Matt Groening went on record saying that he was a big fan of Garrison Keillor and "Prairie Home Companion," but admitted that this scene roasting him was perfectly fair.
I'm proud to have contributed to "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House". Sure, he'd long since moved out of it already, but by God did we ever save the *shit* outta that house!
There was a Q/A with him at my college years ago. Because I was running late I actually got to meet him one-on-one on the way over to the theater and shake his hand. I remember noticing how soft they were. He commented on my off-brand ray ban sunglasses I was wearing, “I couldn’t pull that style.”
That line combined with the fact that he thinks the TV being unfunny is a technical difficulty he can punch out it. He tries to fix it like it was static.
That's why this joke never worked for me. Prairie Home Companion was mildly amusing, and it never acted like it was anything more than that. The writers on The Simpsons just invented this idea that people acted like PHC was hilarious, so they could pretend that this joke was satire. Darn it, folks who do The Simpsons are better than this.
I loved listening to Garrison keillor's "the writer's almanac", since it had some very interesting facts about literature. But I agree I never really saw much funny about him in general.
@@kayzeaza I think it’s mainly recognizing (or at least inferring) the foibles of people from a different era. A recurring line that sums up those foibles pretty well: “Now I might have objected, but I was brought up Lutheran and we’re not used to expressing personal preference, so I just said ‘Oh yeah, well that could be interesting’.”
Out with Gout 1988 was the first telethon I ever contributed to. I was young and foolish and just out of high school but I wanted to help end the suffering.
@@Glitcher2000 And you're probably a sick liberal with no sense of humour. The newer episodes are political drivel that only commies and 'intersectionalists' would find amusing. Retards, in other words.
Honestly, I thought the part about Sven was at least worth a chuckle. You know how it is. You go to your usual place, you study the menu convinced that THIS TIME YOU'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FINALLY, and then you just get the same thing you always do because you know it's good and you stick to it.
The DVD audio commentary for this part was pretty funny. A long time ago (pre-Simpsons) my mother dated a guy whose comedy stylings were exactly like this. Only his stories lasted 30 minutes.
I met Garrison Keilor when I was about 8 years old and enjoyed the the conversation I had with him when he visited Atlanta. My dad had me listening to this with him every Saturday night from the time I was born until I moved out. He even recorded it on old cassette tapes.
Joshua Skaug I was speaking in general terms. Everyone knows he died cuz his psycho wife murdered him. I’m just saying it was a major loss when he died
Blame Andy Dick. Who secretly got Hartman's wife using again. She fell off the wagon in a terrible way and once she stopped being "fun" and was just sad, he just flat out ignored her until she fell so low, she did what she did.
I used to do security for concerts and P.H.C. would be on sometimes after I got out and after you’ve just seen slayer and anthrax and slipknot, it’s actually a calming pallet cleanser.
I an into Garrison one day on the street, here in St Paul. When I mentioned that I enjoyed this bit on the Simpsons he became visibly agitated and said, in a halting voice: "That man..! What's his name?? He made FUN OF ME just by SPEAKING SLOWLY!" And with that he insulted my appearance, turned around, and stormed off. I'd always heard he was an insufferable self-important dickhead, but there I saw it for myself.
@@flowertrue A friend of mine, guy in his 20s, was doing some intern work at the MPR studios in downtown St. Paul. Now Garrison fancies himself a chess player, and somehow he got word that my friend was a decent player as well - so he walks into the office and challenges my friend to a game. Now I wasn't aware of this, but it turns out that my friend is in fact quite a sharp player.. So the game is on, and about 30 minutes in Garrison's position is clearly hopeless. Now, a class player resigns by tipping his king.. but Garrison threw a total fit. He jumps up, flips the board scattering chessmen all over the table & floor, and walks off cursing his opponent under his breath. I had no trouble believing this
The only inaccurate part of this I can see is that the couple times I saw Garrison Keillor perform, he doesn’t use a script. The stories are a mix of memorization and improv.
