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A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show usually runs two hours on Saturday afternoon from 5 to 7 PM Central Time, and originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is produced by Prairie Home Productions and distributed by American Public Media, and is most often heard on public radio stations in the United States. The show has a long history, existing in a similar form as far back as 1974, and borrowing the name from a radio program in existence ...

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• A Prairie Home Companion - History
• A Prairie Home Companion - Format
• A Prairie Home Companion - Cast
• A Prairie Home Companion - Broadcast information
• A Prairie Home Companion - Film version

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Each show opens with the Spencer Williams composition "Tishomingo Blues" as the theme song, but with lyrics written especially for A Prairie Home Companion. Before 1987, the show's theme was Keillor's singing of the Hank Snow hit "Hello Love." Each show features a weekly story-telling monologue from Keillor, claiming to be a report from Keillor's fictitious hometown of Lake Wobegon, "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve... where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are ...

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A Prairie Home Companion, A Prairie Home Companion - History, A Prairie Home Companion - Format, A Prairie Home Companion - Cast, A Prairie Home Companion - Broadcast information, A Prairie Home Companion - Film version, A Prairie Home Companion - Trivia

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The long-suffering but good-natured host of Just a Minute is Nicholas Parsons. He has held this position since its inception, although at one stage he also swapped the chair with one of the participants as an experiment which was not pursued. Until 1989, Ian Messiter sat quietly on the stage with a stopwatch and blew a whistle when the speaker's minute was up. Ian Messiter died in 1999. In the early years of Just a Minute the four guest spots were generally taken by regulars: Clement Freud (politician ...

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Just a Minute, Just a Minute - Rules, Just a Minute - Scoring, Just a Minute - Inventor, Just a Minute - Regular participants, Just a Minute - Theme tune, Just a Minute - Swedish version, Just a Minute - Compare with

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A first attempt at translating the series for television came with the pilot episode of Big Train in 1998. Directed by Morris, written by Linehan & Matthews and starring the Blue Jam cast (with the exception of Cann, replaced by Simon Pegg), it had much of the offbeat humour from the radio show, but without the ambient feel. When the series was commissioned it was without Morris, and as an entirely separate entity. However, Morris did make a cameo appearance in the first series, narrating a mock nature documentary in which a herd of horseracing jockeys on the Serengeti are stalked and then att ...

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Blue Jam, Blue Jam - Bishopslips, Blue Jam - Derivative shows

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The Goon Show - Harry Secombe. Harry Secombe played these characters Neddie (Hairy) Seagoon, affable but gullible idiot, around whom the plot usually revolves. The patriotic Neddie is always willing to lay down his life for the Crown, and this often gets him into difficult situations. Neddie is often unemployed, and some episodes begin with him accepting a new job. Some jokes are made about his enormous girth, especially when contrasted to his lack of height. Variations of Neddie were sometimes used ...

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The Goon Show, The Goon Show - Background, The Goon Show - Inception, The Goon Show - Format, The Goon Show - Regular cast members, The Goon Show - Harry Secombe, The Goon Show - Spike Milligan, The Goon Show - Peter Sellers, The Goon Show - Michael Bentine, The Goon Show - Other members, The Goon Show - Guest appearances, The Goon Show - Archiving, The Goon Show - The sound of the Goons, The Goon Show - Trivia, The Goon Show - Brandyyy!!!!, The Goon Show - Watch out Moriarity!, The Goon Show - Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb!, The Goon Show - You rotten swine you!, The Goon Show - You silly twisted boy!, The Goon Show - Running Jokes, The Goon Show - Later revivals, The Goon Show - Episodes, The Goon Show - The sincerest form of flattery, The Goon Show - Resources

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman. The chairman (except for a few episodes in the first series) is Humphrey Lyttelton, generally referred to as "Humph" and regarded as a national treasure. He reads the script introducing the programme and segments in an utterly deadpan manner. He claims the secret is just to read what is in front of him without understanding why it is funny. He adopts the grumpy persona of someone who would really rather be somewhere else, which he attributes to worrying that, surrounded by f ...

