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Recap[]

November 11, 1995, with the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Butch Thompson & Laura Sewell, Roy Blount Jr., and the Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series telling the true story of Handel, who really wrote a THANKSGIVING ORATORIO, recently found in a chicken coop. Comic sketches about sibling rivalry, Dusty and Lefty contemplating marriage, and sound-effects man Tom Keith singing Scottish songs.

Rebroadcast on November 15, 1997.

Guests[]

  • The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
  • Butch Thompson & Laura Sewell
  • Roy Blount Jr.
  • the Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series

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


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