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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

October 18, 2003
From The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul
This week we welcomed three special guests: fearless guitarist Tommy Emmanuel; folkster, singer, and storyteller Utah Phillips; and comedian and political commentator Al Franken.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo (MPR)
00:00:11Tishomingo Blues
00:03:10GK talks about the baseball playoffs—Cubs and Red Sox losing to the Marlins and Yankees
Segment 2
00:05:28Al Franken script
00:13:12"Cincinnati Rag"—Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Segment 3
00:14:59Shave Cream script
00:16:17"Windy & Warm"/"Classical Gas"—Tommy Emmanuel
00:22:36"Mind Your Own Business"—Tommy Emmanuel
00:26:35Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 4
00:28:22Toast script
Segment 5
00:29:51Palm Waiter script
00:32:21GK talks to Utah Phillips
00:37:20"We are Singing Through the Hard Times"—Utah Phillips, live audience
Segment 6
00:41:13Guy Noir script
Segment 7
00:55:55Republicans script
00:59:29"Along the Road to Gundagai"—Tommy Emmanuel, GK, Shoe Band
01:01:55Intermission—"Corrina, Corrina"
01:05:30Greetings
Segment 8
01:09:03Café Boeuf script
01:11:03"Pedro's Lament"—Richard Dworsky
01:13:36"The Endless Road"—Tommy Emmanuel
01:19:00"Along the Road to Gundagai" reprise—GK and Tommy
01:19:46"Folsom Prison Blues"—GK, Tommy, and Shoe Band
Segment 9
01:23:09Utah Phillips tells a story and sings "NPR Talking Blues"
Segment 10
01:28:00GK talks to Al Franken about his FOX News lawsuit
01:32:13Al Franken reads from his book Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
01:36:10"My Oasis"—Richard Dworsky
Segment 11
01:38:38The News from Lake Wobegon
01:48:31"Avalon"—Tommy Emmanuel and Shoe Band
Segment 12
01:51:50Office Supply script
Segment 13
01:53:09Snake Jacket script/"Road to Gundagai" reprise
01:55:41Credits
01:57:23"Goodnight Ladies"/"Red Wing" closer—GK, Shoe Band, Tommy Emmanuel


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  • Utah Phillips
  • Al Franken
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  • Tommy Emmanuel
  • Utah Phillips


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  • Shave Cream
  • Republicans
  • Guy Noir
  • Snake Jacket
  • Palm Waiter
  • Office Supplies
  • Café Boeuf
  • Franken
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