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* [[Filk Song]] (Frequently, for example a tribute to Leonard Bernstein to the tune of "[[West Side Story|Gee, Officer Krupke]]". When Marni Nixon (a great singer famous for having dubbed over many [[The King and I|great]] [[My Fair Lady|movie]] [[West Side Story|musicals]] and never once getting credit) performed at the Hollywood Bowl, she sang a parody of "[[My Fair Lady|I Could Have Danced All Night]]," called "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|I Could Have Dubbed Myself]]."
* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Lutefisk, lutefisk, lutefisk. Prepared in the trunk of the local seafood store owner's car, since it kills all his other business if he makes it in the shop and his wife won't allow it in the house.
* [[Foreigner for
* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: The Lake Wobegon monologues are totally unscripted.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] (Once you've heard [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9IgNzMOKULg Garrison Keillor's voice], you can't forget it.)
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* [[Slice of Life]]/[[Life Embellished]]: Lake Wobegon, a take-off on nostalgic anecdotes you read about all the time.
* [[Strawman Political]]
* [[Tongue
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]] Lake Wobegon is in central Minnesota, but doesn't appear on any maps because the state was charted by four surveyors, starting at opposite corners and meeting in the middle, and Lake Wobegon is right where the maps they'd made overlapped. [[Blatant Lies|True story]].
** 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.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Done ''brilliantly'' when the Johnson Sisters' [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] duet "Goodbye to my Mama" is followed up immediately by Dusty and Lefty singing "Bad Jokes" which is 4 1/2 minutes of pure, unadulterated [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
* [[Murder Ballad]]
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted; we're told outright that, at the request of Guy Noir, {{spoiler|Asphodel caused the critic's car to plunge fatally over a cliff}} because [[You Can't Fight Fate|it makes no difference in the end]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]: The two stage managers, hustling around behind the scenes trying to make sure the show happens ''despite'' the talent.
* [[The Show Must Go On]]
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