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Cafe Boeuf GK: Bonjour, Maurice. TK: Bon what? GK: Bon jour... TK: We do not sell banjos here. GK: Bon jour. Good day. TK: Ah! Aha! Bonjour, monsieur. GK: So are you enjoying the polka show, Maurice? TK: The polka, monsieur, it is not for French people. It is for the large people who eat the big vienner schnitzels and drink the beer. The people with the flat heads and the six chins. GK: I see. TK: If you like your women with big perspiration stains under the arms, then fine, do the polka. But not for me. (FRENCH MUTTERING) GK: I thought I saw you dancing. TK: I was doing the tango, monsieur. A romantic dance. GK: But it's not a French dance, the tango. TK: When I dance it, it is very French. (SUGGESTIVE CHUCKLE) GK: So what is the Cafe Boeuf serving for Polka Day, Maurice--- TK: Today we have the sausage sauteed in a fresh fennel and pepper and served on a bed of marinated cabbage'. GK: Marinated cabbage. You mean sauerkraut..... TK: Non non non. This is cabbage'. Fermented in cabbage juice with salt. GK: Sauerkraut. TK: Non non non. This is French, monsieur. Cabbage'. The dish is known as (GIBBERISH)..... GK: And served with potatoes.... TK: Yes, of course. GK: And beer? TK: French beer. GK: Sausage. You mean knockwurst....and sauerkraut.... TK: Sausage' with cabbage. Eh? you speak French? Non? (FRENCH GIBBERISH) |
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Singer and songwriter Andra Suchy talks about singing duets with Garrison, and her latest album, Little Heart.
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).
