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February 8, 1986      World Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Greg BrownButch Thompson Trio Richard Dworsky Prudence Johnson Garrison Keillor Howard Mohr Dave Moore Peter Ostroushko.


Songs, tunes, and poems

Adelita ( Dave Moore )
La paloma ( Dave Moore )
La cucaracha ( Dave Moore )
Soul of a man ( Dave Moore )
Boll weevil ( Dave Moore )
Ain't that news ( Garrison Keillor , Greg Brown )
Gypsy love song ( Garrison Keillor , Greg Brown )
There were bells ( Garrison Keillor , Greg Brown )
One life ( Garrison Keillor , Greg Brown )
Chains of love ( Prudence Johnson , Greg Brown )
Seems like old times ( Prudence Johnson , Greg Brown )
Who knows ( Prudence Johnson , Greg Brown )
Lately ( Greg Brown , Prudence Johnson )
You Don't Know Me ( Prudence Johnson , Greg Brown )
Grand Junction ( Greg Brown )
Every new love ( Greg Brown )
I've just seen a face ( Richard Dworsky )
Freight train ( Richard Dworsky )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Bertha's Kitty Boutique
Bunsen, Clarence
Central Standard Association
Father Emil
Minnesota Language Systems
Pork Brand Shoes
Powdermilk Biscuits
Raw Bits
Sidetrack Tap
Smart Light Electronic Instrument Panels


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

The news is out that Fr. Emil is retiring after 40 plus years. He told Margaret Krebsbach that he was baptizing third generation babies. Clarence Bunsen talked to Fr. Emil about a retirement gift. Fr. Emil would like to go to Jamaica. Clarence said he would make a good Lutheran Missionary. Fr. Emil said that being Lutheran would be a vacation because you could change the hard truths. Clarence went to the Side Track for a Wendy's beer because he was troubled. Wendy's comes from St. Wendel's brewery, which is still run by the Dimmers family. Old Mr. Dimmers fled to MN to avoid the Prussian draft, his debts, and three women he had seduced. Dimmers brewery looks like a castle for the first two stories because the Swedish bricklayers drank too much beer during the construction. During prohibition, Wendy's beer trucks rolled without drivers because the horses knew the routes. You lose tradition when the priest leaves. Twenty years ago, Fr. Emil had a drink at the Side Track to celebrate Wally And Evelyn's 20th anniversary. Wally wrote "Fr. Emil" on the glass and saved it. Anytime someone tells a bad joke, they put a quarter in the glass. The money will pay for Fr. Emil's trip to Jamaica.


Other mentions/discussions during the show

How barber shops have changed. One Minute Romance: Couple meet in a hardware store.


This show was Rebroadcast on 1988-02-27

Related/contemporary press articles

Charlotte Observer Feb 7 1986
Star Tribune Feb 11 1986


Notes and References

1986.02.02 Star Tribune / rebroadcast on February 27, 1988.

Archival contributors: Frank Berto


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