A Prairie Home Companion - April 11, 1987 (Part 4)

In this segment:
Music: Little Darling Pal Of Mine by The Carter Family (at 0:00)
Music: Lulu Walls by The Carter Family (at 2:53)
The News from Lake Wobegon (at 5:28)
This is an episode of A Prairie Home Companion which was aired on the Disney Channel on April 11, 1987. During that season Garrison Keillor was preparing to retire, which he did for a short while before reviving the show in 1989. As part of his planned retirement he agreed to air his "last" season on the Disney Channel. Despite the show being revived, it was never broadcast on television again (although recently performances of A Prairie Home Companion have been broadcast to cinemas as part of Garrison Keillor's most recent stab at retirement) . This episode is only 90 minutes long because the television broadcasts had 30 minutes cut out from them. This is also the only episode I have; it was taped off of a free preview weekend of The Disney Channel (when it was a "premium" network, like HBO). Apologies for the occasional video dropouts, the tape is a bit worn out and my video capture card doesn't tolerate worn tapes very well. Part 4 of 7.

[@sandrajurus347]

Thanks for sharing these precious moments

[@midnightfm87]

wow, this aired 17 days before i was born. i discovered him about a year ago while rewatching a simpsons episode in which they parody him and i went and looked it up and now i have 9 different lake wobegon collections on CD and i put the mp3s on my phone and listen to it everyday at work. it's soothing somehow and relaxes me.

[@cappygolucky]

Is nice !

[@TheWorkinschlep]

me too!..

[@simulatedrainn]

dude's got a voice that could make a honey badger purr.

[@ThePapasmurf1946]

He's 45 years old here. Somehow he looks young.

[@mattmintzell2253]

Just wonderful - thank you for this top music!

[@chucky1316]

Really enjoyed this, thank you.

[@gracegorman642]

Thank you for uploading. Doc Watson reminds me a lot of Burl Ives.

[@PREGO1966]

similar style to Burl, yes

[@mist-forge]

I love this so much.

[@toolman482]

i use too listen this show all the time before i i bought a anthor tv

[@hamstersniffer]

I used to listen to his show all the time and owned several CD collections of his stories. That was before he started injecting every monologue he did with political jabs and slurs. Never understood why he would taint such marvelous narrative talent with politics. Anyhow, I do appreciate being able to watch this wonderful old broadcast.

[@joeltunnah]

It's really the whole culture that changed. Everything's politicized now, but especially entertainment.

[@nedludd7622]

That's right, MAGA don't like anything humorous or rational. As if politics isn't a part of everything.

[@chucku.farleyii3181]

Doc Watson!!!

[@gregorythehuman420]

Does anyone of you know where I can find online anymore of these older broadcasts? Everything I have found on here is 2010 and up. It would be greatly appreciated, as I have extremely fond memories of listening to The News From Lake Wobegon with my parents as a child!

[@FarewellChorus]

In case you haven't found it yet, there's an auto-generated Topic channel with a few episodes from 1987: kzbin.info/door/RpgVgnvJu_NV_Gv_zP1LAQ

[@justforever96]

You know....Keillor sort of reminds me of "Bubbles" from "Trailer Park Boys", Maybe it's just the big glasses. And the supposed origins in a small, rural town (or trailer park, as it may be).