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Christmas

(Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – instrumental in background)

“Well it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And for the next couple of hours, it's going to sound like Christmas too. This is the special yuletide extravaganza edition of TTRH, chock full of Christmas themes, holiday dreams, and jingle bell schemes.

The Singers and the Songs

Tom Archia and Gene Ammons – Swinging for Christmas (Boppin' for Santa)

Leadbelly – Christmas is A-Comin' “One of the few ex-cons who recorded a popular children's album”

Lord Nelson – A Party for Santa “The uncrowned king of Soca ”

Bob Seger & The Last Heard – Sock it to Me Santa “Some people call Bob the poor man's Bruce Springsteen, but personally, I always thought Bruce was the rich man's Bob Seger…love ‘em both though.”

The Staple Singers – Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas “God's greatest hit makers…Managed to mix a serious message with a soulful dancing beat”

Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas – “ I think it's actually against the law to do a Christmas program and not play one of his songs…this is one of the best.”

Johnny Paycheck – Jingle Bells “He made a few Christmas singles, and sings the heck out of them”

Gerry Mulligan & Judy Holiday – It Must Be Christmas

Titus Turner – Christmas Morning

The Bellrays – Poor Old Rudolph “You're thinkin' ‘How come I never heard that?' That's cause it's a new record, but it sounds like an old record…this group is still recording, trying out different sounds. They kinda mix soul music with a punk rock sound…check ‘em out…Google ‘em!”

Bob Dorough & Miles Davis – Blue Xmas

Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra – Far Away Christmas

Patsy Raye and the Beatniks – Beatnik's Wish “Hey Patsy, that was great! I learned that in the coffee houses.”

The Sonics– Don't Believe in Christmas “But they do believe in the power of the B-3 organ. A lot of people think it's a Farfisa but you listen to that solo, and that's a B-3.”

King Stitt – Christmas Tree “He was a toaster, and I don't mean you could put bread in him…That was so good we might play it twice!”

Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns – Silent Night “Featuring Jessie Thomas on vocals, kind of an unorthodox Crescent City version.”

Brave Combo also here – Must Be Santa “They say their mission is to expand the musical taste of their listeners. We have the same mission here on TTRH” images:1 2

The Enchanters – Mambo Santa Mambo

Celia Cruz & La Senora Matancera – Fiesta De Navidad image 1

Hop Wilson & His Buddies – Merry Christmas Darling

Alton Ellis and The Lipsticks – Merry Merry Christmas “Here's one of the prime movers and shakers in ‘ rocksteady ,' the music that kinda came between ska and reggae.”

June Christy – The Merriest “Here's a song by one of the dreamiest about the merriest”

Red Simpson – Truckin' Trees For Christmas “One of the architects of the Bakersfield sound.”

The Youngsters – Christmas in Jail “To all of our friends listening in behind bars, we know you made mistakes, we're sorry you have to be there, but Merry Christmas to all of you, from all of us here, at Theme Time Radio Hour.”

Kay Martin & Her Body Guards – I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas “One of the most popular features on Theme Time Radio Hour is the double entendre – the song that says one thing and maybe means another. This one skates dangerously close to being a single entendre…Kay Martin played in a lot of hotel lounges; our paths crossed more than once when I was on the road. She's a fine performer, always put on a good show.”

Sonny Boy Williamson – Santa Claus “I don't need to tell you anything more about Sonny Boy Williamson, we've played him a lot on TTRH. Here's Sonny Boy with his hands in his baby's dresser drawer, and you wouldn't believe what he's trying to find!”

The Cool Breezers – Hello Mr. New Year

Mabel Mafuya – Happy Christmas, Happy New Year “She sings a style known as jive. Not the kind of jive like Slim Galliard, but more of a Morabi style, sort of like South African ragtime. It's heavily influenced by American jazz, but originally Morabi was played on pianos with accompaniment from pebble filled cans. By the 30's, it incorporated new instruments, like guitars, concertinas, and banjos. New kinds of Morabi sprang up, including a Morabi / swing fusion, called African Jazz and Jive. Here's a great example of it.”

