I will really miss this show, I always felt I was in some mythological version of America, a better place with humor, tolerance and wonderful stories, music and comedy and satire. Loved it.

I was heartbroken to hear this, but I knew it was coming. I've been listening to PHC for as long as it's been around... most of my life. He is a national treasure.

Absolutely LOVED PHC. Garrison is, quite simply, an American national treasure. You will be missed, sir!

What an unbelievably talented man. Will miss you always. Spent many of Sundays rolling down the interstate in my semi truck listening to his show I would actually leave home early to make sure I didn't miss it.

"A Prairie Home Companion", along with Garrison Keillor was truly a sanctuary of warmth situated in the cudgels of our hearts at a time when blatant, crass exploitation predominated the instruments of mass culture. It, and Mr. Keillor as the master of ceremony, will be truly missed.

Will miss him so much. I cried the whole time of his last show. Been listening since I was 15 years old. I'm 52 now.

His humor....pure gold. It's all in the pacing and delivery, haha. Love his Lutheran humor....growing up in the upper midwest AND in an ELCA Lutheran church as a kid...DEAD ON, haha.

this breaks my heart. i never miss it, and listen over and over again. i love to listen on sunday mornings with my coffee. it is my church and i love garrison keillor....prairie home companion is not only about the midwest, in my opinion....because the basis of the stories and the real humanness of the characters cross over many boundries. i will continue to watch all the videos and will miss him whole heartedly. i better see if i can get these books on amazon. i have a huge gap to fill....

Thank you, Garrison Keillor, for thanking a teacher, for recognizing the huge role she played. And, Jane Pauley--she only makes it look effortless. To secure a great interview like this, takes skill. Enormous empathy. They're both leaders in their field. Both, my generation, I am proud to say.

He absolutely deserves a Kennedy Center honor in 2020

Thank you God for Garrison Keillor & ALL his crew💜😎

I'm glad I got to see him once live, now that feels...like I was a part of history or a memento of an earlier culture....I will miss and treasure his live performances and how our family would listen to it over dinner or doing the dishes after

I am not happy about this. I don't like it when people who I love retire. Except he does deserve it. Thank you, Garrison.

Love Garrison and his show. It brought a feeling of warmth when you accidentally found it on the radio dial. Not sure what he did, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't anything most of us haven't done.

I listened to him on a Saturday night, usually...I'm gen x...lived on a farm...I actually listened to him on a powerless radio station...I will never forget him, obviously still influencing my life, to this day!

Love you, Garrison! Thank you for the beautiful, wonderful, American love through the years.

I can't believe that after this man has spent 40 years of his life being faithful to the PRARIE HOME COMPANION that the network he worked so long for would kick him to the curb as they have I remember the words of ajesus Christ " ... he who has not sinned let him cast the first stone ..." I will NEVER listen to the network again !!!"

Saturday will never be the same.

Will miss your show. My husband I enjoyed it so much. We even went to see your show in London, England.

🌷I love that show!💗Every Sunday-Radio & my favorite shows were Always playing.Through rainy days,whatever the weather-I always took comfort in this show.🙏🍵🍓🍲🍞🍌☔⛅⛄So did all the Precious animal Companions that shared my Life+Heart 👏😁🐾🐐🐈🐕🌈 💖

I really enjoyed the program...Dusty and Lefty and my favorite "mom!"

In my younger days I was under much stress. Listening to PHC made life much easier to handle.

Mr Keillor, I hope you break your promise and return to PHC, at least once a month. You are a LEGEND.

I used to listen this starting as a young teen in the 70's and 80's. Really miss it.

RE: Unflappable - At the Kansas State Fair, a big gust of wind took the script right out of his hand and he just kept going, never lost his cool. Amazing guy!

It was soothing to listen to prairie home companion.

So many fond memories of PHC 🤗 I going to miss the Ketchup Advisory, Cafe Boeuf and the folks at Powder Milk Biscuits 😋

God Bless I really enjoyed this show, for over 35 years for me, since 79, brought great joy, except the saturday nights , before streaming in Mexico and Asia and Centroamerica, where I missed it, actually standing in line at the MOMA, maybe 87?Warhol. Marilyn exhibit{ My Brother lived there and I worked in Manhattan a bit} he was behind me, we chatted a bit, very tall guy, loved it and he lamented the fact I did miss those shows, and one day i would be able to enjoy them , around the world......

