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May 23, 1987      Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Judy Carmichael Richard Dworsky John Angus Foster Bill Hinckley Marya Hurt Garrison Keillor Judy Larson Kate MacKenzieRed Clay Ramblers Vern Sutton.


Songs, tunes, and poems

Blow ye winds ( Bill Hinckley , Judy Larson )
Barnyard dance ( Bill Hinckley , Judy Larson )
Patting that cat ( Bill Hinckley , Judy Larson )
Like an angel ( Vern Sutton )
Lucky Lindy ( Vern Sutton )
You flew over ( Vern Sutton )
Fractious fingering ( Judy Carmichael )
Keeping out of mischief ( Judy Carmichael )
Honeysuckle Rose ( Judy Carmichael )
Wish I was back (Red Clay Ramblers  )
Ezekiel (Red Clay Ramblers  )
I don't know why (Red Clay Ramblers  )
Run sister run (Red Clay Ramblers  )
Down that highway home (Red Clay Ramblers  )
God bless you and goodbye ( Garrison Keillor )
Ain't Misbehavin' ( Garrison Keillor )
The vacant chair ( Garrison Keillor , Kate MacKenzie , Vern Sutton )
Abide with me ( Garrison Keillor , Kate MacKenzie , Vern Sutton )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Adventures of Buster the Show Dog
Bertha's Kitty Boutique
Chatterbox Cafe
Father Finian
Fearmonger's Shop
Ingqvist, David
Jettison Brother's Trash
Minnesota Milk Producer's Council
Powdermilk Biscuits
Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery
Scotty's Cough Syrup for Dogs
Tollefsen, Val
Tonga Tongue Tones


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

The Memorial Day service at the LW Prairie Home Cemetery never changes. Your day is better because you attended. Val Tollefsen, the chairman, forget until the last week. He scurried around and got David Inqvuist to be the speaker. Mrs. Lewis' Grade 6 class has memorized "In Flanders Fields", "Oh Captain", and the 23rd Psalm. The Lady's Sextet has rehearsed. Val Tollefsen had a 16-year old ancestor who was killed with the Union Army at Gettysburg. The story of the 2nd Minnesota Regiment at Gettysburg. They were loyal to each other. GK is called on to recite the Gettysburg Address at the service.


Other mentions/discussions during the show

Anniversaries of Lindbergh's flight and of Fats Waller's birthday. Memorial Day. Story of the founding of PHC in 1974 with BH&JL. Radio Theater. Timmy, Fr. Finian, Buster, and Sheila try to fly from Salt Lake City to St. Paul and are stranded at the airport.


Related/contemporary press articles

Star Tribune May 22 1987


Notes and References

1987.05.17 Star Tribune

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