Archive for August, 2007

The A Prairie Home Companion Cruise to Norway

Published by admin on August 31, 2007 in Prairie Home. 0 Comments

Our 2007 A Prairie Home Companion Cruise to Norway is now history. 1300 avid Garrison Keillor fans joined the cast and crew of the show in the Holland America Line ship, MS Veendam. Norway PHC Cruise 2007 - Veendam

We had a wonderful time connecting with old friends from the previous two cruises, and new friends as well. We embarked from Copenhagen, Denmark and in between our scenic stops at the FjordsNorway PHC Cruise 2007 - Big Fjord and Towns of beautiful Norway,Norway PHC Cruise 2007 - Christiansund

there was a constant source of entertainment on board with the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, the Guys All Star Shoe Band and lots of frequent guests of the show performing and putting on workshops at all hours in several different venues. Tim, Sue , and sound-effects Wizard Fred Newman held a couple of Actor’s Workshops giving guests a chance to perform a script from “A Prairie Home Companion”.Actors workshop

Sue and Tim performed an original play, “First Impressions: An Encounter In Three Steps”. Norway PHC Cruise 2007 - Bigger PosterSue came up with a wonderful outline of the story of a man addicted to voice impressions and the women who help him deal with it. Sue and Tim fleshed out the script with the help of Prairie Home Companion writer Laura Buchholz. We performed it four times in the Ocean bar with musical accompaniment by accordionist Dan Newton.Bigger Dan Pic

The concept of performing a theater piece in a bar or café setting came from “Thirst Theater” , which performs short original work by Twin Cities playwrights and professional actors in the midst of a bar/café. “First Impressions” was a great deal of fun for us as we were able to work in over 50 celebrity impressions plus some APHC favorites like “Barb and Jim” and Dr. Judith Flexnor.

New Animation Voice-Over Demos!

Published by admin on August 12, 2007 in Prairie Home. 0 Comments

Tim and Sue creatively collaborated with some friends in the biz and put together a couple of dynamite Animation demos for your listening pleasure. These Animation demos allow Tim and Sue to showcase their range of character voices, their sense of comic timing and their ability to be real and silly at the same time. Listen to Tim Russell’s Animation Voice-over demo.
Listen to Sue Scott’s Animation Voice-over demo.

Setting Sail on the 3rd Annual A Prairie Home Companion Cruise

Published by admin on August 1, 2007 in Prairie Home. 0 Comments

logo_185July 13th we will be in Copenhagen boarding a cruise ship for our third annual APHC cruise. This year we’ll be sailing along the gorgeous coast of Norway for 10 days. We’re looking forward to seeing some beautiful country (read: fjords) and spending time with some of our favorite listeners of A Prairie Home Companion. Tim and I will be involved with several performances happening during the cruise as well as workshops and an all new APHC Trivia contest. It will be a blast as always. Stay tuned for more details (and lots of photos) soon!
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2006 Memories, Moments and Memorials

Published by admin on August 1, 2007 in Prairie Home. 0 Comments

2006 was filled with many unique and special Prairie Home Companion moments for both Tim and Sue.

IcelandA Prairie Home Companion traveled to Iceland in May.

MovieThe movie (A Prairie Home Companion) opened in theatres nationwide in June.

Alaska2The radio show cruised to Alaska for a week in July.

HawaiiWe were on the air live from Honolulu in early November.


And we said good-bye to our friend Robert Altman later that month.
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It’s very bittersweet to know that we were able to work with Mr. Altman on what will now be known as his last movie. We first met Bob, as he insisted we call him, several years ago when he came to see one of our shows at Town Hall in New York. The movie idea was just incubating at that point. We then saw him off and on for the next couple of years. He would come and spend show weekends with us, at home and on the road, observing rehearsals Friday night and then again on Saturday. Watching the show from back stage and getting a feel for how it all works. He was always very enthusiastic and complimentary about our work on the show and insisted that both of us be in the movie that Garrison was writing and he was directing, A Prairie Home Companion. As he said to both of us in a meeting before shooting began, “You’re the actors on the radio show. You should be in this movie. Your fans will be looking for you.” He was an amazing man who surrounded himself with amazingly talented people and we are both so honored to have had the opportunity to be part of his final movie. Thanks, Bob. God Bless you. We will be thinking of you and your extended family during your memorials in New York and Los Angeles.

Sue & Altman

Tim & Bob