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The radio show was [[Sound to Screen Adaptation|adapted into a film]] (famed director [[Robert Altman]]'s last) in 2006 - starring an [[Ensemble Cast]] and Garrison Keillor [[As Himself]] - which was generally well-received.
=== Tropes found in the radio show: ===▼
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* [[Affectionate Parody]] (Much of the source material, especially ''Guy Noir'' and ''The Lives of the Cowboys'', based respectively on old-time private eyes shows like ''[[The Shadow]]'' and lesser-known [[The Western|radio Westerns]], respectively.
** The Lake Wobegon skits are all parodic takes on nostalgic small-town media.
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** Furthermore, the "hole" in the map consists of Mist County, of which Lake Wobegon is county seat. The only way they have any train service at all is because the tracks were laid there by mistake. And you have to petition for each and every train to come there, because nobody has heard of the place.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: Kevin Kline, [[Meryl Streep]], Lily Tomlin, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson, Lindsay Lohan, and Virginia Madsen.
* [[Angel Unaware]]: Asphodel
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