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===Alterations===
This was primarily a [[radio comedy]] program. Some of it was devoted to the sentimental. Other stories put together by Keillor and others, depicted tragedies. Occasionally political satire could be found in some episodes. Other occasions marked current events.
When Minnesota leader [[Paul Wellstone]]'s end came in a 2002 airplane crash, Mr. Keillor rewrote a portion of that program revolving around Senator Wellstone.<ref name = Colligger-A001>{{cite news
| last = Collins
| first = Paul
| date = 2013-10-25
| title = The night Garrison Keillor consoled a grieving state
| url = https://newscut.mprnews.org/2013/10/the-night-garrison-keillor-consoled-a-grieving-state/index.html
| work = MPR Minnesota Public Radio
| location = Saint Paul MN
| access-date = 2024-08-13
| quote = Wellstone was dead, the state was reeling, a memorial service hadn’t yet divided the state, and in many ways, Keillor had the task of being Minnesota’s consoler-in-chief.
}}</ref><ref name = Naderigger-A000>{{cite news
| last = Nader
| first = Ralph
| date = 2002-11-16
| title = A Tribute to Paul Wellstone
| url = https://www.counterpunch.org/2002/11/16/a-tribute-to-paul-wellstone/
| work = Counterpunch counterpunch.org
| location = Petrolia, CA
| access-date = 2024-08-13
| quote = Garrison Keillor commemorated Wellstone in his nationally syndicated public radio program with these words: 'Paul Wellstone identified passionately with people at the bottom, people in trouble, people in the rough. He was an old-fashioned Democrat who felt more at home with the rank and file than with the rich and famous.' }}</ref>
Mentions during a 2004 show regarded the passing of President Reagan.<ref name = Willigger-A000>{{cite news
| last = Williamson
| first = Kevin
| date = 2004-06-13
| title = Reagan: A primer
| url = https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2004/06/13/reagan-a-primer/
| work = Mainline Times & Suburban
| publisher = MediaNews Group
| location = Ardmore, PA
| access-date = 2024-08-13
| quote = When Garrison Keillor announced President Reagan’s death on his publicly funded radio program, there was cheering in the audience. One Democratic Web site headlined a story on Reagan’s death: “Bedtime for Bonzo.”
}}</ref><ref name = Roligger-A000>{{cite news
| last = Tony
| first = Roland
| date = 2013-07-12
| title = Garrison Keillor: The Grandfather of Americana Music
| url = https://www.nodepression.com/garrison-keillor-the-grandfather-of-americana-music/
| work = No Depression
| location = San Francisco, CA
| publisher = Freshgrass Foundation freshgrass.org
| access-date = 2024-08-13
| quote = The same holds true of politics. On one of his shows he announced the death of President Ronald Reagan. While some in the audience cheered, Keillor quietly sang a hymn in honor of the late president.}}</ref><ref name = BBCigger-A000>{{cite news
| author = <!--not stated-->
| date = 2004-06-06
| title = US media mourns Reagan
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3780455.stm
| work = BBC NEWS
| location = United Kingdom
| access-date = 2024-08-13
| quote = Opening his weekly national radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor said Reagan was "a great man who befuddled us old liberals for years, mainly his great, shining charm, which never ever failed him".}}</ref>
==Cast==
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