Speaking of things that are more complicated, I’ve admired his writing skills since forever but there’s more to him than the folksy monologist persona would suggest. Often the more you see is kind of dickish. Just saying.
Oh, for fuck’s sake…
But he was raised by Norwegian bachelor farmers, so you know he’s pure. Mostly.
They are the worst ! The Worst !
Seriously, if you read Lake Wobegon Days as opposed to hearing the news from it on the radio, you see a very distinct edge, about 60 percent satiric and 40 or so simply nasty, and don’t get me started on his newspaper columns in later years.
Good. His creepy overtures to much younger women were a regular feature of his last two years on PHC.
Exiled to Lake WoeBeyond (sp).
Never found PHC interesting or amusing. Couldn’t figure out the appeal but I guess it was (is?) popular?
So, anyone want to take bets as to when the revelations about Fred Rogers and Bob Keeshan surface?
“Et tu, Bruté?—Then fall, Caesar!”
Al Franken should resign? That’s absurd.
By Garrison Keillor November 28 at 8:08 PM
I have it from an employee that all MPR staff has had to undergo yearly EEO training b/c of his recurring behaviors.
In the '90s, Buzz Magazine was right up there with Spy in my estimation as a really a smart, clever monthly. In 1998, (before everyone had cell phones or the internet, really) they interviewed Jon Bon Jovi.
I remember him saying something like he was glad he got be be a rock star when rock stars could be rock stars. “You can’t get away with anything these days. You can’t be a real rock star anymore.”
Garrison Keillor and Matt Lauer didn’t get the message from 20 years ago that you can’t be a real rock star anymore.
Unless you are Donald Trump.
Funnily this never came up in all the years he damn near carried NPR on his back.
How long before we’re left with no one?
We’ll always have Trump. He’s impervious to this.
Count me among the unsurprised. Occasionally “dickish” describes Keillor well.
Comedy is dead, as is folksy observation. It all requires pushing the limits. Today, you push the limits, someone gets offended, and finds a way to get back at you. And if you kiss somebody who doesn’t like it, sooner or later, you are gonna pay. For being a guy.