September 18, 2005
Peeing in Lake Wobegon
I went through a stage where I liked A Prairie Home Companion. I call it my "pretentious" phase. Now lefty PHC host Garrison Keillor has lowered the boom on a blogger. Seems this dude was cranking out some T-shirts that said "Prairie Ho Companion" (snicker) and Keillor's big bad lawyers sent him a cease and desist order.
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How's that for some free speech? How's that for being hassled by The Man? How's that for humorless priggery?
"This is a great country, and it wasn't made so by angry people." Some liberal said that...some fair-minded wholesome Volvo-driving scribbler named...hmm...ah, yes, Garrison Keillor. --who also noted in the same unhinged rant, "Hypocrisies shine like cat turds in the moonlight!" Yep.
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No doubt about it. I too went through the same phases with Garrison Keillor. When I first started listening to PHC I thought he was complimenting the folk of Lake Wobegon and those like them. Later on when I really started to listen and think about what he was saying it was obvious his stories were not compliments.
I do listen to his Writer's Almanac blurbs on Wisconsin Public Radio when I happen to be listening to the proper station at the proper time, those are okay.
We have a free speech flap going on in Green Bay. University of Wisconsin Green Bay's (UWGB) chancellor removed a piece of "(f)art" from the UWGB's gallery. It was titled Patriot Act and had a picture of the President with a gun to his head. The Secret Service checked it out and had no problem with it, but the chancellor said it clearly advocates an action the secret service would not approve of and decided the taxpayer should not be funding its display.
There was a little protest by knee jerky college students against that decision. Nothing original was said by any of them.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at September 18, 2005 10:23 AM (GpxrI)
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The focus here should be the subsidy of NPR. Note that Garrison's letter says that he has the brand for commercial purposes. Prime example of tax subsidy of left-winger through NPR coat-tails.
Posted by: Anon Mouse at September 18, 2005 10:30 AM (yWNIV)
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The toad boy is getting a big head after the Prarie Home Movie. Obvoisuely the spoof is legal. See if you take anothers phrase and change it around it's original. I don't think Toad boy had a chance in hell of winning it was just the threat. Garrison I'm disgusted. You are just mad you didn't think of it first.
See Dub,
I found the problem and I fixed it. It was on my side but thanks, now I get all Sunday afternoon to myself. It's not unusual for the telephone co-op to have a problem but the short was in an old circuit not in use any more, disconnected that one and boom back in business.
Posted by: Howie at September 18, 2005 10:59 AM (D3+20)
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Prarie Home Diarrhea
Posted by: Kstumpf at September 18, 2005 11:09 AM (gvpiY)
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Keillor is a shining example of how liberals like to talk the talk about free speech and dissent in the form of parody, satire, etc., and how they love to put up a facade of tolerance of diversity (they do love their magic propaganda buzzwords), but when time comes to show their true colors, i.e. whenever someone challenges their propganada, they all turn into little Stalins, ready to send people to the gulag, i.e., sue them, for failing to acknowledge the truth of the Big Lie. Liberals have no sense of humor, only a perverted schadenfreude, and apparently lack a sense of irony, considering that they are generally nothing more than living caricatures of themselves, and look, think, and behave in an entirely predictable, two-dimensional manner. Of course this makes sense, seeing as how they see the world in a monochromatic, two dimensional sort of way, kind of like in a black & white cartoon strip, and also as in a cartoon strip, reality is whatever they say it is. Charlie Brown has his nemesis, Lucy, and a kite-eating tree, and liberals have their Chimpy McHalliburton and the worldwide corporate/neocon/Joooooish conspiracy. They would be tragically funny if they weren't so dangerous.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 18, 2005 11:42 AM (0yYS2)
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"Hypocrisies shine like cat turds in the moonlight"??? How does he know? Has he made a study of cat turds and their light-refraction characteristics? Is he admitting that he doesn't empty out the litter box every day? Not only is the comment not funny, it is a shabby variation (probably attempted in an effort to appear original) of the phrase "shines and stinks like mackrel in the moonlight".
Posted by: D. Carter at September 18, 2005 12:06 PM (xT77+)
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bwahaha! IM, you're in top form.
Posted by: Carlos at September 18, 2005 12:36 PM (8e/V4)
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There is something morally wrong about suing for trademake infringement of a tax payer subsidized product.