The Larks – Christmas to New Years “Allen Bunn, Tarheel Slim”

Nancy Wilson – What Are You Doing New Year's Eve “By the mid-60's Nancy Wilson was the second biggest seller on Capital Records. You know who number one was? That's right, Glen Campbell. Nah, I'm just kidding. It was the Beatles.”

The Places
Chicago
Louisiana
Tobago
Detroit
Ann Arbor, MI
Hillsboro, OH
Russia
New York
Riverside, CA
Tacoma, WA
Jamaica
New Jersey
Grapeland, TX
Trenchtown
Kingston, Jamaica “If you're spending Christmas in Jamaica, you might see Santa riding a cart and a donkey”
Bakersfield, CA
Manual Arts High School
Soweto, South Africa

People and Players
Bruce Springsteen
Charles Dickens
Oliver Cromwell – abolished Christmas in 1649
George Jones
James Pierpont – wrote Jingle Bells in 1857 “…originally wrote it to be a Thanksgiving song, but it was so popular at his church during Thanksgiving season that it was repeated at Christmas time and caught on, and forever more was known as a Christmas song. It was also the first song broadcast from space.”
Tom Stafford
Wally Schirra “Who do you think gave them the harmonica?”
Orson Wells
Mel Torme – The Velvet Fog
Irving Berlin
Tony Fate
Robert May
Gill Evans
De La Soul
Mel Walker
Frank Zappa “Once told me that Johnny Otis was the inspiration for his distinctive facial hair. He thought it looked good on Johnny so he decided to grow one just like it.”
Clement Clarke Moore
Dexter Quinn – “He's an atheist…You know what his favorite movie is? Coincidence on 34th St.”
The Three Wise Men – Caspar, Balthazar, and Melchior “Three names you don't hear much any more…well, except for Balthazar.”
Count Machuki
Carol Poles
Jack the Ripper
Machito
Tito Rodriguez
Tito Puente
Erroll Garner
Charlie Parker
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Stitt
Pope John Paul II
Fidel Castro “Right now we'd like to say Feliz Navidad to all of our Cuban Friends”
Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard
Ross Bagdasarian / David Seville
Rosemary Clooney
William Saroyan
The Chipmunk s
Alvin Bennett
Simon Waronker
Theodore Keep
Alfred Hitchcock
Jimmy Stewart
Slim Galliard
Dr. Phil
Tony Robbins
The Babylonians “According to research, the most popular resolution in early Babylonia was to return borrowed farm equipment…I wish Harold would bring back my lawn mower.”
Glen Campbell
The Beatles
Robert Burns
Allen Bunn (Tarheel Slim)

Other Songs, Poems and Albums
Leadbelly Sings For Children
Respect Yourself
I'll Take You There
Take this Job and Shove it
Sticks and Stones
All Around the World
Leave My Kitten Alone
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) – played in background
White Christmas – “Irving Berlin struggled with writing a Christmas song. He stayed up all night writing it. The next day he told his secretary, ‘Grab your pen, and take down this song, I just wrote the best song I've ever written. Hell, I just wrote the best song anybody's ever written.' That's pretty confident.”
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (in background)
So What
3 is the Magic Number
Too Much Monkey Business
Silent Night
Roll Truck Roll
Joy To The World
Christmas Bells
Longfellow
Come On-A My House
The Witch Doctor
Auld Lang Syne – Bob recites

Record Labels
Chess Records
Cameo Parkway Label
Stax
Etiquette Records
Okay Records
Coral Records
Capital
Liberty Records
Troubadour Label

Books, Movies, and Other Entertainment
A Christmas Carol
The Pickwick Papers
The Mercury Theater
School House Rock
A Visit From St. Nicholas (‘Twas The Night Before Christmas) – Bob recites
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
People Magazine
The Simpsons
The Honeymooners (clip)
Rear Window

Christmas toasts

A Merry Christmas this December to a lot of folks I don't remember.

May you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten.

Be merry all, be merry all.
With holly dress the festive hall,
Prepare the song, the feast, the ball
Welcome, Merry Christmas!

