At Ravinia in Highland Park (North of Chicago) to see the Prairie Home Companion radio show. Got lawn seats. Got great weather tonight finally after almost two weeks of rain.
Enjoying it so far. 
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June 25, 2011 5:56 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
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June 25, 2011 5:57 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
Where all the children are strong, the men are good looking, and the women are above average...
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June 25, 2011 6:02 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
I wanna start a Sue Scott fan club..
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June 25, 2011 6:05 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I would love to sit in on that audiance. His shows are a lot of fun
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June 25, 2011 6:14 p.m. keethrax HalfDork
We've seen him twice. One was part of his "an evening with Garrison Keillor" tour during an absolute blizzard in Hibbing, MN. I wasn't sure we were going to be able to get out of the theater. One was a Prarie Home Companion broadcast this past spring in Bemidji, MN. Well worth it in both cases.
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June 25, 2011 6:51 p.m. mtn SuperDork
Went to the show about eight years ago now. Every show since about 1997 is available online, so you can hear it again later!
FWIW, I have been listening to it on the radio since 5:30. I was going to go tonight, but work ran too late.
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June 25, 2011 7:36 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
I like how he caters to te city he's in.
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June 25, 2011 8:13 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Awesome. That would be a blast.
Too bad he's retiring....It will be hard to find a replacement.
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June 25, 2011 11:23 p.m. mtn SuperDork
JoeyM wrote:
Awesome. That would be a blast.
Too bad he's retiring....It will be hard to find a replacement.
I feel like the entire show can go on relatively undisturbed with the exceptions of Lake Wobegon and Guy Noir. Possibly the Lives of the Cowboys.
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June 26, 2011 9:52 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
I grew up listening to P.H.C. loved the Guy Noir and The Lives of the Cowboys.
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June 26, 2011 12:03 p.m. 93gsxturbo HalfDork
My mom loves that stuff. I find it horribly boring and not funny in the least.
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June 26, 2011 4:36 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
You really need to grow up Lutheran to understand it all
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June 26, 2011 8:16 p.m. stroker HalfDork
I grew up in La Crosse, WI. Moved to Mpls in 1986. I was wandering around wondering WTF this "Garrison Keillor" guy is these folks all worship like a godhead...
Sometimes he's funny. Most of the time I want to kick him in the nuts.
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June 26, 2011 10:07 p.m. bastomatic Dork
I grew up Lutheran, listen to NPR all the time, and I'm a white guy from the suburbs in the Midwest. Probably smack dab in the center of his target audience, if a couple decades too young.
I really don't think I've ever laughed the many times I've given the show a chance. It's just not funny.
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June 26, 2011 10:32 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
It's definitely geared towards older people, but I still find it entertaining. It does lay more towards the comedic sides of things, but it's a radio show like they used to have 60 years ago.
The way I see it, you either like it or don't.
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June 26, 2011 11:43 p.m. mtn SuperDork
To all those who say it isn't funny, listen to the news from Lake Wobegon "Homecoming". It involves a 37 Chevy.
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June 27, 2011 7:57 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
I think the stories are hilarious and I always enjoy the fake sponsors.
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June 27, 2011 8:43 a.m. stroker HalfDork
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
I think the stories are hilarious and I always enjoy the fake sponsors.
Okay, the "Bop-Pop-a-Rebop Rubarb Pie" spots are really funny. I'll give them that.
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June 27, 2011 11:54 a.m. gjz30075 Reader
I think the humor is secondary in his storytelling. He's just a great story teller.
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June 28, 2011 10:38 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit Dork
gjz30075 wrote:
I think the humor is secondary in his storytelling. He's just a great story teller.
Very true, I just wish I had not seen the movie.
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June 28, 2011 11:53 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
I think he's amazing. I've seen him a couple of times doing Christmas shows (not PHC) in Detroit. Very funny.
I'm not Lutheran, I'm not a Midwesterner and I started listening to him when I first arrived here in 94/95 when I was in my mid 20's. I prefer to think you need a certain level of intelligence to get him rather than just being a white, Midwestern Lutheran
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June 28, 2011 12:28 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
mtn wrote:
To all those who say it isn't funny, listen to the news from Lake Wobegon "Homecoming". It involves a 37 Chevy.
This truly is the single greatest story!!!
Ah, the family heirloom!
"Aparently, they did not think very highly of that '37 Chevy."http://www.amazon.com/More-News-Wobegon-Garrison-Keillor/dp/0942110374
Also contains a story called Truckstop were the elderly husband accidentally leaves his wife at a Truckstop. He just sort of forgot that she was with him. He also realizes that he will have a hard time giving a police discription of this woman who has lived with for 40+ years.
Great stuff! This is the definition of clean humor at its finest. Lake W. always reminded me of my Grandparents home town of Boyne City Mi. I just wish I could have shared these stories with my grandfather before he passed.
