April 14, 1970 - Garrison Keillor hosts The Morning Program with skits on lawn care and sex tips. The newscast includes the Apollo 13 moon expedition news, which had a problem explosion and includes Mission Control actualities, including the famous "Houston, we've had a problem."
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December 9, 1970 - Date from transcript is December 9, 1970. Includes Garrison Keillor talking about the show start time varying from day to day while waiting for the New Brighton transmitter to come on.
April 7, 1987 - Raw audio of Bill Holm voicing pieces for the Morning Show. With introductory remarks about what the audio is. Four stories, some about life in China.
August 28, 1987 - An early morning at the Minnesota State Fair with Dale Connelly and colleagues as they present a live broadcast of The Morning Show from the poultry barn. The hour includes commentary, skits, interviews, and performances…oh, and a lot of chickens.
August 23, 1991 - On this special ‘Live at the State Fair’ of The Morning Program, hosts Jim Ed Poole and Dale Connelly discuss suggestions for a Minnesota State Fair song with local singer-songwriter Ann Reed and callers. Food and animals are the most popular pitches amongst listeners.
June 22, 1992 - A broadcast of MPR’s The Morning Show at The Centrum, located at Concordia College in Fargo-Moorhead. Program contains skits, interviews, performances and readings.
November 18, 1998 - As Ventura prepares to take office, he is sure to remember the political experts and lobbyists who gave him little respect before the election. Now some of those same people are flocking to his office asking for jobs. Morning Show humorist Dale Connelly imagined how those ‘career politicians’ are feeling about now with the song creation "Governor Body"...(with apologies to Leonard Bernstein and his "Officer Krupky" from West Side Story).