Comments on: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes

By: Jeff Jessop

Jeff Jessop — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:05:53 +0000

I am home. As much as I enjoy Garrison Keillor’s warm and comforting humor and the visual memories his stories invoke, it is the literacy of the viewer’s comments that pleases me most. So much of mainstream TV is troublesome to watch and hear and the online offerings of viewers so radical and viperous that, were it not for the lack of grammatical clarity, one might take the writers to be serious. The degradation of our languages is so annoying that I cannot watch the local news. The face is young and pretty or handsome and the hair is just so, but the attempt to update a story presented earlier results in a garbling of the words and the facts that wouldn’t pass the third grade class.
Since the shift to digital broadcasting, my over-the-air viewing has been reduced to PBS and the W network (if you’ll buy the broadcast, you’ll buy anything – the advertising) and listening to the radio. I found old time radio via the internet and international news and foreign views of the U.S. via PBS. The lack of sensationalized (screaming), negative and contrary news has left me feeling much better about the country and my corner of it; almost like being in Lake Wobegone, “where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children ‘way above average.” I may be forced to listen to the radio and to use my imagination again to “see” baseball or football games while raking the leaves, or washing the car, or cooking on the grille. GK reminds us of the importance of little pleasures and the people around us that are worth ‘memorializing’ as a late friend often said.

By: Helen Warinsky

Helen Warinsky — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:43:39 +0000

I’m late in discovering this PBS web site (10-15-09). Please advise if Garrison Keillor’s “The man on the radio in the red shoes” will be shown on PBS again, and the date in Portland, Oregon (KOPB)

By: Celeste Lyon

Celeste Lyon — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:59:31 +0000

I loved the program and was very sad that my husband and Dad were not able to see the program. Is this show going to repeat so that we can watch again? Thanks Celest

By: J LEMMLIE

J LEMMLIE — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:29:50 +0000

I have listened to GK for many years and it is like reliving my life. The same jokes, music, people, that I grew up with. I really enjoy it. Thanks for the opportunity to express myself.

By: virg. Lovell

virg. Lovell — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:39:52 +0000

I enjoyed the Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes. Where can I purchase a copy?