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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.
* [[Catch Phrase]] ("Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." It's even given rise to [
* [[Celebrity Endorsement]] (For the Select Comfort SleepNumber bed, every episode since it was invented.)
* [[Defictionalization]] (Powdermilk Biscuit mix is sold at the Lake Wobegon store at the Mall of America.)
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* [[Foreigner for A Day]]: Lake Wobegon regards itself as part of Minnesota (and the United States) despite not officially being part of the state because of a cartographer's error when Minnesota was officially surveyed.
* [[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.)
** Actor and Sound Effects artist Fred Newman has also played [[Doug|Skeeter]] and [[Doonesbury|Uncle Duke.]]
* [[Ho Yay]]: Occasionally between Dusty and Lefty, the cowboys. They tend to say "my partner", which makes people think of the [[Have a Gay Old Time|the newer version of "partner".]]
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