Guests
Matt Groening
Steven Wright
Barry White
Ellen Barkin
David Hidalgo

Bob's Figgy Pudding recipe
4 oz of plain flour
a pinch of salt – just a pinch!
4 oz bread crumbs
4 oz shredded suet
1 t mixed spice
1 t baking powder
3 oz dark soft brown sugar
8 oz chopped dried figs
finely grated rind & the juice of 1 lemon
2 T milk
2 beaten eggs

Sift salt and flour together, then mix with the remaining dry ingredients. Add the figs, lemon rind and juice, milk, and beaten eggs. Beat well. Mixture should have a soft dropping consistency. Put into a greased 2 pint pudding basin, cover securely and steam for 3 hours.

“I like it served with heated golden syrup topping, and a generous pour of custard – makes me hungry just talking about it. My engineer Tex Carbone likes vanilla ice cream on it; I don't understand that at all.”

“We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, a pocket full of money and a cellar full of beer.”

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Women's Names

"Tonight we're gonna talk about a subject close to my heart, women's names. That which we call are nearest and dearest, those who we love and want to love. Let me quote William Shakespeare to ya: 'What's in a name that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet' .”

The Singers and The Songs
Arthur Alexander -Anna
Buddy Holly and the Crickets -Peggy Sue “Originally called Cindy-Lou”
The Kinks-Lola
Calvin Boze and His All-stars-Safronia B“If you're gonna crank something up, crank this up.”
Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin- Louise
The Jaynetts -Sally Go Round the Roses
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys-Corrina, Corrina
Billie Holiday-Mandy is Two
Ralph and Carter Stanley -Little Maggie
Alexandra Elene MacClean“Sandy” Denny -Pretty Polly (Broadside Ballads)
The Chimes-Zindy Lou
Roy Orbison-Claudette
Frank Sinatra-Nancy
Bo Diddley-Mona
Gene Allens-Sweet Jennie Lou

Other People, Singers and Songs
Dan Penn
Spooner Oldham
Billy Shile
Rick Hall
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
“You Better Move On”
Edgar Allan Poe “Fender-Bender Poet”
Jerry Allison
Dave Berry
Louis Jordan
James Cotton
Zell Sanders
Leslie Valentine
Abraham
Isaac
Bo Chapman and the Mississippi Sheiks
Ashley and Abernathy
Big Joe Turner
Johnny Mercer
Georgia Amanda Mercer
Collie Kipper
“Darling Corey”
Tony Allen
“Night Owl”
The Everly Bros.
Phil Silvers (Sgt. Bilko)
Jimmy Van Heusen
Nancy Sinatra
“Sugar Town”
“Summer Wine”
“Lightning's Girl”
“Some Velvet Morning”
“These Boots are Made for Walking”
“Something Stupid”
Carl Sandberg

Literature
AnnabellLee -Edgar Allen Poe

Places
Muscle Shoals
Texas
Chile
Japan
Spain
Denmark
Scotland
Norway
Sweden
West Memphis
Chicago
Davenport, Iowa

Women's Names
Peg
Meg
Margaret
Pearl
Maria
Masake
Luchia
Emma
Eloise
Lois
Louisa
Louella
Louisiana
Lulu
Lola
Lolita
Annetta
Oprah “Her name backwards is Harpo”
Sarah
Amanda

Spelling Songs
BABY-Carla Thomas
CHICKEN-The McGee Brothers
Rock in the USA -John Mellencamp
DIVORCE-Tammy Wynette
Gloria“Dave Berry once said that if you drop a guitar down the stairs it'll play Gloria on it‘s way to the bottom. Let's see if that's true.”

Guest
Billy Vera
Jenny Lewis

Record Labels
Aladdin
Chess
Jay and S
Atlantic

Movie
John Garfield Movie?
Taxi Driver
Lolita

Jump Rope Songs
“Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.”

Women's Name Alphabet
Abigail
Beth
Carly
Diane
Eve
Francine
Gloria
Hillary
Isabelle
Julie
Katherine
Laura
Melissa
Natalie
Olivia
Penelope
Quincy
Rachel
Stacy
Tracy
Ursula
Viviane
Wendy
Xenia
Yvonne
Zelda

“And with that we take our leave. We'll see ya next week on theme time radio hour, themes, dreams and schemes and things of that nature.”

