Posted on 06/08/2004 10:55:37 AM PDT by Tank-FL
Ok, I'll just stew in my own bitterness. ;-)
Indeed.... and heavens they're tastey! ;~D
It was a REAL shock to see this short, pudgy little guy.
You must not have seen Keillor. He is well over 6 feet.
Is Garrison Keillor a believing Christian? If he's not, he had me fooled. I'm surprised the ACLU hasn't called for a cutoff of public funds to his show. Too many hymns and (respectful) references to church and Jesus.
REally?
He looked a lot shorter on TV.....
Is Garrison Keillor a believing Christian? If he's not, he had me fooled. I'm surprised the ACLU hasn't called for a cutoff of public funds to his show. Too many hymns and (respectful) references to church and Jesus.
I just listened to this and I think you've mischaracterized the show entirely. He was very kind to Mr. Reagan and I could only hear what amounted to 2 jeers from the crowd over an audible expression of sadness from the majority of the crowd.
Years ago I heard Keillor make a really interesting observation about Reagan. He said that after so many people had said Reagan was going to lead us to nuclear war, all he had to do to be considered successful was to simply not blow up the world. And he didn't.
Of course, I think Reagan deserves credit for a lot more than not blowing up the world. But the remark showed Keillor to be insightful and willing to criticized those on his side of the fence.
"Me too. The correct thread title should be "Garrison Keillor pays respect in announcing Reagan's death on his show".
Perhaps Tank will ask the Moderator to correct it."
Somehow I doubt it. I've seen Keillor's show live three times and have attended an old-fashioned potluck where he was the guest of honor. He's affable and was perfectly happy to talk with me as I followed him through the potluck line getting our food.
Yes, he is a liberal. No question about it. But, he showed respect for Reagan in his comments on the show. To imply otherwise is just plain dishonest.
Whether you like his politics or not, his show presents old-fashioned family values, with music, stories, and more. He's an excellent humorist, but his humor is always good-natured, with never a hint of bad language or anything else.
It's easy to trash liberals, whatever they do, of course. But this thread began with a lie. Freepers are better than that.
I don't know if he is or not.
When I was a kid, I assumed he was Lutheran... Of course, i was Lutheran at the time, and having surgery in a Luteran hospital, and all of the nurses were Lutherans.
I love his show too, and listening to him brings all my old Norwegian Lutheran relatives who are now gone back to me as if he knows them too, and what they are up to as if they are still alive.
I've seen him live three times also, twice here in Washington at outdoor ampitheaters, and once my dad and I drove to Reno to see him. He gives me and my ole dad, for whom emotion and affection is a difficult challenge, something sweet we can share. I'd defend that against anybody.
GK has all the respect and politeness of Eddie Haskell.
On the surface, he's saying the right words with the proper tone, but always with a hint of condescension when speaking of the Republicans. The libs love it because they are in on the 'inside' joke.
I listen to him when doing yard/garage work and enjoy the show and especially the music and skits.
But, he's still another man of the people, who lives in an upper west side NYC apartment. (Maybe he's Michael Moore's good twin?)
For the first few minutes, I thought Garry K. did a pretty good job: Ignore the morons, and carry on respectfully... like letting his own civility teach the cretins a lesson. (That's probably how Reagen would want it handled.)
What amazed me was that he then used the next song, a gospel, to ridicule Reagen, singing, "Let the light from your White House shine on me!" (Thus suggesting Reagen is Christ, an obviously ironic put-down.)
You know.... people will hear what they want to hear, and if the right words and the proper tone are there and you still want to hear a slight hint of condescension, then that's your loss.
Absolutely-we tuned in while driving home because we had been on the road all day and hadn't heard the news (wanted to hear about Smarty Jones). I caught the last little bit of the show on before his and then the start of Prarie Home Companion (which I sometimes enjoy despite Keillor's political leanings). The show was being recorded in New Hampshire and I thought Keillor was very classy with the song and funeral procession. A few morons showed their rear ends, but Keillor was a gentleman.
"He gives me and my ole dad, for whom emotion and affection is a difficult challenge, something sweet we can share. I'd defend that against anybody.
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Yes. His show is very, very rarely political at all. He deals with small town America almost exclusively, and with politics almost never.
While he pokes fun at those old Norwegians, it's always good-natured fun, and the same jokes could apply to any ethnic group in this country. He pokes fun at himself, which is always the mark of someone who understands human frailty.
The music on his show is always in good taste, and he features performers, both amateur and professional, that all can listen to. I remember when he started having the guitarist Chet Atkins as a frequent guest. I had not heard anything from Chet Atkins for years, and his virtuoso guitar work has always made a huge impression on me. Keillor gave him a fresh stage and a fresh audience.
Anyhow, I think the man was trashed in this thread for some reason I cannot understand. It's too darned bad.
Good grief. You have what happened twisted into something not even recognizable.
I thought the song was respectful, especially in light of his previous comments, but you could be right. I don't know enough about Keillor to discern a sarcastic meaning to the song.
Just because you were so hysterical, I listened again. It's "Light from your LIGHT house" dangus. It's a hymn, and a harmless one.
There is NO ridicule here. NONE. silly.
He sings many hymns to very kind ole devout religous people. There isn't any sarcasm in it.
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