Segment 1
00:00:00 - Logo
00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
00:00:55 - GK Open
00:01:55 - "Let the Harvest Go to Seed" - Nashville Bluegrass Band
00:06:07 - Thanksgiving script
00:13:01 - "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver read by Meryl Streep
00:14:13 - "Wild Geese" - Gordon Bok
00:16:36 - GK Intro Guy Noir
00:16:56 - Guy Noir/ "The Stuffer"
00:25:08 - "No Thanksgiving for Me" - GK and Pat Donohue
00:27:59 - GK Powdermilk Intro
00:28:33 - Powdermilk Break
Segment 2
00:29:49 - The Lives of the Cowboys
00:38:58 - "Lullaby of Leaves" - Inga Swearingen
00:42:22 - Grandeur script
00:51:12 - GK reads "The Blessing" - James Wright
00:52:38 - "My Love, My God" - Boys of the Lough
00:56:22 - Intermission
Segment 3
01:00:51 - GK Welcome Back
01:02:30 - "Shine on Harvest Moon" - Leon Redbone
01:05:42 - Butter script
01:07:52 - Thanksgiving Cantata
01:16:19 - Bob script
01:26:33 - GK Intro Mono
01:26:52 - "Stuff That Turkey" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
Segment 4
01:29:12 - The News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:42:44 - "Autumn in New York" - Jaki Byard
01:46:19 - Rhubarb script
01:53:46 - GK Credits
01:55:01 - "Thanksgiving Data" - GK sings
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A Prairie Home Companion for November 14, 2009
November 14, 2009 rebroadcast with Meryl Streep, Leon Redbone, Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, and Philip Brunelle
Description
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we get ready for Turkey Day by convening with the ghosts of Thanksgivings past. Guy Noir has a run in with a two-bit criminal known as "The Stuffer,"Meryl Streepreads "Wild Geese" byMary Oliver, andLeon Redbonesings "Shine on Harvest Moon." Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy and Philip Brunelle sing the "Thanksgiving Cantata," we remark upon the mysterious and merciful effects of Tryptophan andThe Guy's All-Star Shoe Bandrocks a tune called "Stuff That Turkey." Plus, a cautionary tale from Lake Wobegon about the time Irene Bunsen decided to break from the traditional holiday menu. All this and more pre-Thanksgiving, harvest time, autumnal musings coming up.