April 7, 2001
 Live from the campus of Purdue University, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Kelley Hunt and her band, Butch Thompson, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club and Shaker Chime Ensemble.

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 The Man He Used to Be (Kelley Hunt)
News from Lake Wobegon

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:05GK Talks About Purdue, Limericks
03:24GK Talks About Spring, Intro Glee Club
04:54Hail Purdue
06:50Applause
07:09GK Talk About Women's Basketball
07:51American Pharmaceuticals
09:20Applause, into Wabash Rag - Pat Donohue and band
12:36Applause, GK Back Announce
12:50GK Talks to Glee Club Director, Singers
15:02Indiana - Purdue Glee Club
17:44Applause, GK Back Announce
18:09On the Banks of the Wabash - GK and Glee Club
19:40Applause
19:54GK Talk, into Rhubarb Script
23:12Applause, Intro Kelley Hunt
23:56Queen of the 88s - Kelley Hunt Band
27:16Applause, Kelley Back Announce, into Treat Me Right
31:34Applause, GK Back Announce
32:26GK Introduce and Talk with Tom Turpin - Bug Guy
36:59Applause
37:11Powdermilk Biscuit Break, into Wabash Cannonball
40:15Applause into Railroad Talk
41:19Railroad Bill - Pat Donohue, GK, and Band
44:11Applause, GK Back Announce, Intro Shaker Chimes
48:00Mozart's Turkish March - Shaker Chimes Ensemble
50:00Applause, GK Back Announce
50:43Guy Noir Script
1:05:13Applause, GK Back Announce
1:05:28GK Talk About Second Half
1:05:56Some of These Days - Intermission
1:10:14Applause, Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Indiana Talk
1:12:10Café Boeuf
1:17:04Applause, Intro Pat and Butch
1:17:31Leroy Carr/ Scrapper Blackwell Segment
1:21:48Applause, GK Back Announce
1:22:02GK Intro Kelley Hunt, The Man He Used to Be
1:26:45Applause, GK Back Announce
1:27:07Monologue
1:43:35Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind - Pat and Butch
1:44:51Applause, GK Back Announce, GK Talk
1:46:33Riverboat Shuffle
1:49:16Applause, GK Back Announce, Thanks Sponsors, Greetings
1:51:14Ketchup
1:53:54Applause, Credits
1:56:23Closer - On the Banks of the Wabash/Indiana Medley

 Photos from the show
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Engineering Sculpture and Bell Tower at Purdue Script rehearsal: CT, GK, TR, SS, TK and Scott Shoger (a young broadcaster from North Central High School in Indianapolis)
Kelley Hunt in rehearsal GK and Tom Keith in Café Boeuf
Purdue Varsity Glee Club The Purdue Shaker Chime Ensemble
Entomologist Tom Turpin Signing autographs after show

Guest Recordings
  • Kelley Hunt
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     Performers, music sources and credits
    Guest Information
  • Kelley Hunt
  • Purdue Shaker Chime Ensemble
  • Purdue Varsity Glee Club
  • Butch Thompson
    •      		Scripts
  • American Pharmaceuticals
  • Rhubarb Pie
  • Guy Noir
  • Café Boeuf
  • Ketchup
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