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December 23, 2000
Live from The Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, singer Ann Hampton Callaway, actresses Alice Playten and Linda Lavin, broadway actor Howard McGillian and Robin & Linda Williams. Plus, Bill McLaughlin and Peter Schickele square off to determine who can write the most unusual piece of holiday music.
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recorded on December 23, 2000, from New York, New York.
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| 00:00 | Logo |
| 00:12 | Tishomingo |
| 02:33 | GK Talk About Holidays |
| 04:26 | Cotton Club Stomp - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks |
| 07:08 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 07:32 | The Song that Jack Sang |
| 13:53 | Applause, GK Talk to Music Man Quartet |
| 16:10 | Lida Rose - Hawkeye Four |
| 17:46 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 18:20 | Drawing for Winners of Minnesota Trip |
| 20:49 | GK Talk with Alice Playten |
| 22:28 | My Winter Coat - Alice Playten |
| 26:12 | Applause, GK Back Announce, Talk About Neglected Instruments |
| 27:07 | Duct Tape |
| 31:15 | Applause, GK Talk with Linda Lavin |
| 34:32 | The Secret of Life - Linda Lavin |
| 38:02 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 38:23 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 40:18 | Marvin and Mavis Smiley |
| 42:53 | Used Psychotherapy |
| 44:35 | Applause, GK Introduces the Nighthawks |
| 44:58 | Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks |
| 48:02 | Applause, GK Back Announce, Introduce Ann Hampton Callaway |
| 50:13 | Christmas Love Song - Ann Hampton Callaway |
| 54:08 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 54:46 | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" Segment |
| 1:00:16 | Applause, GK Introduce Howard McGillin |
| 1:03:11 | God Bless Us Everyone - Howard McGillin |
| 1:06:43 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 1:07:25 | Five Pennies - Intermission |
| 1:11:11 | Welcome Back to the Second Half, Compose-Off Segment |
| 1:14:50 | Coventry Carol for Neglected Instruments |
| 1:18:53 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 1:19:45 | Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 1:22:22 | Applause, GK Talks to Bill McGlaughlin and Peter Schickele |
| 1:25:30 | Two and A Half Variations on "In Dulci Jubilo" by P.D.Q. Bach |
| 1:28:39 | Applause, GK Back Announce, Intro Robin and Linda |
| 1:31:15 | Ood Toy Trains - Robin and Linda Williams |
| 1:33:42 | Applause, GK Back Announce |
| 1:33:57 | Monologue |
| 1:53:32 | Applause, GK Thanks Guests, End Credits |
| 1:55:07 | Silent Night |
| 1:58:23 | Okay Baby - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks |
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| Ann Hampton Callaway |
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Alice Playten |
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| Linda and Robin Williams |
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Bill McGlaughlin and Garrison |
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| Peter Schickele and GK |
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Lucas Harris playing the Theorbo |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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