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - History, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Participants, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Panellists, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Musical Accompaniment, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Commentary, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Scorers, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Humour, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Format, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Games, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Uxbridge English Dictionary formerly New Definitions, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Historical headlines, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - One Song to the Tune of Another, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Cheddar Gorge, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Pick-up Song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Straight face, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Limerick improvisation, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Word for Word, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Sound Charades, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Censored song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Quote... Misquote formerly Complete Quotes, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Mornington Crescent, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Swanee-Kazoo, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Themed film/book club, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Late arrivals at a society ball

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My name is Angus Prune and I always listen to I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (You Don't!) My name is Angus Prune and I never miss I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (Get Away!) I sit in my bath And I have a good laugh Cause the sig tune is named after me (Tell us yer name!) My name is Angus Prune And this is my tune It goes I-S-I-R-T-A I'm Sorry I'll Read That AGA ...

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I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - Catchphrases, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - External link

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Most radio episodes were recorded between one day and three weeks in advance, except in the case of Series 6 which was mostly recorded over a three-week period in June, 1959 to avoid clashing with the pre-recording of Series 5 of the television show. Two episodes of the radion series - The Blackboard Jungle (series 3) and The New Secretary - were re-discovered in 2005. Hancock's Half Hour - Series 1. 16 episodes, November 2, 1954 - February 15, 1955 Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Moira Lister, Sid James, Alan Simpson ...

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Hancock's Half Hour, Hancock's Half Hour - Radio series, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 1, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 2, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 3, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 4, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 5, Hancock's Half Hour - Christmas Special, Hancock's Half Hour - Special remake series for BBC Transcription Services, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 6, Hancock's Half Hour - Television Series, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 1, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 2, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 3, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 4, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 5, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 6, Hancock's Half Hour - Series 7, Hancock's Half Hour - Chronological listing of Hancock's radio and television broadcasts 1954 - 1961

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The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area (locals do not consider Bloomington to be a major city but a very large suburb; until the 2000 census the area was kept in Census records as the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA) as a region of thirteen counties in both Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin, an area which had a population of nearly three million people (2,968,805) in 2000. It is a rapidly growing area, estimates guess the population will increase to four million in 20 years. ...

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Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minneapolis-St. Paul - The region, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Culture, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Arts and Entertainment, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Outdoors, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Religion, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sports, Minneapolis-St. Paul - History, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Transportation, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Roads and highways, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Air travel, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Public transit, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Media, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Print, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Television, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Radio, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Geography and geology, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Climate, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Buildings and structures, Minneapolis-St. Paul - Honors

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Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, Mrs. Slocombe makes frequent references to her "pussy", such as "It's a wonder I'm here at all, you know. My pussy got soakin' wet. I had to dry it out in front of the fire before I left." A child might find this statement funny simply because of the references to her pussy cat, whereas an adult would detect the innuendo (pu ...

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Innuendo, Innuendo - British comedy, Innuendo - U.S. politics

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Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, Mrs. Slocombe makes frequent references to her "pussy", such as "It's a wonder I'm here at all, you know. My pussy got soakin' wet. I had to dry it out in front of the fire before I left." A child might find this statement funny simply because of the references to her pussy cat, whereas an adult would detect the in ...

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Double entendre, Double entendre - British comedy

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The books are described as "a trilogy in five parts", having been described as a trilogy on the release of the third book, and then a "trilogy in four parts" on the release of the fourth book. Some versions of the fifth book also have the words "The fifth part of the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker Trilogy" on the cover. The plots of the television and radio series are more or less the same as that of the first two novels, though some of the events occur in a different order and many of the details are changed. Much of parts five ...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Origin of The Guide, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Original radio series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Life the Universe and Everything, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Mostly Harmless, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Other books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - TV series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Radio series three to five, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Film, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Other adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Stage shows, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - LP album adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Interactive fiction and video games, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Comic books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Hitch-Hikeriana, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The origin of the towel joke, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Cultural references, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - International phenomenon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Notes

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Born Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and known as Dorothy McNulty, she was the daughter of an Irish-American newspaperman, Benny McNulty. She began her show business career as a child by singing at a silent movie theater, and toured in vaudeville as part of an act called The Kiddie Kabaret. She sang and danced with Milton Berle (whom she had known since childhood) and actor Gene Raymond, and appeared on Broad ...

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Penny Singleton, Penny Singleton - Biography, Penny Singleton - Filmography

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Innuendo - In Great Britain. Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, Mrs. Slocombe makes frequent references to her "pussy", such as "It's a wonder I'm here at all, you know. My pussy got soakin' wet. I had to dry it out in front of the fire before I left." A child might find this statement funny simply because of the references to her pussy cat, whereas an adult would detect the innuendo (pussy is sexual sla ...

