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American Duct Tape Council TR (NYER): It's okay, construction work. You earn good dough and you're outdoors, and you get to interact with the public - Hey, chickie! How'd you like to light my blowtorch, sweetheart? - The bad part is when you're on the job and say you're welding seams for the windowpanels before the brickworkers come in and you're up on the 56th floor and you look down and, whoa, excuse me - you forgot to weld the panels on the 55th floor and the 54th and it looks like the 53rd is loose too. So what you gonna do? Cost everybody a day on the job and go back and do what you shoulda done yesterday? No! You just seal 'em up with duct tape. It works real good. I wouldn't try to hold together a whole building with it or anything, but just for a couple floors, it's fine. GK: New York construction worker Al Pascaglio for duct tape ... it's almost just about the only thing you need sometimes, duct tape. TR (NYER): If you're staying in a hotel, I wouldn't lean against the window if I was you. It ain't gonna fall out as long as you don't lean against it. So if you're careful, you'll be fine. GK: (DUCKS) A message from the American Duct Tape Council. (c) 1999 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).
