A Prairie Home Companion for December 16, 2006 from American Public Media

December 16, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we continue our seasonal stopover at the Town Hall with special guests, the prolific resophonic guitarist and the most recorded dobro player in history, Jerry Douglas and his band. We've got the 44th poet laureate of the United States, a Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York since 1968, Billy Collins. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the News from Lake Wobegon, and sitting in with the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, the cunning commander of catgut Andy Stein. Join us this Saturday for a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from the heart of Broadway, in New York City.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Shoes and Jerry Douglas

00:02:55 GK opens, talks to Rich about Hanukkah

00:05:30 "S'vivon" - Rich Dworsky with Shoes and Jerry Douglas

00:07:40 SFX Script with "To a Wild Rose"

00:14:57 "Sancta Lucia" - GK and shoes

00:18:04 GK intros Billy Collins

00:18:55 Billy Collins intros and reads "Tension"

00:22:05 Billy intros and reads "The Golden Years"

00:24:56 Billy intros and reads "The Revenant"

00:27:53 Rhubarb Script

00:33:04 Powdermilk Biscuit Break with "Dixie Darlin'," "Hanukkah in Santa Monica," and "Leather Britches"

Segment 2

00:35:36 Collateral Script

00:37:00 Jerry Douglas and song Intro

00:39:20 "Wild Rumpus" - Jerry Douglas Band

00:43:03 GK talks with Jerry

00:44:53 "Away in a Manger" - Jerry Douglas Band

00:47:48 Guy Noir Script

01:00:54 Intermission/"Winter Wonderland" - Shoes

Segment 3

01:05:20 GK welcomes back

01:06:10 "The Waffle Song" - GK, Audience, Shoes

01:08:43 Greetings

01:11:31 Trip Giveaway Raffle Drawing

01:15:40 GK talks to Rich about Hanukkah

01:16:18 "Hanukkah Medley" with "Ma'oz Tzur" and "Mi Y'malel"

Segment 4

01:20:00 The News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:35:29 "In the Sweet By and By"/"Lonesome Midtown Blues" - Jerry Douglas and Pat Donohue

01:38:59 Mom Script

01:44:55 "We Hide And Seek" - Jerry Douglas

01:49:56 Jerry Douglas intros the band

01:50:20 GK intro of Billy

01:50:40 Billy intros and reads "Adage"

01:51:56 Billy intros and reads "The Trouble With Poetry"

01:54:06 GK thanks Billy

01:54:23 Ketchup Script

01:55:03 GK Happy Hanukah

01:55:21 Credits

01:56:39 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - GK, Audience, Shoes into "Leather Britches"

01:58:23 Goodnight from Town Hall in New York

Photos from the show
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A look at the board that always makes the show sound great		The irrepressible Fred Newman


Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem "The Golden Years"		Andy Stein joins the Shoes this week


Tim and Sue are SHOCKED while Fred is just tickled		Billy Collins plays Mafia poet villain in the Guy Noir script