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Innuendo, Innuendo - Sexual innuendo, Innuendo - In Great Britain, Innuendo - U.S. politics

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Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, Mrs Slocombe makes frequent references to her "pussy", such as "It's a wonder I'm here at all, you know. My pussy got soakin' wet. I had to dry it out in front of the fire before I left." A child might find this statement funny simply because of the references to her pussy cat, whereas an adult would detect the in ...

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Double entendre, Double entendre - British comedy

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The Eighth Doctor returns to Earth in 2005 and discovers that another Time Lord, Marnal, had also survived the destruction of Gallifrey. Marnal, who also claims to be the original owner of the Doctor's TARDIS, blames the Doctor for the cataclysm, and takes him and the TARDIS captive while the insectoid alien Vore invade the Earth. After a cold fusion explosion guts the interior of the TARDIS, the Doctor discovers that K-9 Mark II has been aboard ever since Gallifrey's destruction, with orders from Lady President Romana of Gallifrey to kill him. However, K-9 pauses once it scans the Doctor's mind and discove ...

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The Gallifrey Chronicles, The Gallifrey Chronicles - Plot, The Gallifrey Chronicles - Notes

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Each show opens with the Spencer Williams composition "Tishomingo Blues" as the theme song, but with lyrics written especially for A Prairie Home Companion. It features a weekly story-telling monologue from Keillor, claiming to be a report from Keillor's fictitious hometown of Lake Wobegon, "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve... where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average". The opening words of the monologue never change: "It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobe ...

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A Prairie Home Companion, A Prairie Home Companion - History, A Prairie Home Companion - Format, A Prairie Home Companion - Cast, A Prairie Home Companion - Broadcast information, A Prairie Home Companion - Film version

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Main Article: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cultural references References to the series can be seen on websites, within TV and radio programmes, songs, and in console and computer games. Examples include borrowing Adams's characters' names, or references to the number 42, or other catchphrases, or even reusing "The Hitchhiker's Guide to ..." to title other books and articles (which Adams himself had borrowed from Ken Welsh). ...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Origin of The Guide, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Original radio series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Life the Universe and Everything, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Mostly Harmless, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Other books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - TV series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Radio series three to five, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Film, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Other adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Stage shows, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - LP album adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Interactive fiction and video games, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Comic books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Hitch-Hikeriana, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The origin of the towel joke, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Cultural references, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - International phenomenon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Notes

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Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue's humour is mostly derived from wordplay of one kind or another[1] such as puns or mocking other styles of speech. For example, in a round based on suggesting television programmes from biblical times 'They Think It's All Jehovah', 'I Love Lucifer' and 'The Exodus Files' were all suggested (as plays on They Think It's All Over, ...

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - History, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Participants, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Panellists, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Musical Accompaniment, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Commentary, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Scorers, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Humour, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Format, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Games, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Uxbridge English Dictionary formerly New Definitions, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Historical headlines, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - One Song to the Tune of Another, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Cheddar Gorge, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Pick-up Song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Straight face, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Limerick improvisation, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Word for Word, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Sound Charades, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Censored song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Quote... Misquote formerly Complete Quotes, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Mornington Crescent, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Swanee-Kazoo, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Themed film/book club, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Late arrivals at a society ball

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The show was enormously popular in Britain in its heyday; tickets for the recording sessions at the BBC's Aeolian Hall studio in London were constantly over-subscribed and the various character voices and catchphrases from the show quickly became part of the vernacular. The series has remained consistently popular ever since – it is still being broadcast once a week by the ABC in Australia – and it has exerted a singular influence over succeeding generations of comedians and writers, most notably the creators of Monty Python' ...

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The Goon Show, The Goon Show - Background, The Goon Show - Inception, The Goon Show - Format, The Goon Show - Regular cast members, The Goon Show - Harry Secombe, The Goon Show - Spike Milligan, The Goon Show - Peter Sellers, The Goon Show - Michael Bentine, The Goon Show - Other members, The Goon Show - Guest appearances, The Goon Show - Archiving, The Goon Show - The sound of the Goons, The Goon Show - Trivia, The Goon Show - Brandyyy!!!!, The Goon Show - Watch out Moriarity!, The Goon Show - Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb!, The Goon Show - You rotten swine you!, The Goon Show - You silly twisted boy!, The Goon Show - Running Jokes, The Goon Show - Later revivals, The Goon Show - Episodes, The Goon Show - The sincerest form of flattery, The Goon Show - Resources

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