Garrison Keillor said : "I worked for the company for 40 years, and I was dismissed with a phone call," "The phone call took about a minute-and-a-half. There was no 'thank you,' you know. But I had already retired, so that makes it easy"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Well, I wouldn't use the word 'victim,'" "I've met too many people who really are victims, and I am not"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I can only tell what I honestly feel,"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I really wish I had turned ‘Prairie Home Companion’ into more of a comedy show,”

sentinelsource Saturday, May 7, 2022 1:59:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I don’t want to go anywhere near it,”

sentinelsource Saturday, May 7, 2022 1:59:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I really wish I had turned 'Prairie Home Companion' into more of a comedy show,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I don't want to go anywhere near it,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "People want to believe what they want to believe,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Peter had a real calling and stayed true to it,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 6:21:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 6:21:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Peter had a real calling and stayed true to it,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:03:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Thursday, February 25, 2021 5:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "It's an issue that's torn the country asunder and to what good?" "We can accept a system of states' rights ... let's give the cultural war a rest and focus on the economy, tax policy and environment"

wrcbtv Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:44:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “The novel was fun to write, the memoir not so much,”

usaToday Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:46:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “The novel was fun to write, the memoir not so much,”

ChinaPost Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:24:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Louis was a true original who invented himself in isolation,”

startribune Tuesday, December 24, 2019 5:55:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “Writing is solitary work, and after sitting in a dim corner at a laptop for days on end, a person wants to get out and see people,”

southernminn Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:13:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I wrote a limerick about an old Lutheran in Owatonna who raised 10 acres of marijuana and set it ablaze for several days and had visions of the blessed Madonna,” “I’m curious to meet him”

southernminn Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:13:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,”

dailycaller Monday, December 11, 2017 11:53:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,” “I sent her an email of apology later, and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called”

triblive Friday, December 1, 2017 9:43:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized," "I sent her an email of apology later, and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called"

siouxcityjournal Friday, December 1, 2017 3:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:52:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “A person could not hope for more than what I was given,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:52:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

nzherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:45:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

nzherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:45:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:39:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:30:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:17:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:04:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote ( about Al Franken ) : “He did USO tours overseas when he was in the comedy biz,” “He did it from deep in his heart, out of patriotism, and the show he did was broad comedy of a sort that goes back to the Middle Ages. … Miss Tweeden knew what the game was and played her role and on the flight home, in a spirit of low comedy, Al ogled her and pretended to grab her and a picture was taken. Eleven years later, a talk show host in L.A., she goes public with her embarrassment, and there is talk of resignation. This is pure absurdity and the atrocity it leads to is a code of public deadliness. No kidding”

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:56:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:34:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:50:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:50:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:33:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,”

therepublic Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:03:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:30:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:34:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “He did USO tours overseas when he was in the comedy biz. He did it from deep in his heart, out of patriotism…” “Eleven years later, a talk show host in LA, she goes public, and there is talk of resignation. This is pure absurdity, and the atrocity it leads to is a code of public deadliness. No kidding”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “If I had a dollar for every woman who asked to take a selfie with me and who slipped an arm around me and let it drift down below the beltline, I’d have at least a hundred dollars,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “Miss Tweeden knew what the game was and played her role and on the flight home, in a spirit of low comedy, Al ogled her and pretended to grab her and a picture was taken,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:55:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:55:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969,"

lacrossetribune Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:10:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

nzherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:25:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I don’t think you should go out onstage after the age of 76,”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Sometimes you see teenagers there with their cellphones and they’re Googling the lyrics. But they’re singing. It’s really a marvelous show. It’s hard to describe the feeling of it. But it’s not an audience sitting and watching a pop star or sitting and watching, you know, brilliant virtuosity. I’m no genius. But people feel a collective pleasure,”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “We just have to find a town that can be Lake Wobegon, and then I think we should be all set to go,” “And we have to teach people to talk, you know, we have to teach actors to talk, and not talk as they did in the movie ‘Fargo,’ which is not quite right”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "What we know so far is that the man is who he is,"

afp-en Friday, February 10, 2017 9:03:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said ( about Chris Theile ) : "I had complete freedom when I started the show back in 1974 and [Thile] should get the same consideration from me. The people he needs to connect with are the listeners, not the aging emeritus,"

sltrib Friday, December 16, 2016 7:04:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat,"

minnesota-publicradio Thursday, December 15, 2016 9:15:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat,"

