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September 13, 2008
Coming up this week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a special New York City compilation show, with some of Gotham's go-to guests, including Bronx born comedian Robert Klein, Broadway stars Walter Bobbie, Faith Prince, Kristin Chenoweth and Tony Roberts, and an ode to the MTA with subway conductor Steve Lazaro. Robin and Linda Williams' alter-egos (Marvin and Mavis Smiley) flog their latest recording featuring songs about New York, Dusty and Lefty are in for a more liberal interpretation of their "partner" relationship, and cabaret star Maude Maggart sings "Talk of the Town." Plus the story of Bob the Dancer, all coming up this week.
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Segment 1
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| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:55 | GK Intro |
| 00:03:11 | "West 43rd" - GK and Shoes |
| 00:05:59 | Robert Klein on Town Hall |
| 00:08:08 | "The Girl in 14-G" - Kristin Chenoweth and Rob Fisher |
| 00:12:25 | GK Intro Cowboys |
| 00:12:42 | The Lives of the Cowboys |
| 00:20:04 | "New York Song" - GK, plus "New York, New York" - Shoes |
| 00:25:10 | Rhubarb script |
| 00:29:07 | GK Intro Powdermilk |
| 00:29:31 | Powdermilk Break, plus Marvin and Mavis sing a tribute to New York |
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Segment 2
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| 00:34:16 | GK Intro Walter/Faith |
| 00:34:38 | "Hush Little Baby (NY Lyrics)" - GK and Shoes |
| 00:39:26 | Theater district script with Walter Bobbie and Faith Prince |
| 00:54:22 | "Autumn in New York" - Jaki Byard |
| 00:57:57 | Intermission |
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Segment 3
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| 01:01:01 | GK Welcome Back |
| 01:01:29 | Radio script (NY Radio Shows) w/Vince Giordano play-off |
| 01:14:12 | "Worked Late on a Tuesday Night" read by poet Deborah Garrison |
| 01:15:53 | "Talk of the Town" - Maude Maggart |
| 01:18:43 | GK Intro Subway Section |
| 01:19:52 | "Subway Line" - with Steve Lazaro and Shoes |
| 01:26:32 | "Ave Maria" - Natalia Puruz (saw) |
| 01:29:09 | New York script (subway), plus Robin and Linda Williams with "Downtown Broadway Express" |
| 01:36:16 | "Make Way" - Tony Roberts from "How Now Dow Jones" |
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Segment 4
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| 01:37:16 | News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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Segment 5
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| 01:55:33 | GK Credits |
| 01:56:53 | "Jimmy the Tiger" - Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks |
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Photos from the show
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| Garrison Keillor |
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Sue Scott watches Tony Roberts |
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| Robin and Linda Williams perform a tribute to New York as Marvin and Mavis. |
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Madeleine Peyroux performs, "Don't Cry Baby." |
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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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