Garrison Keillor spins a Halloween Yarn of Lake Wobegon

One of the finest storytellers and Monologists of our time, Garrison Keillor is a master of wit, cadence, precision and humanity as he comfortably and effortlessly relates a tale of his fictional home town, Lake Wobegon, MN.

This monologue was enjoyed and captured live from the audience at the 2005 Halloween performance of A Prairie Home Companion in Saint Paul Minnesota at the famed Fitzgerald theater.


Truely timeless, GK is without question a National Treasure.

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[jeffkahl]

GK's voice is like warm milk! I could listen to him read the phonebook!

[jdpugh]

When exactly did it become the norm in this country that if you disagreed over politics you weren't supposed to like each other. I'm a Republican and have heard his comments and still love to listen to his show, if fact I'm working in Minnesota now helping build an ethanol plant, green enough for you, and I am going to his taping tonight. I am very excited since I have been listening since about 1978.

[MisterEsoteric]

@PDAJUGGERNAUT Yes this was the Friday night rehearsal. Quite a bit longer and less tight than the Friday broadcast. But they do sell out (Cheaper) tickets to the Friday run thru.

[PDAJUGGERNAUT]

I listened to the original show in October 2005,this is a re-telling of the story at a different time.What s the date on this footage because he really had this audience captivated.Sometimes when he tells a story twice it gets better the second time around.

[AthensAnna]

@lumpagogo

Um, just about everybody in his audience, is my guess! I mean, folks of ALL persuasions love Garrison. Guess what: dat's called DIVERSITY :)!!

[jrlomy2k]

Proud to say that I'm from the area of "Lake Wobegon", MN. Out of all the years I had listened to Garrison Keillor and his stories of LW, it wasn't until his picture book, "In Search of Lake Wobegon", that I discovered that all the pictures are of my tiny 'map-dot' home town areas--all the areas that I grew up in and know so well, Central MN. My grandparents are even in a couple of the pictures!

[dogbitzu]

So what happened inside the car with the wire coil? Anyone know the end of that story?

[charliehuka]

i love minnesota

[horshooer]

I've said this before to many people, and will do so again..  Garrison Keillor is the best story teller since Burl Ives...

[psmithhpro]

one of the best ever...

[vonlossberg]

The master story teller..just love him! Can't get enough of his corny stuff!

[wellershill]

Boy, you are way off mark. Here is an American who embodies the best about the US - humour, tolerence, wit, warmth, storytelling and humility. Be proud of him.