2008 REWIND
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's our Second Annual Year-End Rewind with a compilation of 2008's memorable moments. We'll revisit the debuts of Nick Lowe, Nellie McKay and tenor Raúl Melo. Yo-Yo Ma will toast the New Year, Martin Sheen will take on the role of James Joyce in an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys, and Brad Paisley sings a tune about leaving the toilet seat down. Guy Noir goes on Pope Patrol during the April 2008 papal visit to New York, and Ruth Harrison turns down a chance to sail the globe with a swarthy romance novelist. All that, plus we remember the Tollerud's trip to Costa Rica.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Open
- 00:03:17 - "Blues When I Exercise" - Pat Donohue
- 00:06:29 - The Lives of the Cowboys with Martin Sheen
- 00:18:30 - "Crayola" - Kristin Andreassen
- 00:22:06 - GK Intro Nick Lowe/Ruth Harrison
- 00:22:28 - "When I Write the Book" - Nick Lowe
- 00:25:38 - Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian
- 00:33:37 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:34:03 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break with Maria Jette
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Segment 2
- 00:37:01 - Dad script
- 00:42:54 - GK Intro Nellie McKay/Raúl Melo
- 00:43:17 - "Testify" - Nellie McKay
- 00:46:47 - Tenor script with Raúl Melo
- 00:57:30 - "Che Gelida Manina" - Raúl Melo
- 01:01:52 - Intermission
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Segment 3
- 01:05:04 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:05:28 - Guy Noir
- 01:17:48 - "The Blues" - GK and Butch Thompson
- 01:26:41 - "Gold" - Emmylou Harris
- 01:30:01 - GK Introduces Brad Paisley
- 01:30:31 - "Toilet Seat Down" - Brad Paisley
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Segment 4
- 01:33:40 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:50:18 - "Lift Him Up" - Old Crow Medicine Show
- 01:54:09 - GK Closing Credits
- 01:55:26 - "Toast to the New Year" - Yo-Yo Ma and Rich Dworsky
- 01:58:33 - Credits
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