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.
The show first aired on December 3, 1983 and ran under various titles for several months before Le Show was selected from the results of a listener contest.
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 shows a year are broadcast from New Orleans, where Shearer has a residence. The New Orleans shows usually feature very prominent local musicians.
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