A Prairie Home Companion for August 26, 2006 from American Public Media

August 26, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's jokes, jokes and more jokes: Ole and Lena jokes, light bulb jokes, blonde jokes, man-walks-into-a-bar jokes, knock-knock jokes, lawyer jokes... You get the idea. It is our special Joke Show compilation broadcast, (from April and November of 2004) featuring Paula Poundstone and Roy Blount, Jr. Paula bravely steps to the mic for a duet with Garrison about friendship, and Roy appears as a "Cowboy Consultant" in an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys. The King of the Bass Sax, Vince Giordano, sings a great old Jelly Roll Morton song called the "Hyena Stomp." And Spider John Koerner sings about his early, rebellious days back in the 60's with a song called "Good Time Charlie." In Lake Wobegon, there was talk of renovating Wally, the talking Walleye. And Arlene Bunsen had to send letters of apology to everyone who came to her Easter dinner. More about that this weekend, along with some great music from The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and expertly delivered jokes from The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Sue Scott, Tim Russell and Tom Keith.

Inspired? Read more jokes that are pretty good, and submit some of your own. >>

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues

00:00:56 GK Intro

00:03:11 "Downtown Breakdown" - Pat Donohue and Shoes

00:05:34 GK reads jokes from email submissions

00:11:39 "Hyena Stomp" - Vince Giordano and Shoes

00:14:00 GK introduces Paula Poundstone and tells jokes

00:20:22 Catchup script

00:23:15 Cowboys script

00:34:15 Powdermilk break, with "Let Us Break Bread Together" - Jearlyn Steele, GK and Shoes

Segment 2

00:37:36 GK reads more joke submissions

00:40:58 "Knock, Knock" - Andy Stein and Shoes

00:43:59 GK reads jokes, introduces "Spider” John Koerner

00:47:28 "The Fox" - John Koerner

00:50:22 Guy Noir script

01:03:13 Intermission/"Stone's Rag" - Shoes

01:06:55 GK Welcome back to second half

01:07:30 "While We're Young" - GK and Shoes

Segment 3

01:09:12 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 4

01:24:10 "Long Time No See" - Pat Donohue and Shoes

01:26:45 GK reads more email jokes

01:27:29 "Bright Side" - Pat Donohue and Shoes

01:30:07 GK reads more email jokes

01:31:39 "Henay Mah Tov" - Jearlyn Steele, GK and Shoes

01:33:13 Jokes segment

Segment 5

01:36:18 "Good Time Charlie" - John Koerner and Andy Stein

01:38:45 Jokes segment 2

01:52:24 "Friendship" - Paula Poundstone and GK w/Shoes

01:55:13 Ole and Lena joke

01:56:37 "Goodnight Ladies” Closer

01:57:00 GK Credits

01:57:54 "Hyena Stomp” Reprise Closer

Photos from the show
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Paula Poundstone		Sue Scott and Tim Russell


Violinist Andy Stein and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band set knock-knock jokes to music.		Garrison Keillor tells some pretty good jokes sent in by listeners over e-mail.


Garrison Keillor as Guy Noir, with actors Sue Scott and Tim Russell (center) and sound-effects man Tom Keith (right).		"Spider" John Koerner singing "Goodtime Charlie" with The Guys All-Star Shoe Band.