I'm so sad that Garrison is leaving the show. I've seen him several times over the years. He lives not too far from me, so maybe I'll run into him again on the river path in Saint Paul.

I had listened to A Prairie 🏡 Companion since 1986. I was, and maybe still am, a peculiar immigrant. I took to this radio program like a duck to water. Later on, in the early 2000s I think, I read an article by the great Dave Barry(Miami Herald's regular edition, not his regular column at the time), on Keilor's amazing talent.and body of work; 24 hours later, Mr. Barry walked in to purchase a pair of patent leather shoes for his tuxedo since he was part of a team of writers hired to write at the Oscars. I mentioned how much I had enjoyed his article and we talked about Keilor, briefly but with deep admiration. It was a very special moment for me. The closest I've ever come to true American intellect.

I'm so sad I never got to see him live :/

I loved this fella ,so so great to listen to. miss him. lots

He definitely has some sort of talent. I absolutely loved The Prairie Home Companion & now I truly appreciate The Writer's Almanac. Thank you Garrison Keillor.

I was introduced to him only... About 10yrs ago. I am 50 yrs old now I missed alot.

I've enjoyed APHC since the 80s and I can't wait to read the work that comes next.

For decades, my wife and I listened and went to the show on a regular basis and it was always great fun. I had my hopes up for a bronze bust of Keillor on a prominent spot in St.Paul, but as we all know by now, that's not how it turned out. Without leaving judgement on the reason why he had to leave, i will just say that we were sad to see him go.

Garrison, if you are ever to read this I want you to know that your live show every Saturday evening was the anthem to my childhood. I looked forward to it as a young kid, and I to adulthood. I guess I loved radio more than tv much like you. If there were a personal Mount Rushmore to those most influential and beloved humans in my life your face would be immortalized in stone. You are the best, and I love you.

Big thank you Garrison Keillor. From Yorkshire England.

I enjoyed Garrison's melodious, glib commentary on his radio show for 30 years or better. You don't expect to laugh that hard at such a calm, soothing voice. Gone now is Guy Noir, Private Eye. Powder Milk Biscuits, Be-bop-a-rebop Rhubard Pie, The Life of the Cowboys. If the Nation ever needed Mr. Keillor and his boundless wit, it is during 2020.

Prairie Home Companion was the best thing ever on public radio. After GK, it was never the same or even close. He’s still writing some of the best humor there is in books and on line.

Old fond memories of all those years of listening.

This kind of thing happening, removing Garrison for such a preposterous reason should never have happened. Shame on whoever made it happen. You have robbed us of our hero. You have taken our sunshine away. What goes around, my friend............

I still miss Garrison Keillor. There was something special about him which could never be duplicated. Still, it is hard to imagine a better replacement than Chris Thile. He is doing an excellent job as the new host.

Man I miss this monologue.

I remember the first time I heard his voice, reminded me of my grandfather’s voice!

Really gonna miss him and his whole crew the next PHC just won't be the same

It will never be the same. Goodbye old friend.

Keillor is an icon and I will miss him, but the new era is sounding pretty sweet so far too! Keillor made a stellar choice for his replacement

When I get nostalgic about living in Minnesota I watch prairie home companion and remember the fellowship of the frozen!

Really miss this show the alternative America. Many happy days Thanks to the prairie home companion

Definitely will miss his voice on the radio

I loved him and his show!!

Jane Pauley conducts a great interview. I had the impression she was familiar with PHC, perhaps even a fan. Love the theme song.

I want Garrison KeillorPHC played at my deathbed, so calming.

I had been shared Garrison Keillor's many insightful jokes with my late husband. Many Thanks for the laughs you have given to me. I have bought your recorded taps which I hope that I can pass on to some one who appreciates your talent of telling the stories.

I grew up listening to prairie home companion, I wish I would have grown up in the 80s so I would have been able to listen to it as an adult.

GENIUS.

That's great. That he could talk about having an actual seizure, and he survived it.

