My vintage is close to Garrison Keillor's, but I grew up some 8,500 miles away in Madras, not Minnesota. It was under very different economic, political and social circumstances. Yet there is much that I share in my values, experiences and joy of my less-than-consequential life. There are many things that I have enjoyed, regretted, emulated and aspired for but lacked the voice and eloquence to pronounce. They find expression in Keillor's tales, jokes and songs. Prairie Home Companion's ability to bridge transcultural spreads, week after week, through radio is the magic of it all. Visual input is unnecessary for this; in fact it is an impediment. It heightens my awareness that I am not a white Christian with a rural childhood; it even dilutes the commonality of virtues and values.

I have always enjoyed Keillor and his creations. Since the '70s when I used to volunteer at WAMC (Albany, NY), and till now, I have admired, drawn inspiration from and laughed, often en famille, by listening to Keillor. This DVD is an extension of this enjoyment. Cheap as I am, I have never brought myself to attend his shows in person. The closest I got to was to watch it on live cam in the past and on PBS specials, and his movie "A Prairie Home Companion."

This DVD is a soft, slightly disassembled, peek into Keillor explaining Keillor. It refers to his roots, his folks and his community. It ambles over to his New York days, returns to his St Paul living room and moves over to clippings from his shows. Back and forth -- disturbing continuity at times. There are jokes and songs aplenty. Sue Scott, Tom Keith, Tim Russel and Fred Newman feature prominently. Others such as Robert Altman, Jearlyn Steele and Meryl Streep walk in and out.Read more ›

I have listened to A Prairie Home Comapanion for years and have many of the CDs and Mr. Keillor's books. This DVD is a behind the scenes look at who he is and you truly discover that he's just a regular guy.

As they use to say about plays,"I laughed,I cried,I wish I had his life",a truly wonderful experience to see him on his travels a this great country and to see how people react to his kindness and to the show in general.I had seen the show recently in NY at Town Hall and the feeling of closeness with the general audience,sort of how life in this country use to be growing up in the 50's and 60's on Long Island in my hometown of Bethpage.As the song once played,Those were the days my friend,we wish they'd never end,this is how the Praire Home Companion experience feels....

At times laconic, at times heartfelt and funny throughout, this documentary is just like the show. If you love Prairie, you'll love this. I never knew what most of the cast looked like before, but now I do. After seeing this, I find I really want to go to a live taping the next time he's in my neck of the woods!

For any fan of A Prairie Home Companion, this behind-the-scenes look at Garrison and the show will be a pleasant view ... a bit like getting to attend the show in person. It's an amazing feat how they pull off this show each week, and that in itself is a tribute to the talent and creativity of Mr Keillor.

As a twenty year fan of everything Keillor, this behind-the-microphone tour of a year in the life of America's most original humorist was sheer delight. He is as he seems: a congenial, humble, self-deprecating artist whose genius lies, in part, in his incredible powers of observation. One gets the feeling that every experience he has and every person he meets is grist for his hillarious skits and one-of-a-kind Lake Wobegon monologues. Like Billy Graham in the religious realm, Keiller put together a basic team early in his Prairie Home Companion career that has stayed and worked together and sustained each other for decades. He seems preeminently comfortable in his `red shoes.' Like his Lake Wobegon tapes and CD's, this is a DVD that we will watch with enjoyment over and over again.

This is an absolutely great video on Garrison Keillor and his show Prairie Home Companion. It has humorous reflections and lots of behind the scene coverage of Garrison Keillor's daily life. He talks about his family and fans of his show. This video is a great tribute to Garrison, the people who are featured on his show and the fans of Prairie Home Companion.

I have a small volume of customers that love this guy's show, have rented the DVD (A Prairie Home Companion) and follow his work similar to the Paul Harvey crowd. I never listened to their show or even saw APHC, but I did follow Paul Harvey for years and can understand the draw this kind of entertainment has.

This latest documentary covers the span of time before and after that live show in the Minnesota rain a couple years ago. After hearing and seeing his artistic process, I feel compelled to write very little after visualizing a great writer like him. This is a must see for his fan base and I feel they will get a worthwhile product containing plenty of snippets about Minnesota, about how things used to be in the radio industry, Keillor's random thoughts, unscripted interviews and above all - rhubarb.

The supplements contain some redone footage from the Prairie Home Companion release, outtakes of a sort and a few other items that make this a solid purchase, even for someone that knew little of him prior to this viewing. The overall title has a slight introspective feel to it, that I think maybe caters to the crowd looking for something in themselves, over finding it in some random semi-fictional tripe. Hope you get something out of it.