Greg Brown, Butch Thompson Trio, Country Gazette, Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, Peter Ostroushko. U Utah Philips,
Honey babe mine ( Garrison Keillor ) I Think of You ( Kate MacKenzie ) I know she's gone ( Kate MacKenzie ) Looking back ( Kate MacKenzie ) From Monday on (Butch Thompson Trio ) On the Goodnight trail ( U Utah Philips ) Wabash cannonball ( U Utah Philips ) Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone (Country Gazette ) On the banks of the river (Country Gazette ) Sunny side of the mountain (Country Gazette ) Who Woulda Thunk It ( Greg Brown )
American Excess Freeloader Plan Beeler, Jimmy Bertha's Kitty Boutique Butch Thompson Music Corporation Cargo Brand Men's Belts Chatterbox Cafe Daryl's Bowlero Fritz Electronics Ingqvist, Virginia Powdermilk Biscuits Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery Sidetrack Tap
Children back in school after the Easter break. Grandparents recuperating from the grandchildren's visits. Virginia Inkvuist looked after two grandchildren. Yalmer worked late at the bank. Five-year olds ask hard questions like, 'Who's God?' Barbara's 2-year old nearly fell off the porch steps. Grandma Tollefsen turns off her hearing aid when her grandson practices guitar chords at 120 db. Selective ignorance is the basic principle of child raising. Jimmy Beelor had 20 friends over for his 15th birthday party. There was alarming music, jokes, and food consumption. Mr. and Mrs. Beelor were quarantined in the kitchen passing out food. Mr. Beelor crept in when everybody was quiet and then roaring with laughter. They were looking at the wedding album and laughing at his clothes and haircut. GK remembers like a poem the sounds and smells of fishing on LW at 4:00 am with Uncle Lawrence. Nothing you do for children is wasted.
Featuring songs by Bruce Phillips. Colonel Goodnight drives 1600 turtles from Texas. Getting extra credit when you are overdrawn. Department of Folk Songs: Gooseberry-pie, All the pretty little hoses, Good morning Mr. Zip, Poor babes in the woods, Copper kettle, Brave little band, Chattanooga choo choo.
1984.04.27 Star Tribune / rebroadcast on April 9, 1989.
Archival contributors: Frank Berto