April 11, 1998
 Live from The Town Hall in New York, New York, it's our Annual Joke Show with Walter Bobbie, Roy Blount, Jr., Danielle De Vecchio, and Tracy Thorne.

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Recorded on April 11, 1998, from New York, New York.
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00:00LOGO (RA)
00:11TISHOMINGO
01:56OPENING CREDITS--GK TALK
03:44YOU DON'T KNOCK
06:29GO DOWN, MOSES
10:22APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE
10:47BROADWAY (RA)
25:22APPLAUSE--GK INTRO PAT DONOHUE
26:14POLICE DOG BLUES (RA)
28:56APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE
29:12POWDERMILK
29:53BLUE LONESOME HEARTED BLUES
31:20applause, GK talk to Robin and Linda (RA)
32:21FIVE ROOMS
35:47APPLAUSE--GK BACK ANNOUNCE
36:09GUY NOIR (RA)
48:38APPLAUSE--GK TALK WITH ALTAN (RA)
50:02ALTAN--SET OF JIGS
53:01APPLAUSE--TALK UP BETWEEN TUNES
53:59I WISH MY LOVE WAS A RED, RED ROSE
57:57APPLAUSE--GK TALK WITH ALTAN
59:21SUIL GHORM
101:48APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE TO INTERMISSION (RA)
102:20STRIKE UP THE BAND
105:52WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HALF....
106:23COFFEE (RA)
107:22GREETINGS (RA)
112:38GK TALK ABOUT BABY
113:51PEACE IN THE VALLEY
115:14PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
117:10APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE TO POETRY SEGMENT (RA)
118:09"A Blessing" BYJAMES WRIGHT
119:56APPLAUSE--CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
120:41"Windy Nights" BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
121:10APPLAUSE-- POEM ABOUT BEER FROM MAD MAGAZINE -- APPLAUSE -- AN ELEGY FROM THE BACK OF INSURANCE AD --
121:42APPLAUSE-- "Wine comes in at the mouth..." BY W.B. YEATS
123:11"The Road not Taken" ROBERT FROS
124:06APPLAUSE-- "Like Snow" BY GARY MIRANDA
125:23"Me Stew" BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
126:03"Oh so cold..."
126:52SONNET 29 OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
127:39APPLAUSE
128:04I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY (RA) 131:20 APPLAUSE
131:32MONOLOGUE (RA)
147:20I COVER THE WATERFRONT
149:15APPLAUSE--GK BACK ANNOUNCE--TALK WITH MAREA (RA)
150:29SET OF REELS
154:09APPLAUSE
155:34GK RECITES POEM SHAKESPEARE SONNET
156:38ALTAN PLAYS US OFF

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