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{{other uses|Show (disambiguation)}} {{Overly detailed|date=October 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox radio show |show_name = Le Show |image = |imagesize = |caption = |other_names = |format = News commentary, comedy, music |runtime = 59 minutes |country = USA |language = English |home_station = [[KCRW]] (1983–14 April 2013)<BR/>[[WWNO]] (14 April 2013-present)<BR/>[[KCSN]] (14 July 2013–present) |syndicates = |television = |presenter = |starring = [[Harry Shearer]] |announcer = |creator = |writer = |director = |senior_editor = |editor = |producer = |exec_producer = |narrated = |rec_location = [[Santa Monica, California]], <br> [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] et al. |first_aired = December 3, 1983 |last_aired = |num_series = |num_episodes = |audio_format = Stereo |opentheme = |othertheme = |endtheme = |website = http://harryshearer.com/le-show/ |podcast = http://wwno.org/feeds/3580/rss.xml }} '''''Le Show''''' is a weekly syndicated public radio show hosted by satirist [[Harry Shearer]]. The program is a hodgepodge of satirical news commentary, music, and [[sketch comedy]]. Shearer, an impressionist known for his voice work on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', writes the sketches and usually performs all the voices. <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:le show.jpg|thumb|220px|Harry Shearer recording ''Le Show'' at [[KCRW]] (taken from the studio [[webcam]]).]] --> == History == The show first aired on December 3, 1983,<ref name="leShow20081130">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=668 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 30, 2008 | accessdate=7 December 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045642/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=668 | archivedate=7 December 2008}}</ref> and ran under various titles for several months before ''Le Show'' at the suggestion of a long-time friend of the host.<ref name="harryshearer20190721">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/le-shows/july-21-2019/ | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=Open/A tribute to Ruth Gribin | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 21, 2019 | accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> A satire of a popular marketing trend at the time to add "Le" to product names such as the Renault 5 which was heavily promoted in the US as [[Renault 5|Le Car]]. Until April 14, 2013, for almost 30 years, ''Le Show'' usually originated live on Sunday mornings from "The Le Show Dome" (its reference for the studios) at [[KCRW]] in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] ("The city known around the world", Shearer says in his sign off, "as the home… of the homeless"). It is also frequently recorded at or broadcast from other NPR and public stations when Shearer is on the road. After the KCRW broadcast on April 14, 2013, KCRW moved the program from broadcast to webcast only.<ref name="harryshearer20130416">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/a-special-message-regarding-le-show/ | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=Special Message Regarding Le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 16, 2013 | accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2013/04/16/harry-shearers-le-show-loses-le-flagship-npr-station Harry Shearer's Le Show loses le flagship NPR station | The Latest<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/04/harry_shearer_canceled_kcrw_le_show.php Harry Shearer's KCRW Show Canceled | L.A. Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> While the show continues to air on numerous other sources,<ref name=LAM2>[http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2013/04/24/le-show-host-harry-shearer-moves-on Le Show Host Harry Shearer Moves On – Los Angeles Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> primarily public radio stations (listed at the end of each show), Shearer expressed dismay over losing his home base radio broadcast, without any notice<ref>[http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/04/harry_shearer_doesnt_soun.php Harry Shearer doesn't sound happy about KCRW * – LA Observed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> or being allowed to say goodbye on the air.<ref>[http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2013/04/17/harry-shearer-on-his-unhappy-split-from-kcrw Harry Shearer on His Unhappy Split from KCRW – Los Angeles Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Shearer has since ended each program by stating that ''Le Show'' originated from the "'Change is Hard' Radio Network", referring to a press statement from KCRW announcing the show's departure from its lineup. At the beginning of the July 14, 2013 episode, Shearer announced that the program is now airing on [[KCSN]], bringing the show back to the Southern California airwaves roughly three months after it was taken off the air at KCRW. While KCSN provides live streaming of the show as well as the archives thereof, [[WWNO]] in [[New Orleans]] has taken over hosting its broadcast and podcast feeds. In Shearer's eyes, this prompted the change to the "'Change is Easy' Radio Network" (referring to the city's nickname "The Big Easy"). Several shows a year are broadcast from New Orleans, where Shearer has a residence. The New Orleans shows usually feature very prominent local musicians. ==Availability== The program is carried on many [[NPR]] and other [[public radio]] stations throughout the US and abroad. It is also available internationally on NPR Worldwide, [[American Forces Network|the American Forces Radio Network]], [[:ja:USEN440|USEN440]] in Japan and over shortwave radio via [[WBCQ (SW)|WBCQ The Planet]] (7490 kHz).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/syndicates.html |title=Le Show Syndicate Stations |publisher=HarryShearer.com |accessdate=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206232020/http://media.harryshearer.com/syndicates.html |archivedate=February 6, 2009}}</ref> Since the merger of the [[XM Satellite Radio|XM]] and [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius satellite radio]] services into [[SiriusXM Satellite Radio]], the program is no longer available on the merged service; on which Shearer commented, "because I guess, you know, mergers are good".<ref name="leShow20090118">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=675 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=January 18, 2009 |accessdate=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428233508/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=675 |archivedate=April 28, 2009}} (Comment is at 57:06).</ref> The program also aired on [[NPR Berlin]] from its launch in 2006 through to its 2017 shutdown; it was not picked up by its successor, KCRW Berlin. The show is also available as podcasts of previous episodes from Shearer's website and as free downloadable files from [[Audible.com]],<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=RT_SHOW_999993&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=Le Show, 12-Month Subscription | publisher=Audible.com | accessdate = 7 December 2008 }}</ref> The show is also available as a [[podcast]] on [[iTunes]]<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73331688 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110525141332/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73331688 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2011 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=KCRW's Le Show | publisher=iTunes Music Store | accessdate=7 December 2008 }}</ref> along with other KCRW programs, although KCRW no longer broadcasts the show. The podcasts differ from the broadcast and streaming versions, in that they generally include only a few seconds of the music Shearer spins for the show.<ref>The podcast and downloadable versions at HarryShearer.com and KCRW.com vary from 47 to 53 minutes in length.</ref> Exceptions are musical parodies and original songs written and performed by Shearer. {{cquote|You say what you want to say without the expectation it’ll make any difference. Say what you want to say because you gotta say it, not because you think it’s going to change anything. Sometimes you might be pleasantly surprised, but most often, things go the way they go.<ref name=LAM2 />}} ==News segments== The show features a number of recurring news segments, each referred to by Shearer as "a copyrighted feature of this broadcast". Currently many episodes include the following: * "Apologies of the Week" (public apologies reported in the news)<ref name="leShow20081130"/><ref name="leShow20081116">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=666 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 16, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045601/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=666 | archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * "News From Outside the Bubble" (News stories from international sources, usually the UK)<ref name="leShow20081116" /><ref name="leShow20081123">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=667 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 23, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045623/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=667 | archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * "News of the Warm" (Shearer reads news on [[global warming]])<ref name="leShow20081130"/><ref name="leShow20070121">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=566 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=January 21, 2007 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063804/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=566 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20080330">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=633 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 30, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150551/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=633 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref> * "The Trades" (Shearer reads items from [[trade magazine]]s)<ref name="leShow20081116"/><ref name="leShow20081123"/><ref name="leShow20070121"/><ref name="leShow20080406">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=634 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 6, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150556/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=634 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20080622">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=645 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 22, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150653/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=645 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref> * "News of Inspectors General" (News reports of the findings of [[Inspector General#United States|U.S. Government Inspectors General]])<ref name="leShow20081123"/><ref name="leShow20071021"/><ref name="leShow20080803">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=651 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 3, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150922/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=651 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20081102">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=664 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 2, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045547/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=664 | archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> Other news features that recur less often on the program include: * "News of the Olympic Movement" (news about Olympic snafus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id%3D745 |title=Harry Shearer • le Show • MAY 23 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727164017/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=745 |archivedate=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id%3D750 |title=Harry Shearer • le Show • JUN 27 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727164042/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=750 |archivedate=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id%3D734 |title=Harry Shearer • le Show • MAR 07 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727163919/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=734 |archivedate=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id%3D730 |title=Harry Shearer • le Show • FEB 07 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727163857/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=730 |archivedate=2010-07-27}}</ref> * "[[Burying the lede#Lead (or lede) or intro|Burying the Lede]]" (News stories with alarming tidbits buried down in the story)<ref name="leShow20090816">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=705 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 16, 2009 | accessdate=August 21, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831224639/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=705 | archivedate=August 31, 2009}}</ref> * "News of the Atom" (News of safety issues in the nuclear power industry)<ref name="leShow20090712">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=700 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 12, 2009 | accessdate=March 21, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721200059/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=700 | archivedate=July 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name="leShow20100321">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=736 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 21, 2010 | accessdate=March 21, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721200124/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=736 | archivedate=July 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name="leShow20110313">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=809 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 13, 2011 | accessdate=March 21, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430122804/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=809 | archivedate=April 30, 2011}}</ref> * "News of the Godly" (News items relating to religion and evangelism)<ref name="leShow20060305">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=517 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 5, 2006 | accessdate=February 23, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303100521/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=517 | archivedate=March 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name="leShow20060521">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=529 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=May 21, 2006 | accessdate=February 23, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303100524/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=529 | archivedate=March 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name="leShow20100124">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=728 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=January 24, 2010 | accessdate=February 23, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327121923/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=728 | archivedate=March 27, 2010}}</ref> * "Musk Love" (News about the World's Richest Man, [[Elon Musk]])--using [[The Captain & Tenille]] version of "[[Muskrat Love]]" with the word "rat" edited out of the chorus.<ref>https://www.wwno.org/show/le-show/2023-04-30/le-show-for-the-week-of-april-30-2023</ref> * "F is for FEMA" (News stories concerning the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA)—usually showcasing some aspect of incompetence—particularly focusing on the [[Hurricane Katrina]] aftermath)<ref name="leShow20080406"/><ref name="leShow20081026">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=663 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 26, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045539/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=663 | archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * "[[Found object (music)|Found Object]] Department" (Shearer plays audio from network feeds that was not intended to air)<ref name="leShow20070805">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=599 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=August 5, 2007 |accessdate=December 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065155/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=599 |archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20070204">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=568 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=February 4, 2007 |accessdate=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063814/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=568 |archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Leak of the Week" (Starting about March 2013, a weekly report of oil leaks.) * "Let's Get Scared" (Shearer reads news stories with frightening implications)<ref name="leShow20011202"/><ref name="leShow20041031">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=446 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 31, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060431/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=446 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20050814">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=487 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 14, 2005 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060936/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=487 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Los Angeles Dog Trainer Corrections" (Shearer reads the extensive and often unusual [[Los Angeles Times|LA ''Times'']] errata)<ref name="leShow20071021">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=610 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 21, 2007 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065312/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=610 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20050703"/><ref name="leShow20050807"/> * "News from the Digital Wonderland" (News items, usually negative, concerning the switch-over from analog to digital transmission systems)<ref name="leShow20080427">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=637 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 27, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150611/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=637 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow19980510"/><ref name="leShow20050206"/> * "Sos of the Week" (instances of the word [[:wikt:so|so]] being used to start a sentence in news programs) * "Tales of Airport Security" (sent in by listeners)<ref name="leShow20080330"/><ref name="leShow20050703"/><ref name="leShow20081102"/> * "News of [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corp.]]" (Shearer updates the latest stories about the [[News Corporation scandal]])<ref name="leShow20110731"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=830 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125110314/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=830 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 25, 2013 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 7, 2011 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=832 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125082343/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=832 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 25, 2013 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 21, 2011 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 }}</ref> **On the October 16, 2011 episode, Shearer renamed the segment "News of Nice Corp." "... because it's not anymore misleading than ..."<ref name="leShow20111016">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=840&start=17:20 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 16, 2011 | accessdate=November 26, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118181647/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=840&start=17:20 | archive-date=2012-01-18 | url-status=dead}}</ref> * "News of Secrets" Started on March 16, 2014, as News of Secret Stuff, renamed April 13, Shearer discusses material governments try to keep from public view.<ref>[http://harryshearer.com/le-shows/march-16-2014/ March 16, 2014 – Harry Shearer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://harryshearer.com/le-shows/april-13-2014/ April 13, 2014 – Harry Shearer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * "News of Transparency" Backhanded compliments, failed examples of how the Obama Administration lives up to its announced goal of being the most transparent administration in history. * "The Year in Rebuke" (The last one or two shows of each year feature repeats of key news-related items, songs and sketches from that year)<ref name="leShow19991226">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=246 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 26, 1999 | accessdate=January 2, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053916/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=246 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20041226">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=454 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 26, 2004 | accessdate=January 2, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060517/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=454 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20091213">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=722 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 13, 2009 | accessdate=January 2, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327121732/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=722 | archivedate=March 27, 2010}}</ref> ==Comedy segments== There are many recurring comedy sketches or parodies on the program. ===Continental Public Radio=== Shearer often parodies the other programming found on public radio, often as part of a fictional "Continental Public Radio" (CPR). These are populated with such personalities as host Aviva Schlorman, reporter Ira Zipkin, political editor Jonathan Ziziks and others, all voiced by Shearer. Recurring parodies include: * "All in All" "CPR's weekly attempt to bring what's behind the news in front of the news and leave it there"<ref name="leShow20080427"/><ref name="leShow20050206">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=460 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 6, 2005 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060704/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=460 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20091011"/> * "At Loggerheads" "Dichotomous dialogue from both sides of the rhetorical divide" (debates on news topics)<ref name="leShow20031221">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=59 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 21, 2003 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065103/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=59 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20041128">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=450 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 28, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060456/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=450 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Book Bag" (Book review program hosted by Ira Zipkin)<ref name="leShow20040829">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=436 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 29, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060341/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=436 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "The Edible Table" (Lampoon of public radio shows such as ''[[The Splendid Table]]'')<ref name="leShow20070805"/><ref name="leShow20010909">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=138 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=September 9, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051724/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=138 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Karzai Talk" (Call-in chat show, a satire of NPR's ''[[Car Talk]]'' using the fictional Afghanistan Public Radio starring President [[Hamid Karzai]] and his brother [[Ahmed Wali Karzai]];<ref name="leShow20110313"/><ref name="leShow20101128">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=772 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 28, 2010 | accessdate=March 21, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502021529/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=772 | archivedate=May 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name="leShow20110109"/> After the 2011 assassination of "Wali", another brother [[Mahmud Karzai]] became the co-host. The title and style of the show lampoon NPR's [[Car Talk]], of which Shearer has been critical<ref name="waitwait2006">{{cite web | author=Sagal, Peter | authorlink=Peter Sagal | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6507112 | title=Not My Job: Harry Shearer | publisher=NPR | work=[[Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me]] | date=November 18, 2006 | accessdate=May 5, 2011 }} (Shearer comments on Car Talk from 3:10 to 4:11)</ref>) In 2014 Shearer promoted Karzai Talk T-shirts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harry-shearer.myshopify.com/products/karzai-talk-t-shirt |title=Karzai Talk T-shirt | Harry Shearer |accessdate=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219200547/http://harry-shearer.myshopify.com/products/karzai-talk-t-shirt |archivedate=2015-02-19}}</ref> * "Media Nation" "CPR's weekly look into the world of the media and the media of the world" (host Chris Edwards is clearly intended to mimic [[Bob Edwards]])<ref name="leShow20040404">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=414 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 4, 2004 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060150/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=414 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20041003">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=442 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 3, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060411/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=442 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "More Than You Know" "The weekly public radio series that focuses on events and personalities outside your ken", host: Jacob Kitzle<ref name="leShow20050807">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=486 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 7, 2005 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060931/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=486 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20050206"/> * "Mouth to Mouth" "An audio encounter with a personality in or out of the news" (Interview program)<ref name="leShow20010128">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=120 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=January 28, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051549/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=120 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "News from Lake Reverie" (A parody of the "News from Lake Wobegon" segment of [[A Prairie Home Companion]])<ref name="leShow20070211">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=569 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 11, 2007 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063819/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=569 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20070902">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=603 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=September 2, 2007 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065225/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=603 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Up To Here" (Daily news & politics program) "A daily once-over not so lightly on the story at the top, of what's behind, today's news", hosted by Milton Getzler<ref name="leShow20061231">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=563 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 31, 2006 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063749/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=563 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20080831">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=655 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 31, 2008 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150942/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=655 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref> * "What Up, Dog?" "News blogozine for the young and the newsless"; host: Cody Outscoop (Parodies NPR's attempts to reach younger audiences such as [[Bryant Park Project]])<ref name="leShow20080608">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=643 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 8, 2008 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150643/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=643 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20090308">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=682 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 8, 2009 | accessdate=March 24, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428233519/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=682 | archivedate=April 28, 2009}}</ref> ===Presidential or political parodies=== Among the many presidential and political parodies are: * "Alternative Scenario Playhouse" "Duelling dramatizations from radio's premiere venue of bifurcated possibilities" (Shearer re-enacts two possible versions of events behind the news)<ref name="leShow19980208">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=251 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 8, 1998 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053946/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=251 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20040321">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=412 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 21, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060130/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=412 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Clintonsomething" ("Youthful angst and middle-aged power!" — a ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'' parody) Retired at the end of the Clinton administration, reprised as "Clintonsomething: The State Department Years" with the appointment of Hillary Clinton as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]<ref name="leShow20081123"/><ref name="leShow19980510">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=264 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=May 10, 1998 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054101/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=264 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20020428"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2003/05/the_return_of_clintonsomething.php | date=May 20, 2003 | author=Steve Monaco | title=The Return of Clintonsomething! | accessdate=February 1, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014135353/http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2003/05/the_return_of_clintonsomething.php | archivedate=October 14, 2010}}</ref> * "[[Richard Cheney|Dick Cheney]]: Confidential" (parody of hard-boiled detective stories)<ref name="leShow20061231"/><ref name="leShow20081005">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=660 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 5, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210095151/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=660 | archivedate=December 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20081109">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=665 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=November 9, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045552/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=665 | archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * "[[Father Knows Best]]" (parody of the 1950s television program, with [[Barack Obama]] as the father)<ref name="leShow20110731">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=829 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 31, 2011 | accessdate=August 4, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808034947/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=829 | archivedate=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="leShow20091227">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=724 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 27, 2009 | accessdate=August 4, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927063125/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=724 | archivedate=September 27, 2011}}</ref><ref name="leShow20100411">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=739 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 11, 2010 | accessdate=August 4, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927063132/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=739 | archivedate=September 27, 2011}}</ref> * "41 calls 43" ([[George H. W. Bush]] calls [[George W. Bush]])<ref name="leShow20081130"/><ref name="leShow20080330"/><ref name="leShow20081012">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=661 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=October 12, 2008 |accessdate=December 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045529/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=661 |archivedate=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * "The Gore Room" ([[Al Gore]] and [[Al Franken]] host a liberal talk radio show; dropped after the liberal [[Air America Radio|Air America radio]] network, featuring Al Franken, began broadcasting)<ref name="leShow20100124"/><ref name="leShow20040404"/> * "Hellcats Of The White House" (soap opera parody tales from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House, followed by "Hellcats Of The White House: The [[Bel-Air, Los Angeles|Bel-Air]] Years"){{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} * "[[Newt Gingrich]] calls his mom"<ref name="leShow19980510"/><ref name="leShow19970406">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=311 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 6, 1997 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054836/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=311 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in Heaven"<ref name="leShow20070121"/><ref name="leShow20090816"/><ref name="leShow20031221"/> ===Other sketches=== Other recurring comedy sketches include: * "Bad Day at [[CBS Building|Black Rock]]" (behind-the-scenes parody of [[CBS News]], the title references a [[Bad Day at Black Rock|1955 movie]])<ref name="leShow20011202"/><ref name="leShow20041128"/><ref name="leShow20061231"/><ref name="leShow20020712">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=88 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 12, 2002 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065816/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=88 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "(Inside) Extra Access Tonight" (lampoon of various entertainment news shows)<ref name="leShow20080727">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=650 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 27, 2008 | accessdate=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150917/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=650 | archivedate=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20030323"/><ref name="leShow20050612"/> * "Entrepod" (A podcast about startups) * "Health File" (Medical radio program hosted by new age physician Dr. Manfred Weichner)<ref name="leShow20040829"/> * "[[Larry King Live]]" (Parody of the [[CNN]] program)<ref name="leShow20081026"/><ref name="leShow20041031"/> * "Mind Your Own Business" (Business news radio program hosted "from the trading floor" by Mike Tutinello)<ref name="leShow20070401">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=578 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 1, 2007 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063859/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=578 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20010729">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=133 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 29, 2001 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051659/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=133 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "[[The O'Reilly Factor]]" (Parody of the [[Fox News Channel]] program)<ref name="leShow20071021"/> * "Strictly from Blackwell" ([[Richard Blackwell|Mr. Blackwell]] presents a show from Beverly Hills). Retired after Blackwell's death.<ref name="leShow20080622"/><ref name="leShow20050814"/><ref name="leShow20010729"/> * "Super Bugs" (stories about antibiotic-resistant bacteria with [[Super Fly (1972 film)|Superfly]]-styled theme song, new feature as of October 2011)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=840&start=4:44 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 16, 2011 | accessdate=February 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112034153/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=840 | archive-date=2012-01-12 | url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Comedy interviews=== <!--This section is linked from [[Tom Leopold]]--> Shearer will interview someone in-studio or via telephone. For the phone interviews, he claims to be opening up the phone for listener calls (even though no phone number was announced) or will reveal that there is an incoming call on "the newsmaker line". These are among the few comedy segments in which voices other than Shearer's are heard. Many are voiced by writer [[Tom Leopold]], who has worked with Shearer on several other projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?id=13199 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20041019183942/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?id=13199 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2004 |title=Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold 'Speaking Freely' transcript |publisher=FirstAmendmentCenter.org |date=February 28, 2003 |accessdate=2009-01-03 }}</ref> These include: * "Tony Bellalaqua" (a listener in the midwest)<ref name="leShow20061015">{{cite web | url=http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ls/ls_061015le_show | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=KCRW.com | date=October 15, 2006 | accessdate=December 24, 2008 }}</ref> * "Lyle Condit" (Congressman [[Gary Condit]]'s youngest brother)<ref name="leShow20010722">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=132 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 22, 2001 | accessdate=January 3, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223122710/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=132 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref> * "David Feldman" (A high school teacher and friend of [[Monica Lewinsky]])<ref name="leShow19980201">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=250 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 1, 1998 | accessdate=January 5, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223123825/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=250 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref> * "Yvonne Della Femina" (a multiple-sex-change recipient with a storied past)<ref name="leShow19970518">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=317 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=May 18, 1997 |accessdate=January 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054906/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=317 |archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow19980315">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=256 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 15, 1998 | accessdate=2008-01-03 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223123856/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=256 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref><ref name="leShow20071014">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=609 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=October 14, 2007 |accessdate=2008-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223131223/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=609 |archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref> * "[[John Walker Lindh]]" (the so-called "American Taliban")<ref name="leShow20020120">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=63 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=January 20, 2002 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065458/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=63 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "[[Elvis Presley]]" (on the issuance of his U.S. postage stamp)<ref name="leShow19970817">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=330 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=August 17, 1997 |accessdate=January 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530055023/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=330 |archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Ira Rifleman" (a listener who allegedly bought a truck owned by Scott Peterson who was convicted of the [[murder of Laci Peterson|murder of his wife Laci Peterson]])<ref name="leShow20030223">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=13 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 23, 2003 | accessdate=2008-01-03 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223122655/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=13 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref> * "Tyler Michael Tucker" (an actor from a failed TV program)<ref name="leShow20040215">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=407 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 15, 2004 | accessdate=2008-01-03 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223125400/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=407 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref> Other personalities not voiced by Leopold include: * "[[David Manning (fictitious writer)|David Manning]]" (the fictitious film reviewer, voiced by a computer voice synthesizer)<ref name="leShow20010610">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=June 10, 2001 |accessdate=January 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051629/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 |archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * "Ralph the Talking Computer" (a computer