I grew up hearing my parents listen to a PHC, so I was used to it and didn't think much of it. It surprised me to learn later that people passionately hate it.
I love Keillor. This is the kind of humor that is funny in a hospital visit or at a funeral. It doesn’t mean that it’s not funny, just that it tickles a different funny bone while you’re supposed to be composed. I think!
Grew up listening to Garrison Keillor and other WPR radio programming, and of course I live in the midwest and I always thought it was funny personally. lol Pretty awesome to see him referenced in something as popular as the simpsons! lol
@@offthewall2017 You'd have to listen to the actual show "Prairie Home Companion" or his "News from lake Wobegon" bits, or maybe it's just a Midwest thing. lol Just seeing him referenced so accurately on the simpsons is hilarious honestly.
@@deadaccount01 Not sure then, gotta be the right demographic I suppose. I always thought he was funny but then again I grew up listening to radio as one of my main sources of entertainment.
when he stops to catch his breath they drop the framerate waaayyyy the hell down i can imagine the writers gathered around some tech.... "no, no, slower than that, just a bit slower....."
astounded at the amount of vitriol aimed at Garrison Keillor and PHC in these comments. Prairie Home Companion was a quintessential radio variety show that both celebrated and poked gentle fun at American values, and always featured world-class musical guests alongside its brilliant house band. PHC and The Simpsons are both treasures!
If you don't understand Garrsion Keillor's humor, it's because you have no understanding of subtle humor and ingenious storytelling. He's not a fucking "comedian" anyway: he's a storyteller, and a lot of people think he's brilliant. If you can't understand anything beyond "Simpsons" level humor, I'm not surprised you don't "get" Keillor. Luckily, I can do both.
I think his story about Bruno the fishing dog is much funnier than this video, but then I'm a "dog person" who loves anything about Labrador retrievers.
It's kind of a niche market, I guess. Ponderous, observational "wit" and kind of a weekly ritual of hearing about some fictional people in Minnesota. I suppose it illustrates the difference between humor and comedy.
+Jurassic0AI Elitist? The whole fucking point of this segment is that the Simpsons are dull witted schlubs who would be entirely nonplussed by anything in the least bit subtle. But I'm guessing many peoples opinions on the guy are based on his recent purging. The object of course, like all the other purgings involved in the puritan rampage masquerading as "equality", is to create fear and submission among anyone whose primary identity is simply "citizen", a fear which renders people quick to denounce the victims lest they be next to be chewed up by our corporate moral overlords.
There's something very ASMR about the way he says "Falls" in "Badger Falls". It's almost like "Fallds" or "Fallts." I'd love a linguist to explain what's going on and if there's a name for it.
I'm not a linguist, but I spend a decade in local radio, and sometimes you alter the pronunciation of certain letters to smoothe out the sound when you work close to a microphone.
I was wondering if anybody noticed that. It's the Korean animators, since traditionally Chinese, Japanese and Korean are written top to bottom, right to left, so the book pages are "backwards". This was much more common before 90's Internet and cell phones made this a hassle.
I've just discovered Keillor from this bit, and I'm a huge fan. I don't know if it even counts as comedy, but it's definitely funny in a way, and really makes you feel good after it
Matt Groening went on record saying that he was a big fan of Garrison Keillor and "Prairie Home Companion," but admitted that this scene roasting him was perfectly fair.
Well you know birds of a feather and all that.
Harry Shearer even got that heavy nose breathing in. Groening was right.
Over my head
Your father wasn't a Post Impressionist painter. He was a postal worker.
Where the women and children are fat, and the men are suicidal.
I'm proud to have contributed to "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House". Sure, he'd long since moved out of it already, but by God did we ever save the *shit* outta that house!
Hell yes.
It's also a song.
@@TheMrPeteChannel great song
I don't get the reference but the punchline was pretty funny.
The real Garrison Keilor breathed much heavier into the microphone. You couldn't tell if he was about to fall asleep or bust a nut.
