A Prairie Home Companion: December 27, 2003

December 27, 2003
(Rebroadcast August 21, 2004)
For our final performance of 2003, we welcome to our Town Hall stage Australian-turned-Americana rocker Tommy Emmanuel, as well as the irrepressible Klezmatics, fiddler Andy Stein, and bandleader Vince Giordano. Stay tuned for a special guest appearance by the man of a thousand disguises, Mr. Al Franken.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo (MPR)

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:38 GK talks about being an older dad, staying awake, Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

00:07:50 "Beatin' the Dog" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:10:45 "Happy Joyous Hanukah" - The Klezmatics

00:15:25 "Dinah" - Vince Giordano and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Segment 2

00:17:39 Change Machine script

00:18:38 "The Man with the Green Thumb" - Tommy Emmanuel

00:22:12 "Son of a Gun" - Tommy Emmanuel

Segment 3

00:24:04 Grand Central script

00:35:25 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/Ohio

00:37:38 "Raggin' the Scale" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:40:50 "Along the Road to Gundagai" - GK and Tommy Emmanuel

00:42:36 "My Old Guitar" - Pat Donohue and Tommy Emmanuel

00:45:56 "Duet" - Pat Donohue and Tommy Emmanuel

00:48:11 "Parents-tants" - The Klezmatics

Segment 4

00:51:42 Guy Noir script

01:04:24 Intermission - "My Honey's Lovin' Arms"

01:08:20 Greetings

01:11:12 "Hula Lou" - Andy Stein and Shoe Band

01:14:08 GK talks to Al Franken about his USO tour

Segment 5

01:19:04 Saddam script- Al Franken and Garrison Keillor (written by Al Franken)

01:24:11 "Lolly Lo" - The Klezmatics

Segment 6

01:28:18 Catchup script

01:32:17 "Antonella's Birthday" - Tommy Emmanuel

Segment 7

01:35:17 The News from Lake Wobegon

01:47:49 "Paseo Romantico" - Richard Dworsky

01:49:43 "Shprayz ikh min" - The Klezmatics

01:52:16 Credits, "Next Time I'm in Town", "Weary and Farewell Blues"

August 21, 2004, broadcast
Some changes were made to the original December 27, 2003, recording.

This week's News from Lake Wobegon is from May 16, 1998. And, from April 20, 2002:

The Klezmatics' "Happy Joyous Hanukah" is replaced with a Catchup script.

The Grand Central script is replaced with a Billy Collins reading.

"Nobody knows You" is inserted between the greetings and Andy Stein's "Hula Lou"

An Al Franken segment, The Klezmatics' "Lolly Lo," and the original Dec. 27, 2003, Catchup script are replaced with a Billy Collins reading.

Listen to the whole show, or listen to the individual replacement segments listed below.

Replacement segments

00:10:46 Catchup script

00:22:35 Billy Collins reads "Love," "The Country," "More Than A Woman," and "Sonnet"

01:06:29 "Nobody Knows You" - GK, Guy's All-Star Show Band

01:13:34 Billy Collins reads "Dharma," Litany," and "Forgetfulness"

01:21:35 Bob's One-Stop Hobby Shop script

01:27:47 The News from Lake Wobegon