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Hair

“We got quite a show for you tonight. it's about a subject that everyone's familiar with, and I can talk about it off the top of my head…Gonna be playin songs about hairdos and hair don'ts.”

The Singers and The Songs

Bill Carlisle – Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down “The Voltaire of Hillbilly music”

They Might Be Giants – Bangs

Eddie Noack – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Piano Red – Baldheaded Lena

Sonny Burgess – Red Headed Woman “You hear a record like that and you wish more rockabilly bands had trumpets”

J.B. Leniour – Don't Touch My Head

Ray Price – Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women

Roy Bird and His Blues Jumpers – Bald Head
(Professor Longhair)

Hank Ballard – How You Gonna Get Respect “A political statement that you can dance to”

Joe Clay – Don't Mess With My Ducktail “He may not have made it big, but that doesn't mean his records weren't any good.”

Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five – Chartreuse

Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo

Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson – Cleanhead Blues

Johnny Cash – You're My Baby (demo)

Other People and Players
Cliff Carlisle
George C. Scott
Dolly Parton – “I'm not offended by all those dumb blonde jokes, because I know I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde. A wise woman that Dolly Parton.”
Paul Gaughin
Kurt Schwitters
Beck
Dr. Feelgood and the Interns
Basil Wolverton – cartoonist who drew Lena the Hyena
Al Capp – Lil' Abner
Salvador Dali
Frank Sinatra
Boris Karloff
Matt Groening
Lucille Ball
Muddy Waters
Jack Benny
Carl Reiner
Alan Brady
Nikolai Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
James Brown
Joe Cirello – barber from Philly who claimed to have invented the duck's ass in 1940
Egyptians
Coco Chanel
Clara Bow – grew a bob “Maybe someone should write a song for these women called ‘Almost Grew My Hair'”
Billy Boy Arnold
Bo Diddley
Larry Chess
The Brothers Grimm
Rapunzel
P.G. Wodehouse

Famous Bald People
Yule Brenner
Sean Connery
Larry David
Mister Clean
Ron Howard
Samuel L Jackson
Howard Mandel
Charlie Brown
Charles Barkley
Andre Aggassi
Lex Luther
“I gave a bald-headed friend a comb. You know what he said? I'll never part with it.”

Kings Who Wore Wigs
Louis the eighth
Edward the first
Louis the twelfth
King Phillip
King George The Second

Places
Massachusetts
Tahiti
Lower Slobovia
Prairieville, TX
Louisiana
Bourbon Street
Jersey City, NJ
Chicago
England

Famous People Who Wore Bangs
The Beatles
Marlo Thomas
Prince Valiant
Moe – “Arguably the smartest of the Three Stooges, but I'm more of a Shep man myself”
Andy Warhol

Famous Redheads
Red Buttons
Malcolm X
Alexander The Great
Billy the Kid
Wilma Flintstone
Galileo
Sinclair Lewis
Yosemite Sam
Bette Midler
Molly Ringwald
Little Orphan Annie

Famous Blondes
Grace Kelly
Marilyn Monroe
Britney Spears
Lisa Kudrow
Goldie Hawn
Paris Hilton
Gorgeous George (The Human Orchid)

Other Songs and Albums
Devil's Haircut
Electric Mud
Pomp and Circumstance
Almost Cut My Hair – Bob quotes a few lines in an email from D. Crosby
I'm a Man
I Wish You Would

Record Labels
Sun
Cool Records
Chess
Vee-Jay

Movies, Magazines, Books, TV Shows and other Entertainment

Life Magazine
Mad Magazine
Matt Groening
Lucille Ball
Children's and Household Tales
The Dick Van Dyke Show (clip)

Hairstyles
Afro
Bangs
Beehives
Big Hair
The Bun
The Horseshoe Flat top
The Duck's Ass (a.k.a The Ducktail)
Layered Hair
Low and tight
The Beatle Haircut
The Mop-Top
The Permanent Wave
The High Top Fade “I've had a number of these haircuts. Some are more flattering than others.”
Conch (The Process)
The Elephant Trunk

Famous Hairstylists
Jose Hibert
Christoff
Allen Edwards
JC Berton
Vidal Sassoon

Hair Product Jingles
Dippity-Do
Royal Crown
Brill Cream (a little dab'll do ya)
Hair Club For Men

