A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

December 10, 2005
Here at Prairie Home Companion, we like to bring a little taste of Minnesota wherever we go. So this week, as temperatures plummet and snow falls in New York, we'll be packing extra parkas for our special guests, perhaps the finest traditional Celtic ensemble in the world, The Boys of the Lough. Also on the show, The Hopeful Gospel Quartet will huddle close and fine tune their caroling repertoire, and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the always charming Andy Stein. And, of course, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting will do its best to make eggnog come out of your nose. Join us this Saturday, from the Town Hall in New York.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues, opening credits

00:02:47 GK opens, talks about Times Square, Limericks

00:05:57 "Brooklyn" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

00:08:30 "Airplane Bill" - GK, Pat Donohue, Shoe Band

00:12:48 "When I Get Home I'm Gonna Be Satisfied" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet

Segment 2

00:16:40 "A Virgin Most Pure" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Andy Stein

00:18:12 Trees script

00:26:35 GK introduces Boys of the Lough

00:28:00 "Christmas Day in the Morning"/"3 Hornpipes" - Boys of the Lough

00:33:38 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 3

00:36:28 GK talks to Cathal McConnell

00:38:40 "Alleluia" - Cathal McConnell and Boys of the Lough

00:42:42 News From Lake Wobegon

00:57:58 "Three Jigs" - Boys of the Lough

01:01:55 Intermission/"I'll Be Home For Christmas"

Segment 4

01:06:40 Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, greetings

01:09:52 GK talks about subway musicians, Rich translates what he should have said into Spanish

01:12:09 Fred plays the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy on his MetroCard

01:13:47 GK talks with Dave Richardson

01:15:53 "Midwinter Waltz/Jigs" - Boys of the Lough

01:20:18 Guy Noir script

Segment 5

01:39:50 "Shotgun Shells on A Christmas Tree" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet

01:43:51 Minnesota script

01:50:44 "Tall Evergreens (Leaves That Are Green)" - GK and Pat Donohue

01:53:40 "Last Train from Poor Valley" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet

01:57:12 Credits, "Flowers of Edinburgh" closer

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Garrison Keillor shows great verbal dexterity alongside Rich Dworsky with "Limericks."		The Hopeful Gospel Quartet sing "When I Get Home I'm Gonna Be Satisfied."


A radiant Sue Scott.		Erica Rhodes during "Tree Script."


The News from Lake Wobegon with Garrison Keillor.		The Royal Academy of Radio Actors, The Hopeful Gospel Quartet and The Shoes.