♪♪ >> ERIC: I REMEMBER THAT SERIES.

REALLY COMPELLING WORK BY REPORTER LARRY OAKES AND PHOTOGRAPHER JERRY HOLT.

THE DUO MOVED TO THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION, THE SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY OF OAKE'S YOUTH, FOR SIX MONTHS TO WORK ON IT.

AND NOW WE'VE COME TO THE INTERACTIVE PORTION OF THE SHOW.

WE ASK YOU TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER TO A MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION.

OUR LAST QUERY INVOLVED A MYSTERY PERSON -- NOT SEEN HERE -- 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: WHO IS THIS TELEVISION PERFORMER?

LONGTIME VIEWERS KNOW THE DRILL.

WRONG ANSWERS ALWAYS GET TOP BILLING.

>> ERIC: ALL FOUR GUESSES ARE MINNESOTANS.

AND ALL FOUR ARE WRONG.

FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, THE PRODUCER'S FAVORITE WAS AGAIN SOMEONE WHO CLAIMED TO FORGO THE ASSISTANCE OF GOOGLE.

I AM SENSING A THEME HERE.

>> ERIC: YES, CHRIS, YOU ARE CORRECT.

DAVID SOUL WAS THE ACTOR WE SOUGHT.

IN ADDITION TO HIS STARRING ROLE IN "STARSKY AND HUTCH,” HE APPEARED IN THE 1960S SERIES "HERE COME THE BRIDES."

SOUL'S CONNECTION TO MINNEAPOLIS WAS HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, WHICH LASTED ONLY ABOUT A YEAR.

BUT HIS FIRSTBORN SON FROM THAT RELATIONSHIP GREW UP IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ATTENDED MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SOUL DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE AGE OF 80.

BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK REMINDER FOR YOU.

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.

FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW-ENDING MUSIC, THIS WEEK IN 1999, THE CANADIAN FOLK-ROCK GROUP GREAT BIG SEA STOPPED BY THE OLD "NEWSNIGHT MINNESOTA" PROGRAM RIGHT HERE IN STUDIO "B."

THE GROUP SANG THEIR TOP TEN CANADIAN TUNE, "WHEN I'M UP."

TAKE A LISTEN.

BE CAREFUL.

♪ I'M THE BOY, I'M THE BOY ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW THE WORLD COULD BE OUR OYSTER ♪ ♪ YOU JUST PUT YOUR TRUST IN ME ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE WE'LL KEEP THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING ♪ ♪ WAIT AND SEE, WAIT AND SEE ♪ ♪ OH, WAIT AND SEE ♪ ♪ ♪ HIS EXHALATION A SWEET DISINTEGRATION ♪ ♪ A FEW DISCOLORATIONS THEN IT COMES ALONG ♪ ♪ UP IS WHY HE CHOOSES THE KISSES AND THE BRUISES ♪ ♪ THERE AIN'T NOTHING HE REFUSES ♪ ♪ THEN IT COMES ALONG ♪ ♪ IT COMES ALONG ♪ ♪ AND I AM LIFTED ♪ ♪ I AM LIFTED, I AM LIFTED ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET DOWN, CAN'T GET LEVEL ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ GET MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET LEVEL ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ GET MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ HE JUST NEEDS SOMETHING TO BLIND HIM ♪ ♪ SOMETHING TO WIND HIM UP ♪ ♪ IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO FIND HIM ♪ ♪ WHEN IT COMES ON STRONG ♪ ♪ WISE GUYS ARE GRINNING ♪ ♪ STREET LIGHTS ARE SPINNING ♪ ♪ THE NIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING ♪ ♪ AND THEN IT COMES ON STRONG ♪ ♪ IT COMES ON STRONG ♪ ♪ AND I AM LIFTED ♪ ♪ I AM LIFTED, I AM LIFTED ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET DOWN, CAN'T GET LEVEL ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ GET MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ CAN'T GET LEVEL ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M UP, I CAN'T GET DOWN ♪ ♪ GET MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND ♪ >> "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.

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