A Prairie Home Companion for December 23, 2006 from American Public Media

December 23, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's our annual New York Christmas broadcast. Like a 10ft. Douglas fir laden with dazzling ornaments, we'll have an abundance of brilliant talent, including the most celebrated figure in folk music, Odetta, Broadway behemoth Walter Bobbie, conductor and pianist Rob Fisher, and Tony Award winning actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth. Plus, we'll welcome a very special mystery guest, a noted American composer, who will premiere an original holiday opus for neglected orchestral instruments. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman. Sitting in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, fiddler on the loose, Andy Stein. Join us this Saturday for a special holiday show from the Town Hall on West 43rd street.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Shoes

00:02:37 GK welcomes, talks about Christmas

00:06:28 "Christmas at the Jailhouse" (to the tune of "Mother Was a Lady") - GK, shoes

00:09:22 Cell Script

00:11:28 Peter Schickele introduces the quartet

00:13:02 "O Little Town of Hackensack" - Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet

00:15:23 "Wise" (to the tune of "We Three Kings") - GK, Walter Bobbie, Tim Russell, Shoes

00:17:01 Mrs. Claus Script

00:20:56 Brain Script

00:25:22 "Christmas Blues" - Pat Donohue and the Shoes

00:29:15 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break with "Gloria In Excelsis" and "Holiday Hoedown" - GK, Schickele Vocal Quartet, Shoes

Segment 2

00:32:50 GK intros Kristin Chenoweth

00:33:28 "What Makes Me Love Him" from "The Apple Tree" - Kristin Chenoweth with Rob Fisher

00:35:55 GK talks with Kristin

00:38:24 "Come on Ring Those Bells" - Kristin Chenoweth, Rob Fisher, Shoes

00:41:08 Guy Noir Script

00:56:40 "Poor Little Jesus" - Odetta with Seth Farber

00:59:37 "O Jerusalem" - Odetta with Seth Farber and Shoes, GK, and Audience

01:03:57 Intermission/"Jingle Bell Rock" - Shoes

Segment 3

01:08:05 GK Welcomes Back

01:08:18 "Ginger" (to the tune of "We Three Kings") - GK, Shoes

01:09:59 Greetings

01:13:06 "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" - GK, Walter Bobbie, Shoes

01:16:00 Peter Schickele Intro

01:20:29 "Joy to the World Especially Out of Work Musicians" - Peter Schickele Ensemble

Segment 4

01:26:10 Ketchup Script

01:29:38 GK talks with Walter Bobbie about Poland

01:32:16 Polish Songs with Walter Bobbie, Shoes, and the Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet

01:34:50 GK talks with Odetta

01:35:47 "Go Tell It on the Mountain" - Odetta with Seth Farber, the Audience and the Shoes

01:39:12 "O Jerusalem" Reprise - Odetta, GK, Seth Farber, Shoes

Segment 5

01:40:49 The News From Lake Wobegon with "O Holy Night" - GK, Shoes, Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet

01:54:35 "Silent Night" - GK, Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet, Shoes, Audience

01:56:54 Credits and Closer - "Joy to the World" - Shoes

Photos from the show
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The Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet bring us "O Little Town of Hackensack"		Soundman Fred Newman can't hide his shoe fetish


Kristin Chenoweth, with Rob Fisher, tells us to "Come On Ring Those Bells"		Erica Rhodes joins the acting company as Sheila Nelson in the Guy Noir script


GK talks to Odetta		GK talks to Walter Bobbie about Poland