(GK: Garrison Keillor, SS: Sue Scott, TK: Tom Keith, TR: Tim Russell, RD: Rich Dworsky)
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SS: I was thinking it'd be nice to go to more concerts this fall - it seems like we never go to hear music anymore - did you see that the Early Music Consort is doing a program of 17th Century English courtship music at the college Saturday night?

TR: No, I didn't.

SS: It was in the paper - they're doing a whole suite of airs and dances for soprano and lute and viols. And there's a countertenor. Would you like to go?

TR: What night?

SS: Saturday night.

TR: Oh.

SS: Is that okay?

TR: Sure.

SS: I just thought it'd be nice to get out of the house. Maybe we could go out to dinner afterward. We could ask Annette and her husband. The poet.

TR: Right.

SS: It's the first concert in a series - Echoes of the Renaissance. We could go to that little vegetarian place that just opened, Leaves of Grass. I've heard they make a wonderful beet and ginger soup.

TR: Good. Let's go.

SS: Well you don't sound very enthused about it.

TR: It's fine.

SS: I thought you liked Renaissance music. You used to.

TR: It's fine. If you want to go, let's go.

SS: Well, I don't want to drag you off to something you hate.

TR: It's okay.

SS: Would you rather go to the poetry reading by -

TR: No.

SS: So you want to go hear the Early Music Consort?

TR: Sure.

SS: Good. Do you think I should wear my hair up or down? To the concert - Which way do you like it?

TR: I like it both ways.

SS: Which do you like better?

TR: They're both good.

SS: Which way? Up or down?

TR: I guess down.

SS: Oh. Are you sure?

TR: Up is good, too. I like up.

SS: You're just saying that.

TR: No, I do. I like up.

SS: Okay, I'll wear it up, if that's what you want.

TR: Good.

SS: But why didn't you say so in the first place?

TR: Well -

SS: By the way, do you notice anything different about my hair?

TR: Different about your hair?

SS: Yes.

TR: Now? (THREE BEATS) It's up?

SS: I mean, the color.

TR: Is it lighter?

SS: It's darker ...

TR: Darker! Right.

SS: I had it dyed auburn.

TR: Oh, sure. That's nice. I like that.

SS: You didn't even notice.

TR: I knew something was different.

SS: What else is different about me?

TR: (TWO BEATS) Is it above your waist or below?

SS: Just look. You'll see. Notice anything?

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TR (ANNC): Why Men Go Deer Hunting ... because when you're out in the woods with the guys, you're having a good time (TK: Have a beer. OPEN POP-TOP. TR: Thanks. TK: No problem. How about another brat?), you're sitting around the woodstove at the shack and shooting the breeze and no guy ever asks you ... (TK: Do you like my hair this way?) A message in the public interest from AHA, the American Hunting Association. (SHOTGUN BLAST)

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