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...
Yeah, re-reading this sketch, there was no way it was ever going to be picked. As the show would head toward its summer break, I would always submit a season finale-type sketch, talking about summer plans, bogus cliffhangers, or summer blockbusters. But this thing is just a wordle meets Mad libs. I essentially tried to come up with the longest daisy chain of a movie title I could. And then another one. And one more for good measure. GK hated pop culture stuff (mostly) but these movie titles were all over the place. It was a commercial parody outside the "later on public radio" framework. But I kind of like it. Word play, non sequitur dialogue, mocking Hollywood's pandering instincts, it all comes together for a decent parody and radio bit. Oh, well. Nineteen years later, we present:
