call this toll-free number now. all week long we have been celebrating our 19th birthday. of course, on friday, the last day of the celebration, we had to bring the polka meister, barry mitchell here. yeah! i feel naked. i don t have the accordion on. it s terrible. so many people, as you know, always write in about the polka, they love it. we can play it anyway. i appreciate it. a lot of people may not realize the origin of the polka is funny in the sense that lisa mccree, the first anchor on the show, they played music one day, sort of eclectic music, and she came out and said, i hate polka music. an ad lib.
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