Keillor
Keillor is a surname, most associated with Garrison Keillor, the American humorist and radio personality who created and hosted *A Prairie Home Companion* for decades.
The name evokes gentle Midwestern storytelling and wry observations about small-town life: He has that Keillor quality—deadpan humor with a nostalgic edge.
Creator of written works
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- New YorkerResident of a major metropolis
humorist · writer · memoir · poetry · short stories · American literature · Salon · newspaper column
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- small townModest rural settlement
- humorAmusing quality
folksy · nostalgia · raconteur · tall tales · homespun · wit · deadpan · rambling
Nonprofit American broadcaster
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- variety showProgram mixing different performances
Lake Wobegon · public radio · live audience · sound effects · folk music · syndicated · microphone · announcer
author
Creator of written works
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
New Yorker · humorist · writer · memoir · poetry · short stories · American literature · Salon · newspaper column · manuscripts
Lake Wobegon
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- small townModest rural settlement
humor · folksy · nostalgia · raconteur · tall tales · homespun · wit · deadpan · rambling · memoir
NPR
Nonprofit American broadcaster
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
Lake Wobegon · variety show · public radio · live audience · sound effects · folk music · syndicated · microphone · announcer · sketch comedy
KeillorHoward Stern
Don Rickles · Bill Hicks · George Carlin · Richard Pryor · Sarah Silverman
KeillorHoward Stern
Woody Allen · Rush Limbaugh · Larry the Cable Guy · Larry David · Jeff Foxworthy