In other words, today is his 70th birthday; I don't mean to suggest that he's been on the radio for 70 years. This being a pretty hot time across the country, we should mark the day with a little Lake Wobegon cold weather.
Keillor is, of course, most famous for the Wobegon monologues, which for all practical purposes he extemporizes, but they're only a part of "A Prairie Home Companion," his weekly radio program. There's lots of music, for one thing, and Keillor is not shy about either his own songs or his pleasant singing voice, but he also brings on big guns to the show, like Shawn Colvin or Joe Ely or Steve Martin (in his banjo-playing persona). And there's plenty of comedy in addition to Wobegon, everything from the detective Guy Noir to the Lives of the Cowboys. Keillor is keeping alive classic old-timey radio, and while he regularly threatens to retire, fortunately he doesn't do so.
How could you better celebrate Keillor's birthday than to pop over to the PHC website and have a listen? The Ketchup Advisory Board will thank you for it.
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