>> CATHY: WE DID, OF COURSE, ASK LOTS OF SERIOUS QUESTIONS THAT NIGHT AS WELL, BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO MIX IT UP WITH QUICK, SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T POLICY FOCUSED.

WE ONCE ASKED CANDIDATES WHAT THEIR FAVORITE MIDNIGHT SNACK WAS, AND SOMEONE SAID A BOWL OF CHEERIOS.

WE SHOULD MAKE THAT AN INDEX FILE QUESTION SOME WEEK... LAST WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION INVOLVED AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE FALL OF 1980 AT THE OLD MET CENTER.

ERIC TOLD YOU THE MULTIPLE DAY FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PERFORMANCE WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA.

BUT SLIPPED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL TOWNS ON THE TOUR BEFORE A SUCCESSFUL DECADES-LONG RUN CAME TO A HALT DURING COVID IN 2020.

ERIC THEN THREW IN SOME MYSTERIOUS HINTS AND ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION.

WHAT WAS THIS "MYSTERY" EVENT IN THE FALL OF 1980?

THIS WEEK'S WRONG ANSWERS ARE FROM A TRIO OF REGULAR VIEWERS.

>> Cathy: THANK YOU, FRITZ.

AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE ANSWERS WERE SERIOUS GUESSES, I THINK.

BUT ALL THREE WERE DEFINITELY WRONG.

FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, HERE'S BONNIE.

>> Cathy: YOU ARE WELCOME, BONNIE.

YES, SESAME STREET LIVE WAS THE EVENT WE WERE ASKING ABOUT.

HERE'S A NICE PROMO SHOT FOR THE TOURING SHOW AFTER IT LANDED ON 'WHERE'S THE BIRDIE" TITLE.

"SESAME STREET LIVE" ROTATED SHOWS EVERY FEW YEARS AS THEY TRAVELED THE COUNTRY.

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JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

IT WAS THIS WEEK BACK IN 2009 THAT THE PINES JOINED US ON THE SHOW.

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