From 1999 to 2004-ish, I was one of the contributing writers for Garrison Keillor's renowned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." I learned a lot of things there, mostly how to spell 'prairie." It was a solid gig and I'm proud of my work there. But, like any other job, there were...things...
PHC would do these little musical vignettes from time to time, a series of black-out type scenes alternating with a song. I gathered a series of jokes and opinions I had and cobbled them together using "Grandmother's House We Go" as the thread. I even had to add a few verses of my own to pad it along. Uncle Al's rant I lifted from a prose piece I wrote about the pilgrims. I shoved that in there as well. It did not make the cut. So, here it is, as some Thanksgiving leftovers...
