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Recap[]

Aired live on January 3, 1981.

Guests[]

  • Peter Ostroushko
  • Tom Lieberman
  • Pop Wagner
  • The Butch Thompson Trio
  • Jan Meara
  • Orchestra Balkan

Opening[]

"Well, look who's coming through that door,
I think we've met somewhere before.
Hello, love. Hello, love.
Well, where in the world you been so long?
I've missed you so since you've been gone.
Hello, love."
        – Hello Love

Broadcast Rundown[]

Unofficial listing obtained from https://phc.creamcityre.com. Exact timestamps are based off of radio recording and may vary.

0:00:00    Hello Love sign-on/Guest rundown - Garrison Keillor
0:01:38    Song(s) - Butch Thompson Trio - It's wonderful/Crazy about my baby (Red sings)
0:10:30    Powdermilk Biscuits Commercial - Garrison Keillor - Theory of origins of shyness
0:14:38    Song(s) - Jan Meara - Somebody lovin' you
0:19:34    Song(s) - Tom Leiberman - Downtown
0:23:24    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
0:24:24    Song(s) - Tom Leiberman - Don't get around much anymore
0:29:11    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
0:30:59    Music - Orchestra Balkan - Irish waltz/Hava Nagila/Tarantella
0:44:26    Letter - Garrison Keillor - From Barbara Ann Bunsen at college to home: Sink backup/Husband's real estate job/Cooking
0:48:01    Song(s) - Pop Wagner - Quit kicking my dog around
0:51:53    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
0:53:06    Music - Peter Ostroushko - Jerusalem Ridge (on guitar)
0:56:58    Song(s) - Peter Ostroushko - Little Joe
1:01:00    Intermission/music - Butch Thompson Trio - All alone by the telephone/Shreveport stomp
1:05:56    Return from intermission - Garrison Keillor - Menu at the Chatterbox
1:06:59    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
1:07:37    Song(s) - Pop Wagner - Cocktails for two/San Francisco Bay Blues
1:16:30    The News From Lake Wobegon
1:23:35    Song(s) - Jan Meara - The Tennessee Blues
1:28:29    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
1:30:13    Music - Orchestra Balkan - (Bulgarian medley)
1:38:31    Misc Commercial - Garrison Keillor - El Muchacho Allegre brand: Ajua! 7 varieties
1:41:28    Song(s) - Tom Leiberman - Next train out
1:45:00    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
1:46:56    Song(s) - Butch Thompson Trio - Ain't misbehavin' (Red sings)
1:51:15    Credits - Garrison Keillor
1:51:30    Signoff/Music
1:53:06    End

Summary[]

Sudden drop in temperature/Clarence and Arlene Bunsen's plan for LA trip/Town objection to winter vacations to warm climates/School board delays Christmas vacation/Diane Nordberg's father anger that daughter was elected Snow Queen

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