Walking a crowded street in gratitude! It surprises me, a man of pen and paper, that Twitter requires regular maintenance and without the attention of veteran software engineers could easily crash leaving millions of twitterers to write notes on paper, and would they be able to write with a pen or would they need to cut words out of a book and paste them on paper to make sentences, the way kidnappers do in the movies? You’d expect the Head Twit, the world’s richest man, to be smarter than to drive his new acquisition into a bridge abutment, but who knows? Go to Garrison Keillor and Friends on Substack to read the rest of
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A LIVESTREAM and a classic show! This week, the full A Prairie Home Companion cast will return to The Town Hall theater in New York City for a LIVESTREAM event beginning Saturday, November 26, at 7:30 p.m. You can order our post-Thanksgiving A Prairie Home Companion show and watch from your living room via our partner Mandolin. Order here >>>. Or grab the 2-show bundle, which includes our Christmas show from St Louis on December 15. Order the bundle >>>
So that you can enjoy the LIVESTREAM event on November 26, the link for the weekly classic show will debut Sunday at 5:00 p.m. CT on our Facebook page. The classic show travels back to 1999 with a show also from The Town Hall, featuring André Watts and Andrea Marcovicci plus our talented acting company, the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Highlights include another classic Keillor parody that made it to book and CD: “Hush Little Baby.” There’s “Overture to Candide” from André Watts, “You Make Me Feel So Young” from Andrea Marcovicci, “Doxology,” Guy Noir, Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie, and talk about the weather.
The link to the classic show will be posted at 5:00 p.m. CT this Sunday, November 27, but can be accessed anytime using the link below. Listen to this week’s show >>>
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More about this week’s featured guests
André Watts burst upon the music world at the age of 16 when Leonard Bernstein chose him to make his debut with the New York Philharmonic on one of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts, a concert that was broadcast nationwide on CBS-TV. Only two weeks later, Bernstein asked him to substitute at the last minute for the ailing Glenn Gould in performances of Liszt’s E-flat Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, thus launching his career in storybook fashion. More than half a century later, André Watts remains one of America’s most distinguished and celebrated performing artists. Beethoven “Moonlight” >>>
In a career spanning over six decades, Andrea Marcovicci — glamorous, sophisticated, witty raconteur, philanthropist, actress, singer, model, master teacher, mentor, composer, writer, and director — has laughed with Danny DeVito, tussled with Sir Michael Caine, and smooched with Tom Selleck. Her film debut in The Front brought her a Golden Globe nomination. She’s played Broadway, the White House, sold out Carnegie Hall, and ushered in the millennium with the Chicago Symphony. “We’ll Meet Again” >>>
Things For Which I’m Happy
These lyrics run throughout the sketch featured in tonight’s classic show!
Why should I feel discouraged
Why should I mourn or grieve
Why should my heart be heavy
Thinking of New Year’s Eve?
I’ve suffered such discomforts
I burn or else I freeze,
But I’m in a shower of blessings
At a hundred ten degrees. I sing because I’m happy
I sing because I’m pure
The Lord has sent shower of blessings
At a steady temperature.
If I were a better person
I’d stand beneath a pail
Pull a rope and down would come
Water cold as hail.
I’d dry myself with burlap
And according to my vow
Of poverty and silence
I wouldn’t be singing now.
I sing because I’m happy
I sing ’cause I’m not cold,
I’m standing in the shower
Where the temperature’s controlled.
I thank you, Lord, for your mercies,
For trying to show me the way.
The directions are somewhat confusing
But I trust I will get there someday.
But meanwhile thanks for the coffee,
For the bagels and the cream cheese,
For the New York Times and the shower
Of a hundred and ten degrees.
I sing because I’m happy
I sing because I’m free
I sing because I’m in the shower
And it feels so good to me.
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The LIVESTREAM & Other Events Our partners at Mandolin will be presenting both our holiday shows where you can have the live show beamed into your living room and enjoy it from the comfort of your own couch. The Town Hall show this Saturday in addition to the Christmas show from St. Louis on December 15th are available at a savings for the 2-show bundle. Both are available LIVE and then for the next 48 hours for your viewing pleasure. GET the LIVESTREAM bundle >>>
In between these two dates, Keillor & Company (featuring Garrison along with Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard) will travel to Palm Desert, California, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Each will feature a performance of holiday songs, humor, and The News from Lake Wobegon.
Ticket information for these and other events can be found on our EVENTS page. Palm Desert, CA, on November 28th >>>
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, on December 4th >>>
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A Prairie Home Christmas | This A Prairie Home Christmas collection includes selections from several of our Christmas broadcasts. A few of these memorable moments include music from the Hopeful Gospel Quartet and Anonymous 4; Garrison Keillor singing the Danish carol “Det Kimer Nu til Julefest,” a hilarious rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with sound-effects maestro Tom Keith, and a special Christmas edition of The News from Lake Wobegon. 3 hours on 2 CDs. |
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