
Index File Question + More Charlie Parr Music
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We ask again about our mystery siblings plus another tune from Charlie Parr.
We ask again about our mystery siblings plus another tune from Charlie Parr.
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Index File Question + More Charlie Parr Music
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 11 | 4m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
We ask again about our mystery siblings plus another tune from Charlie Parr.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> ERIC: IT'S HISTORY TIME ONCE AGAIN, SO LET'S REFRESH OUR MEMORY WITH LAST WEEK'S QUESTION.
WE TOOK YOU BACK IN TIME TO JUNE OF 1978 WHEN OUR MYSTERY MINNESOTAN IS TAPPED FOR HIS OR HER DREAM JOB.
THEY WILL GO ON TO ACCEPT AN OFFER IN THE SAME PROFESSION IN 1979 BUT NEVER RISE TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF FAME AS THE YOUNGER SIBLING WHO GREW UP IN THEIR SHADOW.
YOUR TASK WAS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN?
WRONG ANSWERS ALWAYS UP FIRST.
>> ERIC: INTERESTING GUESSES BUT BOTH WRONG.
DAVE FROM EAGAN SENT US HIS GUESS VIA EMAIL.
I'LL READ IT.
THIS IS ONLY A GUESS.
TOUGH QUESTION.
I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ON NOVEMBER 7 IS NEAL AND AARON BROTEN.
DAVE OUT OF EAGAN.
DAVE, YOU WERE WRONG BUT YOU GOT CLOSER THAN ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOUR GUESS OF SPORTY BROTHERS.
SO WE ASK AGAIN ITH A FEW MORE DETAILS.
THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN IS THE OLDER BROTHER IN A DUO OF STANDOUT ST.
PAUL ATHLETES.
HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE HOMETOWN TEAM BUT NEVER TOOK THE FIELD FOR THEM.
HIS ACE YOUNGER BROTHER WOULD BECOME LEGENDARY DECADES LATER FOR HIS WORLD SERIES PERFORMANCE DURING THE ONLY SEASON HE PLAYED FOR THAT HOMETOWN TEAM.
WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTA ATHLETE?
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM THE VILLAGE OF MOUND, THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, OR NEAR MOUNDS BOULEVARD IN ST.
PAUL.
651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES.
YOU CAN DROP US A NOTE ONLINE TOO.
ALMANAC@TPT.ORG IS OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX.
WE MIGHT READ YOUR ANSWER ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK.
IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER TUNE BY CHARLIE PARR.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
AND BE CAREFUL.
♪ YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE, WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH PLIGHT ♪ ♪ AND HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR SITE ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND, OOH ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND ♪ ♪ YOU FELT JOY, NEW DAYS.
♪ EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD YOUR SHARE OF PAIN ♪ ♪ ALL THAT JOY AGAIN ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND, OOH ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND ♪ CLEAR CAPTIONED BY: VERITEXT/PARADIGM CAPTIONING WWW.VERITEXT.COM ♪ IS YOUR BELLY FULL, HAVE YOU FED YOUR FAMILY TOO ♪ ♪ DOES YOUR TABLE HAVE JUST A LITTLE MORE ROOM ♪ ♪ SPREAD IT AROUND ♪ ♪ PREAD IT AROUND ♪
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