A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary CD by Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor (Performed by)

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  • Pub. Date: September 1994
  • 1pp
  • Sales Rank: 288,432

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    • Pub. Date: September 1994
    • Publisher: HighBridge Company
    • Format: Compact Disc, 1pp
    • Sales Rank: 288,432

    Synopsis

    It began in St. Paul, Minnesota, a thousand weeks ago — July 6, 1974 — a live radio show inspired by the Grand Ole Opry. To mark the anniversary, here are 15 of Garrison Keillor's finest, funniest "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues (11 of them previously unreleased) — "O Captain, My Captain," "The Pastors on the Pontoon Boat," "Buddy Holly and the Pharaohs of Rhythm," "Thanksgiving," "Commencement Day," "The Protestant Dog," "The Lake Superior Canyon project," and more — along with songs and comedy and a 20-page commemorative booklet, all from the original live broadcasts.

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    This anthology of material originally presented over the past 25 years on Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show on Minnesota Public Radio is a delight from start to finish. The last cassette alone, which is a compilation of songs from various musical groups who have appeared on the show and the cast of the show, would make this production worth purchasing. But the stories from Lake Wobegon and other reminiscences by Keillor are equally wonderful vignettes of life in the Midwest. If there are natives of the region who may object to the author's often comical characterizations of the denizens of the "town that time forgot," they should just get over it and realize that Keillor is writing about small-town life in Anywhere, U.S.A., and lovingly at that. The stories range from the remarkably moving "Truckstop," about an elderly couple who become separated on a road trip, to the hilarious "Clarence Cleans His Roof," which taps into the hazards of the formidable winter weather of the Midwest. It is clear that careful selection was made of the stories to be included, from the many they could have chosen, to assure not only high quality but also balance in the anthology. Highly recommended.--Mark Pumphrey, Polk Cty. P.L., Columbus, NC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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    Biography

    First with his performances on Minnesota Public Radio's Prairie Home Companion and later in his books, Garrison Keillor has become a symbol of the small-town Midwest -- its absurdities, its stoutness, and its warmth. His popular, funny stories set in Lake Wobegon manage to evoke nostalgia for a town that never existed.

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