Why I like Garrison Keillor

I like Garrison Keillor. Yes, I do, and I always vote Republican. It's a contradiction, I know, but I did have a very liberal artist friend who always told me that I really was a Libertarian. It made him feel better to say that because he liked me.

And I like Garrison Keillor.

He is coming to the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on June 4th, 2016 with his Prairie Home Companion show.  I saw that show in Brevard, NC last year and I would spend twice the amount this year for the tickets at Fox. Why? Because Garrison Keillor is funny. And I need funny right about now, and I guess I needed it back last year in Brevard. The show was top notch in music, humor and entertainment.

I think he is also on the other side of 'so vain no one can stand you'. He took himself seriously with a grain of salt coming up as a writer, and I like that. As intelligent and serious as we want to be, there is always a time when your zipper is down, and I think he knows that.

Also, the liberal author, humorist, entertainer seems to have a soft spot for God - or at least hymns that point to God. How surprised and delighted I was to hear, a cappello - a voice in intermission rise up from the side of the seated area singing old hymns, and as it increased in strength, it was a thrill to see the liberal bard himself coming in from the sidelines singing and leading the audience in traditional old time hymns. I don't think he is much of a hypocrite, not any more than the rest of us, and so I think he may actually believe in at least some of what he sang.

Looking at my bedside table at The Keillor Reader, I remember fondly what I have read so far in this book, and in earlier ones - Lake Wobegon books where I laughed my way all the way through. And so, I like Garrison Keillor, even though he likes environmentalists and Democrats.  I think he is funny.

Prairie Home Companion