garrison keillor signing off for the last time. air tonight but it will not be live as it usually is. >> on friday garrison and the cast of "prairie home companion" taped the show at the legendary hollywood bowl. nbc's harry smith takes a look back at garrison keillor's remarkable legacy. >> reporter: last night at the hollywood bowl garrison keillor took the stage for the last time as the host of the "prairie home companion." the show was recorded and will air tonight. ♪ that old pea iano from down t avenue ♪ >> reporter: garrison keillor is a wizard who for 42 years has sum onned us to set aside our woes and listen to a radio show. >> it's been a quiet week in my hometown. >> reporter: we have hummed along to old songs. ♪ this old house here by the road ♪ >> reporter: and hung on every word of radio dramas. >> the secret really is to go into a line of work that died a long time ago. >> reporter: his fans are legion. >> when you think about him not being on the radio anymore. >> oh, i know. i know. i don't know. who can replace hi

about the end of an era. ♪ hear that old piano come down the avenue ♪ >> reporter: garrison keillora wizard who, for 42 years, has summoned us to set aside our woes and listen to a radio show. >> it's been a quiet week in lake woebogon, minnesota, my home town. >> reporter: we reality suspended we have hummed along to old songs. ♪ and hung on every word of radio dramas. >> private eye. >> this is the secret really is to go into a line of work that died a long time ago. >> reporter: his fans are legion. when you think about him not being on the radio anymore -- >> oh, i know. i know. i don't know. who can replace him? >> reporter: last saturday they stood in line for hours to get to see and hear him at tanglewood in the berkshires. his final show is set for this saturday. >> i'm sad that he's not going to be on it anymore. >> reporter: do you know how much you're appreciated? >> it comes as a surprise. it really is. i mean, it's very sweet. it's very sweet. ♪ >> reporter: 42 years is a heck of a run. >> i sat at the typewriter and i went tap, tap, tap. and it was the beginning of a c

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tonight, garrison keillor airs his final broadcast of ravensbruec"prairiehome" ending. they performed it in the hollywood bowl in los angeles last night before 42,000 people. ♪ coming to you live from the hollywood bowl -- >> sreenivasan: since 1974, the show featured a mix of storytelling, sketches, music and trademark news from lake woulwobegone. he was interviewed about the 40th an screars. >> brown: have you ever stopped to think about why it worked so long? why especially the medium of radio? >> i think there's a lot of power in list upping to one person talking to you, and this should never be underestimated. >> prairie home companion will resume in the fall with a new host and updated format. >> sreenivasan: tomorrow, high speed internet and more about elie wiesel. that's all for this "newshour" weekend, i'm hari sreenivasan, goodnight. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john an

tonight is the las garrison keillor takes the stage for "a prairie home companion."t's been playing for 40 years. alison: let's check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is standing by. we have had a lot of anniversary. july 1 date. today is the 60th anniversary of the u.s. interstate system. how about that? jamie: okay. well, we are really saying happy anniversary and celebrating by putting a lot of people on the interstates. bumper to bumper. they are able to celebrate. if you are sitting in five miles of traffic you can really celebrate for a long time. that is ma you have outbound on 50. that is near sandy point. we are near a four-mile backup approaching the plaza. this is a live look. get across the bridge mid-span you see the traffic lift up. no issues as far as the usually at this hour it's bumper to bumper. this is on the inner loop. this is bumper to bumper from here to here. today it's much less. 12 miles per hour approaching that accident activity. but not a terrible ride on our roads. a little closer to home. that is good. you know we are seeing some of the

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