
Index File + Semisonic from 2001
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Record set at Xcel Energy Center revealed + we play "Closing Time" from the NNM archives.
Record set at Xcel Energy Center revealed + we play "Closing Time" from the NNM archives.
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Index File + Semisonic from 2001
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 27 | 3m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Record set at Xcel Energy Center revealed + we play "Closing Time" from the NNM archives.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ >> Cathy: ALWAYS FUN TO SEE A COUCH FULL OF LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FROM YEARS GONE BY.
SPEAKING OF DAYS GONE BY IT'S TIME FOR THE MINNESOTA HISTORY PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.
LAST WEEK ERIC ASKED YOU A QUESTION CONCERNING THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER.
HOME TO THE MINNESOTA WILD SINCE 2000 AND LOCATION FOR MOST OF THE HOME GAMES FOR THE PWHL MINNESOTA TEAM'S INAUGURAL SEASON.
ERIC THEN SHARED THESE DETAILS: A DECADE AFTER OPENING, IN THE FALL OF 2010, A GROUP OF MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE DID SOMETHING AT THE X THAT HAD NEVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE.
AND AS NEAR AS WE CAN TELL, IT'S NOT BEEN DONE SINCE.
OUR TASK FOR YOU: ELL US WHAT RECORD WAS SET AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER IN NOVEMBER OF 2010.
WRONG ANSWERS ALWAYS GO FIRST.
>> THE ANSWER IS DOMINOES.
THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF DOMINOES SET UP AT THE XCEL CENTER.
THIS IS LARRY FROM MINNETONKA.
>> THE RECORD THAT WAS SET AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER WAS THE MINNESOTA WILD'S 4 ANDTH CONSECUTIVE SELLOUT OF THEIR FIRST 400 HOME HOCKEY GAMES.
JERRY IN ELK RIVER.
>> HE ANSWER TO THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION IS THERE WAS A THOUSAND PEOPLE CURLING AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER.
LOVED THE SHOW.
>> Cathy: THANK YOU, JEFF.
ALL FINE GUESSES, ONE AND ALL.
BUT ALL WRONG.
DESPITE HAPPENING ON THE ICE AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER THE ANSWER DOES NOT INVOLVE A GAME OR SPORTING EVENT.
WE PROMISED EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU WERE THERE AND PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
OUR NEXT CALLER TOOK THAT TO HEART, TAKE IT AWAY, ANITA.
>> HELLO, THE RECORD SET AT XCEL ENERGY CENTER WAS THE MOST MEN WITH MUSTACHES ON THE ICE AT ONE TIME.
THIS WAS A MOVEMBER FUNDRAISER FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH.
THOSE OF US WHO COULDN'T GROW MUSTACHE WERE PROVIDED WITH SOME BUT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE PART OF THE RECORD SETTING.
OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN MANY INSTANCES BY PROSTATE CANCER.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AS AN INDEX FILE QUESTION.
THIS IS ANITA ON BEHALF OF THE HUPFER, MARTY AND SOLDERMAN FAMILIES OF CAMBRIDGE AND COTTAGE GROVE.
>> THANK YOU, ANITA.
THE MOST MEN WITH A MUSTACHE WAS THE ANSWER WE SOUGHT AND YOU PROVIDED THE PERFECT ANSWER AND VISUALS.
SHOUT-OUT TO VIEWER MIKE WHO WAS THERE THAT DAY AND SENT US THE QUESTION LAST SPRING.
DO YOU HAVE A MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION YOU THINK WE HAVE NOT ASKED IN THE LAST FOUR DECADES?
GIVE US A CALL OR DROP US A NOTE.
IF WE USE IT YOU WILL GET YOUR NAME ON THE AIR.
JUST ENOUGH TIME BY THE WAY FOR SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.
THIS WEEK BACK IN 2001 SEMISONIC PERFORMED "CLOSING TIME" ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS IN STUDIO B.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪♪ >> SINGING: CLOSING TIME TURN ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON OVER EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL CLOSING TIME ONE LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL SO FINISH YOUR WHISKEY OR EER
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