Le Show is a weekly syndicated public radio show hosted by satirist Harry Shearer and carried on many National Public Radio and other public radio stations throughout the US. It is also available internationally on NPR Worldwide and shortwave radio, as well as on XM Public Radio and Sirius Laugh Break [1] on satellite radio in the US and Canada. The show is also available as streaming audio from Harry Shearer's website and as free downloadable files from Audible.com [2]. The show has also been made available as a podcast on iTunes, along with other KCRW programs. 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. Exceptions are musical parodies performed by Shearer, and songs by Judith Owen (Shearer's wife, and a well-known recording artist in her own right). Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... XM Public Radio (abbreviated XMPR) is XM Satellite Radios 24/7 satellite radio channel dedicated to public radio programming. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ... Audible. ... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a webpage. ... The correct title of this article is . ... KCRW (89. ...

The show began in 1983 and ran under various titles for several months before Le Show was selected from the results of a listener contest.

The program is a bit of a hodgepodge -- satirical news commentary, music, and sketch comedy. Shearer, an impressionist who is probably best known for his voice work on The Simpsons, writes the sketches and performs all the voices. For information about The Sketch Show TV programme, see The Sketch Show. ... Simpsons redirects here. ...

Harry Shearer recording Le Show at KCRW (taken from the studio webcam).

Recurring features (referred to by Shearer as a "copyrighted feature of this broadcast") include: Image File history File links Harry Shearers Le Show This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links Harry Shearers Le Show This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... KCRW (89. ... A Creative webcam A web camera (or webcam, real camera) is a real-time camera (usually, though not always, a video camera) whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant messaging, or a PC video calling application. ...

• Apologies of the Week
• Bad Day at Black Rock (behind-the-scenes parody of CBS news)
• Extra Access Tonight (lampoon of various entertainment news shows)
• Los Angeles Dog Trainer Corrections (Harry reads out the extensive and often unusual LA Times errata. This apparently is no longer a weekly feature.)
• News From Outside the Bubble (News stories from international sources, usually the UK.)
• Strictly from Blackwell (Mr. Blackwell presents a show from Beverly Hills)
• Tales of Airport Security (sent in by listeners)
• The Trades (Harry reads trade magazines)
• News of the Warm (Harry reads news on Global warming)
• Burying the Lead (News stories with alarming tidbits buried down in the story)
• News from the Digital Wonderland (News items, usual negative, concerning the switch-over from analog to digital television transmission)

Among the presidential and political parodies are: CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

• 41 calls 43 (George H. W. Bush calls George W. Bush)
• Clintonsomething (a thirtysomething parody)
• Dick Cheney: Confidential (parody of hard-boiled detective stories)
• Nixon in Heaven
• The Gore Room (Al Gore and Al Franken host a liberal talk radio show)

Le Show usually originates live on Sunday mornings from "The Le Show Dome" at KCRW in Santa Monica ("The city known around the world," Shearer says in his sign off, "as the home… of the homeless."), but is occasionally recorded at or broadcast from other NPR and public stations when Shearer is on the road. Several show a year are based in New Orleans, where Shearer has a residence, and usually features local musicians. George Herbert Walker Bush GCB (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States of America serving from 1989 to 1993. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... thirtysomething (1987 – 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American evening television drama, of the type popularly labeled a soap opera when broadcast during the daytime. ... Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S. Republican Party. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... Alan Stuart Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. ... KCRW (89. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in Los Angeles County, California USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ...

On July 2, 2006, Wisconsin Public Radio canceled Le Show as part of a revamp of the network's programming. On the July 16 edition of the program, Shearer claimed WPR was dissatisfied with the program's political content. [3] WPR Director of Radio Phil Corriveau told the Wisconsin State Journal that the program's political content was a minor factor and the decision had to do with Le Show's consistency: "Sometimes he's brilliant; sometimes he tends to ramble on and it gets kind of boring." [4] July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Wisconsin Public Radio is a network of radio stations in the state of Wisconsin devoted to public radio programming. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... The Wisconsin State Journal is a newspaper printed in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

External links

• http://harryshearer.com/

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• KCRW: Le Show