Recap[]
APHC's October 21, 1995, broadcast, performed live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, with dual pianists Irina & Julia Elkina, Broadway star Barbara Cook with Wally Harper on piano, and—singing Keillor's original Thanksgiving mini-opera, "Donna Grazie" Maria Jette, Janis Hardy, and Vern Sutton. With a cameo by Hollywood legend Jack Lemmon, who was in town making a Grumpy Old Men movie—Lemmon has a great conversation with Keillor and then plays a honky-tonk piano number, "When You're Ever-Lovin's Double-Crossing You."
Rebroadcast on September 6, 1997.
Guests[]
Opening[]
"Oh, hear that old piano from down the avenue.
I smell the [noun], I look around for you.
Oh my sweet, sweet old someone, coming through that door.
It's Saturday and the band is playing.
Honey, could we ask for more?"
– Tishomingo Blues
Broadcast Rundown[]
Summary[]
Scripts[]
Links[]
- Listen to the 1997-09-06 rebroadcast at PrairieHome.org