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Recap[]

Aired live on September 7, 1984.

Guests[]

  • Sally Rogers
  • Glenn Ohrlin
  • Jimmy Driftwood
  • Dakota Dave Hull
  • The Butch Thompson Trio
  • Blue Flame Review

Opening[]

"Well, look who's coming through that door,
I think we've met somewhere before.
Hello, love. (Ah, yes) 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.

0:00:32    Hello Love sign-on/Guest rundown: Garrison Keillor
0:01:51    GK chat with guests: Butch Thompson Trio -- (2 prior weeks were reruns)
0:04:20    Music: Butch Thompson Trio -- Linger a while/Sweet substitute (With Dakota Dave Hull)
0:14:26    Powdermilk Biscuits Commercial: Garrison Keillor -- Theological meaning of PMB/Preaching & Smiting
0:20:26    Song(s): Sally Rogers -- A little man of my own/Fate of Franklin
0:28:55    Lake Wobegon businesses Commercial: Garrison Keillor -- Chatterbox remodeling
0:30:28    Song(s): Jimmy Driftwood -- (mouth music/Indian songs) /Battle of New Orleans
0:38:59    Greetings/Messages from audience: Garrison Keillor
0:39:35    Short Monologue: Garrison Keillor -- Whippets news
0:40:25    Song(s): Blue Flame Review -- Pig Latin serenade/Are you afraid to die?/Stay away from me
0:50:18    Greetings/Messages from audience: Garrison Keillor
0:51:12    Poem(s): Garrison Keillor -- (Margaret Haskins Durber poem) Wedding poem
0:54:07    Intermission/music: Butch Thompson Trio -- (Rerun: Voice over about LW Loyalty Days)
1:00:59    Song(s): Sally Rogers -- Old violin/Raising the Mary Ellen Carter
1:01:27    Return/Greetings: Garrison Keillor
1:23:02    Song(s): Glen Orlin -- Boomer Johnson camp cook/I wish I was single again
1:12:20    Greetings/Messages from audience: Garrison Keillor
1:13:14    News From Lake Wobegon: Garrison Keillor
1:32:04    Credits: Garrison Keillor
1:32:59    Song(s): Blue Flame Review -- (The woman who played cards)
1:39:26    Greetings/Messages from audience: Garrison Keillor
1:40:03    Song(s): Jimmy Driftwood -- Father oh dear father
1:43:57    Music: Butch Thompson Trio -- (unnamed)
1:48:49    Credits: Garrison Keillor
1:49:40    Signoff/Music: (Musical guests combined)
1:50:22    End

Summary[]

Sidetrack stayed open too late/Tollerude family's house too small/Daughter baby sits and gets scared by TV movie/Darryl Tollerude's long day stuck in granary

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