1 | !! Tropes found in the radio show: |
2 | * ArchiveBinge: The last 14 years of the show are up on the website. |
3 | * ArchivePanic: See above. 14 years worth of material. |
4 | * SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Powdermilk theme, but also the saxophone-and-piano number that opens ''Guy Noir'', and the theme song itself--so recognizable that people in the audience cheer at the very first note. |
5 | * FollowTheLeader: |
6 | ** It started off as an Upper Midwest, folk music-oriented take on ''The Grand Ole Opry'' before heading off in its own direction. |
7 | ** On the flip side, ''Radio/TheVinylCafe'' clearly took inspiration from ''APHC'' but eventually evolved its own style. In the US, some public radio stations even air ''The Vinyl Cafe'' immediately following ''APHC''. |
8 | * HilariousInHindsight: Garrison Keillor's "I'm A Lutheran", from the 1990s, makes a lot of jokes about Episcopalians and how Garrison likes Lutherans more, Garrison Keillor is one of them (an Episcopalian) now. |
9 | * HoYay: Occasionally between Dusty and Lefty, the cowboys. They tend to say "my partner", which makes people think of [[HaveAGayOldTime the newer version of "partner"]]. |
10 | * MemeticMutation: |
11 | ** Keillor's red socks, invariably seen at the live shows. They're something of a personal trademark of his. |
12 | ** Leading to a joke among some fans that Keillor will only retire when "he runs out of red socks" |
13 | * MorePopularSpinoff: Keillor hosted the weekday morning show on Minnesota Public Radio starting in 1969. After writing an article about the Grand Ole Opry in ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' in 1974 he decided to try his own Saturday night live music variety show. He did both shows for a while, but the Saturday show was a big hit in Minnesota and became nationally syndicated, so Keillor quit doing the weekday show in 1982. |
14 | * NeverLiveItDown: The "Penguin Joke" became a RunningGag because the first time Garrison Keillor tried to tell it on the air, he badly flubbed the delivery. They've been repeating his mistake word-for-word ever since. |
15 | * ParodyDisplacement: the "Ketchup Advisory Board" commercials started as parodies of a series rather smug-sounding Merrill Lynch commercials from The80s, and have continued long after their inspiration, much like Merrill Lynch itself, are mostly forgotten. |
16 | * ReplacementScrappy: Chris Thile has inevitably been hit by this. |
17 | * UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Intentionally [[AvertedTrope Averted]] specifically for the News From Lake Wobegon. Keilor stated in an interview with the BBC that he deliberately avoids including any topical or pop culture references in this segment for a myriad of reasons, though timelessness is primary. |
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19 | !! Tropes found in the film: |
20 | * TearJerker: Oh, God, yes...not least because of the thought of one's favorite radio show closing forever... |
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