... Wasn't he me too'd?
@@beezelsub - Yes he was.
@@beezelsub I guess the OP was right then
@@beezelsub It was ridiculous that he was.
@@ricardocantoral7672 garrison feel her
The 10-second “throw-away” bit about Edward the Penitent is testament to how absolutely fantastic the writing was on this show, in its prime.
Take note Family Guy, keep it short and sweet.
A-hoo-hoo!!
I could see someone criticizing it for its indulgence.
There was a Q/A with him at my college years ago. Because I was running late I actually got to meet him one-on-one on the way over to the theater and shake his hand. I remember noticing how soft they were. He commented on my off-brand ray ban sunglasses I was wearing, “I couldn’t pull that style.”
I absolutely remember the "pink-cheeked and robust" line as actually being from Prairie Home Companion. Amazing.
I think the original was from lake Wobegon and it was "where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are all above average"
“What the hell? Oh! We’ve got a call!”
This was the funniest pull at collar joke imo
"Stupid TV, be more funny." I love that line
The additional emphatic “umphs” are the chefs kiss
I love it when anyone does the nervous collar pull sound.
That line combined with the fact that he thinks the TV being unfunny is a technical difficulty he can punch out it. He tries to fix it like it was static.
How I feel about most American “comedies.”
I had to check the date. Sounded like modern unfunny Simpsons.
What the hell!?!? Oh, we have a caller!
I don't know that I ever laughed out loud listening to Prairie Home, but there was always something weirdly compelling about it
It really sucked you in. Especially on a long Sunday car ride home from somewhere
Just like that scene from the wire, it’s hard to turn it off if you’re stuck in the car
@@BearOldcastle you got that right! Several times coming home and PHC was on and it beat the country music 10 song stations Dad liked.
Small time stories of small time people in the fictional Lake Wobegon. The "aw jee um shucks" kind of humor.
That's why this joke never worked for me. Prairie Home Companion was mildly amusing, and it never acted like it was anything more than that. The writers on The Simpsons just invented this idea that people acted like PHC was hilarious, so they could pretend that this joke was satire. Darn it, folks who do The Simpsons are better than this.
I watched this clip enough times that that guy's jokes are now hilarious to me
Same.
Edward the Penitent would make a great Showtime period drama xD
I'm really, really, really sorry.
I'm afraid sorry doesn't cut it with this pope!
I love how this sums up anyone who's never heard Prairie Home Companion and then hears the audience laughter.
"What the hell's so funny?"
nope, some of it was pretty funny. at least as good a percentage as non golden simpsons.
Edward the Penitent, starting a young Mr. Burns.
"Aholhol!"
That was actually Mr Snrubs without his moustache.
Hmm That Edward the penitent looks interesting, I’ll contribute to that!
Prairie Home Companion was great when you needed something to put you to sleep.
My parents used to listen to Garrison Keillor and I had no clue wtf they were laughing about. Still don't.
You can't relate to the Garrison Keillor or the show. I listened to it for thirty years. Loved it. Everyone's different.
@@thomasromano9321 That's basically my point.
@@thomasromano9321 booourns
I loved listening to Garrison keillor's "the writer's almanac", since it had some very interesting facts about literature. But I agree I never really saw much funny about him in general.
@@kayzeaza I think it’s mainly recognizing (or at least inferring) the foibles of people from a different era. A recurring line that sums up those foibles pretty well: “Now I might have objected, but I was brought up Lutheran and we’re not used to expressing personal preference, so I just said ‘Oh yeah, well that could be interesting’.”
Best part is SOMEONE pledged 58 cents...
I too participated in Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
or 2 people pledged 29 cents.
@@Anonarchist Or a couple people pledged 19¢ and a third pledged 20¢.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Or two people pledged 6¢, one person pledged 19¢, and a 4th pledged 27¢.
Damn, a whole $23.58 raised for that pledge drive!
Out with Gout 1988 was the first telethon I ever contributed to. I was young and foolish and just out of high school but I wanted to help end the suffering.
