We only did it because we knew it would be fun to do. It was a dumb idea. I wish I knew how to be that dumb again. But it's not about being a national treasure or anything very large at all. In fact, it's really about being small.
Life is complicated, so think small.
The appeal that Lake Wobegon had for John Tollefson, and has for listeners of the program, obviously isn't that it's some terribly exotic place where life is led by busy people with cell phones and low-fat diets. It's a life of Jell-O salad, hard work, and family. In talking and writing about Lake Wobegon, Keillor chronicles part of our lives. It's this tale of small things that brings us to our radios on a Saturday night when we should be out whooping it up with our friends. I guess the high point for me is the News from Lake Wobegon.