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October 20, 1984      Orpheum Theater, St Paul, MN

    see all shows from: 1984 | Orpheum Theater | St Paul | MN

Participants

Greg BrownButch Thompson TrioMax Morath Quintet. Peter Ostroushko


Songs, tunes, and poems

Storms on the ocean ( Peter Ostroushko )
Long long ago ( Peter Ostroushko )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

[undocumented]


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

There was a good turnout at Our Lady for the blessing of the animals on St. Francis' Day. Protestants look at it at one more of those ridiculous Catholic extravaganzas. They believe this because they've never seen the ceremony up close. They don't want to get close for fear that your people will think that you have converted. The blessing is, 'Bless these animals that you have created.' It is necessary to keep control of _/ the animal during the ceremony. GK was brought up to believe that Catholics stole Protestant pets and shipped them to the overseas missions, where the pets were traded for converts. There were deer around LW. Daryl Tolerude turned and there was a deer that started to push him around. It took the whole family to get the deer to leave. Only Mr. Berge's name is on the ballot for mayor. Clint Bunsen will get reelected by the write-in ballot. Mr. Berge would do better running for the Senate. If your shower stopped running, you would call Clint Bunsen and expect the straight scoop. GK was shocked by the dumb conversations in the Watergate tapes. In LW, your party is determined in the womb. Norwegian Lutherans vote Republican and German Catholics vote Democratic. The 50 thousand dollar bond issue to repair the ceiling crack at WHS is not selling. They blame GK. The bonds are being sold by Revbo. The students worry about the forty-foot crack. There ought to be a blessing of teenagers.


This show was Rebroadcast on 1988-10-08

Notes and References

1984.10.19 Star Tribune / Frank Berto states that the news 'may be' right for this date.

Archival contributors: Frank Berto


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