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Lake Wobegon U.S.A. is the eagerly anticipated successor to News From Lake Wobegon (one of the bestselling spoken-word audio ever) and More News From Lake Wobegon. This collection contains 17 touching, exquisitely funny monologues from Garrison Keillor recorded during American Radio Company broadcasts from tour stops all over the country. The tales, says Keillor, are about "the luxury of rhubarb pie, the perils of prophecy, Florian and Myrtle's thrifty vacation, the vapor lights of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility. . . ." They are also about joy, grief, dreams, luck, and mysteries—about the extraordinary moments of wonder that illuminate our ordinary lives.
Contents:
Fertility: The Kresbach's Vacation; Prophet; The Six Labors of Father Wilmer; Fertility
Patience: Aunt Ellie; Duke's 25th; Jobhunting; You're Not the Only One
Youth: Blue Devils; Nostalgia; O Christmas Tree; Pageant; Messy Shoes
Rhubarb: Rhubarb; Sweet Corn; The Sun's Gonna Shine Someday; Yellow Ribbon
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Lake Wobeon USA (Lake Wobegon)
- Audio Cassette: 1 pages
- Publisher: Highbridge Audio; 1993-09-01
- Label: Highbridge Audio
- Format: Audiobook
- Studio: Highbridge Audio
- ISBN: 1565110013
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 7 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #1047936
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: lake wobegon 2007-06-12
Comment: Entertaining, lets the listener get out of town for a while.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Do not drive and listen. . . 2005-02-13
Comment: Made the mistake of listening to this on a drive to New Orleans. Usually takes two hours. However, when you have to pull the car over and laugh, it can take about three or four hours. Taking out the CD and arriving quicker was not an option - as long as there is a drive-through fast food joint close to the highway. The news from Lake Wobegon has become a letter from home over the past years, and, it will erase any damage you have had from your own family!!
I cannot imagine NOT having this in your collection. It is wonderful.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Full of Hearty Laughs and Poignant Moments 2004-07-25
Comment: If you're not familliar with Garrison Keillor's stories of small-town, Midwestern life, check to see when his program is aired on your local NPR station. His radio program (called A Prarie Home Companion) is full of esoteric music, old fashioned comic sketches, and amusing interviews, but the real treats are his delightfull and insightfull Lake Wobegon yarns, which is what these tapes are full of. If I could give this 4 tape set 6 stars I would, but 5 will have to do. Included is a story about a Sunday school teacher's husband, who gets roped into managing the Christmas pagent at the last minute and must deal with debates over allowing live animals into the church, children with stage fright, and conspiracies to keep local Lutherans from getting into the Catholic church to watch the spectacle. Another favorite is The Six Labors of Father Wilmer, in which a battle between a priest and a parishoner leads to a cleric, in his pajamas, on a 20 foot ladder, at 3 am, trying to rid the church of the evil" of mecury lighting. Of course there's Sweet Corn, in which we learn about the secret aphrodisiac of the Midwest. Another good story is Blue Devils, in which we witness the progress of an overly competitive, all-girl's basketball team through the eyes of anxious parents, who try to make sense of sweet, blonde, little girls--who kiss mothers before joining the game, but are soon seen elbowing enemies to the floor and uttering words that have never been allowed in the house. All in all, there are 17 monologues and some music between stories...making about 5 hours of good, old-fashioned-but-liberal-minded entertainment. If you're looking for another good (probably better!) Keillor set, go for Life These Days. I guarentee you'll crack up.
6 of 118 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Woe is Right 2003-02-05
Comment: An old, tired theme. That is what this compilation delivers, and delivers and delivers. While Mr. Keillor's show was moderately entertaining 15 years ago, it has not kept pace with time. Thus, the stories seem to be replayed on an old, stuck phonographic record, replayed over and over. If you are a big time Keillor fan, you will probably find this work to be an enjoyable distraction while mixing your Metamucal. However, for anyone who can still think clearly, all these staid stories will just make you run for the can.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Great, just great. 2002-08-30
Comment: This is one of the best works of Mr. Keillor and I read them all. Please keep writing it.
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