(GK: Garrison Keillor; SS: Sue Scott; TR: Tim Russell; FN: Fred Newman)

GK: ----right back after a word from Part Time Paradise. (PIANO)

SS: You moved to California to live in paradise. And then you got here and you were forced to face reality: you will never be able to afford a house. Do the math, Sparky. They're selling garages in Van Nuys for more than what you can pay. And for a dream house? Forget it. With only one lottery winner a week, it ain't gonna happen in your lifetime. That's why we created Part Time Paradise California Timeshare. We help hundreds of people realize their dream of home ownership--All in the same home.

TR: You could be living in a beautiful tract home in Bel Air--for one Tuesday afternoon a month. That's more time than you spend in Bel Air right now. And you're spreading out the cost of the mortgage and sharing maintenance expenses with a hundred co-owners. What better way to meet people and form new relationships? That's how Summer and I met.

SS: We thought we'd never be able to afford a home. But now we live in a gorgeous Spanish bungalow 12 hours per month. And honestly, with our busy schedules, that's about all the time we have to spend at home anyway.

TR: A beautiful home in Bel Air for one Tuesday afternoon and a life of glamour and elegance and the rest of the month we live at work.

SS: Sleep in our cubicles and bathe at the health club and eat take out.

TR: The kids are with her mother in Bakersfield, we see them on weekends.

SS: It's a life.

TR: It's a start.

GK: Start on your life now. Enjoy the privileges of home ownership, occasionally, by buying into Part time Paradise California Timeshare, Inc.

© Garrison Keillor 2003