The Best of Two Thousand Nine
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we present some highlights from our 2009 season including Pat Donohue, Brad Paisley and Sam Bush performing "Stealin' From Chet" at the Ryman Auditorium, Elvis Costello as an English author and stuttering son of the Earl of Twickerham in an epsiode of Guy Noir, and Martin Sheen as a flim-flamming, four flushing, shortchanging, deckstackin' yahoo in an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys. Plus, Marvin and Mavis Smiley's tribute to Bruce Springsteen, Nellie McKay's tribute to Doris Day, and Patty Loveless sings "The Bramble and the Rose." In Lake Wobegon, the story of Margie Krepsbach checking herself into a hotel for Mother's Day to watch movies.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:54 - GK Intro
- 00:03:13 - "Stealin' From Chet" - Pat Donohue, Brad Paisley and Sam Bush May 2»
- 00:06:08 - Mom script (Price Is Right), plus "That Wang Dang Doodle" - Pat Donohue Jun. 6»
- 00:13:08 - Billy Collins reads "Ballistic" and "Hangover" Jun. 13»
- 00:15:58 - "The Bramble and the Rose" - Patty Loveless Oct. 23»
- 00:18:56 - GK Complaint Script Intro
- 00:19:15 - Complaint script with VocalEssence Feb. 21»
- 00:30:11 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:30:41 - Powdermilk Break Oct. 10»
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Segment 2
- 00:31:54 - Poetry Out Loud Winner (Will Farley) recites Langston Hughes May 23»
- 00:37:09 - "How to Grow a Woman" - The Punch Brothers Dec. 5»
- 00:41:28 - Cowboys script with Martin Sheen and Arlo Guthrie Jun. 27»
- 00:54:12 - "If I Ever Had a Dream" - Nellie McKay Nov. 21»
- 00:57:40 - Intermission/"Some of These Days" Nov. 21»
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Segment 3
- 01:03:19 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:03:48 - "Sulphur to Sugarcane" - Elvis Costello Apr. 18»
- 01:07:36 - Guy Noir script with Elvis Costello and Hearther Masse Apr. 18»
- 01:21:14 - Marvin and Mavis Smiley "Born in the USA: 2" Oct. 24»
- 00:24:30 - "Come on Up to the House" - Sara Jarosz and her band Sept. 26»
- 01:28:29 - Rhubarb script Nov. 7»
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- Segment 5
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