Well, again, I don't mean to bash Keillor, and I like the show. Don't remember him singing too much, but I can't always catch it. Could care less if he's from Bolivia and married to a lamp-post. And I usually prefer performing artists who know and can use the traditions to those who suppose they've invented theatre from scratch.

   And no, Buck, I think we hear the same show. It's the all that niceness, not any mean spirited ridicule, that might wear thin for me, after a while, but I put that down to my having a particular sort of personality.

   Funny Guest mentions "Minnesota Nice", and likes Fargo. That was how the lead role was played, according to whatshername, the actress. Some people didn't like that aspect of it. Anyway, anonymous posting of a Keillor-bashing thread on a folk forum seems like a good way to shake off the "Nice" association, if you don't like it. A pretty un-woebegone thing to do, and kind of funny in itself.