Did you help out Tony Orlando too?
I suffer from flare ups every 2-3 years, so obviously you didn't contribute enough :p, well, that and the fact that red meat is goddamn delicious.
0:36 - Me when watching one the newer episodes of The Simpsons.
Robot Lover "Stupid newer Simpsons episodes! Be more funny!"
1:11 - Me watching one the newer episodes of The Simpsons.
Another tired "Old Simpsons good, new Simpsons bad" rhetoric. You have nothing original to say.
@@Glitcher2000 Note: Glitcher2000 died on his way back to his home planet.
@@Glitcher2000 And you're probably a sick liberal with no sense of humour.
The newer episodes are political drivel that only commies and 'intersectionalists' would find amusing.
Retards, in other words.
I had a friend who would listen to Garrison Keillor in the car...i'm with Homer on this one.
Should have hit the radio. It may have made it more funny
I had a friend that taped Garrison Keillor on NPR. He was from the upper midwest so maybe that’s a factor. Homer speaks for me on this.
Agreed. I never saw the humor in his delivery at all.
1:05 LOL, I love that collar tug and "oh ho hooo!" so much!
The first like 6 years or so of that show were magical
Honestly, I thought the part about Sven was at least worth a chuckle. You know how it is. You go to your usual place, you study the menu convinced that THIS TIME YOU'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FINALLY, and then you just get the same thing you always do because you know it's good and you stick to it.
The DVD audio commentary for this part was pretty funny.
A long time ago (pre-Simpsons) my mother dated a guy whose comedy stylings were exactly like this. Only his stories lasted 30 minutes.
love how Troy's surprise to hear a phone ring at 1:11
I like how even Lisa couldn’t find humor in this
Troy McClure getting spooked by the donation phone 🤣🤣
What the hell
I met Garrison Keilor when I was about 8 years old and enjoyed the the conversation I had with him when he visited Atlanta. My dad had me listening to this with him every Saturday night from the time I was born until I moved out. He even recorded it on old cassette tapes.
you remember enjoying a conversation with garrison keillor as an 8 year old? nvm, this makes sense after I re-read the rest of your comment
I always liked the finger wag when Homer orders the TV to "be more funny."
Did we ever save Tony Orlando's house?
Why did Phil Hartman have to die so soon?
Joshua Skaug I was speaking in general terms. Everyone knows he died cuz his psycho wife murdered him. I’m just saying it was a major loss when he died
Cocaine-filled nutcase wife.
That’s the MURDER HOUSE
#believeallwomen
Blame Andy Dick. Who secretly got Hartman's wife using again. She fell off the wagon in a terrible way and once she stopped being "fun" and was just sad, he just flat out ignored her until she fell so low, she did what she did.
I used to do security for concerts and P.H.C. would be on sometimes after I got out and after you’ve just seen slayer and anthrax and slipknot, it’s actually a calming pallet cleanser.
I an into Garrison one day on the street, here in St Paul. When I mentioned that I enjoyed this bit on the Simpsons he became visibly agitated and said, in a halting voice:
"That man..! What's his name?? He made FUN OF ME just by SPEAKING SLOWLY!"
And with that he insulted my appearance, turned around, and stormed off.
I'd always heard he was an insufferable self-important dickhead, but there I saw it for myself.
That is a fantastic story
"That man" is Harry Shearer, for those wondering
@@flowertrue A friend of mine, guy in his 20s, was doing some intern work at the MPR studios in downtown St. Paul. Now Garrison fancies himself a chess player, and somehow he got word that my friend was a decent player as well - so he walks into the office and challenges my friend to a game.
Now I wasn't aware of this, but it turns out that my friend is in fact quite a sharp player..
So the game is on, and about 30 minutes in Garrison's position is clearly hopeless. Now, a class player resigns by tipping his king.. but Garrison threw a total fit. He jumps up, flips the board scattering chessmen all over the table & floor, and walks off cursing his opponent under his breath.
