Spring Fever
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a special springtime compilation program in an effort to revive warm weather on the tundra with Stephanie Davis singing "Springtime Feeling In My Heart," Donald Hall reading a Jane Kenyon poem about warm weather and springtime is bath time for Dusty and Lefty, a pair of crusty cowboys coming in off the godforsaken trail. Plus, VocalEssence sings "Welcome Spring," Rob Fisher plays "Spring Fever" and in Lake Wobegon: Hope springs eternal when Ronnie Detmer believes he may have found a golden ring out in the Whippets' centerfield that belonged to the late, great Babe Ruth. All that, plus The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band in seersucker suits, and The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith and Fred Newman.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:56 - GK Intro
- 00:02:16 - "Spring Fever," Rob Fisher (05/10/97)
- 00:04:33 - Silver Lining script (05/08/99)
- 00:18:04 - "Springtime Feeling in My Heart," Stephanie Davis (06/05/99)
- 00:20:35 - Spring SFX script (06/05/99)
- 00:25:19 - Powdermilk Break, plus Guy Noir script (05/12/01)
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Segment 2
- 00:44:12 - "When She Loved Me," Maria Jette (05/10/03)
- 00:47:34 - GK Intro Grad script
- 00:47:48 - Grad script (05/21/05)
- 00:54:09 - "Hello Young Lovers," GK (03/22/97)
- 00:56:36 - Intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:00:58 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:01:29 - Cowboys script (04/03/99)
- 01:13:26 - "Philosophy in Warm Weather," by Jane Kenyon read by Donald Hall (04/26/97)
- 01:14:21 - "The Day Dawns," Aly Bain and Ale Moller (05/21/05)
- 01:18:36 - Rhubarb script (05/04/02)
- 01:24:18 - GK Mono Intro
- 01:24:53 - "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," audience sing-along with VocalEssence (04/08/06)
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Segment 4
- 01:25:30 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:45:31 - "Welcome Spring Medley," VocalEssence,
- 01:47:36 - Asparagus script (04/26/97)
- 01:50:26 - Marvin and Mavis sing "Springtime on Broadway" (05/10/03)
- 01:54:38 - GK Closer
- 01:55:45 - "I’ve Got the World on a String," Ruth Brown (05/10/97)
- 01:58:38 - Credits
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