Garrison Keillor

[TR6BILL]

I just don't get his humor. At all. Ever. Is it a northern thing?

 

[DrEntropy]

Nope, don't believe it is. I don't get half of it an' I'm a yankah.

 

[Stewart]

more of a norwegian/upper midwest thing

 

[terriphill]

Gotta be familiar with living in a small town...

 

[bgbassplyr]

I get it (humor) and always have. I've listened to PHC since it started and have found that you can substitute his characters for those you grew up with or around, and for the cultural differences in your neck of the woods.

 

[terriphill]

I agree! I can almost substitute a name for every one of his characters. One of my all time favorites is his story of growing tomatoes and firing one off at his sister's rear end!!!

 

[AngliaGT]

I prefer Tom Bodett.I have one of his cassettes.
Great to listen to on a night road trip.I've also heard
his radio show (this was awile back),& had a hard time
trying not to laugh too loud.

- Doug

 

[aerog]

I get it (humor) and always have. I've listened to PHC since it started and have found that you can substitute his characters for those you grew up with or around, and for the cultural differences in your neck of the woods.

Same here. I used to record PHC every saturday on 12-hour DAT starting around '88. Used to really enjoy it. Also went to a PHC/Keillor & Chet Atkins "concert" (wasn't on the radio or anything) at Wolf Trap in Virginia - really terrific show.

To me PHC was a variety show with a usually-good variety of music and entertainment, plus story telling that was along the lines of what Jean Shepard did. But after the show returned from NYC and came back to it's former name I think it started to go a little political awhile back though. I never remember politics being talked about, then when I tried to go back to listening to the show it seemed like I was bombarded with political stuff. It really ruined it for me.

 

[Guest]

I love PHC and I get it (and am VERY southern). Don't like political B.S. Bonnie Rait hit me w/ some at a show and it really killed it for me.

Haven't heard PHC in a while. Can't comment on it's current state.

 

[TRMark]

I get it (humor) and always have. I've listened to PHC since it started and have found that you can substitute his characters for those you grew up with or around, and for the cultural differences in your neck of the woods.

Same here. I used to record PHC every saturday on 12-hour DAT starting around '88. Used to really enjoy it. Also went to a PHC/Keillor & Chet Atkins "concert" (wasn't on the radio or anything) at Wolf Trap in Virginia - really terrific show.

To me PHC was a variety show with a usually-good variety of music and entertainment, plus story telling that was along the lines of what Jean Shepard did. But after the show returned from NYC and came back to it's former name I think it started to go a little political awhile back though. I never remember politics being talked about, then when I tried to go back to listening to the show it seemed like I was bombarded with political stuff. It really ruined it for me.

I agree. I liked the show years ago, but the politics ruined it for me also. I rarely listen anymore. Having roots in the midwest (Wisconsin) and Lutheran, I "got it".

 

[Banjo]

I've always enjoyed PHC. Love Garrison. My favorite band The Old Crow Medicine Show has been on there a couple of times. I always seem to miss listening, same with Car Talk. love those guys too. Of course I'm a "Yank", raised in the church, grew up in a small town, play bluegrass music, and am a mechanic.... Pretty much covers both those shows.
Haven't listened enough lately to hear the political stuff, but I'm sure I'd agree with leaving it out ,no matter which side they're on.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

EVERYthing's political these days!

Is anyone else REALLY tired of that? Or am I the only one?

Can we ever give it a rest?????

Whatever happened to our sense of humor?

 

[aerog]

I love PHC and I get it (and am VERY southern). Don't like political B.S. Bonnie Rait hit me w/ some at a show and it really killed it for me.

Gotta be clear about something here for everyone before we slide down a political slippery-slope thread-drift: it isn't the <span style="font-style: italic">politics</span> being discussed, it's the fact that politics were even brought into it - regardless of your point of view or that of the entertainer.

Whew. Got that off my chest. :laugh:

 

[Mickey Richaud]

I love PHC and I get it (and am VERY southern). Don't like political B.S. Bonnie Rait hit me w/ some at a show and it really killed it for me.

Gotta be clear about something here for everyone before we slide down a political slippery-slope thread-drift: it isn't the <span style="font-style: italic">politics</span> being discussed, it's the fact that politics were even brought into it - regardless of your point of view or that of the entertainer.

Whew. Got that off my chest. :laugh:

Well said! Your restraint was much better than mine!

 

[Brooklands]

I have a number of his Lake Wobegon memories on my iPod for listening to on road trips. I spent many days in Minneapolis because the company I worked for was based in the area, and our annual meetings took over half of the Convention Center, so that may help, as well as having been raised in a Lutheran church. I still find him quite entertaining.

 

[DaveatMoon]

Gotta be clear about something here for everyone before we slide down a political slippery-slope thread-drift: it isn't the <span style="font-style: italic">politics</span> being discussed, it's the fact that politics were even brought into it - regardless of your point of view or that of the entertainer.

Whew. Got that off my chest. :laugh:

It all started about 15 years ago when politicians discovered that negativism played better in the era of mass media saturation than it did in the old days of a real press and journalism. Today everyone in politics gets much more mileage out of telling others how bad their opponents are instead of how good they are, and since people are saturated with it as entertainment it's unavoidable that it will creep in where it doesn't belong.

It's such now that it not only permeates entertainment, but <span style="text-decoration: underline">is</span> entertainment. If you had told me 30 years ago that people by the tens of millions would tune into an AM radio or TV editorial show for hours at a time, I'd have laughed. Somehow people have nothing better than that to do these days. And it's hardly limited to entertainment. Without naming any of them I'm sure everyone here can think of a "conservative" and "liberal" grocery or "big box" store, car brand, science, clothing store, music, news source, or underwear type.

Myself, I have a Master's Degree in something that's been branded "liberal" by much of society, and many people now believe it's more of an allegiance pledge than a legitimate (and frankly very difficult) field of study. :madder: As a result that degree is no longer worth the paper it's printed on.

As long as proving the other guy wrong is sport, that sport will creep into everything, like tattoos and t-shirt.

 

[DaveatMoon]

I have to admit that it was nice to read a thread on this forum with some celebrity's name for a title who hadn't passed away unexpectedly for once!

 

[aerog]

It all started about 15 years ago when politicians discovered that negativism played better in the era of mass media saturation than it did in the old days of a real press and journalism.

Talk about completely missing the point. Politicians weren't the issue, the point, or germane to the conversation.

Thread locked.

Thanks.