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May 25, 1985      Orpheum Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Stan Boreson Garrison Keillor Peter Ostroushko Vern SuttonUkranian Bandura Paul Winter.


Songs, tunes, and poems

Swedish meat balls ( Stan Boreson )
Roll out the barrel ( Stan Boreson )
Just a little lefsa ( Stan Boreson )
Jesse was a slob ( Stan Boreson )
Jansen's wedding ( Stan Boreson , Garrison Keillor )
Lament of the captives (Ukranian Bandura  )
Cossack dance (Ukranian Bandura  )
Take me out to the ball game ( Vern Sutton )
Did you see Jimmy marching ( Vern Sutton )
Picture of a boy in blue ( Vern Sutton )
International fiddle medley ( Peter Ostroushko )
Sun singer ( Paul Winter )
Humpback whale ( Paul Winter )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Ask Butch Questions
Bertha's Kitty Boutique
Bunsen, Clarence
Chatterbox Cafe
Minnesota Language Systems
Powdermilk Biscuits
Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery
Raw Bits
Sidetrack Tap
Tollefsen, Marlis


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

Two chilly nights made Clarence Bunsen fearful of Big Boy tomatoes. Mrs. Waldorf came out of the house with her suitcase packed and Mr. Waldorf pleaded with her to come back. She got into the Plymouth and he got in to continue pleading with her. They left the door open and the Krepsbach dog, Bruno, went in. Mrs. Tollefsen went next door to check the house. The house was 85F and the furnace was roaring. That's what the fight was about. Mr. Waldorf turns off the heat on April 15 and it stays off until Halloween. Bruno cleaned up the breakfast and left a mess on the floor. She heard the car door slam and left quietly by the back door. Mrs. Waldorf hasn't explained to Mrs. Tollefsen yet. Mr. Waldorf goes to bed at 10:00 pm every night. Every summer, they spend a week at a resort 80 miles north. He is a creature of habit. Marlis Tollefsen wrote from California describing her trip with her husband, Ron, looking up Ron's old buddies. They have been sleeping on living room floors. You drive forever to see anything in the west. Ron's cousins, Denny and Donny, race stock cars in Los Vegas. They lost their race. After dinner, Marlis played blackjack until 4:00 am when she won $1864. Ron was losing and he wanted some of the money. They had a fight over it. Now, they are in San Diego and will soon head home


Other mentions/discussions during the show

GK will give a college commencement address. Describing his early dates in his dad's 1957 Fairlane station wagon. Good luck is in getting what you have. The 1985 Whippets are opening their season. TV versus radio broadcasts of baseball. Monday is Memorial Day.


Notes and References

Archival contributors: Frank Berto


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