Wobegone Is Me

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17. maybe

...I've heard Garrison be extremely self-effacing. I appreciate that the most about him. Maybe this last journey will help him realize how much he means to his audience.


My Career in Radio

Garrison Keillor November 2008 Issue

I’m a radio man for thirty-some years
In St. Paul, an old variety show
Like those I used to hear, my dears,
When I was a child long ago.
To critics, my show is peppered
With little bits of Bob & Ray,
Jack Benny, and Jean Shepherd,
But those critics are dying (Hooray!)
And to twenty-year-olds who were born
Too late to hear the great Fred Allen
I am the master of the form,
Sailing the airwaves like Magellan.
If a thief escapes and is not hung
He may be honored by the young.