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About A Prairie Home Companion
Since 1974, A Prairie Home Companion has entertained audiences with a variety-show format that features unforgettable comedy sketches, acoustic-based music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon". The Saturday night broadcast is carried live - a remarkable feat in a day when many shows are taped ahead and heavily edited before being aired.
Garrison Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, heard on public radio stations across the country, and the author of more than a dozen books, including Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat. He was born in Anoka, MN in 1942 and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and daughter. He has two grandsons. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the Episcopal church.