Stevie Beck, Hamlin University Choir, Garrison Keillor, Tom Keith, Dan Lund, Howard Mohr, Tadeusz Myefski, Robin and Linda Williams. Vern Sutton,
Rolling and a Rambling (Robin and Linda Williams ) Nadine (Robin and Linda Williams ) All broken hearts (Robin and Linda Williams ) Come Home (Robin and Linda Williams ) Star Spangled Banner ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Horned Frog Songs ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Fight Hawaii ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Rambling Wreck ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) College Fight Song ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Halls of Ivy ( Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Chopin's Polonaise in A Flat ( Tadeusz Myefski ) Waltz by Chopin ( Tadeusz Myefski ) Ghost Riders In The Sky ( Dan Lund ) Starve The Company Down ( Stevie Beck ) Wish Me Luck ( Garrison Keillor , Vern Sutton , Hamlin University Choir ) Softly and Tenderly (Robin and Linda Williams , Garrison Keillor )
Bertha's Kitty Boutique Bob Humdee Enterprises (A cat litter box that follows the cat around the house.) Bob's Bartending and Electronics School Chatterbox Cafe Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery Sidetrack Tap Walleye Phone Company (The company has gone from 300 customers to 277, after a farmer dug up the line while all 3 employees were on vacation. When service was restored all the phones rang at once. When that was repaired none of them rang.) White Out Non-Dairy Whitener
Butchering chickens / The rain held up the harvest. The farmers told old jokes at the Chatterbox. Harold collapsed telling the punch line. Uncle Al went to the Chatterbox because he hates butchering chickens.·GK's family were at Aunt Flos to butcher 48 chickens. On chicken escaped. GK and his mother were town people and they feel self conscious about slaughtering chickens. Aunt Flo does not approve of store-bought chickens where you can taste the misery of the bird's upbringing. Aunt Flo went to a restaurant and got a Styrofoam chicken. GK's job was to catch and deliver the chickens to his dad. Dad cuts off the heads, Mom plucks the feathers and Aunt Flo cleans them. GK decided that it was only honest to kill one. He beheaded the chicken and it ran away down the block. GK and his father chased after. It ran past the Chatter Box just as Harold came out. Mrs. Mueller grabbed it and butchered it. GK and his dad met the live chicken that escaped. They found some sweet com and had sweet corn, beets and potatoes for supper.
The story of the "Star Spangled Banner." Garrison's Essay on Francis Scott Key who wrote this song on 9/14/1812. He was an Episcopalian and a pacifist!
Archival contributors: Frank Berto, Ken Kuhl