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...
This was an unusual thing for me to sell two bits that PHC rejected back-to-back, but that's what happened here. Was the sketch to technological for PHC? Was it not "humorous" enough for them? I would never know because there was never any feedback. But I learned to take it in stride, especially knowing that my material may have a second chance elsewhere. The premise was cool; Caller ID was all the rage, so I just took it to the next level. It's just a variation on those "technology out of control" bits, most recently on display on the Colin Jost Alexa commercials. So here's the bit as written for PHC and below it is the bit as produced by ACN.
