RtS: A Prairie Home Companion

[Alex]

I remember reading an account of (Dave Barry?) being involved in one show and apparently while things may change very last minute almost nothing is extemporaneous. Of course, making it seem that way is a beautiful thing. (And, of course, I could be misremembering)

Despite the fact that I tend to change station whenever one of the musical acts start I do enjoy the show. But I rarely get to listen since Lani has zero tolerance for it and we have to change the station permanently if we're in the car together (which we usually are).

[Snowflake]

I grew to love PHC, but I really do love Keilor's Writer's Almanac on NPR. Always 5 minutes of good stuff. Also available on iTunes for free.

[3894]

It's great to hear how many of you enjoy A Prairie Home Companion. We live in rural Wisconsin. I'm married to a Swedish-American who grew up Lutheran. For us, Lake Woebegon is very real.

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

while things may change very last minute almost nothing is extemporaneous. Of course, making it seem that way is a beautiful thing. (And, of course, I could be misremembering)

It takes a lot of work to look that relaxed.

We saw the final rehearsal. I didn't mention that the evening ran about 3 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. They were obviously trying out material, seeing what worked. My guess is that almost nothing at the performance for radio the following night was extemporaneous, what with timing issues and all.