December 29, 2001
Live from Madison, Wisconsin, with singer Mollie O'Brien, Wisconsin's own Nob Hill Boys, and Lou and Peter Berryman.

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In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Mollie O'Brien)
News from Lake Wobegon


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00:00Logo
00:11Tishomingo
02:10GK opens, Madison is "world's most livable city"
03:33St. Louis Shuffle - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
06:43GK back announce, talk to Mollie O'Brien
07:12Rollin'- Mollie and band
10:08Café Boeuf script
12:07ELCA script
13:53Thirty Degrees (Cheese & Snow & Beer) - Lou and Peter Berryman, GK intro
16:29Minnesota Chapstix - Lou and Peter Berryman
19:14Double Yodel - Lou and Peter Berryman
22:37Guy Noir script
31:14Powdermilk Biscuit break
33:10GK talks to Nob Hill Boys
34:26You Better Get Right - Nob Hill Boys
36:47It Takes One to Know One - Nob Hill Boys
39:51APHC trip giveaway drawing
43:52Catchup script
47:36Road to Tomorrow script
59:13Intermission - Buddy's Habits
1:03:09Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, Greetings
1:07:07Denver to Dallas - Mollie O'Brien, band
1:12:10C.I.A. script into On Wisconsin
1:15:32GK talks about Madison into "Madison" - Lou and Peter
1:22:17Why Am I Painting the Living Room - Lou and Peter
1:26:06In the Bleak Midwinter - Mollie O'Brien
1:30:55Monologue
1:46:00December Stars - Rich Dworsky
1:47:44I Left The Back Door Open - Nob Hill Boys
1:51:17Earl's Accents scripts
1:53:35Credits
1:55:16Remember Me- Mollie and GK, into Auld Lang Syne/Liberty closer

Photos from the show
Click images to view photos. (Credit: Elena See, Netcast)

The Nob Hill Boys in rehearsal Lou and Peter Berryman
State Street in downtown Madison with capitol dome in the distance Mollie O'Brien singing "In the Bleak Mid-Wiinter"
Picking the winners of our Trip Giveaway during the show No-nonsense Arnie Kinsella during rehearsal
Garrison with Lou and Peter

Guest Recordings
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Nob Hill Boys
  • Lou and Peter Berryman
  • Music Information
    Performers, music sources and credits

    Writing Credits:
    Research and ideas: Russ Ringsak, Laura Levine
    Jokes: Greg Fideler
    City Notes: Melissa Christensen

    Guest Information
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Nob Hill Boys
  • Lou and Peter Berryman
  • Scripts
  • Café Boeuf
  • ELCA
  • Guy Noir
  • Catchup
  • Road to Tomorrow
  • CIA
  • Earl's Accents

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