Ethan opens up the show with "The Invitation Rag" by Les Copeland and welcomes special guest Brent Watkins, who is a filmmaker and ragtimer. Brent compares ragtime to 18th-century German literature, but before things get too hi-falutin, Ethan launches into the dramatic "Hot House Rag" by Paul Pratt. Finally Ethan regales his guest with some Les Copeland jokes from the 1920s. Do the jokes still hold up? Listen and judge for yourself!