# Kiellor lost his job? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250 "2017-12-01T15:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/1 "2017-12-01T15:01:17Z")
Um, didn’t he retire from Prarie Home Companion like five years ago? So why in the heck is this boring tub of lard still drawing a salary from Minnesota Public Radio? This is why taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for “arts” funding. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/2 "2017-12-01T15:29:24Z")
He retired from PHC but he was until this week the producer and host of a different show, The Writer’s Almanac. Plus, quite surely he was involved in Minnesota Public Radio’s fundraising and program development - his access to big donors and usefulness as a door-opener probably still paid for himself and more. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/3 "2017-12-01T16:50:08Z")
Wow. Basing your hate of somebody whose name you can’t even spell based on a completely wrong premise. How thoroughly modern. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/4 "2017-12-01T16:51:52Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Wow. Basing your hate of somebody whose name you can’t even spell based on a completely wrong premise. > > How thoroughly modern. Indeed, I’ve never been much of a fan, but I can’t see using this as an excuse to de-fund the arts. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/5 "2017-12-01T16:54:44Z")
This has absolutely nothing to do with whether there should be public funding of arts. How on earth did you draw that connection? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/6 "2017-12-01T17:17:11Z")
Really, might as well argue for dropping public funding for the Congress, the White House and Department of Defense, among other frequent sites of Men Behaving Badly. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/7 "2017-12-01T17:35:28Z")
And as for “arts funding” _A Prairie Home Companion_ (the show Garrison Keillor started) was such a monster hit that it made a lot of money for Minnesota Public Radio. For one thing, other public radio stations paid fees to rebroadcast the show. The program is also rebroadcast overseas. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/8 "2017-12-01T19:26:31Z")
Haven’t you been keeping up? There’s already a thread about this. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843289](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843289) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiellor-lost-his-job/803250/9 "2017-12-01T20:57:56Z")
And since there’s already a thread, and since it’s attracting a much higher quality of discussion, I’m closing this one.