POTUS calls into Garrison Keillor's last PHC show

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

to say thanks.

[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Peacetrain]

2. ahhhh that is so nice...

I love GK..

[irisblue]

3. I have driven Chicago to Decatur and back many a time

PHC helped alot

[eridani]

19. I used to do that in reverse n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

23. Must have had good mirrors. nt

[Lucky Luciano]

24. Badump-pssss

[allan01]

4. thanks for the run gk. wink.

p.h.c is q.r.t and that is a wrap.

[MarianJack]

5. Is this the end of the show?

Will it continue with a new host/hostess?

Will he still do "It was a quiet week..."?

GK IS a national treasure!

PEACE!

[a kennedy]

10. Yes it will continue with a new host......

http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/press/cbs-sunday-morning-garrison-keillor-signs-off-june-26-2016/ In this interview he talks of new host.

[mountain grammy]

6. I listening to a reboot now.

I'll miss Garrison Keillor.

[PoliticAverse]

7. How long until the next unretirement? n/t

[MADem]

13. My very question...! I have a relative who has corresponded with him for years--he

was on radio for awhile himself.

[nolabear]

8. So many nights driving, listening to that lovely voice.

I think Keillor was a real influence in my own writing style. I have never gotten over the thrill of not knowing where the tale was going and learning to love characters who are just people, being people.

I met him once at a fundraiser for John Kerry. I was just one of a hundred in line shaking his hand, but I never more pleased to see someone. Well, Jimmy Carter maybe, but not too many more.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. He was a speaker at one of Clinton's corespondents dinners....

http://www.c-span.org/video/?121876-1/1999-radio-television-correspondents-dinner

(Skip ahead to 35:30)

[a kennedy]

11. Garrison told him exactly what I would have said to the POTUS as well......

will miss his class, his grace, his intelligence, his strength. and he said he's going to miss him sooooooooooo much.

[Hekate]

15. I loved that exchange. Each made it plain he would miss the other.

[Old Crow]

12. Bittersweet news. I will surely miss him. (N/T)

[cynzke]

14. MY HUSBAND AND I REMEMBER LISTENING TO GARRISON ON THE RADIO IN THE EARLY 1970'S.

Living in Minneapolis. Back then he broadcast from a house in the suburb of Bloomington (don't know if that was actually true, but he incorporated the image of a little house/radio station). That added the touch of quaintness/small town vibe Garrison loved to invoke. In my mind, from the broadcasts, the station was a small house sitting in a suburban neighborhood with a lawn in front and a flag pole. The broadcast included his inventive "Buttermilk Powdered Biscuit" commercials which Garrison carried over when he started his broadcast show from St. Paul. Even then it was apparent that his brilliant talent and development of PHC would gain fame.

[wiggs]

16. I was there at the Hollywood Bowl last night...his last, live performance of PHC. Touching,

moving, important, amazing. He came out as an encore to sing alone with the audience in hushed tones...all together as human beings, singing melodies we all know and grew up with. Hard to not get chocked up. Such a good guy.

Did not hear anything at the performance related to Obama calling in.

[avaistheone1]

17. What an amazing experience you must have enjoyed.

Sure going to miss GK. Hope he comes back from retirement.

[PoliticAverse]

18. Yeah the encore was broadcast after the show ended at the normal time. n/t

[Person 2713]

26. Wow that sounds so GK sounds great . The call in was broadcast Saturday on the last show on air

Though most of the broadcast show was what you saw at HB live some may have been added

[glinda]

20. He is a National Treasure for sure.

I enjoyed the encore the best. Hope his retirement goes well and his health improves.

[Surya Gayatri]

21. One national treasure saluting another...very fitting.

What a run--40 + years. And, Keillor is only stepping down due to health concerns, I believe.

The show has a long history; it has existed in a similar form since as far back as 1974 and borrows its name from a radio program in existence in 1969 that was named after the Prairie Home Cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota, next to Concordia College.

Let it Be Me - 7/2/2016

If You Were Mine - 7/2/2016

[Person 2713]

22. I was fortunate enough to listen Saturday to the last show. End of a great show

[Lucky Luciano]

25. Nice...I'm with homer though...never figured out what was so funny!

[gademocrat7]

27. K&R!

[Jitter65]

28. Is there a link to a rebroadcast ? I would love to hear the show. nt

[PoliticAverse]

29. Here...

http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/listen/full/?name=phc/2016/07/02/phc_20160702_128

You can also see some of it on their youtube channel...
https://www.youtube.com/user/PrairieHomeVideos/videos