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Definitely above Average: Stories and Comedy for You and Your Poor Old Parents
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by Garrison KeillorGarrison Keillor
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Overview
From live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.After the birth of Garrison Keillor's daughter, the stories, songs, and sketches on A Prairie Home Companion took on a distinctly parental bent. This new collection gathers the warmest, funniest, most affectionate examples: dance tunes and comedy with sound effects; songs featuring Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, Beaussoleil, and other guests; Ian Frazier's much-requested "Lamentations of the Father"; and Garrison's version of "The Princess and the Pea." Garrison says, "I test-played this album for my daughter, who is three, and she jumped around a lot."Filled with stories, sketches, and songs recorded from live broadcasts, Definitely Above Average will delight parents and children everywhere.Contents:Oh BabyBananasChildren Go Where I Send TheeThe True Sad Story of Mr. FroggieBaby DanceKnock Knock Who's ThereEl HamboHush Little BabyThe Baby Says HaEstrellitaCount Your BlessingsBrownie and PeteThe Horses Stood Around/Powdermilk Biscuit ThemeTell My MaHappy One StepOh Susanna FantasyWheels On the BusSongs That I Love BestBaby BluesTell Me WhyThe Chord That Jack PlayedA Game of ChessThe Princess and the PeaThe Sound Effects Man Part OneThe Snow QueenThe Sound Effects Man Part Two
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781565114128 |
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Publisher: | HighBridge Company |
Publication date: | 08/02/2000 |
Series: | Prairie Home Companion Ser. |
Edition description: | Abridged; 2.5 hours on 2 CDs |
Pages: | 1 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 5.30(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Garrison Keillor, born in Anoka, Minnesota, is an essayist, columnist, blogger, and writer of sonnets, songs, and limericks. Keillor wrote and hosted the radio show A Prairie Home Companion for forty years. He and his wife, Jenny Lind Nilsson, live in Minneapolis and New York.
Hometown:
St. Paul, MinnesotaDate of Birth:
August 7, 1942Place of Birth:
Anoka, MinnesotaEducation:
B.A., University of Minnesota, 1966Customer Reviews
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