Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion) [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Garrison Keillor (Author, Performer), Calvin Trillin (Performer), Paula Poundstone (Performer), Roy Blount Jr. (Performer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2004 | Series: Prairie Home Companion

Includes the complete Pretty Good Jokes, Few More Pretty Good Jokes, and New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes.

Editorial Reviews

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.

CALVIN TRILLIN has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1963. He is the author of numerous books, including About Alice, Deadline Poet, Family Man, American Stories, Killings, Uncivil Liberties, and Remembering Denny, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in New York and eats heartily whenever he travels.

PAULA POUNDSTONE has been a stand-up comic for nearly 25 years. Her long list of successes includes HBO specials, an Emmy Award, two Cable ACE Awards, and an America Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

ROY BLOUNT JR. is the author of 19 previous books, most recently Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans. He is a panelist on NPRs Wait Wait...Dont Tell Me, a columnist for Oxford American, a contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly, and president of the Authors Guild. TIME puts him squarely in the tradition of the great curmudgeons like H.L. Mencken and W.C. Fields. He lives in western Massachusetts.

From AudioFile

An unabashed overload of rapid-fire short jokes, riddles, and funny conundrums, "A Prairie Home Companion's" annual unearthing of classic and modern jokes is a heartening ride through the harmless jokes of childhood and somewhat more risqué adult material. Never shooting more than a meaningful glance at anything off-color, this bounty of humor should delight audiences of most ages. If you don't mind a bit of over-earnest delivery and some occasionally creaky material, this audiobook is for you. Well-timed rim shots, percussive punctuation, and performers up for almost anything make this a comedy vitamin for the depleted soul. D.J.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast; 4.5 hours on 4 CDs edition (September 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565119177
• ISBN-13: 978-1565119178
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Books on CD > Radio Shows
  • #86 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Radio > General Broadcasting

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guy walks into a bar..., February 4, 2006

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robert atkins (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion) (Audio CD)

Amazing, non-stop nuggets of gold. Playing the audience like a well-oiled violin, the Prairie Home team delivers 3 CDs worth of material plus a bonus disc of the 2003 & 2004 joke shows. Need some conversation starters? Look no further than this set.
What more do you need besides a slide whistle and a rubber chicken?

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Prairie Home shows of every year - you just have to laugh, May 13, 2007

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Top Down (Highland Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion) (Audio CD)

I got a cassette tape of the first PHC joke show years ago and just about wore it out from playing it to keep me alert and upbeat on road trips. Now I found this compilation on 4 CDs and I'm laughing more than ever. Sure, there are sophomoric jokes, 3rd grade jokes, puns, groaners and old chestnuts you've heard before, but somehow they all work when presented by Garrison, Roy Blount, Paula Poundstone and the rest. I love it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Funny Diversion, February 12, 2007

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Keith Paisley (Sioux Falls) - See all my reviews
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On your next road trip, give good thought to this panoply of wit and sometimes droll but mostly rapid fire humour and you'll be laughingly delighted at how quickly that drive will pass.