Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Garrison Keillor on the sorrows of fame

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For his column of February 1, Garrison Keillor clues us in to some of the sorrows and pitfalls of fame:



"Let us speak of the sorrows of fame. You are a hot young thing on a promotional tour for your book or movie or perfume, and the limo brings you to the small luxury hotel and the celebrity suite where you step into the bathroom and notice a wad of snot protruding from your left nostril. It is the size of the Hope Diamond. How long has this been hanging there?"

Read all of Satisfaction of real work is nothing to sneeze at.

The day after pianist Garrick Ohlsson gives his Jordan Hall recital on February 10, Garrison Keillor makes his Celebrity Series debut at Symphony Hall (that would be February 11). We haven't had this much Garr- confusion in the office since we presented the celebrated collaboration of Terry Garr and Jimmy Garrison...



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