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Arts & Culture

"Frying Pan to Fire" (July 8, 2018)

Lakeshore Public Media | By Ryan Priest

Published July 8, 2018 at 7:00 PM CDT

Young Jean is trying to impress a girl again. In this program from July 8, 1974; he describes the lengths he went to to get to know Helen Kubelik.

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