npr Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor observed : "Alas for the Trump voters, the disasters he will bring on this country will fall more heavily on them than anyone else. Referring to Trump's anti-China language and focus on branding that country an economic arch-villain, one observer--ironically from the financial industry--best summarized the situation facing Trump's working class voters' dilemma going forward : "

huffingtonpost-us-en Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:36:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said ( about Chris Theile ) : "I had complete freedom when I started the show back in 1974 and he (Thile) should get the same consideration from me. The people he needs to connect with are the listeners, not the aging emeritus,"

sltrib Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:39:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “It’s exciting to see an old show get a fresh start and I hope Chris enjoys it as much as I did, years ago,”

startribune Saturday, October 15, 2016 9:03:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I came because we don't have a statewide race in Minnesota. We have nothing, so I came down here for the excitement of it - to see David against Goliath,"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I hate to think of people that I know and respect and love voting for him so, let's save them from it,"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "This was the year when Sen. Grassley was supposed to take a stand on behalf of conservative Republican principles and he failed the test, he failed the test of his own party and now this has to be put to the voters. I'm so glad you have a candidate who's going to put it to the voters"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Jack never cared for my radio show and he told me every time he saw me,” “He was a jazz guy. He did not care for sentimental songs about home. Though I did point out to him that half the sentimental songs about home are about wanting to leave home”

nytimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:16:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor added : “It feels like something ends and something else is about to happen,”

arabtimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:15:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I’m going to miss him more than I’m going to miss me,”

arabtimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:15:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “The house in Normandy is neither here not there,”

chicagotribune Friday, July 1, 2016 9:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I went to Nashville to write about the Grand Ole Opry for The New Yorker,"

CBSnews Sunday, June 26, 2016 5:51:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Writing for the magazine put me in thrall to their reputation, to their style, to having fathers who were more talented than yourself,”

nytimes Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:19:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “With radio, I owned it. I owned it. Nobody else was doing this,” “You find yourself on new ground, and you are so free. You are so free”

nytimes Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:19:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I worked for the company for 40 years, and I was dismissed with a phone call," "The phone call took about a minute-and-a-half. There was no 'thank you,' you know. But I had already retired, so that makes it easy"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Well, I wouldn't use the word 'victim,'" "I've met too many people who really are victims, and I am not"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I can only tell what I honestly feel,"

CBSnews Sunday, May 15, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I really wish I had turned ‘Prairie Home Companion’ into more of a comedy show,”

sentinelsource Saturday, May 7, 2022 1:59:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I don’t want to go anywhere near it,”

sentinelsource Saturday, May 7, 2022 1:59:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I really wish I had turned 'Prairie Home Companion' into more of a comedy show,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I don't want to go anywhere near it,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "People want to believe what they want to believe,"

startribune Friday, April 29, 2022 4:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Peter had a real calling and stayed true to it,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 6:21:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 6:21:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "Peter had a real calling and stayed true to it,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Friday, February 26, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:03:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "The last three years have been difficult for him health-wise, but he found real purpose in listening to hours and hours of performances,"

startribune Thursday, February 25, 2021 5:32:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "It's an issue that's torn the country asunder and to what good?" "We can accept a system of states' rights ... let's give the cultural war a rest and focus on the economy, tax policy and environment"

wrcbtv Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:44:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “The novel was fun to write, the memoir not so much,”

usaToday Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:46:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “The novel was fun to write, the memoir not so much,”

ChinaPost Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:24:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Louis was a true original who invented himself in isolation,”

startribune Tuesday, December 24, 2019 5:55:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “Writing is solitary work, and after sitting in a dim corner at a laptop for days on end, a person wants to get out and see people,”

southernminn Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:13:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I wrote a limerick about an old Lutheran in Owatonna who raised 10 acres of marijuana and set it ablaze for several days and had visions of the blessed Madonna,” “I’m curious to meet him”

southernminn Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:13:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,”

dailycaller Monday, December 11, 2017 11:53:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,” “I sent her an email of apology later, and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called”

triblive Friday, December 1, 2017 9:43:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized," "I sent her an email of apology later, and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called"

siouxcityjournal Friday, December 1, 2017 3:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:52:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “A person could not hope for more than what I was given,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:52:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

nzherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:45:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

nzherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:45:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:39:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:30:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:17:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,”

