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Catchup Advisory Board GK: … brought to you by the Ketchup Advisory Board. (MUSIC) TR: These are the good years for Barb and me. Our son, as a joke, made a break for it while going through airport security and now he's getting some valuable counseling on impulse control. The neighbor's dog, who used to dig in our garbage, suffered a stroke and had to go to a nursing home. We discovered that the balsamic vinegar we've been using causes mild amnesia and after one big helping of salad, family reunions are no longer so stressful. Then one night I found Barb weeping over the business section of the newspaper. ---Honey, what's wrong? SS: (SNIFFLES) Oh, Jim. It's the stock market. Our stocks just keep going down and down. Our retirement fund is eroding like spun sugar in a hailstorm. Pretty soon we won't be able to afford long-term care. We'll have to go to a nursing home where they put Thorazine in the waffles. Think of it! Our golden years spent watching daytime television and drooling! TR: Oh, don't worry. I'm sure the market will come booming back in a year or two. TR: Well, we made one good investment anyway. Good old AmaCon. Keeps going up, month after month. American Condiment Corporation. That's because ketchup has natural mellowing agents that suppress wild impulses and smooth out some of the turbulence of life. SS: Oh, Jim. TR: What do you say we pour us a big bowl of ketchup right now… RD (SINGS): These are the good times, on the redwood decks, GK: Ketchup. For the good times. RD: Ketchup… Ketchup… © Garrison Keillor 2002 |
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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).
