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APRIL FOOL'S WITH HARRY SHEARER
Tomfoolery and trickery for April Fool’s! We examine several hoaxes in the history of American music including the strange story of faux blues man Otis ‘Elevator’ Gilmore. We’ll also investigate the market of finger traps and hand-buzzers from an old-timer in the joke shop business. Comedian Harry Shearer drops in for visit with tales of his role in an Abbot and Costello movie, his days with the band Spinal Tap, and his current role as voice master for The Simpsons. Plus music from Spike Jones, Eric Dolphy, Jonathan Richman and Aretha Frankin.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Hokey Wolf
Hanna-Barbera Classics Vol. 1, Rhino - Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin
Lady Soul, Rhino - Fool at the Wheel Little Richard
The Formative Years, Bear Family - Class Clown George Carlin
Classic Gold, Warner Bros - She Doesn't Laugh at My Jokes Jonathan Richman
Having a Party with Jonathan Richman, Rounder - Instrumental: I'm a Mindless Idiot Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets II, Ryko - Trickster Junior Delgado
20 Classic Hits, Sonic Sounds - Dirty Tricks The Sweet Inspirations
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol.3, Fantasy - Trick Pat Martino
East!, Fantasy - Joker k.d. lang
Drag, Warner Bros - Instrumental: The Simpsons End Credits (Philip Glass Homage)
Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons, Rhino - SEGMENT: Harry Shearer
Listen - See My Vest The Simpsons
Songs in the Key of Springfield, Rhino - Powerhouse Raymond Scott
Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights, Sony - War Dance for Wooden Indians Don Byron
Bug Music, Nonesuch - Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway
Are You Hep To the Jive, Sony
HOUR two
- Open Bed: The Rattler Omar Shariff
Essential Blues Piano, House of Blues - SEGMENT: Harold Benjin, owner of Jack's Joke Shop in Boston, the oldest store of its kind in the U.S.
- Fools' Hall Of Fame Rudi Richardson
Sun: The Singles Collection Vol.4, Bear Family - I Been a Fool Mercy Dee Walton
Macy's Troubles, Arhoolie - Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey
Battle of the Bands, BMG - Everybody's Somebody's Fool Betty Carter
Round Midnight, Atco - I Pity the Fool Ann Peebles
St. Louis Woman/Memphis Soul, Hi - Who Will the Next Fool Be Charlie Rich
Feel Like Going Home, Epic/Legacy - Instrumental: Out to Lunch Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch, Blue Note - April Fool Eric Dolphy
Here and There, Fantasy - Fool's Gold Johnny Otis
Rhythm & Blues Caravan-The Complete Savoy Recordings, Atlantic - INTERVIEW: Redd Foxx
- The Joke Reggie Hall
Chess New Orleans, MCA - INTERVIEW: Otis "Elevator" Gilmore
- Joker Lee Morgan
Search For The New Land, Blue Note - Instrumental: Clink, Clink, Another Drink Spike Jones
Musical Depreciation Revue, Rhino - April Showers Spike Jones
Musical Depreciation Revue, Rhino - March Winds, April Showers Ruth Etting
More Than You Know, Box Office - Appalachian Spring New York Philharmonic
Bernstein Century: Appalachian Spring, Sony - Spring is Here Nina Simone
Nina Simone Anthology The Colpix Years, Rhino - End Bed: Fools Rush In Zoot Sims
The Riverside Records Story, Riverside
