"A dark night, in a city that knows how to keep its secrets..."
Garrison Keillor has been, for years, my modern day equivalent to Orson Wells' radio shows. Nearly every week for many years now, Garrison Keillor has performed in his show "A Prairie Home Companion." This becomes a radio composition that paints a very unique picture of characters and people -- both fictional and otherwise. One of his regular segments is about "Guy Noir," who is a sort of noir private eye detective. What has made Garrison Keillor such a long-standing tradition, in my opinion, is his combination of music and sound effects to create a radio play and an entire universe utilizing only sound. He has used elements that also regularly incorporate modern-day concepts and trends in a noir style, composed with wit.
This particular clip, that was featured around New Year's Eve a few months ago. It covers a very clear story using unique combination of narration, sound effects, character vocalizations, as well as an entire atmosphere created using only sound. Garrison Keillor has become a master of his radio entertainment domain.
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