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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

September 10, 2005
This weekend we're headed to Hutchinson, Kansas, for a live performance from the Kansas State Fair. We've invited blues singer Kelley Hunt, plus Cindy Cashdollar on dobro and steel guitar and Elana Fremerman on fiddle. The Royal Academy of Radio Acting will be there, and we'll do the News From Lake Wobegon, too. Join us...

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:11Tishomingo Blues
00:02:15GK talks about Kansas, flat land, grass
00:03:16"I'm in Kansas" - GK and Shoes
00:04:44"Down in the Boondocks—Kansas" - GK and Shoes
00:08:39Kansas script - Sue Scott and GK
00:10:35GK intros Elana Fremerman
00:11:04"Sunflower" - Elana Fremerman, Kelley Hunt, and Shoes
00:13:48GK talks to Kelley Hunt about Emporia, Kansas
00:14:30"Roses" - Kelley Hunt and Shoes
Segment 2
00:18:55GK talks about the state fair, midway, livestock
00:19:20"Home on the Range" - Kelley Hunt, GK, Shoes
00:23:38"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - Pat Donohue and Shoes
00:26:41Rhubarb script
00:29:31GK talks about "intelligent design", his children, the government
00:30:30Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Cherokee Shuffle"
Segment 3
00:34:15GK introduces the Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus
00:36:00"Aura Lee"/"Love Me Tender" - Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus
00:39:46Guy Noir script (with Governor Kathleen Sebelius)
00:55:27GK talks to Kelley Hunt
00:55:50"You Gotta Be The Vessel" - Kelley Hunt
00:58:40"Coney Island Baby" - Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus
01:01:55Intermission/"Old Fashioned Love"
Segment 4
01:06:07Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, more Kansas talk
01:06:39Greetings
01:09:48GK talks with Governor Kathleen Sebelius
01:13:29"Kansas Rap" - GK, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
01:18:00GK talks about 4H, talks with Jamie Smidt
01:21:19GK talks to Elana Fremerman about Prairie Village, Kansas
01:22:32"It's All Your Fault" - Elana Fremerman and Shoe Band
01:24:40English Majors script
01:27:40"Pig Meat Strut" - Pat Donohue
Segment 5
01:28:52The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 6
01:44:20"That's What Makes You Strong" - Kelley Hunt
01:48:26GK talks about the history of Hutchinson
01:51:28Catchup script
01:54:12SFX script (animal talent show)
01:56:17Credits




Photos from the show
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Garrison introduces Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius. The crowd in the Grandstand.
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Kelley Hunt Sue Scott and Tim Russell
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The Carousel Garrison closing out the show.


Guest Information
  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Elana Fremerman
  • Kelley Hunt
  • Guest Recordings
  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Kelley Hunt


  • Scripts
  • Kansas script
  • Rhubarb script
  • Guy Noir
  • English Majors script
  • Catchup script
  • SFX
  • Lyrics
  • I'm In Kansas
  • Down in the Boondocks—Kansas
  • Kansas Rap


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