[Publib] "Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian" skits

[Elizabeth Thorson]

My objection to the Garrison Keillor skits is simple .... they're aren't
funny. Not because they are based on a stereotype; they just go on and
on and on without any good jokes in them. Boring. Let's have some more
Unitarian jokes!

He is actually a fan of libraries, as far as I can tell, even though he
does like to poke fun at our stereotype (I think he pokes fun at as many
stereotypes as possible). See:
http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2005/08/17/keillor_boondoggle/index.html


and

http://huntsville.about.com/b/a/257945.htm 

Elizabeth


Elizabeth Cuckow Thorson
Manager, Information Services
Laramie County Library System
2800 Central Ave., Cheyenne WY 82001
www.LCLSonline.org, ethorson at LCLSonline.org
307.634.3561 ext. 141
Mon-Thurs 10 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 1-5 pm

>>> "Lorie Hyten" <lhyten at olatheks.org> 9/27/2006 3:45:29 PM >>>
And while we're at it....anyone else put off by Garrison Keillor's
representation of librarians in that skit he does on Prairie Home
Companion?
Can't recall the name of the ongoing series....it's "something,
Reference
Librarian" and she's portrayed mostly as an uptight geeky shssing
stereotype.

Lorie Hyten

Reference
Olathe Public Library
201 E. Park
Olathe, KS
(913) 971-6887
lhyten at olatheks.org 

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On Behalf Of Miriam Bobkoff
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:13 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org 
Subject: [Publib] casting director with their head on backwards


So Lions Gate is filming a scene for their SciFi channel series The
Lost
Room 
in our Southwest Room. The parking lot is full of equipment, the
building is

full of guys who look like they belong in California. (Though in fact
the 
governor has lured LionsGate to base itself in Albuquerque, which is
probably 
why the City decided we must play host to them.)

This would be only inconvenient for the patrons, and both disruptive
and 
entertaining for us, except YOU SHOULD SEE THE ACTRESS THEY'VE GOT
PLAYING 
THE LIBRARIAN. She is about 75, greyhaired, frail, and plainly grumpy.
She's

presently sitting in the Magazine Room wearing sensible clothes and
waiting 
for her call, and I gotta tell you, we are really really pissed off at
this 
casting decision. I mean, they coulda gotten someone who looks like...
almost 
any one of us... instead. 

The locations guy says the character is not a librarian but an
archivist. 
This is supposed to assuage our irritation at being stereotyped. He
tells us

that according to the script her name is Mabel.

Miriam Bobkoff                mkbobkoff at santafenm.gov 
Santa Fe Public Library
145 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501            The Library's Page:
(505) 955-6832                         http://www.santafelibrary.org 
    Icarus... the SFPL Blog    http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com 
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