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August 8, 1981      World Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Stevie BeckButch Thompson Trio Garrison Keillor Tom Keith Chuck Mitchell. Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet


Songs, tunes, and poems

Lida Rose (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
Good To See You Now (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
I'm Alone Because I Love You (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
Mississippi Mud (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
I Want You To Be My Sweetheart (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
Goodbye Old Dixie (Talk of the Town Barbershop Quartet  )
Have Some Madeira M'Dear ( Chuck Mitchell )
Look What We've Been Through ( Chuck Mitchell )
Thinking of You ( Chuck Mitchell )
Glorious Mush ( Chuck Mitchell )
St Anne's Reel ( Stevie Beck )
Over The Waterfall ( Stevie Beck )
Ragtime Inn ( Stevie Beck )
Bagpipe Reel ( Stevie Beck )
Telephone Answering Romance ( Garrison Keillor , Stevie Beck )
Honeysuckle Rose (Butch Thompson Trio  )
Stompin' Low Down (Butch Thompson Trio  )
Primrose Stomp (Butch Thompson Trio  )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Clouds of Joy Bubble Bath
Fearmonger's Shop
Freeport Flyers
Fritz Electronics Personal Air Traffic Controller's System
Jack's Deep Valley Bed
Mist County Fair
Powdermilk Biscuits
Professional Parents Incorporated
Toast and Jelly Days
Whippets


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

All the toast has been picked up from Toast and Jelly Days. Now people are getting ready for the Mist County Fair. This was started to keep 4H-ers from attending the girlie shows at the Minnesota State Fair. The Whippets lost to the Freeport Flyers 13 to 3. They had a team meeting after the game. They have been giving 7 or 8 runs in the first inning. The real world is full of Whippets, like the State employees and the Air Traffic Controllers who are out on strike. / It's Toast and Jelly Days and the Mist County Fair is fast approaching. Mist County Fair was started to keep 4H-ers from attending the girlie shows at the Minnesota State Fair. The Whippets lost another game and had a team meeting since they have been giving up 7-8 runs in the first inning. Don't give up as the world is full of Whippets, like the State employees and the Air Traffic Controllers who are on strike.


Other mentions/discussions during the show

GK talks about Dr. Joyce Brothers. Supply-side comedy - the richer you are the funnier you are. Fifty years from now, the messages will be the best part of PHC. Chuck Mitchell boating on the Mississippi


Related/contemporary press articles

Boston Globe Aug 1 1981


Notes and References

First 15 minutes missing from transcript. Rebroadcast 9/10/1983 (John Hall document)

Archival contributors: Frank Berto


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