEIK
107:20applause
107:40PLAID PANTS (RA)--GREETINGS
113:05CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER
115:35applause--YOUNG LOVERS (RA)
115:51MONOLOGUE introducing GIRL (RA)
122:36GIRL
147:08LOU BAÏLÈRO
148:18applause--GK talks with Natalie MacMaster
149:22HONEYSUCKLE SET (RA)
153:53applause--GK AND PAULA POUNDSTONE TALK (RA)
156:35FINAL CREDITS
157:40OLD MOLLY DARE
158:29THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT!


Guest Information
  • Paula Poundstone
  • Natalie MacMaster
  • Maria Jette
  • Scripts
  • Flood
  • Paul Revere's Ride
  • Sound Effects
  • Plaid Pants
  • Girl


  • Music Information
    Performers, music scipts and credits



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