1999
Audio Advent Calendar
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December 1
Bert and Ernie
Dance Myself to Sleep
Rubber Duckie
Running Time 5:36
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December 2
Chicken Soup for the Country Soul
Running Time 26:52
This was some country music stars relating some stories
of special people and events that affected their lives.
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December 3
The Limeliters
Jehosaphat
Everywhere I Look
Pretty Far Out
Lion and Lamb
Joy Across the Land
Gotta Travel On
Running Time 13:17
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December 4
This American Life
with Ira Glass
Shooting Dad
Told by Sarah Vowell
Running Time 11:50
Sarah's story of her father, the part time gun smith,
who has built a small cannon and wants his ashes to be shot
into a mountainside.
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December 5
Hot
Got My Own Thing
It Ain't You
Prince Nez
Put a Lid on It
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Running Time 11:40
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December 6
Merry Christmas George Bailey
Part One
Running Time 22:13
A radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life.
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December 7
Sarah's Story
As Told by Bill Harley
Running Time 14:03
Sarah has to write a story for school, but nothing special ever
happens to her. Then on her way to school, the day the story is due,
Sarah has a great adventure.
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December 8
The Smother Brothers
I Talk to the Trees
Running Time 10:38
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December 9
Babushka's Doll
by Patricia Polacco
Running Time 8:06
A grandchild puts many demands on her Babushka, until the wise
grandmother has her play with a doll that comes to life with demands
for the child.
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December 10
Supernatural
Yaleo
Smooth
Performed by Santana
Running Time 11:12
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December 11
This American Life
with Ira Glass
Drama Bug
Running Time 12:08
David Sedaris recalls having an actor come to school and the
effect it had on him, first as a mime and then finally as a
Shakespearean character.
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December 12
Gilda Radner
The Way We Were
Love to be Unhappy
Honey (Touch Me with My Clothes On)
Running Time 17:10
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December 13
Merry Christmas George Bailey
Part Two
Running Time 16:56
More of the radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life.
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December 14
Ben Franklin
Running Time 16:42
Biography of a young Ben Franklin.
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December 15
Mule Variations
Picture in a Frame
Come On Up to the House
Take It with Me
Performed by Tom Waits
Running Time 13:15
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December 16
There's a Pea on my Plate
There's a Pea on My Plate
I Love My Sister
Things Will Look Better in the Morning
Performed by Bill Harley
Running Time 15:46
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December 17
Dr. Katz
Ray Romano
Steven Wright
Running Time 13:50
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December 18
Eastwind
from Mary Poppins
Running Time 10:33
Story of how Mary Poppins first came to be the nanny for
the Banks children.
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December 19
This American Life
with Ira Glass
Peter Pan
Running Time 20:30
Ira interviews someone who many years earlier saw perhaps the
worst civic theater presentation of Peter Pan.
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December 20
Merry Christmas George Bailey
Part Three
Running Time 18:28
Final part of the radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life
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December 21
Nude with Other Wildlife
As Told by Patrick F. McManus
Running Time 14:31
Story about two curious young boys who meet someone who sculpts
with used chewing gum.
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December 22
Laughing Gas
from Mary Poppins
Running Time 11:21
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December 23
Brian Setzer Orchestra
This Old House
Rock This Town
Jump Jive an' Wail
Running Time 13:00
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December 24
The Mud Puddle
As Told by Bob Munsch
Running Time 7:00
This poor child can not seem to avoid the mud puddle.
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December 25
Christmas Caravan
Sleigh Ride
A Johnny Ace Christmas
My Evergreen
I'm Coming Home for Christmas
Carolina Christmas
Hanging Up My Stockings
Performed by The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Running Time 21:36
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