From 1999 to 2004-ish, I was one of the contributing writers for Garrison Keillor's renowned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." I learned a lot of things there, mostly how to spell 'prairie." It was a solid gig and I'm proud of my work there. But, like any other job, there were...things...
The show was advertising that they were on a Minneapolis micro-tour doing this show at the Orpheum Theater (a famous vaudeville house). Knowing that, I worked it into my sketch about those new fangled digital cameras. There was a time portable phones only made phone calls! Can you believe that? I worked in a comment someone made to me about the shutter button when I first tried to use a digital camera. And, of course cutting off heads. I mean, we always cut off heads in photos, but we wouldn't find out about it for weeks.
The characters aren't exactly Minnesota nice, more like those east-coast tourists. Again, a quick bit, in and out. I liked with GK was dealing with odd ball characters, it was very Bob Newhart-y, and I often wrote him that way.
The characters aren't exactly Minnesota nice, more like those east-coast tourists. Again, a quick bit, in and out. I liked with GK was dealing with odd ball characters, it was very Bob Newhart-y, and I often wrote him that way.
