Comments on: PHCIDU

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:09:15 +0000

I’m from Wisconsin AND above average, but I don’t think it’s funny.

By: Frog72

Frog72 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:37:05 +0000

‘The Simpsons’ did a bit poking fun at PHC. The family was sitting in a theater, listening to PHC live… everybody laughing hysterically, except the family, and Homer can’t figure out what’s so funny…

By: Don

Don — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:52:41 +0000

I agree in part with Brian’s comment (#28). PHC used to be much better before their first farewell. However I disagree strongly that things got better after he moved things to NYC. THE AMERICAN RADIO COMPANY OF THE AIR was boring and pretentious. They never really recaptured the original magic after they moved back to MN.

By: MoWatt

MoWatt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:46:19 +0000

I haven’t listened to PHC in many, many years because . . . well for one thing it airs on weekends, doesn’t it? I don’t know about the rest of you but I don’t sit around listening to the radio for an hour at a time on weekends. But many of you have commented negatively about the music. As I recall, the thing I liked best about the show was the music.

By: John B.

John B. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:25:53 +0000

My father was from rural Kansas. Listening to PHC reminded him (and me) of the small town he was born and raised in. It’s typical of small town America, especially the midwest. If you’re not from the midwest or lived in a small rural town, you wouldn’t understand Garrison’s jokes. But for those of who do (and those who lived in an era gone by), it makes perfect sense. I’m not a huge GK fan (can’t stand his uppity liberal snobby politics) but his Lake Wobegon monologues hit the mark.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:23:09 +0000

A Prairie Home Companion is my favorite thing on radio. I find it subtle and a real treasure.

It is like what Louis Armstrong once said when asked what Jazz was about — if you have to ask, then you’ll never know. The ultimate Zen koan.

By: Messy Baker

Messy Baker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:38:45 +0000

I would like it a lot better if Garrison Keillor would quit trying to sing. I have to turn the radio off when he starts singing. I don’t understand why the guest stars let him sing along with them–I’d rather not be on the show at all than let him ruin an excellent song.

By: DPWally

DPWally — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:58:44 +0000

Maybe part of Morris Keesan ’s name matches tagalog slang questioning a person’s parentage. (If this message goes to moderation, that’s a Yes.)

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:53:57 +0000

I don’t like to listen to NPR podcasts, because I’d be too tempted to listen to only what I know will interest me. The beauty of NPR, to me, is hearing stuff I didn’t know would interest me.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:38:29 +0000

True, D.P. Wally, the word “suck” throws a post into the moderation queue, which is a real pain in the neck when there’s a comic about vampires. I could change that, but it filters out a hell of a lot of sexually-based spam.

Now if I could only figure out why everything Morris Keesan tries to post gets sent to the moderation queue. There’s apparently some fluke in the program, but I have no idea what it is.