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April 12, 1986      World Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Philip BrunelleButch Thompson TrioCountry Gazette Garrison Keillor Howard Mohr Peter Ostroushko Jean Redpath. Jubilant Sykes


Songs, tunes, and poems

In A Land Where We'll Never Grow Old ( Jean Redpath , Garrison Keillor , Country Gazette  )
Katie Hill (Country Gazette  )
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Country Gazette  )
Don't Let Nobody Tie You Dawn (Country Gazette  )
Freedom Song ( Garrison Keillor )
City of a million dreams (Butch Thompson Trio  )
Leaving Home ( Jean Redpath )
The Way of Lass ( Jean Redpath )
Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Tie Yi The Old Lady ( Garrison Keillor )
Echos of Spring (Butch Thompson Trio  )
Witness ( Jubilant Sykes )
Nobody's Sweetheart But Mine (Country Gazette  )
Cabin On The Mountain (Country Gazette  )
City called Heaven ( Jubilant Sykes )
I Was I Am I Will ( Jean Redpath , Country Gazette  )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Jack's Auto Repair (Jack writes a letter to warn Garrison about the upcoming TV show on April 26th.)
Raw Bits (Howard Mohr )
Worst Case Scenario (Howard Mohr explains the worse that could happen.)


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

The world is leaning in the direction of spring. Mayor Clint Buntsen had a splitting headache. Clarence got lost in St. Paul so Clint had to do all of the work at Buntsen Motors. He gaveled the meeting of the LW Town Council to order. The Sons of Knute were there in force to have the Town Council pass a resolution on terrorism. Meanwhile LW has the deepest potholes on record. Bud says there is no money to repair them. He finally got terrorism taken care of. Then somebody asked about the expenditure of $14.93 for a key. This was for a brass ceremonial key to LW. Then, Mr. Bowser of the Post Office and Gary and Leroy, the Town Constables, came forward with a chart. The blue line went up and the red line went down. They wanted to re-number the homes with five-digit numbers and rename the streets of LW. Clarence asked if there was a problem. The blue line represented money saved. The red line represented deaths due to the confusion. People from LW have no problem with the present system. Everyone in LW is from LW so people tend to stay put. Clarence suggested that they put the house numbers in order. Mr. Bowser said that they had spent nine months to develop the system. Then a red-haired woman in a black suit and high heels came in. She walked to the front and sat down. Nobody had seen her before. The debate petered out. Then she walked out, started her little red car and drove away. Street numbering has been tabled


This show was Rebroadcast on 1989-04-08

Notes and References

1986.04.12 Star Tribune / Berto unsure if this date is correct.

Archival contributors: Frank Berto, Ken Kuhl


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