Posted by: dcb at September 18, 2005 12:39 PM (8e/V4)
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I'm impressed that you guys could actually read/listen to Keillor. I tried once; couldn't stay awake through the first page.
Posted by: P. Campbell at September 18, 2005 12:49 PM (2i4ae)
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test
Posted by: george at September 18, 2005 01:16 PM (eUQLw)
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So I guess photo-shopping his face onto the teacher(Mr Garrison) with the puppet from South Park is totally out of the question?
Posted by: Cindy at September 18, 2005 01:45 PM (6vV5X)
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Something smell rotten in the prairie home and i dont mean buffalo chips
Posted by: sandpiper at September 18, 2005 03:23 PM (/4Knp)
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Gee, who pissed in in Garrison Keillors pot-luck. This may make me rethink my forthcoming
line of PHC parody T-Shirts:
___________________________
Strong Women Prefer:
Powdermilk Biscuit
Anal Lube
Takes the 'ooof' out
of ooof-dah!
___________________________
Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 18, 2005 04:06 PM (8+7JP)
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Thanks Carlos.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 18, 2005 04:54 PM (0yYS2)
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Next thing you know, Bloatwater will want to gun me down and Hellibacon will try to chase me down with prison pipe - all in the name of Bush-style fascism.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 18, 2005 07:44 PM (VhNDM)
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Quite frankly, I don't see how anyone could ever stand the bastard. Maybe its because I'm from Texas, but I never thought he said anything funny, but perhaps it's a regional bias that I have.
Downing Street: I was at a gun show today in Shreveport, La. and all the New Orleans people were arming themselves for the return to NO. Better keep your ass out of NO, or Blackwater won't get a chance to pop the cap on you.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 18, 2005 08:09 PM (rUyw4)
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Dear Jesusland,
Everyone is buying guns and then returning to NO? Should be interesting. Uncle Samfester has tried to wipe out all opposition to Bush in that town. Now Bloatwater is eating your tax money along with Hellibacon.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 18, 2005 09:25 PM (VhNDM)
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Sometimes I have to think that DSM is a Rove operative whose sole purpose is to make us hate liberals by showcasing and highlighting liberal stupidity. I don't know if I believe if someone could really be that stupid. I mean, damn, I've met some stupid people in my life, especially considering the time I spent in college, but DSM is seems to exhibit the kind of stupidity that causes platic bags to need warning labels.
By the way all, check out this blog, the guy says things that need to be said: http://ourwayoflifeblog.blogspot.com
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 18, 2005 09:59 PM (0yYS2)
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DSM is probably a young teenage boy, possibly hyper-active with a few personal emotional issues. Notice how his/her short rambling comments have no bearing at all on the thread itself. It's like a child barging into a group, jumping up and down waving his/her arms saying "hey look at me, listen to me talk about what I want to talk about" etc. Clearly an attempt to draw attention to oneself to fulfill some emotional need missing in his/her life. There is a character on a comedy show (Mad TV) somewhat similar - a young girl who literally bounces off the walls and runs a mile a minute.
Posted by: hondo at September 18, 2005 11:19 PM (4Gtyc)
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Impy, my dearest friend, am I the character who calls for people to be hanged with hemp neckties? Your derangement amazes all the people who read your violent fantasies and dread that you would actually want to implement them. Your worldview is a hollow rattle and the multicolored rattle-beans noisily rattling within are the many pills prescribed to you but not taken.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 19, 2005 12:09 AM (VhNDM)
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DSM how come you are not Angry@Angry.org any more?
Posted by: Howie at September 19, 2005 08:44 AM (D3+20)
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test
Posted by: Howie at September 19, 2005 08:45 AM (D3+20)
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I listened to that show one time and found it mildly amusing. The second time I listened to it I saw through the facade of what should have been light humor and saw a snide and bitter man. Never listened again.
Re: DSM
Pixy Mesa is pretty sure DSM is a Perl script. DSM hates everyone. I've been trying to get him/her to express hate for me as well, but GreyRooster and Improbulus keep hogging up his/her attention. I must try harder.
Posted by: Oyster at September 19, 2005 10:27 AM (fl6E1)
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Yeah, I'm deranged. When insanity is the norm, only the crazy are sane.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 19, 2005 10:37 AM (0yYS2)
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Well, everyone, I hate to admit I like having DSM here for no other reason than to demonstrate what the opposition is thinking, even if you wonder if it's possible for them to think like he does.