Blonde jokes –I don't condone these jokes, I just repeat them in the public interest

Hair Quotes
Shakespeare “There's many a man who has more hair than wit.”
Samuel Goodman Hoffenstein “Babies haven't any hair old men's head are just as bare from the cradle to the grave lies a haircut and a shave.”
Albert Einstein “Long hair minimizes the need for barbers, socks can be done without, one leather jacket solves the coat problem for many years, suspenders are superfluous.” “I always knew I liked that guy”-Bob

Guest
Billy Vera
Ricky Gervais (talking about his hairstyles)

Hair Care Tips
Brush your hair before going to bed each night
Avoid brushing wet hair (it stretches and eventually breaks)
Trim you hair once every 7 weeks to avoid spilt ends
Never wash you hair with very hot or very cold water
Learn to relax, hair loss can be caused by stress
If you hair is oily cut down on fried food and fat
Drink plenty of Water

“There's only one cure for gray hair; It was invented by a Frenchman. It's called the Guillotine. You may not like getting gray hair, but consider the alternative”
-PG Wodehouse

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Musical Instruments

It's night time in the big city
A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper
A writer stares at a blank sheet paper

The Singers and Songs

Bonzo Dog Band-The Intro and The Outro
Roy Montrell-Everytime I Hear That Mellow Saxophone
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys-Uncle Pen
Bill Watkins-Big Guitar
Nehemiah-Reid-The Fiddler
Henry Allen-Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
Johnnhy Mercer-When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba Down in Cuba
The Fresh Young Fellows-Hillbilly Drummer Girl
The Davis Sisters-Fiddle
Dinah Washington-Big Long Slidin' Thing "You know what she's talkin' about with "That Big Long Slidin' Thing"
Stevie Wonder-Hey Mr. Harmonica Man
The Stones PoneysDiffernet Drum
Don Rich and the Buckaroos-Round Hole Guitar
Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys-Trombone Cholly
Tom Waits-The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra-Crazy Bout A Saxophone

Other Singer, Songs and People
Fats Domino
Lee Allen
Nero
Angel Gabriel
Herman Hatfield
“As Time Goes By”
R.E.M
Victor Borge
“The End of the World”
Mike Nesbit
The Monkees
Buck Owens
Andre Segobia-”A guitar is a small orchestra. It's polyphonic, every string is a different color, a different voice.”
Wayne Newton
Charlie Greene
Fletcher Henderson
Benny Carter
Chick Web
Don Redmond
Kaiser Marshall
Madison's Lively Stones
George Holland and The Happyland Band
Norvis Miller and The Kings of Harmony
John Carlond Holmes
Jack Kerouac
Eddie “lockjaw” Davis
Sam Taylor

Female Drummers
Meg White
Tennessee Thomas
Gina Shock
Maryanne Lina
Karen Carpenter

Drummer Jokes
Anyone know the difference between a drummer and a savings bond? Eventually, a savings bond will mature.

Places
The Netherland
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Korea
Germany
Rome
Troy
Cuba
Seattle
Kentucky
Syosset, NY
Belgium

Record Labels
Lee

Instruments
Kettle Drumn
Rattle
Jew's Harp
Talking Drum
Tambourine
Turango
Guitar
Harp
Hooked Harp
Lute
The Musical Bowl
Dulcimer
Ukulele
Violin
Buzoki

The Moscophone
French Horn
Harmonica
Duck Flute
Traverse Flue
Organ
Recorder
Reed Pipe
Mandolin
Banjo
Bagpipe
Accordion
The Whistle
Theremin
Tenor Sax
Oboe
Fiddle “The violin sings, the fiddle dances or as some bluegrass musicians say, the fiddle is a violin with attitude”

Cello
Guitar Roane
Lyre
Trombone
Harmonica “The harmonica is America's #1 selling instrument. You're Welcome.”
Electric Organ
Piano

Lit
The Horn

Guest
Rickey J
Penn Gillette-Talking about Eddie Eddy The Cello Player
Pete Wolfe
Keb Mo'

Movies and TV
Rusty in Orchestraville
Tubby the Tubba
Sweet and Lowdown

“Don't be sharp, don't be flat, be natural”

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Luck

It's night time in the big city
Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf
Milk in the coffee only turns it gray.

