OUT BY RELEASING BODY CAMS.

>> Eric: WE GOTTA GO, WE GOTTA GO.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> Cathy: OBVIOUSLY WE'VE RUN LONG TONIGHT BUT WE PROMISE THE INDEX FILE SECTION WILL BE BACK NEXT FRIDAY.

UNTIL THEN, DON'T FORGET TO 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 ALSO WHERE YOU CAN FILL OUT THIS YEAR'S ALMANAC VIEWER SURVEY.

IT'S A WAY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT 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, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FOR YOU.

EARLIER THIS WEEK FORMER STATE SENATOR FLORIAN CHMIELEWSKI DIED AT THE AGE OF 97.

HE SERVED IN THE STATE SENATE FOR 26 YEARS, BUT MUSICIAN AND ACCORDION PLAYER WAS HIS LIFELONG VOCATION.

HIS CHMIELEWSKI FUNTIME BAND INCLUDED MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AND WAS FEATURED ON POLKA TV SHOWS FOR DECADES.

INCLUDING RIGHT HERE ON ALMANAC.

MR. CHMIELSKI'S LAST APPEARANCE ON OUR SHOW WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2015 WHEN HE PERFORMED WITH DAUGHTER PATTY.

THEY PLAYED SEVERAL TUNES FOR US THAT EVENING.

IT WAS GREAT FUN.

MY FAVORITE WAS AT THE END OF THE SHOW, WHEN MANY OF US WERE INSPIRED TO POLKA BEFORE THE END OF THE HOUR.

ENJOY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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