I had no trouble believing this
I listen to him on NPR every day on the way to work.
Slashbash What do you do to stay awake?
Literary history is enough to keep this soul awake!
Okay, The Writer's Almanac is different story entirely ! I loved listening to that program !
Not anymore you don’t!
@@Gaugzilla Nope! He got himself MeToo'd and yet, he still sucks up to the donkey.
The only inaccurate part of this I can see is that the couple times I saw Garrison Keillor perform, he doesn’t use a script. The stories are a mix of memorization and improv.
I grew up hearing my parents listen to a PHC, so I was used to it and didn't think much of it. It surprised me to learn later that people passionately hate it.
I like how Lisa isn’t even laughing
Hell yeah, dude.
I am from Minnesota, and I had no idea why people listened to it
Lutheran self-flagellation.
This reminds me of the "Vinyl Diner" on CBC radio.
I love Keillor. This is the kind of humor that is funny in a hospital visit or at a funeral. It doesn’t mean that it’s not funny, just that it tickles a different funny bone while you’re supposed to be composed. I think!
Who the hell is listening to Garrison Keillor at a funeral?
@@Poopscipade his fanbase
@@Poopscipade I wouldn't listen to Garrison Keillor at my OWN funeral.
"I'm afraid 'sorry' doesn't cut it with this Pope."
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House 😂😂😂
I'm seeing him Saturday with my mom. I'm not familiar with the show but I was familiar with this scene
How'd it go?
@@wilverbal guess he died not laughing. rip
Did we ever cure gout?
No but there are methods that can help with the swelling that’s more efficient than it was back then.
Literally my exact react when my parents made me listen to prairie home companion as a kid
Okay, that menu joke got me.
at 0:18 is Homer referring to a post 2005 Simpsons episode?
*Post 1998
@@shanecollis4207 yep post 1998
Was Edward the Penitent really THAT sorry?
Apparently not sorry enough!
I must admit, he is good as Gould.
I might have smiled at Prairie Home once or twice, but it’s never made me laugh like this clip making fun of it has
Grew up listening to Garrison Keillor and other WPR radio programming, and of course I live in the midwest and I always thought it was funny personally. lol Pretty awesome to see him referenced in something as popular as the simpsons! lol
Explain the jokes then please because I'm with Homer
@@offthewall2017 You'd have to listen to the actual show "Prairie Home Companion" or his "News from lake Wobegon" bits, or maybe it's just a Midwest thing. lol Just seeing him referenced so accurately on the simpsons is hilarious honestly.
@@TranscendentalAirwaves I'm from the Midwest and I don't get it either
@@deadaccount01 Not sure then, gotta be the right demographic I suppose. I always thought he was funny but then again I grew up listening to radio as one of my main sources of entertainment.
@@TranscendentalAirwaves your explanations aren’t helping. If they’re intended to be humorous, maybe that explains why you find him funny.
Even the ever sophisticated Lisa is nonplussed
I'm with Homer. I don't get Garrison, either.
525Lines And now, thanks to the Me Too movement, no one will!
@@javiercs006 What you meant to say is “thanks to Keillor being a creep, no one will.” Don’t blame women for men‘s fuckups.
Not enough nasal breathing out of Garrison
One of my earliest encounters with ASMR lol
Joe Pera on Adult Swim is the our generation's Garrison Keillor
Don't even try, Homer, i make the same thing with my TV with every new chapters of The Simpsons and don't works.
when he stops to catch his breath they drop the framerate waaayyyy the hell down
i can imagine the writers gathered around some tech.... "no, no, slower than that, just a bit slower....."
I still think I've of the funniest things about Garrison Keillor was the time he played Odin in Hercules.
astounded at the amount of vitriol aimed at Garrison Keillor and PHC in these comments. Prairie Home Companion was a quintessential radio variety show that both celebrated and poked gentle fun at American values, and always featured world-class musical guests alongside its brilliant house band. PHC and The Simpsons are both treasures!
