Anyone out there listen to Prairie Home Companion tonight?

[Syrinx]

I didn't hear the whole thing, but what I heard in the car was hilarious.

First, Guy Noir got called down to Nashville to track down Elvis Presley's banjo which had been stolen from the Country Music Hall Of Fame. Guy swoons over a local girl named Earline, who wears "pants so tight I can count the change in her pocket."

In another skit, he comes across a "precious little girl" that has become separated from her family. He finds out that her parents are Baptist, and so maybe they've been "raptured."

He decides he needs to determine if the Rapture has indeed occurred, so he starts making some calls.

He called Billy Graham, and Graham was home, so the Rapture mustn't have happened.

He called the Pope. But the pope misunderstands his question, and starts rapping in Italian. But the pope's still at the Vatican, so the Rapture mustn't have happened.

He calls Bush at the White House. Bush tells him that his intelligence has not detected "the Rapture or any Rapture-related activities." Plus, Bush was still at the White House, so the Rapture mustn't have happened.

So he turns on the TV to a news channel, which is reporting the mass-disappearance of war-protesters worldwide, as well as of members of the Unitarian-Universialist church. HA!

I wish I could describe it better. I was laughing so hard I almost had a wreck.

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[mrsadm]

1. Thanks for the good laugh!

I really needed it today, with all the bad news going on .....

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Go Garrison!

Thanks Sryrix (and Powder Milk Biscuits). :-)

[Divernan]

3. Kevin Kline as Guy Noir in the movie coming out this summer.

Garrison authored (co-authored, maybe) the script for the movie, "Prarie Home Companion", with a great cast, including Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin as a country-singing sisters act, Kevin as Guy (hope he does his great French accent) and Garrison as himself.

[Syrinx]

7. I'm looking forward to the movie

But I wonder if they can match what they do on the radio. Here's hoping...

[DiverDave]

4. Listen to the show:

http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

I try and listen evey week.

Oh, and I gotta see that movie.

[flygal]

5. That's great! Can't wait to hear it!

I've seen his show live - he's such a treasure. Love ya Garrison!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. Can't wait to hear that one!

Thanx!

[Tsiyu]

8. "Rapture-related activities"

:rofl:

I'll have to listen online. PHC is the best radio show ever, I think.