Jane Pauley is still beautiful.

Honey we could always ask for more....

Great show

I listened PHC for about 30 years and doubt that there will ever be an equal. The revised and renamed replacement lost something and I lost interest, as did PBS. The true shame is that PBS doesn't offer streamed old episodes, rather than trying to erase Keillor's legacy (or maybe it's a licencing issue, I don't know), but it's a shame either way. I make due by playing the few real episodes available on www.prairiehome.org.

Porter Wagner was the inspiration for Dolly Parton's song, "I Will Always Love You." Thank you Porter.

I´m gone miss him..

Hmm…the guy picked to replace him…didn’t. 😢

Love that show.

miss you already

It appears that Lake Wobegon had a deep bad secret and a bad reputation why oh why did THIS have to happen. I will always hold you in High regards. You Inspired me.,

If only he had stayed retired after retiring the first time, he would have stayed a fond memory.

I will miss him:(

This is a damn shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart is breaking. Tears..........

As someone who grew up opposite the globe from St. Paul, Minnesota, I first heard A Prairie Home Companion because I use it, specifically Garrison Keillor's voice, to setup speaker systems of home theaters and car stereos. His voice has great texture and depth to it. If Garrison's voice sounded he has a stuffy nose subwoofer volume is too low. If he started sounding like he's in a wooden barrel, then the subwoofer is too loud. At first, I was completely disinterested to what he is saying but I started to get hooked to the weekly broadcast and fell in love with it.

Such a simple yet such a deep show, traveled a lot always listened to phc while driving, loved his radio show, actually made the mind deeply think and enjoy, so much better than the brainwashing of useless television

He's been talking about ending the show for a while. I wonder what they'll broadcast for the four hours of weekend space it takes up.

Just now seeing this. My heart is broken. I wondered what happened to Prairie Home Companion and Garrison Keillor.

This man was ruined by the politics of the left he loved. What a shame.

we. will. All. miss. you

They should sell mp3s of News from Lake W...

After Garrison left, the show now SUCKS.

Sounds like a great person to me!

*sniff

It is no surprise to me the stories that Garrison Keillor and also The Coen Brothers have brought, painted such a wacky picture of Minnesotans.

I thought Keillor basically had to step away because of a Me, Too accusation? I hope that's not the case...the sweetest days of my childhood were spent on the farm listening to PHC tapes in the truck...

I want re-runs...

A world without Garrison Keillor is strawberry shortcake minus the strawberries and the whipped topping. Its my best friend doggie no longer with me...a tragedy of devastating proportions. I(we) love you Garrison. Where 'ere you go we will follow.

To the biggest flower on the hillside.....never leaf us.

aww man :\

OMG that 21...21....21 joke made me almost fall off my chair.

He has taken the show on tour for 2019 and 2020.

They never mentioned his red shoes and socks

A great essayist, a great orator, raconteur, ... not a great novelist.

Uh, his uh, little Home Companion got him ending this several times! Truth be told.

He was forced out the door, for the dastardly act of "Possible Flirting"... Within a couple of days of "one person's rage at this.. the "College of Cardinals" of Minnesota Public Radio, lest they be accused of saying... "A bit of Flirting is not a capital crime"...fell on their own swords .. Would that have happened in Paris, Rome, Berlin, New York, or even puritan Boston??? Not likely.

A PHC lost it's charm with the new line up ; Garrison Keillor was the heart of the show . Now , there's something missing i can't listen to it and just shrug my shoulders , turn it off .

Used to listen to that show every weekend. The guy who replaced him can certainty play and sing but his humor delivery falls flat, he's not a comedian. I stopped listening a few months back because honestly the show is awful now.

dude, Im gonna invite you to Guatemala and El salvador, they will love you and you get to walk and eat clean healthy food, and like tamarindo tea

His detractors have nothing on him, for what- hugging to arouse feeling? The man can story-tell circles around anyone- should be proclaimed a national treasure.

Garrison Keilor is David Letterman of radio

I don't know how to say it any better than: "they" built him a bus and then threw him under it. I miss that show so much. I do not listen to the new show. It is not nor ever will it be the same.

I guess this was made before @MeToo .