Garrison Keillor Quote
The teacher was asking her students what their parents did for a living, and Timmy stood up and said, My daddy’s a doctor and my mommy’s a doctor too. And little Sarah stood up and said, My mommy’s an engineer and my daddy’s an accountant. And then little Billy stands up and says, My mommy’s a writer and my daddy plays the piano in a whorehouse. The teacher was horrified and later she called Billy’s father, and said, Why would you ever tell your child a thing like that? And the father said, Well, actually I’m a defense lawyer. But how do you explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?
Garrison Keillor
The teacher was asking her students what their parents did for a living, and Timmy stood up and said, My daddy’s a doctor and my mommy’s a doctor too. And little Sarah stood up and said, My mommy’s an engineer and my daddy’s an accountant. And then little Billy stands up and says, My mommy’s a writer and my daddy plays the piano in a whorehouse. The teacher was horrified and later she called Billy’s father, and said, Why would you ever tell your child a thing like that? And the father said, Well, actually I’m a defense lawyer. But how do you explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?
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In November 2017, MPR cut all business ties with Keillor after an allegation of inappropriate behavior with a freelance writer for A Prairie Home Companion. Internal and external investigations by MPR concluded Keillor had engaged in dozens of sexually inappropriate incidents over a period of years, including unwanted sexual touching. On April 13, 2018, MPR and Keillor announced a settlement that allows archives of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac to be publicly available again, and soon thereafter, Keillor began publishing new episodes of The Writer's Almanac on his website. He also continues to tour a stage version of A Prairie Home Companion; these shows are not broadcast by National Public Radio or American Public Media.