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A Prairie Home Companion for August 25, 2012

August 25, 2012 rebroadcast with Nick Lowe, Maria Jette, and The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
DateAugust 25, 2012VenueFrom Various venues | Various locationsDuration01:58:59HostGarrison Keillor

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This week onA Prairie Home Companion, an homage to the book (the paper kind) with a show for readers, including Ruth Harrison's encounter with Stephen King,Nick Lowesinging "When I Write the Book," a new version of "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Owl and the Pussycat" set to music. Plus,Maria Jettesings "Juliet's Waltz,"The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York, and The Hopeful Gospel Quartet sings the music of Tennyson. Plus the story of an encounter with "Papa" (Ernest Hemingway) at the Algonquin Hotel in New York, and again at a Lutheran Bible Camp in Michigan.

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Rundown - August 25, 2012

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 APHC Logo Open
00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues
00:00:54 GK Open
00:02:29 Ruth Harrison script (3/31/07)
00:11:43 "When I Write the Book," Nick Lowe (10/11/08)
00:14:56 Anna Karenina script (12/9/00)
00:17:47 "Broom," Russian Chamber Chorus of NY (12/19/09)
00:20:20 GK reads John Updike (1/31/09)
00:24:26 "Crossing the Bar," HGQ (5/30/98)
00:28:11 GK Powdermilk
00:28:42 Powdermilk Biscuit Break (4/2/05)

Segment 2
00:29:59 Bertha's Kitty Literature (6/1/96)
00:31:44 "Owl and Pussycat," GK sings (3/8/03)
00:34:14 GK recites "The Fire of Driftwood," Longfellow (6/20/98)
00:37:19 Princess and the Pea script (5/24/97)
00:44:11 "Juliet's Waltz," Maria Jette (1/23/99)
00:48:07 Ugly Duckling script (1/27/01)
01:00:01 GK Intermission (12/19/09 Intermission)

Segment 3
01:04:20 GK Welcome Back
01:04:54 Guy Noir re: teacher and F. Scott Fitz (9/25/10)
01:18:11 F. Scott script w/TR and Christine DiGiallonardo (9/25/10)

Segment 4
01:37:57 Mono re: Hemingway (and Marklund dogs) (12/7/96)

Segment 5
01:53:52 GK Credits
01:55:01 "Ballad of a Writer," GK sings (5/25/96)

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