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A Prairie Home Companion for July 17, 2010

July 17, 2010 rebroadcast with Dave Frishberg, Donald Hall, and Maria Jette
DateJuly 17, 2010VenueFrom Various venues | Various locationsDuration01:58:59HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a show for all the summer readers who are able to recline in a patch of shade and read a book the way it was meant to be read: cover to cover, uninterrupted by life's troubles. In this compilation, Anna Karenina meets up with a good Minnesota boy rather than a brooding, horse-racing Russian,Dave Frishbergsings a song about the 1919 World Series, and the Host recites his version of Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat."Donald Hallchimes in with a reading from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" -Maria Jettesings Gounoud's "Juliet's Waltz" from his opera "Romeo and Juliet" - and a revisionist version of "Streetcar Named Desire." Plus, The Public Domain Free of Copyright Non-Royalty-Paying Radio Theater presents Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Ducking" - featuringSue Scott, Tim RussellandTom Keith. In Lake Wobegon, summertime is the perfect time to read a good book.

Tags

Rundown - July 17, 2010

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 - Logo
00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
00:00:53 - GK Intro
00:03:16 - "Casey at the Bat" - GK
00:09:04 - "Catbird Seat" - Dave Frishberg
00:12:49 - Anna Karenina script
00:15:39 - "Broom" - The Russian Chamber Chorus of NY
00:18:11 - GK Intro Ruth
00:18:26 - Ruth Harrison script
00:23:59 - GK sings "Owl and Pussycat"
00:26:26 - GK Powdermilk Intro
00:27:21 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
00:28:40 - Reading from "The Great Gatsby" - by F. Scott Fitzgerald with GK, Donald Hall, Tobias Wolf, and Eleanor Lanahan (F. Scott's granddaughter)
00:39:03 - "If I Could Be With You" - Butch Thompson and Duke Heitger
00:41:43 - GK Intro Longfellow
00:42:32 - GK recites "The Fire of Driftwood" - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
00:45:42 - "Crossing the Bar" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet
00:49:21 - The Princess and the Pea script
00:56:13 - "Juliet's Waltz" - Maria Jette
01:00:05 - GK Intermission/"Avalon" - Shoes )

Segment 3
01:04:50 - GK Welcome Back
01:07:03 - Ugly Duckling script with strings
01:18:55 - GK Reads John Updike
01:23:01 - GK Intro Mono
01:23:58 - "Summer Evening" - Greg Brown

Segment 4
01:27:27 - The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:45:48 - GK Williams Intro
01:46:45 - "Streetcar Named Desire" re-make script
01:50:23 - "Stella's Trip Medley" - Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain
01:54:20 - GK Credits
01:55:30 - "When I Write the Book" - Nick Lowe
01:58:37 - GK Recorded Credits

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