Vive La France!
Bastille Saint-Antoine
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, the first in our summertime series of compilation shows. Our troupe is scattered hither and yon, mostly yon, and so we've put together some bits from old shows (which is how we cut costs, or as the French would say, "Quelle est la place la moins cher?"). And so for all of the Francophiles (or Francophobes as the case may be): a show in honor of Bastille Day coming up on July 14, with Maurice the maitre d' at the Café Boeuf, torch singer Francine Roche, Romeo's aria sung by tenor Raúl Melo, and a song from Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain called "Bonaparte's Retreat." Plus, Guy Noir's girlfriend Sugar is dying to play the lead part in the Madame Bovary musical. In Lake Wobegon, the story of Uncle Sigurd who went to France to paint nudes.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Open
- 00:03:07 - "Allons a L'Expo" - Entreloup
- 00:06:47 - Ruth Harrison script
- 00:14:41 - "Ne Me Quitte Pas" - Karrin Allyson
- 00:18:34 - GK Intro Hill Diaries
- 00:19:39 - Excerpt from the Diaries of Mrs. James J. Hill with Sally Dworsky
- 00:27:12 - Ron Padgett recites "Bastille Day"
- 00:28:02 - "Bonaparte's Retreat" - Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain
- 00:32:01 - GK Intro Powdermilk
- 00:32:17 - Powdermillk Break
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Segment 2
- 00:33:32 - GK Intro Lindbergh script
- 00:33:59 - Lindbergh script
- 00:40:23 - English Majors script
- 00:45:24 - "La Boheme" - Francine Roche
- 00:49:07 - GK Intro La Bottine Souriante
- 00:49:38 - "La Reel du Foregon" - La Bottine Souriante
- 00:52:31 - Duluth Letter script
- 00:56:19 - "Ah! Leve-Toi, Soileil" - Raúl Melo
- 01:00:26 - Deluxe Psychology script
- 01:03:33 - intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:06:52 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:07:22 - "Evening in Paris" - Chuck Suchy
- 01:11:23 - Guy Noir script (Madame Bovary)
- 01:22:44 - "Under Paris Skies" - Karrin Allyson
- 01:26:57 - Cafe Boeuf script
- 01:31:55 - GK Intro Mono
- 01:32:12 - "C'est au Beau Claire de la Lune" and "Suite Metis" - La Bottine Souriante
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Segment 4
- 01:37:44 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:55:06 - GK Closing Credits
- 01:56:08 - French Canadian Medley, Dan Newton
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