A Prairie Home Companion Page #2

You try it on.

I don't want to try it on.

It's ugly.

It's the color of vomit.

Oh, sorry.

Old man Soderberg was

one of those people who was on that raft...

and, uh, he went over the rail

and into the river...

and I went in for him

'cause he couldn't swim.

So, I pulled him out.

You saved his life?

Well, not really.

The river was shallow at that point...

but he didn't know that

'cause I had hold of his ankles.

I was towing him into shore.

Hey! It's good to see ya!

Four minutes from broadcast, please.

Four minutes.

Ooh! Hey.

Hey.

Wait a minute.

Where's my bag?

No, no. The bag's here.

I brought it in.

Mom, just look.

Here it is.

Come on, Yolanda.

I swear to God I'm all,

you know, verklempt.

Ha ha ha ha!

Ohh.

Hot.

Yeah. See? Plenty of time.

So he gave you the job at WLT.

Well, his brother did, actually.

Yeah, Art Soderberg.

G.K. to the stage, please.

Art Soderberg gave you the job.

Yeah, it was a...

It was

the early morning show, right?

Rise and Shine Show.

Wilmer Scott, 5 A.M..

Me and Dusty used to have

an early mornin' show.

Is that right?

Excuse me, partner.

Oh, yeah.

Breakfast at the Bunkhouse.

TV show.

And, uh, it showed mostly...

cartoons and stuff.

Remember that?

- Oh, yeah?

- For the kids.

Well, this was... uh, this came on

at 5:
00 in the morning.

And it was... uh, like a gospel show.

- Inspirational show.

- Inspirational show.

Wilmer Scott was the host of it.

Wasn't Wilmer Scott the famous aviator?

No.

Yeah. First man to fly the length

of the Mississippi solo.

- No.

- I don't think so.

Right.

That was his brother Wilbur Scott.

We're now at three minutes...

Flew from New Orleans to Memphis...

all the way up to Minnesota

to Lake Itasca.

And when he got up there,

he tried to fire a signal rocket...

out the cockpit window,

but it was closed.

He became the first civilian pilot

to shoot himself down.

- Ugh!

- No. That was Wilbur.

- You made that story up.

- Right.

No, I'm talking

about Wilmer Scott.

Crashed into the lake

at his moment of triumph.

- No.

- Wilmer.

- Wilmer. Yeah. He was the host...

- No. This was the...

- Right.

- The Rise and Shine Show.

Rise and Shine.

Mr. Keillor, Al's on the verge

of a coronary up there.

Yeah. I'm there.

Now, how did he have time

to fly and do radio?

G.K., sit down.

I gotta do your makeup.

You're thinking of Wilbur Scott, see?

Yeah. It's not the same person.

Not the same person.

- Yeah...

- He was dead.

You know, we used

to have a dog in the act...

when Wanda and Connie were in it...

- and that dog would sing...

- Ooo!

- Ha ha!

- Ha ha ha ha!

We'd sing this old song

and he would howl! Ha ha ha!

Oh, my God, that was a dog.

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