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The show began to travel and in held its first live broadcast outside of the Midwest. As Keillor's audience and celebrity grew he appeared on a November Time magazine cover , his schedule became overwhelming. After three seasons, ARC moved to St. Paul, and the next year, APHC was reborn. As Lake Wobegon evolved, the monologue lengthened from three to twenty minutes. In July , Keillor announced his retirement, naming mandolin player Chris Thile his successor. Thile became the permanent host in Boubion, Gina, and John Camp.

Paul Pioneer Press , February 15, Buckley, Cara. Graham, David A. Minnesota Public Radio. Pankake, Marcia, ed. Paul: HighBridge Company, Rosen, Peter. Public Broadcasting Service, Sawyer, Bobbie Jean. Songer, Marcia. Garrison Keillor: A Critical Companion.

Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Yaross Lee, Judith. Garrison Keillor: A Voice of America.

Studies in Popular Culture. Boeni, Meg. Slotnik, Daniel E. Wadler, Joyce. Keillor learns about Prairie Home Cemetery, a Norwegian graveyard in Moorhead established in that inspires him to rename his morning show A Prairie Home Companion.

The name sticks. He is inspired to create a similar variety show in St. Tickets are one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. Administered by the Minnesota Historical Society. Kellogg Blvd. Send questions or comments to mnopedia mnhs [dot] org. View our Privacy Policy. MNHS openings and announcements.

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Mondale Collection. Skip to main content. About Copyright Contact. Topics African Americans. Business and Industry. Cities and Towns. One of the more popular old-time radio variety shows still in existence, Public radio 's note The show mostly airs on stations that are members of NPR but is not produced or distributed by it A Prairie Home Companion re-branded as Live from Here in November after Keillor's firing, a year after handing over the reins to Chris Thile was created by Garrison Keillor in and continues to broadcast faithfully from St.

Paul or Minneapolis, and various other locations in the U. It's popular for several reasons, chiefly nostalgia for the good old days of radio—which this is very, very evocative of—and Keillor's distinctive comedic style. In , Garrison Keillor announced he would be retiring, again, following the season, with "The America the Beautiful Tour" as his Grand Finale. He was replaced as host by Chris Thile, formerly of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers , who has been featured on the show on-and-off for 20 years.

Keillor had already retired in the late '80s, then did annual reunion shows often enough that he just decided to resume doing the show on a weekly basis , and announced his retirement again in , saying he would retire "within two years", only to change his mind once more, hence the word 'again' in this paragraph's first sentence. Thile's tenure on the show has been characterized by increasing the focus on music while dialing back on the show's old-timey timelessness, the show is now more willing at making contemporary references and even joking about politics.

Also, some of the segments, such as "News from Lake Wobegon," were retired as they were considered to be too intimately tied with Keillor's persona to survive a shift to a new host. In November , the show was renamed Live from Here after Keillor was fired from Minnesota Public Radio for allegations of workplace harassment.

Furthermore, MPR stopped rebroadcasting all past shows starring Keillor and removed all his shows, including Writers' Almanac , from their online archive. Because Keillor, not MPR, holds the rights to his shows, he has expressed interest in reviving them , especially Writers' Almanac. The radio show was adapted into a film famed director Robert Altman 's last in - starring an Ensemble Cast and Garrison Keillor As Himself - which was generally well-received.

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