For Release: 2009-06-15 13:22:00
One of America's foremost humorists and social pundits, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and monologues across the country in his popular radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion." American Masters trails this yarn-smith and his crew of actors and musicians as they spin stories and song into American gold in "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes," airing Wednesday, July 1 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET2 and KET HD and at 9:30/8:30 p.m. CT on KET1.Through the course of a year, an intimate lens captures Keillor on- and off-stage as he mingles fact and fiction to create America's collective hometown, Lake Wobegon, on a radio program that carries bona fide nostalgia. The result is a fascinating inside look at the enigmatic raconteur and the way the imaginary world he created became a real place in America.
"A Prairie Home Companion" has the uncanny ability to home in on the pulse of America. In it, Keillor invents his own brand of quirky small town stories and everyday characters, mixed with a witty dose of social politics and philosophy.
Keillor's down-home commentary and love of heartland America have made him into an "everyman philosopher." While comparisons will be made between him and America's great humorists and essayists -- from H. L. Mencken to Mark Twain, James Thurber and Will Rogers -- Keillor is unique. In this untraditional biography, the viewer begins to see how and why.
American Masters is produced by WNET/New York. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
Contact: Ellen Soileau
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