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A Prairie Home Companion for December 23, 2006

December 23, 2006 broadcast with Odetta, Walter Bobbie, Rob Fisher, and Kristin Chenoweth
DateDecember 23, 2006VenueFrom The Town Hall | New York City, NYDuration01:59:00HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's our annual New York Christmas broadcast. Like a 10ft. Douglas fir laden with dazzling ornaments, we'll have an abundance of brilliant talent, including the most celebrated figure in folk music, Odetta, Broadway behemoth Walter Bobbie, conductor and pianist Rob Fisher, and Tony Award winning actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth. Plus, we'll welcome a very special mystery guest, a noted American composer, who will premiere an original holiday opus for neglected orchestral instruments. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman. Sitting in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, fiddler on the loose, Andy Stein. Join us this Saturday for a special holiday show from the Town Hall on West 43rd street.

Tags

Rundown - December 23, 2006Music Information - December 23, 2006Brain script - December 23, 2006Cell script - December 23, 2006Christmas at the Jailhouse - December 23, 2006Ginger - December 23, 2006Guy Noir script - December 23, 2006Ketchup script - December 23, 2006Mrs. Claus script - December 23, 2006Santa Claus is Coming to Town - December 23, 2006Wise - December 23, 2006

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:13 "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Shoes
00:02:37 GK welcomes, talks about Christmas
00:06:28 "Christmas at the Jailhouse" (to the tune of "Mother Was a Lady") - GK, shoes
00:09:22 Cell Script
00:11:28 Peter Schickele introduces the quartet
00:13:02 "O Little Town of Hackensack" - Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet
00:15:23 "Wise" (to the tune of "We Three Kings") - GK, Walter Bobbie, Tim Russell, Shoes
00:17:01 Mrs. Claus Script
00:20:56 Brain Script
00:25:22 "Christmas Blues" - Pat Donohue and the Shoes
00:29:15 Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break with "Gloria In Excelsis" and "Holiday Hoedown" - GK, Schickele Vocal Quartet, Shoes

Segment 2
00:32:50 GK intros Kristin Chenoweth
00:33:28 "What Makes Me Love Him" from "The Apple Tree" - Kristin Chenoweth with Rob Fisher
00:35:55 GK talks with Kristin
00:38:24 "Come on Ring Those Bells" - Kristin Chenoweth, Rob Fisher, Shoes
00:41:08 Guy Noir Script
00:56:40 "Poor Little Jesus" - Odetta with Seth Farber
00:59:37 "O Jerusalem" - Odetta with Seth Farber and Shoes, GK, and Audience
01:03:57 Intermission/"Jingle Bell Rock" - Shoes

Segment 3
01:08:05 GK Welcomes Back
01:08:18 "Ginger" (to the tune of "We Three Kings") - GK, Shoes
01:09:59 Greetings
01:13:06 "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" - GK, Walter Bobbie, Shoes
01:16:00 Peter Schickele Intro
01:20:29 "Joy to the World Especially Out of Work Musicians" - Peter Schickele Ensemble

Segment 4
01:26:10 Ketchup Script
01:29:38 GK talks with Walter Bobbie about Poland
01:32:16 Polish Songs with Walter Bobbie, Shoes, and the Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet
01:34:50 GK talks with Odetta
01:35:47 "Go Tell It on the Mountain" - Odetta with Seth Farber, the Audience and the Shoes
01:39:12 "O Jerusalem" Reprise - Odetta, GK, Seth Farber, Shoes

Segment 5
01:40:49 The News From Lake Wobegon with "O Holy Night" - GK, Shoes, Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet
01:54:35 "Silent Night" - GK, Peter Schickele Vocal Quartet, Shoes, Audience
01:56:54 Credits and Closer - "Joy to the World" - Shoes

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