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Pretty Good Joke Book
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Garrison Keillor is one of the few bona fide American intellectuals today. From 1974 through last year, his weekly radio program
A Prairie Home Companion
has entertained and educated Americans by preserving and promoting the national culture through music, humor, nostalgia, and its mythologies. For the last 17 years or so of the program, there was an annual Pretty Good Jokes program filled with laughs. This book is a collection of some of the jokes featured on these episodes. They include old jokes, variations on them, jokes sent in by listeners, and many original ones.
Here are some hilarious examples:
Here are some hilarious examples:
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May 14, 2017 12:45AM
Thanks for all the jokes and music in your two Keillor reviews, Greg. I read Lake Wobegone Days years ago and really enjoyed it but I'd never seen a photo of Keillor or heard him talk never mind tell jokes and sing!
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Jean-Paul wrote: "Thanks, Greg, for brightening this rather dull spring day!"Hope you got some good chuckles, Jean-Paul. I've been a bit obsessive about humor in the past week as you will see in an upcoming review. It provides some much needed diversion from the daily news we can't seem to escape.
Fionnuala wrote: "Thanks for all the jokes and music in your two Keillor reviews, Greg. I read Lake Wobegone Days years ago and really enjoyed it but I'd never seen a photo of Keillor or heard him talk..."Fionnuala, your comment makes me so happy! Keillor's (pronounced Keel-er) voice has been a (mostly) weekly visitor since I was a teenager. Through him I've learned so much about American music, the Midwest, and how radio used to be. Although he doesn't do his show any more, they are randomly available on . Some of his last programs are available right now. He now writes a column for the The Washington Post that help us make sense of the Age of our Dear Leader. Some good examples and .
I see some of the original links I included have gone bad. Changed them, hopefully up-to-date. Always fun listening to these. Try some Guy Noir episodes too.
