Sitemap - 2023 - Garrison Keillor and Friends
Finding harmony in the midst of chaos
My goal for 2024, as I see it now
Once again, the star, the shepherds
APHC 50th — Next up — Nashville and Manhattan, KS
A Gift for our Back Room subscribers
The Back Room's December Limerick Winners
Life without jokes isn't worth the trouble
A small life has its own distinct moments
Our plan for Christmas and why
EXCLUSIVE - The News from Lake Wobegon (Town Hall)
EXCLUSIVE - Town Hall Audio Clips and Photos
It was a good time, there was none better
The extraordinary Reneé Fleming
How did we get into this mess?
Looking around, I get the drift
DEADLINE — December Limerick Contest
White Christmas (Manhattan-style) and Valley Winter Song with the DiGiallonardo Sisters
Missing Sandra O'Connor, the pragmatic voice
Bringing people along with me 101
A lovely lunch last week in New Haven
Singing to the Lord to save Herschel
Epictetus on Fifth Avenue, a week ago
APHC 50th in Greenville, SC - Cyber Sale on November 27th
The Back Room's November Limerick Winners
They all deserve to be read. Happy Thanksgiving!
A few minutes on a hilltop in Concord
My personal journey toward self-minimization
For your shopping pleasure, remember the discount code
Comedy College with Stiller and Meara
Finding harmony in the midst of chaos
November Limerick contest - deadline extended to 11/20
"Stand up for yourself," I keep thinking to myself
ANNOUNCED — APHC 50th Tour Show in Burlington, VT April 20th
Canada is burning but we're doing okay
The comedian's thoughts at the wedding
Why I love the Shenandoah Valley
The memory is alive with old roots
Why travel to Texas in February?
We must become children so our kids can survive
THE BACK ROOM'S OCTOBER LIMERICK WINNERS
BR: Monster Interview Script (GK and Tom Keith)
How a walk after church can turn you around
Enough about them, this is about me
Standing at 86th, waiting for a train
Why trek out to a January 2024 A Prairie Home Companion 50th show?
BR: Aunt Myrna's lemon meringue pie
A Republican was sent to the guillotine for insurrection
Why I'm looking forward to November
NEW!!!! APHC 50th - Austin, Texas and Scranton, PA
The beauty of a bitterly cold Sunday, 8 a.m.
A mighty fortress survives heavy shelling
Visiting home after a long time away
Reminder: October Limerick Contest
Marriage is a game and two can play it
BR: Boom Town: A Video Reading Segment 1
What endures is decency, believe me
Flying around America, looking at crowds
APHC 50th - More locations announced
Manhattan man living in the past
BR: Shnookered out of the five-day rural Lutheran clergy conference in Orlando, Florida
All I know is what she tells me
The Back Room's September Limerick Winners
Father Time advises a brown-eyed girl
BR: How to write a personal letter
The meeting will come to order (bonk bonk)
Sing on, dance on, good eye, ain't you happy
Thinking about that woman in Kentucky
BR:Junior Hi-Line Newsletter, Sept. 1956
Waking from wacko dreams to think clearly
The gift of Miss Helen Story, remembered
So this guy in New York walks into a grocery store
Looking forward to September 13
As I keep telling myself, life is good
Limerick Contest - 11 days remain
48 hours remain of this CHEERFUL Deal!
The daily pursuit of happiness
Comedy College with Totie Fields
BR: SEPTEMBER LIMERICK CONTEST
The short walk from altar to apartment
Crossing the flats, looking for mountains
Out with the old, in with the young
Sunday morning, back in the fourth pew
BR: Flagstaff and the Grandest of Canyons
BR: On the rails — Penn Station to New Mexico
We get around correctness by means of comedy
The pleasure of watching others work
Comedy College with The Smothers Brothers
What I did Monday, if you want to know
The lucky man hits the road, by gosh
GK EVENTS - Currently on-sale (some with limited availability)
I missed out on the big storm regretfully
Comedy College with Tom Lehrer
Riding the train home from Lancaster
Looking forward to a week of uninformation
There's money in dystopia but so what?
