American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality
Garrison Keillor
Keillor in 2009
Birth name
Gary Edward Keillor
Born
(1942-08-07) August 7, 1942 (age 81) Anoka, Minnesota, U.S.
Medium
Radio, print, film
Alma mater
University of Minnesota
Years active
1969–present
Genres
Observational comedy, storytelling
Subject(s)
American culture (especially the Midwest), American politics
Spouse
Mary Guntzel
(m. 1965; div. 1976)
Ulla Skaerved
(m. 1985; div. 1990)
Jenny Lind Nilsson
(m. 1995)
Children
2
Website
www.garrisonkeillor.com
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (/ˈkiːlər/; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history.
In November 2017, Minnesota Public Radio cut all business ties with Keillor after an allegation of inappropriate behavior with a freelance writer for A Prairie Home Companion. On April 13, 2018, MPR and Keillor announced a settlement that allows archives of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac to be publicly available again, and soon thereafter, Keillor began publishing new episodes of The Writer's Almanac on his website.[1] He also continues to tour a stage version of A Prairie Home Companion, although these shows are not broadcast by MPR or American Public Media.[2]
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (/ˈkiːlər/; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created...
Home Companion is a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by GarrisonKeillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016. In 2016, musician Chris Thile took...
Lake Wobegon is a fictional town created by GarrisonKeillor as the setting of the recurring segment "News from Lake Wobegon" for the radio program A Prairie...
historic A Prairie Home Companion with GarrisonKeillor (APHC) radio show. The original host, GarrisonKeillor, performed his final show on July 2, 2016...
sets off a chain of events that ends with the Honda Accord moving and GarrisonKeillor speaking the tagline, "Isn't it nice when things just... work?" It...
Lake Wobegon Days is a novel by GarrisonKeillor, first published in hardcover by Viking in 1985. Based on material from his radio show A Prairie Home...
Show A character in the 2007 book Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by GarrisonKeillor A character in the animated series South Park A character in the American...
28, 2017. "Hrbek at the Bat by Phil Bolsta on Baseball Almanac". Keillor, Garrison. "Casey at the Bat (Road Game)". Baseball Almanac. Pogue, David (October...
Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1986) Lake Wobegon Days – GarrisonKeillor (1987) Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1988) It's Always...
and Brian Mercer. "The Snow Queen" was adapted as a radio play by GarrisonKeillor, released on September 2, 2010 "The Snow Queen" by Missoula children's...
North America, and in Australia. Alex Keillor, Scottish footballer GarrisonKeillor, American humorist Steven Keillor, American historian Alexander Keiller...
fictional Law of Jante, and more generally, Scandinavian culture. GarrisonKeillor's A Prairie Home Companion discusses "Wobegonics", the supposed language...
sublabel of 5 Minute Walk In the credits to A Prairie Home Companion, GarrisonKeillor states the show is "written by Sarah Bellum" in a joking reference...
Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1986) Lake Wobegon Days – GarrisonKeillor (1987) Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1988) It's Always...
Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1986) Lake Wobegon Days – GarrisonKeillor (1987) Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1988) It's Always...
show A Carlin Home Companion (a play on A Prairie Home Companion by GarrisonKeillor), detailing her experiences growing up with her famous father. She...
Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1986) Lake Wobegon Days – GarrisonKeillor (1987) Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1988) It's Always...
"The Conscience" of the host, GarrisonKeillor. She appears on Keillor's 1997 Grammy nominated album GarrisonKeillor’s Comedy Theatre. Rhodes appeared...
Ajnabi - Pagglait (2021) Lakshmi, Rama (10 April 2023). "He's the GarrisonKeillor of India, and he's reviving the art of storytelling". Washington Post...
Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1986) Lake Wobegon Days – GarrisonKeillor (1987) Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1988) It's Always...
Times. Associated Press. December 26, 1989. Retrieved July 15, 2020. GarrisonKeillor (August 25, 2003). "The Writer's Almanac". American Public Media. Archived...
for GarrisonKeillor when the latter began his early morning radio show from the St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota studio. Keillor wanted...
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