synthesized voice)<ref name="leShow20020428">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=77 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 28, 2002 | accessdate=January 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065714/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=77 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow19971005">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=337 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 5, 1997 | accessdate=January 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530055259/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=337 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20060319">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=519 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 19, 2006 | accessdate=January 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223130431/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=519 | archivedate=December 23, 2007}}</ref><ref name="leShow20090927">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=711 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=September 27, 2009 | accessdate=January 2, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123103136/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=711 | archivedate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> * "Barry Saint-Martin"<ref name="leShow20081012"/> aka "Barry Saint-Michael"<ref name="leShow20090104">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=673 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |publisher=HarryShearer.com |date=January 4, 2009 |accessdate=January 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428231859/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=673 |archivedate=April 28, 2009}}</ref> (actor [[Alex Lowe (actor)|Alex Lowe]]) * "Shabshab" (a former [[Saddam Hussein]] lookalike and stereo salesman in Iraq voiced by Shearer)<ref name="leShow20030323">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=17 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=March 23, 2003 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530052022/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=17 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20040418">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=416 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=April 18, 2004 | accessdate=December 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060155/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=416 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20051211">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=504 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 11, 2005 | accessdate=January 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224064836/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=504 | archivedate=February 24, 2008}}</ref> On very rare occasions Shearer has announced a phone number and taken actual listener calls.<ref name="leShow19990808">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=221 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=August 8, 1999 | accessdate=January 3, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053718/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=221 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> ==Interview segments== A few times each year the show will feature Shearer conducting a serious interview as a major segment of the program, often with a musician who will play music as well. Sometimes these interviews will comprise the bulk of the program, other times they will be interspersed with the usual mix of other segments. ===Musician interviews=== Musicians are often pianists associated with New Orleans and will appear on one of the programs Shearer records in that city. They have included: * [[Marcia Ball]]<ref name="leShow20040502">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=418 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=May 2, 2004 | access-date=January 14, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060205/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=418 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20050508">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=473 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=May 8, 2005 |access-date=January 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060819/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=473 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Henry Butler]]<ref name="leShow19980503">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=263 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=May 3, 1998 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054056/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=263 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Evan Christopher]]<ref name="leShow20050703">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=481 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=July 3, 2005 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060905/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=481 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Jon Cleary (musician)|Jon Cleary]]<ref name="leShow20100131">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=729 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=January 31, 2010 | access-date=2010-02-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327121931/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=729 | archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> * [[Joe Krown]]<ref name="leShow20030622">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=30 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=June 22, 2003 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054726/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=30 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Phillip Manuel]]<ref name="leShow20010429">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=123 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=April 29, 2001 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051607/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=123 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Tom McDermott (musician)|Tom McDermott]]<ref name="leShow20050703"/><ref name="leShow19980705">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=272 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=July 5, 1998 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530054143/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=272 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Judith Owen]] (Shearer's wife, who also sings on some of the original comedic songs heard on the show)<ref name="leShow20030316">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=16 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=March 16, 2003 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622101809/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=16 |archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref><ref name="leShow20030427">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=22 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=April 27, 2003 | access-date=2009-01-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053708/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=22 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[David Torkanowsky]]<ref name="leShow20000611">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=176 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=June 11, 2000 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053305/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=176 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Allen Toussaint]]<ref name="leShow20040905">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=437 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=September 5, 2004 | access-date=2009-01-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060346/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=437 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20080224">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=628 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=February 24, 2008 | access-date=2009-01-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065451/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=628 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> ===Other interviews=== Non-musicians interviewed will usually be a scientist or author who has insight into a news issue, often the [[Hurricane Katrina]] disaster in [[New Orleans]]. These have included: * [[John M. Barry]] on the levees in New Orleans and [[SLFPA]]<ref name="leShow20080720">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=649 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=July 20, 2008 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150912/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=649 |archive-date=October 6, 2008}}</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081221145132/http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~bea/about.html Dr. Robert Bea] on levee failures in New Orleans during Katrina<ref name="leShow20070422">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=584 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=April 22, 2007 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065033/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=584 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[William K. Black|Bill Black]] on the bank mortgage fraud and foreclosure crisis<ref name="leShow20110501">{{cite web | url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=816 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=May 1, 2011 | access-date=May 5, 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507071500/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=816 | archive-date=May 7, 2011}}</ref> * [[Dan Cameron]] on the [http://www.prospectneworleans.org/ Prospect 1 New Orleans] biennial art project<ref name="leShow20090104"/> * [[Lolis Eric Elie]] on reporting about New Orleans<ref name="leShow20070218">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=570 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=February 18, 2007 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063829/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=570 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Ivor van Heerden]] on the Katrina disaster in New Orleans<ref name="leShow20060625">{{cite web|url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=534 |last=Shearer |first=Harry |title=le Show |website=HarryShearer.com |date=June 25, 2006 |access-date=2009-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063516/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=534 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref name="leShow20060827">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=544 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=August 27, 2006 | access-date=2009-01-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530063606/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=544 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Stephanie Kelton]], economist<ref>{{cite web | url=http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2012/10/stephanie-kelton-appears-on-le-show-with-harry-shearer.html |title=Stephanie Kelton Appears On Le Show With Harry Shearer |website=New Economic Perspectives |date=October 27, 2012 |last=Smith |first=Devin}}</ref> * [[Jane Mayer]] on her book ''[[The Dark Side (book)|The Dark Side]]''<ref name="leShow20090628">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=698 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=June 28, 2009 | access-date=June 29, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831224612/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=698 | archive-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> * [[Mort Sahl]] on his career as an American satirist<ref name="leShow20030720">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=35 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=July 20, 2003 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530055411/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=35 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Scott Simon]] on reporting at the political conventions<ref name="leShow20000820">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=185 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=August 20, 2000 | access-date=January 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530053355/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=185 | archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> * [[Yves Smith]] on the bank mortgage fraud and foreclosure crisis<ref name="leShow20101205">{{cite web | url=http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=773 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | website=HarryShearer.com | date=December 5, 2010 | access-date=February 1, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210071412/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=773 | archive-date=December 10, 2010}}</ref> with [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317232527/http://harryshearer.com/article/?auid=WmyVa-418-cDmH8 transcript] ==Music segments== "An eclectic mix of mysterious music" is how KCRW describes the music played between other segments on the program.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ls | title=Le Show (Harry Shearer) | publisher=KCRW.com | accessdate=January 3, 2009 }}</ref> The tracks are not announced on air, but the names are published a few days after the show airs on HarryShearer.com. Aside from the musicians already mentioned, tracks played frequently include such acts as [[Johnny Adams]],<ref name="leShow19971005"/> [[Astral Project]],<ref name="leShow20020428"/> [[Marcia Ball]],<ref name="leShow20070211"/><ref name="leShow20080831"/><ref name="leShow19980315"/> [[The Beach Boys]],<ref name="leShow20050814"/><ref name="leShow20080803"/><ref name="leShow20070401"/> [[The Beatles]],<ref name="leShow20081116"/><ref name="leShow20070401"/><ref name="leShow20090104"/> [[The Bobs]],<ref name="leShow20080427"/> [[Bonerama]],<ref name="leShow20080727"/> [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]],<ref name="leShow20010722"/> [[Oscar Brown|Oscar Brown Jr.]],<ref name="leShow20070902"/><ref name="leShow20040321"/> [[Henry Butler]],<ref name="leShow20080406"/><ref name="leShow19980510"/><ref name="leShow20040404"/><ref name="leShow20040321"/><ref name="leShow20020428"/><ref name="leShow20060319"/> [[Jon Cleary (musician)|Jon Cleary]],<ref name="leShow20040404"/><ref name="leShow20070211"/><ref name="leShow20020428"/><ref name="leShow20030223"/><ref name="leShow20030316"/> [[Nat King Cole]],<ref name="leShow20010729"/> [[Shawn Colvin]],<ref name="leShow19971005"/> [[Ry Cooder]],<ref name="leShow20081130"/><ref name="leShow20080330"/><ref name="leShow20081012"/> [[Elvis Costello]],<ref name="leShow20020428"/> [[Dr. John]],<ref name="leShow20050206"/><ref name="leShow20070211"/><ref name="leShow20070902"/><ref name="leShow19971005"/><ref name="leShow20030316"/><ref name="leShow20030427"/> [[Dave Edmunds]],<ref name="leShow19980510"/><ref name="leShow20080803"/><ref name="leShow20080727"/> [[Eliane Elias]],<ref name="leShow20081109"/> [[Georgie Fame]],<ref name="leShow20081123"/><ref name="leShow20080622"/><ref name="leShow20081005"/> [[Finn Brothers]],<ref name="leShow20070204"/><ref name="leShow20040829"/> [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[John Fogerty]],<ref name="leShow20041031"/><ref name="leShow20080427"/><ref name="leShow20020712"/> [[Fountains of Wayne]],<ref name="leShow20050807"/><ref name="leShow20020712"/> [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]],<ref name="leShow20010610"/> [[Marvin Gaye]],<ref name="leShow20080406"/> [[Gilberto Gil]],<ref name="leShow20080727"/> [[The Hi-Lo's]],<ref name="leShow20070401"/> [[Dan Hicks (singer)|Dan Hicks]],<ref name="leShow19990808"/> [[Dick Hyman]],<ref name="leShow20080427"/> [[Jamiroquai]],<ref name="leShow20081123"/><ref name="leShow20050814"/><ref name="leShow20020712"/> [[Louis Jordan]],<ref name="leShow20040418"/><ref name="leShow20030427"/> [[Keb' Mo']],<ref name="leShow20041031"/><ref name="leShow20040215"/><ref name="leShow20040418"/> [[Sonny Landreth]],<ref name="leShow20080622"/><ref name="leShow20040321"/><ref name="leShow20030223"/><ref name="leShow20040418"/> [[Lenine (musician)|Lenine]],<ref name="leShow20081130"/> [[Los Lobos]],<ref name="leShow20010729"/> [[Lyle Lovett]],<ref name="leShow19980315"/><ref name="leShow20060319"/><ref name="leShow19990808"/> [[Phillip Manuel]],<ref name="leShow20050814"/> [[Peter Martin (jazz pianist)|Peter Martin]],<ref name="leShow20070902"/> [[Paul McCartney]],<ref name="leShow20040321"/> [[The Meters]],<ref name="leShow20070902"/> [[Van Morrison]],<ref name="leShow19980315"/> [[Mr. Scruff]],<ref name="leShow20081116"/><ref name="leShow20081005"/> [[Randy Newman]],<ref name="leShow20081026"/><ref name="leShow19980510"/><ref name="leShow20030622"/> [[Rosa Passos]],<ref name="leShow19980510"/> [[Nicholas Payton]],<ref name="leShow19970406"/> [[Alan Price]],<ref name="leShow20010722"/><ref name="leShow19971005"/> [[Brian Protheroe]],<ref name="leShow20050814"/> [[The