THIS THE TRIBAL NATIONS PLAZA.

♪♪♪ >> ERIC: IT'S TIME FOR THE PART OF THE PROGRAM WHERE WE HEAR FROM YOU.

LAST TIME WE DID THIS, I ASKED YOU TO IDENTIFY A MYSTERY PERSON BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THIS PERSON WAS A CELEBRITY VISITOR TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS IN NORTHFIELD IN 1992.

KNOWN AS A DOG LOVER AND ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVIST, THIS VISITOR INSISTED THAT ON THE WAY TO CAMPUS THE DRIVER PULL OVER AND LET THEM OUT SO THEY COULD HELP A FARM DOG GET OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A NEARBY DITCH.

OUR QUESTION WAS SIMPLE: WHO WAS THIS CELEBRITY VISITOR?

AS ALWAYS, WE START WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE A LITTLE OFF THE MARK.

>> Eric: SOME PRETTY GOOD GUESSES THERE.

MANY OF YOU DID KNOW THE CORRECT ANSWER, INCLUDING LISA FROM MENDOTA HEIGHTS.

>> Eric: DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT KISSING STUFF.

BUT OUR MYSTERY PERSON IS INDEED BETTY WHITE.

WHITE'S CHARACTER ON "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" WAS FROM ST. OLAF, MINNESOTA, AND IN MAY OF 1992, SHE VISITED ST. OLAF COLLEGE IN NORTHFIELD.

WHILE SHE WAS THERE, WHITE ATTENDED A WOMEN'S SOFTBALL GAME, TALKED TO THEATER MAJORS ABOUT ACTING, AND SANG WITH THE CHOIR.

SPEAKING OF SINGING, WE DO HAVE SOME WONDERFUL IRISH MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES TO LEAVE YOU WITH TONIGHT.

BUT FIRST, A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU.

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR STATE FAIR SHOW TRADITION.

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, TWIN CITIES PBS AND MPR NEWS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE AN EDITION OF "ALMANAC" AT THE STATE FAIR.

CIRCLE THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR: FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD.

11:00 A.M.

IN THE MORNING, "ALMANAC" WILL BE AT THE MPR BOOTH AT THE CORNER OF JUDSON AND NELSON, NEAR THE DAIRY BUILDING.

WE'LL BE LIVE ON THE RADIO AND RECORDING THE SHOW FOR TV THAT EVENING ACROSS THE STATE.

SO COME CHECK OUT "ALMANAC" IN ACTION LIVE AT THE FAIR ON FRIDAY MORNING, AND THEN HEAD HOME IN TIME TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE AUDIENCE ON TV.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW PLANNED FOR YOU: SOME WEATHER, SOME SPORTS, A KEVIN KLING STORY, AND THIS YEAR BIRDCHICK SHARON STITELER WILL JOIN US AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH SOME MUSIC FROM THE "ALMANAC" ARCHIVES.

IT WAS JUST TWO SHORT YEARS AGO THIS WEEK IRISH MUSIC TRIO THE INLAND SEAS PERFORMED FOR US HERE IN STUDIO "B."

TAKE A LISTEN.

AND COME SEE US AT THE FAIR NEXT FRIDAY MORNING.

AND BE CAREFUL.

>> ♪ I HAD A FIRST COUSIN CALLED ARTHUR MCBRIDE ♪ ♪ HE AND I TOOK A STROLL DOWN BY THE SEASIDE ♪ ♪ A-SEEKING GOOD FORTUNE AND WHAT MIGHT BE TIDE ♪ ♪ 'TWAS JUST AS THE DAY WAS A-DAWNING ♪ ♪ AFTER RESTING WE BOTH TOOK A TRAMP ♪ ♪ WE MET SERGEANT HARPER AND CORPORAL CRAMP ♪ ♪ BESIDES THE WEE DRUMMER WHO BEAT UP FOR CAMP ♪ ♪ WITH HIS ROWDY DOW-DOW IN THE MORNING ♪