The New York Times celebrates Garrison Keillor’s anniversary with Prairie Home Companion with a glimpse of the man behind the microphone.
David Carr writes (excerpt):
Mr. Keillor is a version of the American personality who ends up stapled to something bigger than he is, a kind of contemporary Walter Winchell, though less interested in dirty linen than making merry about clean living. “In the beginning, your career is all about you,” he said. “You crave awards and recognition. But then you come to realize that you played some small part in bringing up people. Small people went to sleep to the sound of your voice, riding their cars with their parents. They looked forward to the monologue because when it began, the parents stopped arguing and turned up the radio.”