Far be it from the creator of "A Prairie Home Companion" to let sports and movie stars be the only ones to offer proximity to their famous selves for a fine bit of coin of the realm.
In August of 2005, Keillor will be piped aboard a cruise ship that will spend a week sailing around the maritime provinces of Canada.
Said Keillor in yesterday's New York Times story, "I can't think of a better way to spend the dog days of August than sailing to the Canadian maritime provinces with like-minded odd people."
Deluxe suites cost over $6,000.
That's an awful lot of bushels of hard red winter wheat.
What I find the single most fascinating thing about Keillor is that he makes up his monologue, "The News From Lake Wobegon," each week on the fly.
Can you imagine?
He simply steps up to the microphone and wings it, live and on the air to listeners world-wide.
I completely agree with David Carr, the writer of the Times story, who wrote, "It is a feat that makes the scripted jokes of a Jay Leno or David Letterman very much besides the point."
Awesome.
I haven't listened to the show for years, but writing this, I think I'm gonna make a note to keep this coming Saturday evening open.
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