Author: Garrison Keillor
Narrator: Garrison Keillor
Unabridged: 4 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Published: 09/13/2004
Categories: Nonfiction, Humor
As the host of A Prairie Home Companion for over forty years, Garrison Keillor has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader. He is the host of the daily program The Writer's Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.
My review: I had a LONG drive that I was not looking forward to (actually two long drives, there and back again). As is the case when I'm going to be spending time in the car, I hit the library for things on CDs to listen to. I grabbed this while wondering to myself am I really going to be able to li......more
This is funny. I love to listen to the Prairie Home Companion folks, and this is no exception.......more
Entertaining, good to keep you awake while driving. Definitely not politically correct—but well-spread-out offense, they pick on everybody. A few I found cringe-worthy: about pit bulls, Afghanistan, Iraq, & pedophilia. But in a collection this big each person who listens is bound to find SOMEthing t......more
Fun compilation of jokes from the annual joke shows that the Prairie Home Companion Show used to air. Remarkably, while the humor is pretty tame in keeping with the tone of the show, several of the jokes would be considered politically incorrect in today’s cancel culture.......more