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March 21, 1987      World Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Richard Dworsky Garrison Keillor Tom Keith Kate MacKenzieMinnesota Chorale Dave MooreRobin and Linda Williams Angelo Roule. Dan RowlesThe Minnesota Chorale


Songs, tunes, and poems

The Habanera ( Garrison Keillor )
Song of the Exiles ( Garrison Keillor )
Oklahoma ( Garrison Keillor )
Oh What a beautiful morning ( Garrison Keillor )
Amazing Grace ( Garrison Keillor )
I am home again ( Garrison Keillor )
One more spring in Minnesota ( Garrison Keillor )
Six chorales for an old farm in Minnesota (Minnesota Chorale  )
Tune thy music (Minnesota Chorale  )
Orange blossom special ( Dave Moore )
Small world ( Angelo Roule )
Felice musica ( Angelo Roule )
Here comes the sun ( Richard Dworsky , Kate MacKenzie )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Adventures of Buster the Show Dog
Bertha's Kitty Boutique
Chatterbox Cafe
Minnesota Revenue Board
Pepper Institute
Powdermilk Biscuits
Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery
Scotty's Cough Syrup for Dogs
Sheila the Christian Jungle Girl
Sidetrack Tap


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

Gary and Leroy gave a speeding ticket to a man in a green Lincoln Continental that was going 65 mph and did not even slow down. Everyone has been sick with the Swedish flu. The Bakkes came back from Florida, where they had a miserable time. They stayed with Jack'sister, Janet, in a mobile home. DJ smoked three packs a day, making Jeanette sick,so she over ate. They fought half the way back to Minnesota. They drove straight through in 23 hours and arrived on Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, a couple in their mid-50s came in to get married. They were from Grand Forks. Jack married them. Jeanette and Jack sat eating chicken chow mein. Leroy get headaches from sitting in the patrol car. Jeanette set off the metal detector in the airport. She believes that it was caused by shards of steel from the can opener getting their food. On Tuesday, the Lincoln came through. It threw a sheet of water on Jeanette. It took them six miles to catch the Lincoln. It was stopped by the side of the road with the motor off. The man was talking on a car telephone. The man was very apologetic for speeding through LW. The man drove back to town with Leroy. He was a doctor on his way to the University of Chicago Hospital. He had a secret drug that reversed the effect of aging. He tried to give them bottles of Bilostilone. Leroy offered to pay him $15.00 a bottle and he finally acccepted.


Other mentions/discussions during the show

Today is the vernal equinox and the anniversary of J. S. Bach. Betty Wiggins was the best sound effects "man" in the 1930s. Matt, GK's Danish stepson, beat a troll at chess and was granted three wishes. Radio Theater. Timmy, Fr. Finian, Buster the show dog, and Sheila the Christian jungle girl sail on the SS Pimento, which springs a leak and starts to sink. GK's sonnet about the equinox.


Related/contemporary press articles

Detroit Free Press Mar 22 1987
Star Tribune Sun Mar 22 1987


Notes and References

Archival contributors: Frank Berto, Ken Kuhl


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