October 14, 2000
 Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes accordian player Dan Newton, slide guitarist Mike Dowling, and Garrison offers a tribute to the traditional Jewish holiday, Succoth.

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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo
02:05GK Talk About Popcorn
02:53GK Talk Warm in St. Paul
04:27Talk About Church Suppers
05:14GK Talk With Irv Gravdahl
07:17GK Talk With Dianne Braud at Pig Roast
09:12Church Supper Blues
11:59Applause; Intro Dan Newton
12:14El Cosaco/Forro - Dan Newton Instrumental
14:25Applause - GK Back Announce
15:22GK Intro Doug Hilgendorf
18:42GK Introduces Aaron Claus From Rochester
18:54Aaron Claus Reads Popcorn Essay
20:08Applause - GK Test on Essay
21:03Movies - GK Goes to Movies in Order to Cry
21:25Gone With the Wind/Sunset Boulevard/42nd Street/Rebel Without A Cause/Casablanca/Wizard of Oz/It's A Wonderful Life
25:51Applause - GK Seque to Biscuit Break
27:45Applause - GK Intro Band
28:14Polly Put the Kettle On
30:31Applause - GK Intro Al and Carrolyn Langbein Talk With Kettle Corn Folks
33:42Applause
33:56Lulu - GK's Song
38:42Guy Noir-The Art Heist
53:05Applause - GK Intro Mississippi John Hurt Segment
53:40Mississippi John Hurt Segment/Monday Morning Blues, Frankie and Albert, Louis Collins, Candy Man, John Henry
101:12Nobody's Business
102:27Applause - GK Segue to Intermission
103:06My Blue Heaven
106:45Welcome Back to the Second Half/Talk About Succoth/Talk With Rabbi Spilker
114:28Cantor Spilker Talks
115:03Acapella Singing
115:35Applause - GK Thanks Them
115:54Greetings
119:14GK Talk About Bruce Vento
120:14Come By the Hills
123:20Applause; Intro Mike Dowling
123:44Jan's Song
126:57Applause
127:20Monologue
145:59Brise Napolean-Musette Waltz
147:52Applause - GK Announce
148:14Ketchup
150:55Applause - GK Intro Mike Dowling
151:56Quiet Whiskey
155:25Applause - GK Thanks Guests
157:20Popcorn Popping on Stage
157:43Nobody's Business Reprise

 Photos from the show
Doug Hilgendorf of Welcome, MN, popcorn farmer Al Langbein of Elsworth, WI, popcorn seller
Aaron Claus of Rochester, MN, reading his "Popcorn Report" Mike Dowling
Rabbi Adam Spilker and Cantor Rachel Spilker speaking about Succoth GK in Guy Noir

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  • Mike Dowling
  • Dan Newton
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  • Guy Noir
  • Ketchup Advisory Board
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