Anytime I hear the phone ring when I'm really not expecting calls, I always say "what the hell?"
Phone rings: "What the hell???!!!"
I always laugh when I see how they have only raised $23.58.
I loved Prarie Home Companion.
out with gout '78 i remember that one
The Portlandia where they tailgate Prairie Home Companion is incredible
Oh I definitely gotta check that out
Homer should have moved the family to Lake Wobegon.
Reminds me of The Vinyl Cafe w Stuart McLean.
I really tried to like A Prairie Home Companion. I really did. I gave it years!
"What the hell is so funny?" 😄
0:30 I love that joke lol
the legendary "be more funny" clip. if you know you knwo
Season 5/Episode 6: Marge on the Lam.
Edward the Penitent looks like Burns in a wig
Everyone has a friend form Minnesota like this.
This isn't an accurate representation of Garrison Keillor, because it's 2,000x funnier than anything Garrison Keillor ever did.
If you don't understand Garrsion Keillor's humor, it's because you have no understanding of subtle humor and ingenious storytelling. He's not a fucking "comedian" anyway: he's a storyteller, and a lot of people think he's brilliant. If you can't understand anything beyond "Simpsons" level humor, I'm not surprised you don't "get" Keillor. Luckily, I can do both.
Art Howard I think ones intelligence plays a part in his jokes
I think his story about Bruno the fishing dog is much funnier than this video, but then I'm a "dog person" who loves anything about Labrador retrievers.
It's kind of a niche market, I guess. Ponderous, observational "wit" and kind of a weekly ritual of hearing about some fictional people in Minnesota. I suppose it illustrates the difference between humor and comedy.
+Jurassic0AI Elitist? The whole fucking point of this segment is that the Simpsons are dull witted schlubs who would be entirely nonplussed by anything in the least bit subtle.
But I'm guessing many peoples opinions on the guy are based on his recent purging. The object of course, like all the other purgings involved in the puritan rampage masquerading as "equality", is to create fear and submission among anyone whose primary identity is simply "citizen", a fear which renders people quick to denounce the victims lest they be next to be chewed up by our corporate moral overlords.
For those who have no idea who Garrison Keillor is check out his appearance on Letterman in 1983. ruclips.net/video/M252reMXy84/видео.html.
The "What the Hell" at 1:11 was perfect.
"What the hell? OH we have a caller"...
I've met odd people who have this droning voice, but not as charming as this guy.
I was one of those wierd kids that sought out npr just for garrison and watched grand ole Opry when able
NPR is audio Xanax for the masses.
With a heavy leftist taxpayer supported bias.
I dated his daughter Maia. She’s a good looking girl!
You cut the best part
But did they save Tony Orlando‘s House?
There's something very ASMR about the way he says "Falls" in "Badger Falls". It's almost like "Fallds" or "Fallts." I'd love a linguist to explain what's going on and if there's a name for it.
I'm not a linguist, but I spend a decade in local radio, and sometimes you alter the pronunciation of certain letters to smoothe out the sound when you work close to a microphone.
0:04 Is he reading backwards?
I was wondering if anybody noticed that. It's the Korean animators, since traditionally Chinese, Japanese and Korean are written top to bottom, right to left, so the book pages are "backwards". This was much more common before 90's Internet and cell phones made this a hassle.
I thought he would say something like - Springfield, where all the people are below average
“What the hell?” Lol.
0:15 "What the hell is so funny?"
0:41 How about the telethon only taking in $23.58 so far?
Honestly, I want to hear the rest of the story.
Wrong radio host. You want Paul Harvey. :-D
I've just discovered Keillor from this bit, and I'm a huge fan. I don't know if it even counts as comedy, but it's definitely funny in a way, and really makes you feel good after it
That's not Keillor. His shoes aren't red!
Always thought this guy was like a US version of Alan Bennett.
I’m not sure who this guy is, but he seems like Joe Pera from another era
didn't Garrison Keillor get cancelled a few years back?
Yup