>> THAT WAS A LOT OF CANDIDATES.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE KEITH ELLISON WON THE ELECTION IN THE FALL, HE SERVED SIX TERMS REPRESENTING MINNESOTA'S FIFTH DISTRICT IN THE U.S.

HOUSE BEFORE BEING ELECTED MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2018.

BUT TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE HISTORY PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.

LAST WEEK'S INDEX FILE FEATURED A AMOUS MYSTERY PERSON WITH A CONNECTION TO MINNESOTA BACK IN 1986 -- 1968, RATHER.

THE YEAR OF GREAT TURMOIL, OF COURSE, AND A BIG PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BETWEEN MINNESOTA'S OWN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HUBERT HUMPHREY AND REPUBLICAN RICHARD NIXON.

OUR MYSTERY PERSON WROTE IN THEIR AUTOBIOGRAPHY ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR 1968 VISIT TO OUR STATE AND QUOTE WAS "I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW ELECTRIC THE SCENE WAS.

THE HOTEL WAS FILLED WITH CELEBRITIES."

THE QUESTION IS THIS: WHO IS THIS MYSTERY PERSON?

AND WHAT HOTEL WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT?

THESE NEXT FOUR CALLERS MISSED THE MARK AND IN FACT, MANY OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN ANSWER BOTH PARTS OF THE QUESTION.

>> THE ANSWER TO THIS WEEK'S ALMANAC QUESTION HAS TO BE THE SUNWOOD INN OF MORRIS, MINNESOTA, WHICH HAS SINCE CLOSED DOWN.

>> YOUR QUESTION OF THE EVENING FOR AN ELECTRIC HOTEL, I’M GOING TO SAY WAS THE CURTIS HOTEL.

>> I’M THINKING THE HOTEL MIGHT BE THE LEXINGTON HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE.

THANKS, BYE.

>> EUGENE MCCARTHY WAS IN MINNESOTA TO ANNOUNCE HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN ON THE ANTI-WAR TICKET, HISTORICALLY ALWAYS POPULAR WITH CELEBRITIES.

THIS IS JEFF FROM EXCELSIOR.

LOVE THE SHOW!

>> Eric: WELL, THANKS BUT FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER WE TURN TO STEVE UT OF WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP.

YEAH, TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS WERE PART OF AN ALL-STAR CAST OF CELEBRITIES AND MUSICIANS PERFORMING AT VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY'S 1968 ELECTION PARTY, FROM ELECTION NIGHT AT THE LOOMINGTON.

JAMES HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SEVERAL TIMES FOR HUMPHREY IN 1968 INCLUDING HERE IN MINNESOTA AND THERE'S A NICE SHOT OF THE TWO OF THEM IN THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

JAMES WOULD LATER PONDER HOW HIS LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF HUMPHREY HAD BECOME PRESIDENT.

THEY BECAME CLOSE ENOUGH DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT WHEN THE ICONIC "CRIMSON AND CLOVER" ALBUM CAME OUT IN JANUARY OF '69, HUMPHREY WROTE THE LINER NOTES.

PROOF RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN LOO LOOK IT UP.

COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES FOR YOU.

DO YOU USE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING WHEN YOU ATCH US EACH WEEK?

IF SO, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

DOES IT WORK WELL?

DO YOU USE IT EVERY WEEK OR JUST SOME OF THE TIME?

DO YOU FIND VALUE IN IT?

DROP US A NOTE OR GIVE US A CALL, THE ELECTRONIC INBOX, ALMANAC@TPT.ORG OR YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL TO 51-229-1430.

AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER WE TOOK THE SHOW ON THE ROAD TO ROCHESTER LAST SPRING.

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO ST.

CLOUD THIS SPRING.

FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE CAMPUS OF THE ST.

CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE TO SECURE YOUR FREE -- FREE EVENT TICKET.

TPT.ORG/EVENTS, AND THERE'S LIMITED SPACE SO YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER TO ATTEND.

TONIGHT'S SHOW-ENDING MUSIC COMES TO US FROM 2024.

JUST TWO SHORT YEARS AGO, NUR-D MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW.

TAKE A LISTEN AND BE CAREFUL.

♪ ♪ [ VOCALIZING ] ♪ ♪ >> I AM BLESSED I WONDER MYSELF OF THAT EVERY TIME I'M TRESSED.

BEEN ASKING ME SINCE THE DAY I WALKED THROUGH THEM STEPS.

NEVER ASKING THEM WHAT'S NEXT NEVER REALLY HAD AN ANSWER FOR THEM, NEVER REALLY HAD A CHANCE, NEVER KNEW WHAT MY HANDS WERE FOR, PERFORMING MUSIC, HEY, IT'S A GOOD PLAN, PLAN B THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING, JOB LIKE 9 TO 5, CAR BREAK DOWN ON 35.

SO YOU DON'T JUMP OFF BUT IT'S HARD TO DO MAGIC WITH THESE KNUCKLES IN THE WAY AND LADIES SEEM TO LOVE ME DON'T MENTION THAT TO SARA, I'M NOT TRYING TO DIE TODAY BUT IT'S TRUE COUPLE DUDES IN THERE TOO SO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THIS THINKIN' MAYBE I CAN DO THIS.

MAYBE THEY WILL BUY THE MUSIC I FEEL IT COMING SO QUICK, I FEEL IT COMING SO REAL.

THEY CALLING US ON THE PHONE SAYING THAT GUY THERE'S GONNA INTRODUCE YOU AND ALL THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT, MUSIC WAS A DREAM NOW THE DREAM'S STEADY COMING TRUE JUST ANOTHER FEW TILL THEY SEE IT BUT THEY NEVER THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT, JUST ANOTHER KID FROM THE WHITE SIDE OF 42... >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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