Roy Blount Jr, Butch Thompson Trio, Bruce Calin, Prudence Johnson, Garrison Keillor, Bertram Levy, John McCutcheon, Howard Mohr, Dick Nunneley, Peter Ostroushko.
Look at the Rainbow ( Prudence Johnson ) All God's Children ( Prudence Johnson ) Blow Ill Wind ( Prudence Johnson ) The Story of Love ( Prudence Johnson ) A is for Eighteen ( Prudence Johnson ) Ukraine polka ( Bertram Levy ) Doc Cameron ( Bertram Levy ) Flowers of Edinburgh ( Bertram Levy ) Homage to Garcia ( Bertram Levy ) Red Davis ( Bertram Levy ) Sell the Car ( John McCutcheon ) Christmas in the Trenches ( John McCutcheon ) Keep on the Sunny Side ( John McCutcheon ) Casey's Last Ride ( Garrison Keillor ) My Dog Has Fleas ( Roy Blount Jr ) The Gol Durn Wheel ( Roy Blount Jr ) Minnesota street rag (Butch Thompson Trio )
Bertha's Kitty Boutique Bob Humdee Bed Shaker Chatterbox Cafe Minnesota Language Systems Powdermilk Biscuits Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery Raw Bits Sidetrack Tap Thorvaldson, Senator K Tolefson, Byron Tolefson, Jim
The seniors from LWHS went to the St. Paul ballet. The terrible smell in the cafeteria ended when Earl found the dead cat. Then he drove the five seniors and Miss Klosse, the teacher, to St. Paul. He dropped them off and the kids had an hour and a half to burn. They had pizza and got to the theater half an hour early. Jim Tollefsen paid for the pizzas and his ticket with the $100 that his Uncle, Senator K, gave him. Senator K has been living in Florida in a two-bedroom condo with his cousin, Frank. It hasn't been a good two months. Their dog bit him and then an elderly Aunt came for a visit and Senator K got moved to the foldaway bed. Senator K knows that Jim's father, Byron, is tight-fisted. Jim took all of his money with him. He was full of curiosity on the inside and trying to appear cool on the outside. He had never seen people dance on a stage before. They performed a series of short ballets. He remembered one dance clearly, the Pas de Deux when the man appeared so sad. He felt in his pocket and realized that he had lost the $72.00 change from the $100.00. Jim had to ask his father for money. Byron was in a bad mood when Jim admitted that he had lost Senator K's . Byron lectured Jim about the value of money. Byron peeled off a $10.00 bill. Jim's cat watched the $10.00 bill as it was waved around. It leaped at the bill and clawed Byron. The cat was flung off and landed on its feet with the $10.00 bill in its mouth, the most money that the cat had ever seen.
Roy Blount is an officer of The Singing Impaired and he can't dance. Cats can't sing or dance either. The theory of Free Association
1986.01.30 Iowa City Press / 1986.03.02 Star Tribune
Archival contributors: Frank Berto