Guy Noir

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Guy Noir is a fictional hard-boiled detective featured in the comedic radio sketches on the show "A Prairie Home Companion."

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instanceOf fictional character
fictional detective
radio drama character
appearsIn A Prairie Home Companion NERFINISHED
associatedWith American public radio
Minnesota Public Radio NERFINISHED
Public Radio International NERFINISHED
broadcastOn public radio in the United States
syndicated radio networks
characterTrait deadpan
romantic but unlucky
world-weary
characterType comedic character
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Garrison Keillor NERFINISHED
fictionalOfficeLocation Acme Building NERFINISHED
downtown Minneapolis NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceWork A Prairie Home Companion NERFINISHED
genre hard-boiled detective fiction parody
hasCatchphrase “It was a dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets…”
hasFormat short radio sketch
humorStyle parody
situational comedy
wordplay
inspiredBy hard-boiled detective fiction
noir fiction
language English
medium radio
narrationStyle first-person narration
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation gumshoe
private detective
parodies Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED
Sam Spade NERFINISHED
partOf A Prairie Home Companion recurring sketches
portrayedBy Garrison Keillor NERFINISHED
segmentOf Guy Noir: Private Eye NERFINISHED
setting Minneapolis NERFINISHED
Minnesota NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
style film noir pastiche
targetAudience adult listeners
tone humorous
typicalTheme comic investigation of trivial problems
satire of crime fiction tropes
usesNarrativeDevice voice-over monologue

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