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March 22, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll bring you a special compilation show just for kids. Spring Break has befallen many homes, and left parents with disgruntled, bored and increasingly rowdy children. Our solution? Make them sit down and listen to the radio, tie their shoelaces together if necessary. There will be all sorts of sound-effects: car chases, toilets flushing, big birds of prey, and despite the numerous complaints we received from listeners after the Joke Show, a foray or two into flatulence. We've got a classic princess segment with Kate MacKenzie and Maria Jette in pink taffeta, and a chicken segment with Geoff Muldaur's "Chicken Song." Plus, Inga Swearingen's "Hush Little Baby," and Randy Newman sings a song from "Toy Story". It's a show, not for easily offended adults who relish their outrage, but for the free-thinking kids, who can still find joy in unexpected places, and know how to take a joke.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | APHC Logo Open |
| 00:00:12 | "Tishomingo Blues" |
| 00:00:55 | GK Open |
| 00:03:41 | "Sushi Song," Pat Donohue and Shoes |
| 00:06:14 | SFX script (Sound-Effects Man's Children) |
| 00:10:33 | "Don't Pick Your Nose," GK and Shoes |
| 00:13:26 | Old Time Radio script |
| 00:21:23 | "Everybody Is Somebody," Taj Mahal |
| 00:25:21 | GK Powdermilk Intro |
| 00:25:54 | Powdermilk Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:27:06 | "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2," Maria Jette |
| 00:30:34 | Princess script |
| 00:42:35 | "Cinderella Song," GK and Kate MacKenzie with Shoes |
| 00:47:16 | GK intro toy segment |
| 00:47:58 | "Toy Symphony" (Excerpt) by Leopold Mozart, The Fly Creek Philharmonic |
| 00:50:41 | Trevor and Gretel script |
| 00:59:07 | "You've Got a Friend in Me" from "Toy Story," Randy Newman |
| 01:01:00 | GK Intermission Credits, plus "Stone's Rag" Intermission tune |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:05:16 | GK Welcome Back |
| 01:05:43 | Lived in a Shoe script |
| 01:19:25 | "Chicken Song," Geoff Muldaur |
| 01:21:48 | Cowboys script (Chicken Chokers) |
| 01:27:35 | GK Mono Intro |
| 01:28:27 | "Lullaby of Cheese," Mollie O'Brien |
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| Segment 4 |
| 1:30:16 | The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:46:07 | "Hush Little Baby," Inga Swearingen |
| 01:49:19 | Arlo Guthrie talks, recites "Mooses Come Walkin'" poem |
| 01:52:28 | "Oklahoma Hills," Arlo Guthrie |
| 01:55:00 | GK Closing Credits |
| 01:56:23 | "O Happy Day," The Gary Comer Youth Choir |
| 01:58:28 | GK Recorded Credits
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