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Recap[]

Guests[]

  • Bill Staines
  • Vern Sutton
  • The Butch Thompson Trio
  • Stevie Beck
  • Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett

Opening[]

Broadcast Rundown[]

unofficial listing from https://phc.creamcityre.com

00:00    (missed beginning minutes) - (missed about 5 min)
00:06    Powdermilk Biscuits Commercial - Garrison Keillor - Giving Powdermilk biscuits for Halloween
01:51    Song(s) - Butch Thompson Trio - Somebody stole my gal (Red sings)
01:58    (Tape/reception probs) - (original recording: looking for better reception)
06:46    Song(s) - Butch Thompson Trio - If someone would only love me
12:02    Powdermilk Biscuits Commercial - Garrison Keillor - Shy children going trick or treating (GK also mentions shaving off beard recently)
16:47    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor -
17:28    GK chat with guests - Bill Staines -
18:26    Song(s) - Bill Staines - Rodeo Rose/Sueno (dream)
25:24    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
27:58    Lake Wobegon businesses Commercial - Garrison Keillor
28:40    Music - Stevie Beck - (unnamed)
31:29    Song(s) - Garrison Keillor - Bringing Mary Home
34:43    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
36:52    Song(s) - Bach/Trikett/Mayo - Muir - The night the whiskey froze/Dylan Bay (?)
43:18    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
44:14    Misc Commercial - Vern Sutton - Chip & dip restaurant
45:51    Song(s) - Garrison Keillor - Ghost of the goblin man/Teddy bear picnic
51:53    Intermission/music - Butch Thompson Trio - After you've gone/Don't give up the ship
1:01:03    Return from intermission - Garrison Keillor
1:01:06    Bertha's Kitty Boutique Commercial - Garrison Keillor - Throat salve
1:01:29    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor
1:01:55    Song(s) - Bach/Trikett/Mayo - Muir - The old blue suit/Dark old waters
1:10:37    The News From Lake Wobegon - Garrison Keillor
1:26:55    Music - Stevie Beck - Chicken reel/Cluck old hen
1:30:03    Greetings/Messages from audience - Garrison Keillor - (Drum solo to friend of Red Maddock)
1:32:09    Misc Commercial - Bill Staines - Damp Cloth stain removers
1:33:29    Song(s) - Bill Staines - Northland
1:37:44    Song(s) - Vern Sutton - Celtic Halloween/All Hallows Eve: Schubert Litany of Saints/Sine Nomine processional
1:48:41    Credits - Garrison Keillor - (GK says Jean Redpath to perform next week)
1:50:30    Song(s) - Bill Staines - Jubilee
1:52:22    End

Summary[]

Halloween/No street lights off of Main Street/Kids scaring each other: cougars in trees/Halloween dance queen/The Olsen family: flying Grandma/Farm failure/Crazy Harold Olsen sell fiddle while drunk/returns to become bachelor farmer/Uplifted by ghosts*** "Farther On" (Song)

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