Love listening to Keillor. Can't stand the audiences that laugh at every little single thing he says, even things that aren't meant to be funny. Let him tell the damn story.
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I hate how Keillor always speaks in an unnaturally high register. I read somewhere that he described himself as "a baritone who wants to be a tenor," and I find that somewhat nonsensical. What kind of a man wants to have a high voice rather than a deep voice?
It's disengenuous for him to write "marriage is about the well-being of children"- what about his kids from his 1st or 2nd marriage? He surely could have included, "full disclosure, I'm a philandering millionaire in no position to be chiding gays for... wearing polka dot shirts and chartreuse pants?"
He uses nonsensical stereotypes about gays, arguing that those stereotypes are what justifies the lack of acceptance for gay families. Tell me the "painful" lesson a gay reader is supposed to take.
Seriously? You hear a first class ode to fatherhood, by one of only a handful of men on the planet that could have written it, and you want to include 10 minutes of legaleze disclaiming every misstep and error he has ever made? Just so as not to cause offence to some insignificant piece of shit like yourself?
Garrison Keillor is a mean-spirited homophobe. And a hypocrite at that- married 3 times and smugly lecturing gays on what marriage is all about. Look up his nasty column in Salon 'Stating the Obvious,' & Dan Savage's hilarious take down.
He's truly a terrible person.
Alnd that creepy obscene caller voice. Yikes! Delighted that he's leaving NPR.
@thetyrant84 I think it's important to note that Keillor is a satirical humorist, and that his schtick involves taking on the more conversative, traditional politics of his midwestern generation. I read the article, and it was strange, but not really that nasty, and it seemed satirical to me (try reading it in his voice). If Keillor believes what he writes about gays, then that's something to disagree with, but what seems nasty to me are your (and Savage's) attacks on his personal life.
@PTFAbedeh Keillor's a satirist, but you really have to bend over backwards to read his piece as a light-hearted attempt at humor. I read it as a curmudgeonly jeremiad that got him fired. Satire can still be bigoted.
For him to write a paen to commitment is deeply hypocritical given his personal life.
When Keillor says I, as a gay man, should be precluded from getting married/having kids because of the stereotypical characteristics he attributes to me, that is an attack on MY personal life.
@thetyrant84 If everyone extolled only the virtues that they themselves had, we would have no articulations of virtue to speak of. It seems to me that one who struggles with commitment might write the greatest paean to it. And it's not supposed to be light-hearted. Satire can be painful.
And for the record, the article never once suggests that gays should be precluded from getting married or having kids. He writes specifically from the perspective that gay marriages can't rightly be disallowed.
@TheatreCritic Though, it's interesting, he writes very carefully for the medium. He wrote this to be spoken, not read. You read his Lake Wobegon stories, though, and the writing gets much richer.
Love listening to Keillor. Can't stand the audiences that laugh at every little single thing he says, even things that aren't meant to be funny. Let him tell the damn story.
Chibijess14 5 days ago
Brilliant... loving... creative. Everything I'd love to be.
46dougger 3 months ago 2
"Isn't it nice, when things just...work" - Honda Ad
KikAssConn 4 months ago
Post a video of a cat. Millions of views.
Post something real like Mr Keillor.... meh, a few thousand are interested.
pgc4sean 4 months ago
Lov it.
ll043 9 months ago
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 10 months ago
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I hate how Keillor always speaks in an unnaturally high register. I read somewhere that he described himself as "a baritone who wants to be a tenor," and I find that somewhat nonsensical. What kind of a man wants to have a high voice rather than a deep voice?
YourFaceWillDie468 10 months ago
It's disengenuous for him to write "marriage is about the well-being of children"- what about his kids from his 1st or 2nd marriage? He surely could have included, "full disclosure, I'm a philandering millionaire in no position to be chiding gays for... wearing polka dot shirts and chartreuse pants?"
He uses nonsensical stereotypes about gays, arguing that those stereotypes are what justifies the lack of acceptance for gay families. Tell me the "painful" lesson a gay reader is supposed to take.
thetyrant84 10 months ago
@thetyrant84
dude, lay off prairie home companion. i will literally eat your babies.
BarbarianDragon 5 months ago 2
@thetyrant84
Seriously? You hear a first class ode to fatherhood, by one of only a handful of men on the planet that could have written it, and you want to include 10 minutes of legaleze disclaiming every misstep and error he has ever made? Just so as not to cause offence to some insignificant piece of shit like yourself?
Grow up moron.
fuckyu2asshole 4 months ago
Garrison Keillor is a mean-spirited homophobe. And a hypocrite at that- married 3 times and smugly lecturing gays on what marriage is all about. Look up his nasty column in Salon 'Stating the Obvious,' & Dan Savage's hilarious take down.
He's truly a terrible person.
Alnd that creepy obscene caller voice. Yikes! Delighted that he's leaving NPR.
thetyrant84 11 months ago
@thetyrant84 I think it's important to note that Keillor is a satirical humorist, and that his schtick involves taking on the more conversative, traditional politics of his midwestern generation. I read the article, and it was strange, but not really that nasty, and it seemed satirical to me (try reading it in his voice). If Keillor believes what he writes about gays, then that's something to disagree with, but what seems nasty to me are your (and Savage's) attacks on his personal life.
PTFAbedeh 10 months ago
@PTFAbedeh Keillor's a satirist, but you really have to bend over backwards to read his piece as a light-hearted attempt at humor. I read it as a curmudgeonly jeremiad that got him fired. Satire can still be bigoted.
For him to write a paen to commitment is deeply hypocritical given his personal life.
When Keillor says I, as a gay man, should be precluded from getting married/having kids because of the stereotypical characteristics he attributes to me, that is an attack on MY personal life.
thetyrant84 10 months ago
@thetyrant84 If everyone extolled only the virtues that they themselves had, we would have no articulations of virtue to speak of. It seems to me that one who struggles with commitment might write the greatest paean to it. And it's not supposed to be light-hearted. Satire can be painful.
And for the record, the article never once suggests that gays should be precluded from getting married or having kids. He writes specifically from the perspective that gay marriages can't rightly be disallowed.
PTFAbedeh 10 months ago
Stuart mclean is better
Coolwhip353 11 months ago
That crowd really likes to laugh...
zebrology 1 year ago
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zebrology 1 year ago
Garrison is the Norman Rockwell of radio!
It would have been neat to see a Rockwell painting of Lake Woebegon. Maybe someday we can hear a Keillor radio kit on a rockwell painting?
kielbasaman1 1 year ago
I am a dad.....this is a tear jerker and smiler
rongenman 1 year ago
I'm so glad I discovered this man.
FeelOfFriction 1 year ago 12
very funny, great.
Resenbrink 1 year ago
the thing about gk: when you read the text, there isn't much there. its all about his soothing voice..
TheatreCritic 1 year ago 3
@TheatreCritic Though, it's interesting, he writes very carefully for the medium. He wrote this to be spoken, not read. You read his Lake Wobegon stories, though, and the writing gets much richer.
BenMcCormack91 1 year ago
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 2 years ago
"Lord, you can do it. Please walk accross the water and grant this little girl a little bit of rest." -Man Tears are streaming down my cheeks.
ymbrad 2 years ago
This is really spectacular writing.
lonelygnome1 2 years ago 15
Classic Keillor - wonderful!
sweetmother2406 2 years ago 5
Brilliant! I wouldn't trade similar experiences with my daughter for all the money in the world. Love it. Five stars to Garrison.
SOJOURNEERTM 2 years ago