THE PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW celebrates the half-century milestone of Garrison Keillor’s one-of-a-kind radio broadcast, which first hit the airways in July of 1974.
Expect a look back at the show’s origins in Minnesota and a sampling of Keillor’s droll stand-up on the beauty of being in his eighties. Comedy sketches might include favorites like “Guy Noir, Private Eye,” “The Lives of the Cowboys,” “Duane’s Mom,” or “Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian.” There could be a word or two from the American Duct Tape Council, Coffee, Guy’s Shoes, Powdermilk Biscuits, or the Catchup Advisory Board. The Royal Academy of Actors (with sound-effects wizard Fred Newman) will be there, along with music director/keyboardist Richard Dworsky leading the band. Count on songs, jokes, the grand audience sing-along intermission, and more.
