ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

♪♪ >> Cathy: WOW, THAT WAS FORMER GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY, 15 YEARS AGO.

MY, HOW TIME FLIES.

AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE HISTORY PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.

OUR TASK FOR YOU THIS WEEK CONCERNS A MINNESOTAN - NOT SEEN HERE - WHO WON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LAST OCTOBER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK HIS OWN WORLD RECORD.

SOME KEY THINGS FOR YOU TO KNOW: THE CONTEST INVOLVED TOOK PLACE ON THE WEST COAST, IT HAS AFFECTIONATELY ADOPTED "THE SUPER BOWL" AS PART OF ITS UNOFFICIAL NAME.

AND THE NUMBERS TWO, SEVEN, FOUR AND NINE FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THIS PERSON'S QUEST.

SO WHO IS THIS MINNESOTAN?

EXTRA CREDIT ALWAYS GOES TO THE CALLERS WHO KNOW THE RECORD IN QUESTION OR CAN CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN AT THE COMPETITION.

OR JUST HAVE A REALLY GREAT WRONG ANSWER.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM HAUNTED LAKE, COFFIN LAKE, GRAVE LAKE OR GHOST LAKE -- ALL REAL BODIES OF WATER IN THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES RIGHT OR WRONG.

YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND US AN EMAIL IF YOU'D RATHER: ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING FOR YOU BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT.

IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL ALMANAC VIEWER SURVEY.

NOW, EVERY SPRING WE ASK YOU TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TO LET US KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING.

IT'S A GREAT HELP AS WE PLAN UPCOMING SHOWS.

YOU CAN FILL OUT HE SURVEY ONLINE Y GOING TO TPT.ORG/ALMANACSURVEY.

AGAIN, THAT'S AT TPT.ORG/ALMANACSURVEY.

A REMINDER TO TUNE IN TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "ALMANAC AT THE CAPITOL" NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT 7:00 ON THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL.

A FULL HALF HOUR OF FIRST-TERM LAWMAKER PROFILES FROM MARY LAHAMMER'S SERIES.

WELL, WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FOR YOU.

IT WAS THIS WEEK BACK IN 2019 WHEN JOHNATHA BROOKE STOPPED BY STUDIO B TO SING IN HONOR OF MINNESOTA MUSIC MONTH.

TAKE A LISTEN.

WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

♪♪ >> SINGING: VYING FOR THE SPOTLIGHT EVEN AS I FEEL THE RUSH OF COLD AIR BUT NO ONE SAYS A WORD