tony (07/21/82)
#N:pur-ee:13400001:000:1016 pur-ee!tony Jul 21 07:46:00 1982 While I was on the co-op program here at Purdue, I worked at IBM (argghhh!), in Rochester, MN; barely a stone`s throw from Lake Woebegone. A friend there introduced me to what I assumed was a locally produced and broadcast show. Only in the last year did I discover the massive following of PHC. I`ve seen the show live a couple of times. It`s broadcast from a theatre in St. Paul. They do a half hour warm-up before switching to the regular show. During that half hour Garrison takes home towns and messages from the audience which he uses later during the show. When I started listening about four years ago there was a regular *house* band that played the theme, etc. every week, but they have since gone out on their own. Also, Garrison Keillor (sp?) has written a book. I don`t know if it is begin distributed nationally, but the bookstores had it. It`s a set of short stories/ articles concerning such topics as *Shy Rights*. The title is *Happy to be Here*. Tony Andrews decvax!pur-ee!tony