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November 3, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, with the cast and crew sequestered up at Camp Leonard for a winter survival driving refresher, we offer up a special fall compilation all about hunting, harvesting, and hard frosts. Inga Swearingen sings the "Lullaby of Leaves", the Nashville Bluegrass Band performs "Let The Harvest Go To Seed", and we'll uncover the real reasons men go deer hunting. Studs Terkel makes a guest appearance as the Piquant, Iowa police chief in an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys, as Dusty and Lefty are stuck picking unwanted particles from pumpkin pie filling at the local pie factory. Chuck Suchy sings "Molly's Field" - Stephanie Davis sings her "Harvest Blues" - and Jaki Bayard performs a beautiful version of "Autumn in New York." And in Lake Wobegon, Eric Tollerud takes his 250-pound pumpkin to Canada for a big contest.
Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with Richard Dworsky, and much more.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | APHC Logo Open |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" |
| 00:00:55 | GK Introduction |
| 00:03:50 | "Let the Harvest Go to Seed" - Nashville Bluegrass Band |
| 00:08:02 | The Story of Bob script |
| 00:18:18 | GK Intro Chuck Suchy |
| 00:18:37 | "Molly's Field" - Chuck Suchy and Laser script |
| 00:24:35 | "Lullaby of Leaves" - Inga Swearingen |
| 00:27:55 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:29:23 | Why Men Go Deer Hunting script |
| 00:32:24 | GK Intro Deer Script |
| 00:32:48 | Deer script |
| 00:39:33 | "Talking Harvest Blues" - Stephanie Davis |
| 00:44:11 | The Lives of the Cowboys script (w/Studs Terkel) |
| 00:53:25 | "My Little Pumpkin Pie" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:56:05 | GK Intermission Credits |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:00:47 | Welcome Back, plus Ketchup script |
| 01:04:01 | "Summer Slipped Away" - Rich Dworsky |
| 01:06:49 | GK Intro Guy Noir |
| 01:07:40 | Autumn Poem, GK |
| 01:09:30 | Guy Noir script |
| 01:18:42 | "Girl At The Window" - GK and Peter Ostroushko |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:20:23 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:38:16 | "One Little Song" - Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| 01:41:24 | Memorial script |
| 01:50:59 | Rhubarb script |
| 01:54:30 | GK Credits |
| 01:55:38 | "Autumn in New York" - Jaki Bayard |
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Photos from the show
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| Tom Keith in a rare moment of silence. |
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Rich Dworsky and Arnie Kinsella. |
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| Robin and Linda Williams (pictured) and Their Fine Group sing "50,000 Names." |
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GK, Prudence Johnson, and Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group sing "This World Is Not My Home." |
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From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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