December 3, 2005
 This week, we begin our love affair with New York City all over again from The Town Hall, featuring Grammy award winning soprano Renée Fleming, acoustic guitar virtuoso Kaki King, and the multi-talented ‘Duke of New York’, Andy Stein, so tune in this Saturday for A Prairie Home Companion. We'll hit the town, catch a show, grab a bite, and stay up all night.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:13Tishomingo Blues, opening credits
00:03:13"Playing With Pink Noise" - Kaki King
00:06:37"Upper East Side" - GK and Shoe Band
00:12:19Bloomberg script
00:13:54Xmarts script
Segment 2
00:19:20GK talks with Laura Cantrell
00:19:46"Letters" - Laura Cantrell
00:23:42"In the Bleak Midwinter" - Renée Fleming
00:28:22SFX script (Christmas gifts)
00:32:28Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 3
00:34:02GK talks with Pat Donohue
00:34:57"That's Hot" - Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:37:06News From Lake Wobegon
00:55:43"Ave Maria" - Renée Fleming
01:00:53Intermission (Shine)
Segment 4
01:05:06Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, greetings
01:08:54"Can't Stay Gone" - Pat Donohue, Kaki King, and Shoe Band
01:12:28GK talks to Kaki King
01:15:20"Doing the Wrong Thing" - Kaki King
01:19:06Guy Noir script
01:33:26GK talks with Renée Fleming
01:36:51"Jesus Bleibet Mein Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)"- Renée Fleming
01:40:09Law script
Segment 5
01:42:57GK talks with Laura Cantrell
01:43:37"When the Roses Bloom Again" - Laura Cantrell
01:47:17Rhubarb script
01:50:54"Khaki and Corduroy" - Laura Cantrell
01:55:23GK talks about his guests arriving in New York/"Bryant Park" - Kaki King underscores
01:56:29Credits



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Erica Rhodes in the SFX script "Christmas Gifts" Sue Scott as publicist Natalie Dressed and Garrison Keillor as Guy Noir
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Soprano Renée Fleming performs "Jesus Bleibet Mein Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)" Guitarist Pat Donohue
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Radio actor Tim Russell The News from Lake Wobegon delivered from a red stool

Guest Information
  • Renée Fleming
  • Kaki King
  • Laura Cantrell
  • Erica Rhodes
  • Andy Stein
    •      		Guest Recordings
  • Renée Fleming
  • Kaki King
  • Laura Cantrell
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    Scripts
  • Bloomberg script
  • Xmarts script
  • SFX script
  • Guy Noir script
  • Law script
  • Rhubarb script
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  • Upper East Side
  • In the Bleak Midwinter
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