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September 29, 1984      Orpheum Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Greg BrownButch Thompson Trio Patrick Couton Georges Fischer Garrison KeillorLouisiana Aces Tim O'Brien. Jean Redpath


Songs, tunes, and poems

Twelve gates to the city ( Tim O'Brien , Butch Thompson Trio  )
Oh my little darling ( Tim O'Brien , Butch Thompson Trio  )
It don't mean a thing ( Tim O'Brien , Butch Thompson Trio  )
The back door (Louisiana Aces  )
Bachelor's life (Louisiana Aces  )
I can't forget you (Louisiana Aces  )
Jambalaya (Louisiana Aces  )
The ballad of peanut butter ( Garrison Keillor )
Sweet Lorraine ( Georges Fischer , Patrick Couton )
Sweet sweet ( Georges Fischer , Patrick Couton )
Water and milk ( Georges Fischer , Patrick Couton )
Home is the rover ( Jean Redpath )
Bum's songs ( Jean Redpath )
Precious Lord ( Garrison Keillor , Jean Redpath )
Who Do You Think You're Foolin' ( Greg Brown )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Chatterbox Cafe
Father Emil
Fruit Farm Microchips
Midwestern Potato Producers Association
Powdermilk Biscuits
Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery
Sidetrack Tap
Skoglund's Five and Dime
Sons of Knute


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

The Sons of Knute saw few ducks on the first day of the duck hunting season. heir dog, Rusty, went bad when he ate a duck Now he sneaks into the Sidetrack Tap for the spilled drinks. GK's classmate, Wendel, is now a Lutheran missionary in Europe. The Mission Board first sent him to Venice. He thought that the Venetians were ostentatious and he was scandalized by the ornate Cathedral of St. Marco. He started to learn Italian and opened a soup kitchen that served cream of mushroom soup. Then the Board realized that they meant to send him to Vienna. He went to Vienna but his heart isn't in it. He sits in a small park and reads the American newspaper. He realizes that America is a frightening country. The little parks are the pleasantest places to visit. He wrote Father Emil asking how to be a missionary in a Catholic country. Father Emil replied, 'Enjoy yourself.' The blessing of the animals on St. Francis' Day at Our Lady.


Other mentions/discussions during the show

GK's trip to Europe with two million other American tourists. PBS radio series, 'Minneapolis'. Conversational French. Department of Folk Songs: Three little pigs, It's raining, Ring around, Eeny meeny, Happy birthday, Deck the halls.


This show was Rebroadcast on

1985-09-28
1987-09-26


Notes and References

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