A Prairie Home Companion for November 24, 2007 from American Public Media

November 24, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, assuming our truck driver finds a parking space on West 43rd during rush hour in Manhattan, we'll be moving the whole kit and kaboodle into the historic Town Hall Theater for the next month. The McCoury boys -- Rob and Ronnie -- bring big daddy Del and the band up from Nashville for a post thanksgiving bluegrass workout, French-American songstress Madeleine Peyroux will caress your inner ear, and everybody's favorite former U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, will speak in complete sentences. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Fred Newman, our pals Robin and Linda Williams, and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with maestro Richard Dworsky. So heat up the leftovers, dig out some wool socks, and join us for a big show this week from New York City!

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK / Shoe Band

00:02:38 GK opens, SFX script

00:08:05 "Downtown Broadway Express" - GK/Robin and Linda

00:10:24 "Loneliness and Desperation" - Del McCoury Band

00:13:05 GK talks with Del McCoury

00:15:00 "Nashville Cats" - Del McCoury Band

00:19:12 GK talks with Billy Collins

00:22:00 Billy recites "Monday", "Adage" and "The Golden Years"

00:28:30 Jazz script

00:35:22 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:36:49 "Marvin and Mavis" - Tribute to New York

00:40:30 GK intros Madeleine Peyroux

00:42:37 "Blue Alert" - Madeleine Peyroux

00:47:20 "Don't Cry Baby" - Madeleine Peyroux

00:51:05 Guy Noir script

01:03:08 "Walk Around Manhattan (Galilee)" - Robin & Linda and GK

01:05:10 "Back Up and Push" - Del McCoury Band

01:07:06 Intermission- Avalon

Segment 3

01:10:44 Greetings

01:13:42 GK talks with Del McCoury

01:14:40 "The Mountain" - Del McCoury band

01:18:32 Fred Farrell script

01:21:08 Billy recites "Tension", "Royal Aristocrat" and "Schoolsville"

01:28:48 "Saving Me A Place" - Robin and Linda Williams, GK, Richard Dworsky

Segment 4

01:33:25 The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

01:44:06 GK talks to Madeleine

01:44:37 "Half the Perfect World" - Madeleine Peyroux and band

01:49:02 Rhubarb script

01:53:07 Credits, Red River Valley

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Garrison Keillor		Fred Newman and Garrison Keillor play off each other in the SFX script.


Robin and Linda Williams perform a tribute to New York as Marvin and Mavis.		Madeleine Peyroux performs, "Don't Cry Baby."


Billy Collins joins in Guy Noir.		Andy Stein and Jason Carter of the Del McCoury Band close out the show with some fiddling.