Save Room for Pie
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we get ready for Turkey Day by convening with the ghosts of Thanksgivings past. Guy Noir has a run in with a two-bit criminal known as "The Stuffer," Meryl Streep reads "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver, and Leon Redbone sings "Shine on Harvest Moon." Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy and Philip Brunelle sing the "Thanksgiving Cantata," we remark upon the mysterious and merciful effects of Tryptophan and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band rocks a tune called "Stuff That Turkey." Plus, a cautionary tale from Lake Wobegon about the time Irene Bunsen decided to break from the traditional holiday menu. All this and more pre-Thanksgiving, harvest time, autumnal musings coming up.
Coming soon.
- Is available as a free podcast. Download the MP3 file here.
-
Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Open
- 00:01:55 - "Let the Harvest Go to Seed" - Nashville Bluegrass Band
- 00:06:07 - Thanksgiving script
- 00:13:01 - "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver read by Meryl Streep
- 00:14:13 - "Wild Geese" - Gordon Bok
- 00:16:36 - GK Intro Guy Noir
- 00:16:56 - Guy Noir/ "The Stuffer"
- 00:25:08 - "No Thanksgiving for Me" - GK and Pat Donohue
- 00:27:59 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:28:33 - Powdermilk Break
-
Segment 2
- 00:29:49 - The Lives of the Cowboys
- 00:38:58 - "Lullaby of Leaves" - Inga Swearingen
- 00:42:22 - Grandeur script
- 00:51:12 - GK reads "The Blessing" - James Wright
- 00:52:38 - "My Love, My God" - Boys of the Lough
- 00:56:22 - Intermission
-
Segment 3
- 01:00:51 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:02:30 - "Shine on Harvest Moon" - Leon Redbone
- 01:05:42 - Butter script
- 01:07:52 - Thanksgiving Cantata
- 01:16:19 - Bob script
- 01:26:33 - GK Intro Mono
- 01:26:52 - "Stuff That Turkey" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
-
Segment 4
- 01:29:12 - The News From Lake Wobegon
-
Segment 5
- 01:42:44 - "Autumn in New York" - Jaki Byard
- 01:46:19 - Rhubarb script
- 01:53:46 - GK Credits
- 01:55:01 - "Thanksgiving Data" - GK sings
Show Segments
Listen to individual segments as listed below
Need help listening to the audio? See how to listen.
An Interview with Heather Masse
In a 2009 interview, Heather Masse tells us about her earliest influences, auditioning in a women's bathroom, and a few memorable moments from A Prairie Home Companion.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
