
Index File + Papa John Kolstad music from the archives
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 17 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A mystery Minnesota creator revealed and Papa John Kolstad music.
A mystery Minnesota creator revealed and Papa John Kolstad music.
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Index File + Papa John Kolstad music from the archives
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 17 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A mystery Minnesota creator revealed and Papa John Kolstad music.
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WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME BEFORE WE GO FOR A LITTLE SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.
THIS WEEK THE PRODUCERS DUG IN THE ARCHIVES AND FOUND THIS GEM FROM 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD AND THE HOT CLUB OF EAST LAKE JOINED US IN STUDIO B.
TAKE A LISTEN.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪♪ ♪ ALL WARMED UP HERE ♪ >> OH, YEAH.
♪ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ♪ ♪ I WAS ALWAYS A PAPA ♪ ♪ YEAH, REAL COOL PAPA ♪ ♪ EVER SINCE I WAS A LAD, I ALWAYS WAS A PAPA ♪ I WAS ALWAYS A PAPA ♪ ♪ A HIP, MEAN OLD PAPA, EVER SINCE I WAS A LAD, I ALWAYS WAS A PAPA ♪ ♪ LATE-NIGHT PARTIES, MY FRIENDS ARE ALL AROUND ♪ PEOPLE COME FLOCKIN' IN, COPS COME KNOCKIN' ♪ ♪ BUT I WAS ALWAYS A PAPA, IT'S TRUE, I WAS ALWAYS A PAPA ♪ EVER SINCE I WAS A LAD I ALWAYS WAS A PAPA ♪ >> PLAY IT, SAM.
♪ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ♪ >> ALL RIGHT.
I LOVE IT!
♪ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ♪ BARBIE, I WONDER CAPTIONED BY: VERITEXT/PARADIGM CAPTIONING WWW.VERITEXT.COM >> I SMELL SOMETHING BURNIN'.
YEAH!
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