>> CATHY: IT’S NOW TIME FOR YOU TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER TO A MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION.
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION INVOLVES A MYSTERY PERSON BEST KNOWN FOR ACTING ON TELEVISION.
BEFORE GETTING A TV GIG, THIS PERFORMER WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE INNOVATIVE FIREHOUSE THEATER IN MINNEAPOLIS.
HE OR SHE LANDED A STARRING ROLE IN A NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES IN THE 1960S AND STARRED IN ANOTHER TV SERIES IN THE 1970S.
A HINT: THE CHARACTER IN THE ‘70S SERIES GREW UP IN DULUTH, BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE THE SHOW WAS SET.
OUR QUESTION TO YOU: WHO IS THIS TELEVISION PERFORMER?
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR GUESS WHETHER YOU’RE CALLING FROM ALBERT LEA, MOORHEAD, OR BAXTER, MINNESOTA.
THE NUMBER TO CALL: 651-229-1430.
OR DROP US A LINE AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.
WHILE YOU’RE ONLINE, STOP BY OUR WEBSITE: TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY PART OF TONIGHT’S SHOW YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED OR ANY PAST SHOW FROM OUR ARCHIVES.
THAT’S ALL ON THE “ALMANAC” PAGE AT TPT.ORG.
THAT’S ALSO WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE “ALMANAC” VIEWER SURVEY.
IT’S A WAY FOR US TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AS WE PLAN UPCOMING SHOWS.
YOU CAN FILL OUT THE SURVEY ONLINE BY GOING TO TPT.ORG/ALMANACSURVEY.
BEFORE WE GO, A LITTLE SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.
THIS WEEK IN 2012, A. WOLF AND HER CLAWS, FEATURING ABY WOLF ON VOCALS, WERE IN THE STUDIO.
THEY PERFORMED A SONG CALLED “ZERO TO SIXTY.”
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪♪ >> ♪ TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED ♪ ♪ FLOATING ON AN IDLE SEA ♪ ♪ MY EYES HAVE CLOSED ♪ ♪ CONTENT WITH THE SLIGHTEST BREEZE ♪ ♪ WARM WATER, WARM SUN ♪ ♪ IT’S BEEN THE STUFF OF DREAMS ♪ ♪ BUT MY MUSE LIVES IN WINTER ♪ ♪ AND SHE MISSES ME ♪ ♪ IT WAS EASY TO GET HERE AND EASY TO STAY ♪ ♪ BUT EASY NOW ♪ ♪ GOT TO BE ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ BRING ME THE BLESSING OF WIND IN MY SAIL ♪ ♪ TRAVEL BY AIR ♪ ♪ ZERO TO SIXTY ♪ ♪ WARM AIR, COME TAKE ME ♪ ♪ ZERO TO SIXTY ♪ ♪ WARM AIR, COME TAKE ME ♪ ♪ ZERO TO SIXTY ♪ ♪ WARM AIR, COME TAKE ME ♪ ♪ ZERO TO SIXTY ♪ ♪ WARM AIR, COME TAKE ME ♪ >> “ALMANAC” IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.
SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY… GREAT RIVER ENERGY: PROVIDING WHOLESALE POWER TO 27 MINNESOTA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES.
DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH WHILE ADVANCING SOCIAL EQUITIES.
DELTADENTALMN.ORG/TPT.
EDUCATION MINNESOTA: THE VOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
MORE AT EDUCATIONMINNESOTA.ORG.
AND PAINT CARE, HELPING MINNESOTA PAINT SMARTER TO PREVENT WASTE.
MORE AT PAINTCARE.ORG.
“ONE GREATER MINNESOTA” REPORTING ON “ALMANAC” IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE OTTO BREMER TRUST, WHOSE MISSION IS INVESTING IN PEOPLE, PLACES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR REGION.
“ALMANAC” IS A PRODUCTION OF TWIN CITIES PBS FOR THE STATIONS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION.