Peter Schickele - Wrap-up

{Professor Schickele}
Sorry about that, folks: thanks for all those calls, but we can't stop the music once it starts

{Blondie}
That wasn't so bad anyway, now, was it?

{Professor Schickele}
And that about wraps it up for tonight!

{Jocko}
Time to leave your cares on the stairs and put your head on the bed!

{Professor Schickele}
Now, some of you may be looking up at that clock and saying, Hey, they've got another six, seven minutes to go! But here's the deal: we've had a request to play the theme music all the way through-

{Blondie}
(unhappily)
Oh, no, not again!!

{Professor Schickele}
No, we don't do this more than once a month, Blondie - but Bill Scakoon has called in all the way from
{unknown}!

{Blondie}
Hey, Prof, can't you do this tomorrow night, when I probably won't be around anymore anyway?!

{Jocko}
Hey, Blondie, what would the show be without you?

{Professor Schickele}
You'll be here, Blondie, I'm sure it's just gonna be a matter of an apology or something!

{Jocko}
We're all behind you!

{Blondie}
Oh, sure, with friends like you-

{Professor Schickele}
And our theme music is, of course, the "Pachelbel Canon", one of the most famous-

{Blondie}
"Famous" isn't the word!

{Jocko}
"Ubiquitous," perhaps!

{Blondie}
How about "unavoidable," like death and taxes?

{Professor Schickele}
"Famous" will do just fine. Now, it wouldn't hardly be the "Pachelbel Canon" if it weren't arranged for something - and the version we use is played by a Renaissance ensemble, featuring the rebec, the cornetto, the straw fiddle, the bass crumhorn, and a couple of drums, all played by members of the semi-pro Musica Antiqua of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople

Hey, it's been a kick-and-a-half hanging out with you tonight! I'm Professor Pete!

{Jocko}
I'm Jocko!

{Blondie}
And I'm out of here-

{Professor Schickele}
(laughs)
Oh, sit down, Blondie! And I hope we'll be seeing each and every one of you again tomorrow night, right here on WTWP, for "The Last Gasp"!