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February 3, 2007
"Humor is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy." - Wikipedia
Producing an eighth Joke Show is a lofty goal, our interns have lost weight (and some hair) over the last few weeks, but they actually found some funny jokes we haven't used in the past, so here goes nothing. This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's jokes, jokes, and more jokes. Jokes read by professional radio actors, willing to sacrifice their dignity for the greater good of giggling, guffawing, and groaning. The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band will be joined by Dan Newton and Andy Stein, with a new batch of humorous songs, plus we'll have a surprise lineup of comic re-enforcements to help deliver the massive payload of punchlines. If you're someone who is easily offended by PG-13 humor, please don't send us complaints, just tune into the "Murder, She Wrote" marathon on the Biography channel instead.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | GK opens, talks about the cold, actors tell jokes, Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:03:22 | GK opens the show, website announcement, talks about the art of the joke, tells Jewish Mother joke, laxative salesman joke, opening favorite jokes |
| 00:10:28 | "Bad Jokes" - GK/Shoes |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:14:30 | More jokes |
| 00:21:17 | "Railroad Bill"/"Jokes" - Pat Donohue and GK |
| 00:23:43 | Date script |
| 00:26:27 | "Crawdad Song" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:28:22 | Winter script |
| 00:35:46 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 00:37:09 | Knock Knock jokes/"Knock Knock" - Andy Stein and Shoe Band |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:41:01 | News From Lake Wobegon |
| 00:58:20 | "No Laughing Matter" - Pat Donohue and Gary Raynor |
| 01:00:29 | Intermission/"Stone's Rag" |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:04:30 | Welcome Back to the 2nd half/Greetings and jokes |
| 01:08:40 | GK talks about Molly Ivins |
| 01:09:00 | "Miss Molly" - Andy Stein and Shoe Band |
| 01:11:14 | GK reads more audience jokes |
| 01:13:43 | More jokes |
| 01:18:24 | Lightbulb jokes |
| 01:19:34 | Unitarian jokes, religion jokes |
| 01:25:38 | More jokes |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:28:25 | Guy Noir script |
| 01:46:18 | "Jokomo Rag" - Shoe Band |
| 01:49:17 | More jokes from listeners |
| 01:52:22 | Catchup script |
| 01:55:22 | Credits, more listener jokes, close |
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Photos from the show
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| "I hear that old piano…" GK opens the show |
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Is it true that an alligator won't attack you if you carry a flashlight? |
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| Rich working so intently, he forgets it's the Joke Show |
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A listener submitted joke brings a smile to Mr. Keillor's face |
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| Ke-Nock, Ke-Nock… Andy Stein brings us the ever popular knock knock joke |
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Arnie breaks out the wash board |
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The soundtrack to Robert Altman's take on Garrison Keillor's radio show features 25 songs. If you are an avid A Prairie Home Companion listener, you know what to expect: a delightful mix of music and fun by APHC regulars including the Guy's All Star Shoe Band, Robin & Linda Williams and Jearlyn Steele, among others, plus some amazing music by a diverse slate of guest performers. Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin duet as the singing Johnson sisters on "My Minnesota Home" and "Goodbye to my Mama." Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly appear as Dusty and Lefty, the singing cowboys, and warble "Whoopi Ti Yi Yo" and the crowd pleasing but crusty song "Bad Jokes." Lindsay Lohan delivers "Frankie and Johnny".
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