BR: Comedy College with Steve Martin
Enough about them, this is about me
TWO NEW 50th Anniversary tour shows announced
I am giving up anger, so should you
BR: Comedy College with Sophie Tucker
An old man disposing of possessions
The show goes on in the Shenandoah Valley
Thou shalt not be dumber than dirt
BR: Comedy College with Shelly Berman
My amazing evening in Annapolis
Canada is burning but we're doing okay
The old man's lecture about manners
BR: Comedy College with Ruth Wallis
Kicking off our 50th Anniversary Tour in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Love that well which won't last long
Music as a means of detecting a Heart
BR: Comedy College with Ruth Draper
A few minute on a hilltop in Concord
Why I won't be playing golf in Oman
A pound and a half? Really? Why?
BR: Comedy College with Robert Klein
The speech I wrote and didn't get to give
A lovely lunch last week in New Haven
That cold day I was naked in Utah
BR: Comedy College with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks
I am no lawyer but nonetheless
Honoring the men who went ashore
BR: Comedy College with Redd Foxx
The enemy is isolation. Take a walk.
A bad play lets you see you have a good life
BR: Comedy College with Phyllis Diller
A backward glance at the fatherland
O Frabjous Day! Callooh, Callay!
BR: Comedy College Episode with Jack Benny
Thou shalt not be dumber than dirt
Manhattan man living in the past
BR: Comedy College Episode with Henny Youngman
Spring once more, what a surprise
What we don't know we must invent
BR: Comedy College Episode with Jean Carroll
A day in May sitting in the Park
Why I am not joining the strike
BR: The Old Man Who Loved Cheese
BR: Comedy College Episode with Flip Wilson
It's a good time, there's none better
BR: Comedy College Episode with Bob Newhart
The cold day I was naked in Utah
Don't ignore this. It's important. Read all the way to the end.
BR: Comedy College Episode with Burns and Allen
A pound and a half? Really? Why?
A few thoughts about privilege
BR: Comedy College Episode with Betty Walker
What a little train trip can do
BR: Comedy College Episode with Anna Russell
Wild freedom as a foregone conclusion
BR: Comedy College Episode featuring Lucille Ball
The six-minute video speaks louder than words
A plate of rigatoni with friends
BR: Preface to the Cheap Edition
Music as a means of detecting a heart
The longer you live, the better it gets
BR: Comedy College Episode featuring Nichols and May
Marriage is a game and two can play it
Thanks to Lutherans I skipped ballet
BR: Comedy College Episode featuring Minnie Pearl
The worst play I ever saw: a landmark
BR: Comedy College Episode with Lenny Bruce
BR: Comedy College Episode featuring Lily Tomlin
Thinking about that woman in Kentucky
The old man's lecture about manners (boring)
The News from February 20, 1982
BR: Faith at the speed of light
I missed out on the big storm regretfully
So much is known but mystery remains
The News from February 14, 1981
We get around correctness by means of comedy
The News from February 13, 1982
A column written by a man, pen on paper
Even old people need to explore new realms
The News from February 9, 1980
VIDEO TREAT - America the Beautiful Tour 2015
The beauty of a bitterly cold Sunday, 8 a.m.
The News from January 30, 1982
BR: Ballad of the cowboy who didn't die when he should've
BR: Literary Friendships - Michael Chabon and Aeylet Waldeman with Garrison Keillor
What I did when you were asleep
I am giving up anger, so should you
The News from January 23, 1982
BR: Literary Friendships - Donald Hall and Robert Bly with Garrison Keillor
Why I am in Minnesota, if you wish to know
A night at the opera, she an I
The News from January 17, 1981
BR: Quite the treat - Garrison Keillor with the New York Philharmonic
Father Time advises a brown-eyed girl
A pleasant night with nice people in L.A.
BR: Amelia Earhart's last flight
BR: Stuck in the elevator, and never the same again
A trip to Minnesota last Tuesday