Prairie Home Commonplace Book : 25 Years on the Air

English

ISBN: 1565113454

EAN: 9781565113459

Category: Performing Arts / Radio / General

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Release Date: 11/25/2011

Synopsis: On July 6, 1974, in a small concert hall at Macalester College, A Prairie Home Companion debuted as a live radio show in front of an auspicious audience of about twelve people. It was about as awful as a show could possibly be,and we have the tapes to prove it, recalls host Garrison Keillor. Thankfully, the show improved considerably over the years and today over two-and-a-half million listeners tune in each week to hear that friendly, familiar mix of music, humor and storytelling.The dictionary defines a commonplace book as a notebook in which one records quotations, poems, extracts, and memorabilia. In this, APHCs 25th year, Keillor and friends have compiled a commonplace book of amusing facts, recollections, scripts, behind-the-scenes photos, recipes, commercials--a whole alphabet of fun from Autoharp to Zenith. Heavily illustrated with over 100 photos, plus new, previously unpublished material by Garrison Keillor, it all adds up to a complete picture of a much-loved part of popular culture and one of Americas favorite radio programs

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Prairie Home Commonplace Book : 25 Years on the Air

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 8.5 inches

Length: 11.0 inches

Weight: 25.64 oz

Pages: 160