680news Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:04:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote ( about Al Franken ) : “He did USO tours overseas when he was in the comedy biz,” “He did it from deep in his heart, out of patriotism, and the show he did was broad comedy of a sort that goes back to the Middle Ages. … Miss Tweeden knew what the game was and played her role and on the flight home, in a spirit of low comedy, Al ogled her and pretended to grab her and a picture was taken. Eleven years later, a talk show host in L.A., she goes public with her embarrassment, and there is talk of resignation. This is pure absurdity and the atrocity it leads to is a code of public deadliness. No kidding”

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:56:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:34:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:50:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:50:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

lacrossetribune Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:33:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,"

siouxcityjournal Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:05:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,”

therepublic Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:03:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:30:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:34:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “He did USO tours overseas when he was in the comedy biz. He did it from deep in his heart, out of patriotism…” “Eleven years later, a talk show host in LA, she goes public, and there is talk of resignation. This is pure absurdity, and the atrocity it leads to is a code of public deadliness. No kidding”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “If I had a dollar for every woman who asked to take a selfie with me and who slipped an arm around me and let it drift down below the beltline, I’d have at least a hundred dollars,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “Miss Tweeden knew what the game was and played her role and on the flight home, in a spirit of low comedy, Al ogled her and pretended to grab her and a picture was taken,”

dailycaller Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:55:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:55:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969,"

lacrossetribune Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:10:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

bostonherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this. And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969," "A person could not hope for more than what I was given,"

nzherald Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:25:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : “I don’t think you should go out onstage after the age of 76,”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Sometimes you see teenagers there with their cellphones and they’re Googling the lyrics. But they’re singing. It’s really a marvelous show. It’s hard to describe the feeling of it. But it’s not an audience sitting and watching a pop star or sitting and watching, you know, brilliant virtuosity. I’m no genius. But people feel a collective pleasure,”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “We just have to find a town that can be Lake Wobegon, and then I think we should be all set to go,” “And we have to teach people to talk, you know, we have to teach actors to talk, and not talk as they did in the movie ‘Fargo,’ which is not quite right”

seattletimes Friday, August 4, 2017 6:50:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "What we know so far is that the man is who he is,"

afp-en Friday, February 10, 2017 9:03:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said ( about Chris Theile ) : "I had complete freedom when I started the show back in 1974 and [Thile] should get the same consideration from me. The people he needs to connect with are the listeners, not the aging emeritus,"

sltrib Friday, December 16, 2016 7:04:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat,"

minnesota-publicradio Thursday, December 15, 2016 9:15:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat,"

npr Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor observed : "Alas for the Trump voters, the disasters he will bring on this country will fall more heavily on them than anyone else. Referring to Trump's anti-China language and focus on branding that country an economic arch-villain, one observer--ironically from the financial industry--best summarized the situation facing Trump's working class voters' dilemma going forward : "

huffingtonpost-us-en Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:36:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said ( about Chris Theile ) : "I had complete freedom when I started the show back in 1974 and he (Thile) should get the same consideration from me. The people he needs to connect with are the listeners, not the aging emeritus,"

sltrib Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:39:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “It’s exciting to see an old show get a fresh start and I hope Chris enjoys it as much as I did, years ago,”

startribune Saturday, October 15, 2016 9:03:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I came because we don't have a statewide race in Minnesota. We have nothing, so I came down here for the excitement of it - to see David against Goliath,"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor told : "I hate to think of people that I know and respect and love voting for him so, let's save them from it,"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "This was the year when Sen. Grassley was supposed to take a stand on behalf of conservative Republican principles and he failed the test, he failed the test of his own party and now this has to be put to the voters. I'm so glad you have a candidate who's going to put it to the voters"

wcfcourier Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:37:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Jack never cared for my radio show and he told me every time he saw me,” “He was a jazz guy. He did not care for sentimental songs about home. Though I did point out to him that half the sentimental songs about home are about wanting to leave home”

nytimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:16:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor added : “It feels like something ends and something else is about to happen,”

arabtimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:15:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “I’m going to miss him more than I’m going to miss me,”

arabtimes Monday, July 4, 2016 1:15:00 AM EAT

Garrison Keillor wrote : “The house in Normandy is neither here not there,”

chicagotribune Friday, July 1, 2016 9:11:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : "I went to Nashville to write about the Grand Ole Opry for The New Yorker,"

CBSnews Sunday, June 26, 2016 5:51:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “Writing for the magazine put me in thrall to their reputation, to their style, to having fathers who were more talented than yourself,”

nytimes Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:19:00 PM EAT

Garrison Keillor said : “With radio, I owned it. I owned it. Nobody else was doing this,” “You find yourself on new ground, and you are so free. You are so free”

nytimes Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:19:00 PM EAT