Lefty: Haven't you read about the dangers of drinking?<br>Dusty: I have. And it led me to give up reading.<br><br>Like the News from Lake Wobegon and Guy Noir Private Eye The Lives of the Cowboys sketch has become a signature part of <I>A Prairie Home Companion</I>. Each week radio listeners can't wait to hear Lefty's latest poem and Dusty's latest rant.<br><br>In six complete sketches drawn from the radio show the two pardners cope with hangovers and citrusy aftershave try to get in the Christmas mood (not much luck there) meet a vampire drive a herd of 10000 free range chickens tangle with a territorial poet named Big Messer pay a visit to the New York Public Library and wind up in the San Luis Obispo County Jail for mistaking a cocker spaniel for a coyote. Each is a glimpse into daily life in and mostly out of the saddle.<br>Includes four songs.<br><br>Garrison Keillor stars as Lefty; Tim Russell as Dusty; with Sue Scott Tom Keith Danielle De Vecchio and Julie Boyd.