This show was the highlight of my week. I think the loss of of it was a contributing factor to my treatment-resistant clinical depression. You can never go home.

@@WCM1945 Except to Lake Wobegon. Thanks to Garrison, we can always go there.

The News from Lake Wobegon was a CLASSIC.

O my! Idk whether this was a “meta-“ moment … or a life curve-creating “senior”one. 🤣🤣🤣 It started when KZfaq notified me tonight that someone had kindly liked my comment. Not remembering exactly what I’d said (I can get a little comment-happy now & again), I clicked over to look, then got called away. Came back, saw the open screen, and started reading … then started _agreeing_ … I guess it was like those times when you walk into a room … and then say, “Why did I come in here?” By the time I got to the end, amazingly, I was in full agreement with every single word!! Came within a gnat’s whisker of liking my own durned comment. Well, friends, you just can’t get much less Wobegonian than *that!* O, the Midwestern shame of it all!! 🤣🤣🤣

I miss the show too. My kid used to dance with me. (standing on my feet to lead) while Powder Milk Biscuits” played.

Wasn’t it on Saturday afternoons/evenings?

Me, too. It helped so much when I felt I was hanging onto a window ledge and about to fall.

I still turn on "New From..." most nights when I go sleep or if I suffer from insomnia in the middle of the night. I don't know if GK really did what NPR said (I believe most of them DID) but I've listened to him to the point of memorization, and the aforementioned bit of sexual "creepiness" is definitely there. That doesn't take away from all the years of great writing, brilliant comedy, fantastic music, and iconic entertainment. People are complicated--bad, good, and in between.

Amen

Oh please. Go back and read newspapers from 10 years ago. Strife and derision, and people wishing for the happier times 10 years before that.

Don't be so judgemental...I am SURE jmlineb was honest . For one thing, this 'episode' is about Garrison Keilor and, in case you didn't hear, he got attacked from the left for sexual abuse ( something like asides, or putting an arm around a guest) and taken off the air. And Americans were far better off before globalization, while we started the environmental movement, which eventually, 20 years later, got the attention of the UN and the EU( which is FAR MORE realistic in its goals and attaining them than the UN) America soon had job losses while the world leader in pollution has only gotten worse as well as leading in hacking and IP theft. And then there is also Russia ..so there is THAT, for far more than 'one'.

❤😊u😂😮🎉

I loved car talk and learned so much from those guys.

Thanks! I didn't know about that.

WAY TOO MUCH muzak and not enough jokes...plus many ( such as the rock, chicken and bucket) are just re-hashes of better ones told on previous joke shows...the big down turn in his popularity had to do with Keilor's increasing depression over the years, starting around 2003, when it sometimes was laborious to listen to him, not like the more upbeat 1980s and 90's....I guess it was only natural , it got to be ' a job'....

Yes, in the 1980s and 90's , many friends planned dinner parties to coincide with the broadcasts.

I have the audiocassettes of the first issue of the Joke Show and still laugh at it.

And here’s me, all giggly and happy to know I’m going to get nearly two hours of Garrison jokes _before_ it gets even better!

😂 this needs more recognition

world class

He wrote the Playlist to the best years of my life, & more than earned the right to retire gracefully like the icon he is. Not to have it stolen him by some attention starved nobody looking for her 15 minutes. I'm a 23 year old woman who believes *most women, but her and NPR are a laughable discrase. And who they tried to replace Garrison with?! Insult to injury, that show left with him, funny how they thought they could replace him with some wanna be Ira Glass impersonator. Sad and pathetic. The Folk Sampler, Car Talk, A Prarie Home Companion, Guy Noir, such fond beloved memories.

@@asabove1467 The "replacement" deserves more respect. While he shouldn't be trying so hard to be GK's sptting image (a totally impossible task), he DOES very obviously recognize GK's talent and beloved style. I have trouble faulting him for that.

@@asabove1467 so below. Totally agreed. When I looked into the allegations I held my breath “oh boy, not another one” and then I kept reading, looking for evidence of him causing harm and being a creeper. And there was none. Many women HAVE been harmed!! But not this one, and she ought to be thankful. Anyway, who knows, only she knows what really happened. She has to have it on her conscience. Love Prarie home companion, the news from The Lake and everything. Chris Thele is very talented and fun. Gotta love the guests he brings around. I’m sad that he’s moved on

A.men Andy I agree his shows were great too bad he is no longer on the air

I had no idea this is what happened. Ridiculous.

His father, Dan Dworsky was an All Big Ten linebacker at Michigan in the late 1940s, National Champions in 1947 and 1948, then a hero in Korea. A jet crashed on landing, he TORE OFF THE COWLING with his BARE HANDS , a superhuman feat, and rescued the pilot, badly burning his hands and arms...and made light of his heroism . I knew him, he was an enthusiastic, hail-fellow-well-met sort who, even in his 60s and 70s, was incredibly STRONG.

Try saying something

I loved your show for oh so many years. Political we could not be more polar opposites. Thank you for many years of smiles and laughter!

Pandemic couldn't do it. Blm riots, murder hornets, Jan 6, none of them. But only 17.7k followers is surely a sign of the end times.

Go to see one of his live shows. It’s beyond “worth it.” If you’re seeking personal interaction, I can’t say… he used to do interactions with fans after some APHC shows (I’m especially remembering Ravinia atm). I’ve seen him live post-APHC, but I’m not sure about availability - the settings sometimes seem more formal. Maybe wait for a future cruise date with him… probably your best bet.

Sound travels. What does view have to do with music?

Yes, it is this show from Nov 2014: www.prairiehome.org/shows/47777.html

from 2014

If you receive GK's e-mail/newsletter, he said this is a gift to us for 7 days, beginning April 1, 2020. Hope that helps.

No foolin’? 😂