Horrors!: A Prairie Home Companion [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Garrison Keillor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1996 | Series: Prairie Home Companion

Fear and loathing in Lake Wobegon? You betcha.

Garrison Keillor's Horrors! is a grab bag of treats from Halloween broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion. Horrors! features eclectic musical performances, commercials for loyal Prairie Home "sponsors" like Guy's Shoes, and lighthearted comedy from A Prairie Home Companion's cast of regulars.

Halloween is a time when everyone's a kid again—perhaps that's why it's so eagerly celebrated by adults. Listen to Horrors! and you'll smile, you'll shiver, and you might even take a peek to see what's lurking in the shadows.

Contents:
Halloween; This Wonderful World-Bats; Butch Thompson: In the Dark; The News from Lake Wobegon: The Ethics of Jokes; Blue Turtles by Rich Dworsky; The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe; Halloween: The Movie; Cafe Boeuf; That's Odd; Halloween at the Radio Station; Funerary Verse; Flies; News from Lake Wobegon: The Do-Rites; Celebrity Halloween; Little Red Riding Hood; Buried Alive; Butch Thompson: Creepy Feeling by Jelly Roll Morton

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About the Author

GARRISON KEILLOR is America's favorite storyteller. For more than 35 years as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of public radio listeners with his weekly "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues. Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities.

GARRISON KEILLOR is America's favorite storyteller. For more than 30 years as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of public radio listeners with his weekly "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues. Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Highbridge Audio; Original radio broadcast edition (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565111664
• ISBN-13: 978-1565111660
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,924,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars As good as even Garrison Keillor can get, January 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Horrors!: A Prairie Home Companion (Audio Cassette)

Garrison Keillor's "Horrors" is not only one of Keillor's great works of all time, but it is a marvelous take on Halloween itself. This cassette series has everything fans of Keillor could possibly want from brilliant, unique stories to sharp, witty skits to wonderfully appropriate music for Halloween. The best thing, in my opinion, on this series, however, is Keillor's unsurpassed reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". To sum up, this cassette series is enjoyable year around and is a must-buy for any fan of Garrison Keillor and "A Prarie Home Companion".