“As Albert Einstein once said: I will never believe that God plays dice with the universe. Well, I'm not usually one to disagree with someone as smart as Albert Einstein, but today going to look at the idea of playing dice with the universe, as we examine the world of luck. Good luck and bad luck. Luck of the draw. Dumb luck. The luck of the lady and the luck of the Irish. Lucky ducky and pressin' your luck. We're talking about being lucky in love and tough luck. We're gonna be talking about hard luck and down on your luck. And as luck would have it we're gonna be talkin' about shit outta luck.”

The Singers and The Songs
Paul Evans – Happy Go Lucky Me

B. B. King – Bad Luck Soul “Lemon called it ‘Bad Luck Blues.' A few years later in 1961 B.B. recorded this.”

Eddie Dugosh and The Ah-Ha Playboys – Bad Luck Come My Way “Sometimes you just play a record because you like the name of the band. I love the name of this band, but I also love the record...They later switched to a more rock and roll sound.”

Buddy and Ella Johnson – Alright, Okay, You Win “We play Buddy Johnson a lot of Theme Time Radio Hour, and for good reason – he's a forgotten guy who made a whole lot of great records. What we haven't done is played his sister, who was the singer with the band. So here's brother and sister…”

Lazy Lester – The Same Thing Could Happen To You “Talking about various things that could bring bad mojo upon ya.”

Annie Ross and Zoot Sims – I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Roosevelt Sykes – You Can't Be Lucky All The Time

Eddie Noack – Take It Away, Lucky “He wanted to be a journalist. We got enough journalists, but not enough people who can sing and write like Eddie Noack”

Guitar Slim – Bad Luck Blues “Here's another guy named Eddie, Eddie Jones. But he recorded under the name Guitar Slim. He's one of them wild blues guitar players. He wore brightly colored suits and he would dye his hair blue or green or orange to match the suit. He traveled with a 350 foot guitar chord, so he could wander way out of a club while he was playing…I think he plays pretty good.”

Kay Starr – Wheel Of Fortune “She had so many pop hits, that people forget that she got her start as a solid jazz singer. No matter what you call it, it's just great singing.”

The Stanley Brothers – If I Lose

The Orbits – Mr. Hard Luck

Little Johnny Taylor – You Win, I Lose

Wynn Stewart – Three Cheers For The Loser “The Bakersfield sound is well represented by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, but there's one other guy who sometimes gets ignored…and we want to shine the Theme Time spotlight on him right now” (applause)

Frank Sinatra – Here's To The Losers

Other Songs and Albums
Roses Are Red My Love
Bad Luck Blues (clip)
Lucky Seven (The Skatalites) (clip)
Twisted (clip)
Psycho
The Things I Used To Do (clip)
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
(in background)

Record Labels
Sarge
Excello
Imperial
Starday
King
Chess
Galaxy
Challenge
Reprise

Other People and Players
Albert Einstein
Bobby Vinton
Elvis Presley
Jackie Wilson
Reba McIntire
John Waters
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Willie Nelson
Doug Salm
Johnny Olenn
Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emily Dickinson
Lightnin' Slim
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross “They took jazz songs and wrote lyrics for the solos”
Wardell Gray
Joni Mitchell
Bette Midler
Duke Ellington
Monty Hall
Roy Crock
Henry Ward Beecher
Hammurabi
Judas
Lee Allen
Jean Cocteau
Leon Payne
Buddy Guy
B. B. King
Earl King
– had to perform as Guitar Slim when Guitar Slim was too drunk to play
Ray Charles
Charlie Poole
Earl Scruggs
Robert Burns (unlucky poet)
The Quails
Cosmo Mattassas
Earl Palmer
The Druids
Sir John Milton
Johnny Taylor
The Mighty Clouds of Joy
Buck Owens
Merle Haggard
William F. Bennett (President Bush's Drug Czar)

The Places
San Antonio
Mesopotamia
New Orleans
Houston
Dougherty, OK
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Bakersfield

Guest
Penn Gillette

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