Just go see the inmates at DU or Indymedia and you'll see what I mean. I'd rather have DSM here than have to go to the asylum.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 19, 2005 10:59 AM (rUyw4)
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DSM has been banned before and if he gets problematic he'll go again. He can try out for the DPRK editorial page for a change and get paid for his work.
Posted by: See-Dub at September 19, 2005 11:56 AM (hmJ+A)
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See-Dub,
DSM might be too conservative for DPRK. LOL!
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 19, 2005 02:13 PM (rUyw4)
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FYI, I’m selling my “A Prairie Ho Companion” t-shirt on eBay. I write for MNspeak.com and am currently job-searching, i.e. broke. It’s the only shirt for sale that I know of:
T-shirt on eBay link
Posted by: Chuck at September 20, 2005 02:15 AM (Ctyww)
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Oyster, you pearl-snatcher
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 20, 2005 06:51 AM (VhNDM)
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I think all this hate for Garrison is much a
age/demographic bias as anything. All the people on here slamming PHC are probably the same ones who watch shows like south park and family guuy all the time which are far more hateful than keillor would ever be
Posted by: Sam at September 20, 2005 12:04 PM (PN5QJ)
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I just read that blog piece and I must say that while I didn't really agree with his point it was well thought out and interesting. I may not agree with keillor most of the time on politics but he's still interesting and his comedie's funny(note this was an opinion piece it wasn't trying to be funny even in the least unless of course you get a good laugh out of political name calling)
Posted by: PHC fan at September 20, 2005 12:39 PM (PN5QJ)
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Sam,
I think it must be a regional bias for me. I have never found the man to be in any way funny. Of course, I think Ron White(a fellow Texan) and Larry the Cable Guy are funny as hell.
I also like Dave Chappel.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 20, 2005 06:41 PM (rUyw4)
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Sam the leftard, being the effite liberal wussbag that he is, obviously thinks that we uptight white Christian Republicans are too course for PHC, maybe, or just too stupid? Liberals are such retards.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 20, 2005 09:34 PM (0yYS2)
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For you info maximus I'am very much a christian (like garrison keillor I might add) and also a republican. My point was that there is far more hateful satire out there than PHC that the people on this message board complaining about PHC are probably less offended with(It's no seceret generally speaking internet fan boys love adult cartoons) what is it with you people that you think just because someone has a different perspective than you that you think they can't offer anything of of value. Am I the only person on the planet that voted for Bush and finds Garrison Keillor funny or what? I don't get it's like southeren christians all got a memo somewhere that told them they had to hate PHC or they were a 'liberal wussbag'
Posted by: Sam at September 20, 2005 11:40 PM (dlWUo)
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"Am I the only person on the planet that voted for Bush and finds Garrison Keillor funny or what?"
Probably "what". Here's a clue: If he was really funny, he would be raking in bazillions like real comedians do, and not suckling at the taxpayers' teat. PBS and NPR are the government supported leper colonies of the entertainment world. I'm not even going to get into how you could call yourself a Christian after what he said about Christians, because only a liberal could be so self loathing.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 21, 2005 01:01 PM (0yYS2)
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Okay I'm officially done with this message board I don't need to listening to your hate mongering any more maximus I only hope I can pull you out of your ignorance on two points 1) garrison keillor has done lots of commercial work including books free-lance pieces and movie scripts including an upcoming film based on PHC which he also acted in and there are lots of supplies that are sold from prairie home companion such as recording and memborialia(T-shirts coffee mugs etc..) He is by no means a financially liability to anyone. He's actually probably one of the few people on public radio who makes money. 2)I say this as a fellow brother in the lord: If you honestly believe that I can't be a christian and enjoy PHC you have some serious soul-searching to do and I only can hope and pray that you find redemption for your hatred
Posted by: Sam at September 21, 2005 02:43 PM (mQZId)
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There is no redemption for hatred, there is only a cure, and that is the destruction of the hated. Just so you know, I'm not a Christian, so don't hand me that brother in the lord crap. Keillor is not only the antidote to humor, he's typical commie liberals anti-American scum, and I have to time for apologetics for him.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 22, 2005 04:11 PM (0yYS2)
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