Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary Collection [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Garrison Keillor (Author, Performer)

Book Description

Series: Lake Wobegon | Publication Date: September 16, 1994

This retrospective collection of A Prairie Home Companion features complete monologues drawn from 20 years of radio broadcasts Filled with gentle humor, down-home truths, and amazing depths of tenderness and meaning, these tales of "the little town that time forgot and the decades could not improve" are classics of American storytelling.

Contents:

Hello Love; O Captain, My Captain; I Will; Tomato Butt; Barnyard Dance; Casey at the Bat; Rhubarb; Life Is a Ballgame; Revival Tent; Calling My Children Home; The Perfect Day; The Warm Welcome; Regina; Carl's Dog Story; Vincent; Pontoon Boat; Goin' Home; The Lake Superior Canyon Project; Cotton; Emily Dickinson's Birthday Pizza; Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam; Troublesome Ivories; The Little Match Girl; The Elegance of Winter; Answering Machine; A Kohler Thanksgiving; Not the Cheapest Kind; Homecoming; You Drive Me Crazy; Six Minute Hamlet; The Living Flag; Stars and Stripes; Pioneer Waltz; Buddy Holly and the Pharaohs of Rhythm; My Life; Cherry Picker; Graduation Day; Julia; Raccoons; Lover's Waltz

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...this one has to [rank] near the top [of Keillor collections] because of the sheer variety and number of bellylaughs..." -- Dick Richmond, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov 1994

From the Back Cover

"The thought of people in this day and age sitting down to listen to a radio variety show on Saturday evening is rather implausible and was even more so in 1974 when we started "A Prairie Home Companion." Thank goodness Minnesota Public Radio was too poor to afford good advice or the show never would've got on the air. We only did it because we knew it would be fun to do. It was a dumb idea. I wish I knew how to be that dumb again."

- Garrison Keillor

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast edition (September 16, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565111052
• ISBN-13: 978-1565111059
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,278,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Books on Cassette > Humor
  • #29 in Books > Books on Cassette > Radio Shows

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Vintage PHC!, October 4, 2001

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P. Wilcox (Olathe, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary: Four Compact Discs (Audio CD)

Truly some of the best of A Prairie Home Companion that I have ever heard. "The Perfect Day" is a personal favorite, and "Calling My Children Home" hits the heartstrings each time I hear it. I have checked this out from the local library so many times, I think I need to purchase a copy for them to replace the worn out tapes! And it's now time for me to get the CD version, and keep it for good! Heaven's it's tasty!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I love Garrison, but wanted more, April 9, 2003

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Ravinia (our nation's capital) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary: Four Compact Discs (Audio CD)

I love Prarie Home and Garrison, and this is a great collection. However, it is all music and Tales from Lake Wobegon - none of the other sketches or comedy routines I was hoping for. So, no complaints about what's on the four CDs - just complaints about what's not! I will try one of the other anniversary collections!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Removed material: Beware, January 30, 2007

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P. A. Werstein "LM" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary: Four Compact Discs (Audio CD)

Color me displeased. I bought this for Julia, Lover's Waltz, Pioneer Waltz and some other items from my cassette and lo and behold they have been removed from this package. I still give it 5 stars overall because it is PHC but this is a warning for others. Ok, I am editing this as I just noticed a change... They added a table of contents... FROM THE TAPE. Removing content from one edition to another and then advertising the earlier more complete edition makes this just plain wrong.