The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten

Harrison Geillor was born in a small three-room farm house in central MN, sometime in the middle of the twentieth century. He attended one of Minnesota's prestigious institutions of higher learning, were he obtained a degree in English. Like English majors everywhere, he wanted on to work in a variety of jobs that had nothing to do with books or literature. At some point in his life he decided that the best way to appreciate Minnesota was to appreciate it from afar. He splits his time between Santa Cruz and San Francisco, only returning to Minnesota for smelt fishing, and the occasional family reunion.

Listeners won't know what to fear in this parody: the zombies, the serial killer, or the uncanny performance by Phil Gigante, in which he sounds strikingly similar to Garrison Keillor of Lake Wobegon fame. When an asteroid causes the return of the dead, the residents of Lake Woebegotten, Minnesota, band together to fend off the undead herds. Unfortunately, it is the citizenry who are the bigger problem. Though this is a satire of the zombie narratives of recent years, Geillor manages to spin a zombie story that is surprisingly better than many. Gigante delivers it with all the vocal quirks found in Keillor's speaking patterns, including a deeply throaty voice and a tendency to let words linger. L.E. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine