Talk:A Prairie Home Companion
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[edit] Ralph's inspiration?
The article states that PGP ("Pretty Good Privacy") is the inspiration for "Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery", a fictional "sponsor" of the show. Is there any backing for this claim? I believe (but am not sure) that Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery predates PGP -- I think it's mentioned in Keillor's book Lake Wobegon Days. 64.236.170.228 18:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- Check the article again. It claims that PGP's name was inspired by Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery, not the other way around. That puts things in the right order, timewise. -- dcclark (talk) 19:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Writer?
Garrison credits "Sarah Bellum" as the only writer on almost all shows. I assume that this is a pseudonym, and that he writes all the material himself, but I have not been able to verify this on the web. Can this be verified & included in the article? David Lark
- I think he used to credit "Emmanuel Transmission" which certainly sounded like another pun.
- I think "Sarah Bellum" is a pun for "cerebellum"... :-)
- Atlant 21:35, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
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- At one time a laundry list of "pun" names were credited as being "writers", including Sarah Bellum, Amanda Reckonwith, Guy Wire, Warren Piece, and Ella Mentry. Fwgoebel 05:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] APHC on TV?
Is this shown on TV? Because if it is, we should find it for the article.
- Nope. TrbleClef 22:58, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
- I think it was spoofed briefly in an early Simpsons episode, but that's it ;-) —Mulad (talk) 17:52, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, some episodes of APHC back in the '80s were "simulcast" on TV on PBS and on public radio. I remember watching (and listening) to these shows with my folks as a kid back then... misternuvistor 21:05, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- I think it was spoofed briefly in an early Simpsons episode, but that's it ;-) —Mulad (talk) 17:52, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
Wouldn't this be a good time for a piece of rhubarb pie? -Walking Armless
- Thanks for the reminder, that's a much more common commercial than the Fearmonger's Shop! Added it to the article. --Dcclark 19:18, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Dcclark is right about the Whippets. It's a "town ball" team. The Minnesota Amateur Baseball championship was held over Labor Day weekend in 2005, and the teams were mostly from towns like Lake Wobegon. I can't recall if the school teams have a "name."
I recall "60 Minutes" did a segment on GK & PHC. "Great Preformaces" also did a simucast of the last show of the 2006 season. Not really much to see, just a bunch of actors reading from scripts -joseph.thacker@baesystems.com
[edit] on BBC7: What's underwriting.
"There are also no underwriting credits, as BBC and RTÉ do not use underwriting as a means of funding broadcasts. However, some of the programme's fictional sponsors are credited at the start of the show."
What's underwriting? I tried to look it up, but I just got translations near to this meaning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwriting which seems to me to not fit in this context.
Sorry, my fault, I found the meaning you want on the bottom of the afore mentioned wikipedia article.
[edit] PHC Userbox
As part of WikiProject Userboxen I have created the Prairie Home Userbox. You may see it here: {{User PrairieHome}}
[edit] Catchup Advisory Board
Several people have reverted the "Catchup Advisory Board" bit to "Ketchup Advisory Board." In fact, it is spelled catchup: for example, in this script. I've put back the correct spelling, and added an HTML comment to that effect as well. Just adding this here so that I can point future editors this way. :) -- dcclark (talk) 16:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Music types
I have expanded the music type section of the article. One of the things I strongly approve of in Garrison Keilor is that he uses many music types on the program. Yes, mostly american folk, but classical, opera, many musics. But I did not include hip-hop, because I have never heard that on APHC - not that I miss it. Has a hip-hop artist been there? if someone knows, edit the article to include that item. --Dumarest 16:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure hip-hop has been parodied on the show (because I can hear the sound effects guy faking the synth-drums), but I don't know whether an actual hip-hop artist has appeared on the show as a musical guest.
- Atlant 16:45, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