Quantic Soul Orchestra]],<ref name="leShow20050807"/> [[The Radiators (US)|The Radiators]],<ref name="leShow20050206"/> [[Bonnie Raitt]],<ref name="leShow19980510"/> [[Marcus Roberts]],<ref name="leShow20020712"/> [[Smokey Robinson]],<ref name="leShow19970406"/> [[Shorty Rogers]],<ref name="leShow20030223"/> [[The Rolling Stones]],<ref name="leShow20010610"/> [[Kermit Ruffins]],<ref name="leShow19990808"/> [[Alice Russell (singer)|Alice Russell]],<ref name="leShow20081130"/><ref name="leShow20081005"/> [[Frank Sinatra]],<ref name="leShow20041003"/><ref name="leShow20081109"/><ref name="leShow19970406"/> [[Jill Sobule]],<ref name="leShow20010729"/><ref name="leShow20010610"/> [[Steely Dan]],<ref name="leShow20080622"/><ref name="leShow20071021"/> [[They Might Be Giants]],<ref name="leShow20080406"/> [[Irma Thomas]],<ref name="leShow20070211"/><ref name="leShow20081109"/> [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]],<ref name="leShow20040215"/> [[Mel Tormé]],<ref name="leShow19980315"/><ref name="leShow19971005"/> [[The Whitlams]],<ref name="leShow20040829"/> [[The Who]],<ref name="leShow20010729"/> [[Brian Wilson]],<ref name="leShow19970406"/> [[Charlie Wood (musician)|Charlie Wood]] & the New Memphis Underground,<ref name="leShow20071021"/><ref name="leShow20080831"/> [[XTC]]<ref name="leShow20081102"/> and many others. When a notable musician has died, the next aired program will often feature mostly or only that artist's work during the music segments. People so featured have included [[George Harrison]],<ref name="leShow20011202">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=149 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=December 2, 2001 | accessdate=2009-01-15 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051825/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=149 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> [[Ray Charles]],<ref name="leShow20040613">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=424 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 13, 2004 | accessdate=2009-01-15 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060240/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=424 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> [[Oscar Brown|Oscar Brown Jr.]],<ref name="leShow20050612">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=478 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 12, 2005 | accessdate=2009-01-15 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530060844/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=478 | archivedate=May 30, 2008}}</ref> [[Blossom Dearie]],<ref name="leShow20090215">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=679 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=February 15, 2009 | accessdate=2009-03-21 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323224152/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=679 | archivedate=March 23, 2009}}</ref> [[Les Paul]],<ref name="leShow20090816"/> [[Robert Kirby (musician)|Robert Kirby]],<ref name="leShow20091011">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=713 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=October 11, 2009 | accessdate=2009-10-19 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123103146/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=713 | archivedate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> [[Gerry Rafferty]],<ref name="leShow20110109">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=778 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=January 9, 2011 | accessdate=2011-02-01 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514134406/http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=778 | archivedate=May 14, 2011}}</ref> [[Jerry Ragovoy]],<ref name="leShow2011109">{{cite web | url=http://harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=827 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=July 17, 2011 | accessdate=2011-07-21 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720114734/http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/player/?id=827 | archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> [[B.B. King]], and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. ==Segment theme music== * The show opens with an archival recording of [[Ben Grauer]] saying "Here it is". For years, this was followed by Shearer saying, "From deep inside your radio..." over a fragment of classical music ([[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s [[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]], 4th movement), a parody of the American Public Radio/Public Radio International/Minnesota Public Radio intro featuring the [[Brandenburg Concertos#No. 3 in G major.2C BWV 1048|Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, 3rd movement]] by [[J.S.Bach|Bach]]. The opener was modified starting with December 13, 2015 episode with Shearer saying "From deep inside your audio device of choice..." over a fragment of contemporary electronic music. {{Better source needed|reason=identify the source for this short theme music|date=April 2016}} * A looped sample of "[[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]]" by [[Paul McCartney]] is used for "Apologies of the Week", with emphasis on McCartney saying "sorry".<ref name="leShow20081102"/> * [[Glenn Yarbrough]] singing the [[Rod McKuen]] song "Listen to the Warm" is used for "News of the Warm".<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r234006|pure_url=yes}} I Think Of You: Glenn Yarbrough Sings Rod McKuen] (1994) Laserlight Records. Track 10. Retrieved: 17 December 2008</ref> * [[Joe Satriani]] playing "Summer Song" (from the album ''[[The Extremist]]'') is the theme for "(Inside) Extra Access Tonight" * [[The Beatles]] instrumental "[[Flying (The Beatles song)|Flying]]" (from the album ''[[Magical Mystery Tour]]'') is the theme for "Tales of Airport Security" * The segments "F is for FEMA", "Los Angeles Dog Trainer Corrections", "Let's Get Scared", "News from the Digital Wonderland", "News of Inspectors General" and "Clean, Safe, Too Cheap to Meter" use original music recorded and sung by Shearer. * "Clintonsomething" uses the original theme music from the TV series [[thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]. * "The Trades" uses "Rut" by [[Carla Bley]], from the CD "Nightglo" on ECM * "News of Transparency" uses a Shearer produced version of another Beatles song ''[[I'm Looking Through You]]'' * "News of [[2016 clown sightings|Clowns]]" at first used an instrumental version of ''[[Be a Clown]]'', but switched to ''[[The Tears of a Clown]]'' by [[The Miracles|Smokey Robinson & The Miracles]] (from the album [[Make It Happen (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles album)|''Make It Happen'']]) ==Criticism== On July 2, 2006, [[Wisconsin Public Radio]] cancelled ''Le Show'' as part of a revamp of the network's programming. On the July 16 edition of the program, Shearer claimed WPR was "displeased with the political content of the broadcast".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ls/ls060716le_show | last = Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=KCRW | date=July 16, 2006 | accessdate=7 December 2008 }}</ref> WPR Director of Radio Phil Corriveau told the ''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]'' that the program's political content was a minor factor and the decision had to do with ''Le Show'''s consistency: "I think he's brilliant. But I think if you listen to the show, they can be brilliant, or they can really ramble on."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=469861 | last=Cuprisin | first=Tim | title=Comedian falls from state public radio | publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | date=17 July 2006 | accessdate=7 December 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071119122311/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=469861 |archivedate = 19 November 2007}}</ref> == References == {{reflist|30em}}<!-- Please leave in single-column format so the list is legible on displays with resolutions below 1600x1200 pixels --> ==External links== *[http://harryshearer.com/ HarryShearer.com] (includes a RealAudio archive of Le Show dating back to 1995) *[http://leshow.sideshownetwork.libsynpro.com/rss leshow.sideshownetwork.libsynpro.com/rss] * {{cite web |title=Century of Progress Productions: Le Show |url=https://dp.la/search?provider=%22Century%20of%20Progress%20Productions%22 |website=[[Digital Public Library of America]] |language=en}} [[Category:American variety radio programs]] [[Category:NPR programs]] [[Category:1983 radio programme debuts]]
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