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Swanson's Self-Storage (CHORDS OF GLOOM) TK: I can't understand it ----- the harder I work, the worse everything gets ---- this fall is one disaster after another ---- I'm doing my best ---- and yet everybody's mad at me ---- What can I do? TR: Well, you have two choices, Jim. Either you can keep doing your best and ruin everything. Or you can give it a rest. TK: Give it a rest? But how? TR: By putting yourself into storage for a month.....it's easy ---- with Swanson's Self Storage. So many people have found that life gets better after a month or two of Self Storage --- TK: But I can't go into storage! Look at this work on my desk! Look at my calendar---- I've got meetings like crazy---- TR: It'll be okay. TK: But I'm supposed to speak at these meetings. TR: If you don't, someone else will. TK: But who's going to run things? Are you sure about this? (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) TR: Positive. SS: You go down there, Mr. Ingebretson, and lie down on the shelf. TK: Okay. (FOOTSTEPS DOWN STAIRS, INTO REVERB) Which shelf should I lie on? SS: Any shelf, Mr. Ingebretson. TK (REVERB): Okay. SS: Get yourself comfortable. Just relax. TK: (REVERB) Okay. SS: I'll be back to get you in four weeks, okay? TK: (REVERB) Okay. See you then. SS: Bye. (CLOSE DOOR) TR: Swanson's Self Storage.....sometimes the way to make things better is to do nothing at all. (MUSIC OUT) © 1997 by Garrison Keillor |
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An Interview with Heather Masse
In a 2009 interview, Heather Masse tells us about her earliest influences, auditioning in a women's bathroom, and a few memorable moments from A Prairie Home Companion.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
