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A Prairie Home Companion for December 31, 2005

December 31, 2005 broadcast with Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger, Howard Levy, Andy Stein, Sally Dworsky, Billy Collins, Jearlyn Steele, and Suzanne Ohlman
DateDecember 31, 2005VenueFrom The Fitzgerald Theater | St. Paul, MNDuration00:22:14HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This Saturday, from the Fitzgerald Theater, we'll attempt a feat many thought impossible. A New Year's Evetriple play. Our first show will feature the formidable talents ofButch Thompson,Duke Heitger,Howard Levy,Andy Stein,Sally Dworsky, and poet laureateBilly Collins, along with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and the Royal Academy of Radio Acting. Afterwards, Garrison will host a gala dinner party for a few hundred of our beloved listeners, while we Web cast some of the best New Years material from the past. Then, we'll be back for a special late night show (10 pm-1 am CST), featuring all of the early cast, completely new material, plus singersJearlyn Steeleand Suzanne Ohlman. With the help of some B vitamins, an espresso machine, and pure oxygen, we're going to party like it's 1999.Again.

Tags

Rundown - December 31, 2005Music Information - Early Show - December 31, 2005Bush script - December 31, 2005Catchup script - December 31, 2005Club script - December 31, 2005Drunk - December 31, 2005Guy Noir script - December 31, 2005RCA script - December 31, 2005Rhubarb script - December 31, 2005SFX script - December 31, 2005Virtue script - December 31, 2005

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues, opening credits
00:02:21 GK opens, talks about New Year's Eve, various years according to various calendars
00:03:23 "I Like It Like That" - Pat Donohue and women's quintet
00:05:36 GK talks about Eubie Blake
00:06:01 "Bandana Days" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:09:00 GK remembers that New Year's Eve is a good night for babysitting
00:09:33 "Leaves That Are Green Turned to Brown" (Drunk lyrics) - GK and Pat

Segment 2
00:12:26 Rhubarb script
00:17:12 "Art is Calling For Me" - Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard
00:21:11 GK intros Billy Collins
00:23:00 Billy Collins reads 'The Trouble With Poetry'
00:25:20 Billy Collins reads 'The Lanyard'
00:28:04 Billy Collins reads 'Flock'
00:28:59 "Howlin' For My Darlin'" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
00:31:54 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
00:33:18 SFX script, with Tom Keith

Segment 3
00:43:08 GK introduces Jearlyn Steele
00:43:25 "Gonna Build A Mountain" - Jearlyn Steele and band
00:45:19 Guy Noir script
00:57:50 GK announces intermission/"Linger Awhile"

Segment 4
01:02:00 Welcome Back to the Second Half, greetings
01:04:02 Bush script
01:08:04 "Sidewalk Blues" - Howard Levy and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
01:13:30 "All The Good Times Are Passed and Gone" - GK and Prudence
01:16:30 Catchup script
01:19:45 "What's Good About Goodbye" - Suzanne Ohlmann
01:23:27 GK introduces Butch, Duke, band
01:24:41 "Aintcha Got Music" - Butch Thompson, Duke Heitger

Segment 5
01:27:00 GK talks with Billy Collins
01:29:24 Billy Reads 'The Revenant'
01:31:50 "Why Don't You Love Me" - Billy Collins, Prudence Johnson, and band
01:34:22 Club script
01:35:48 "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" - Sally Dworsky and band
01:38:48 News From Lake Wobegon
01:52:26 "Body & Soul" - Butch Thompson, piano and Duke Heitger, trumpet
01:55:46 Credits, "Having A Party" closer

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