John McGivern’s Main Streets

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'Cause these are our Main Streets Something 'bout a hometown speaks to me There's nowhere else I'd rather be The heart and soul of community's right here On these Main Streets - I am in Eagle River in Vilas County, which is home to about 1,600 full-time residents.

To visit, you have to make your way to northern Wisconsin.

Milwaukee is about four hours to the southeast, the Twin Cities is about four hours to the west, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan-- 30 minutes away.

I am truly in the middle of the beautiful Northwoods of Wisconsin.

This is Eagle River.

So, Emmy, the Northwoods, up north, whatever you call it, we are in Eagle River, and it's really known for all of the lakes.

Do you have any idea how many lakes are here?

– Emmy Fink: Twenty-eight.

I counted them all myself.

Now, they're all connected.

That's why they get so much attention around here.

It's the largest chain of freshwater lakes in the entire world!

– John: It's not the only world title this place has.

- No, it is also the snowmobile capital of the world.

The world headquarters are just right down there.

And let me tell you, they take this winter sport very seriously.

- When did Eagle River become such a big thing in Wisconsin?

- A very, very long time ago.

Like B.C.

time, okay?

This was the first permanent Native American settlement in the Northwoods, right here in Eagle River.

- And how did it get its name then?

- It's kind of a simple story.

And we talk all about the lakes.

Well, there's a pretty famous river that runs through town.

I'm gonna give you one guess.

If you don't get this right... - Eagle River.

- Yes, yes, good job.

They named it because of all of the bald eagles nesting along the river.

I'm guessing two guys fishing are just like, "Hey, let's name it Eagle River."

- I'm gonna buy it.

- Right.

- Yeah, okay, should we check it out?

- I think we should.

- We should.

- All right, where are we going?

- Eagle River is the snowmobile capital of the world.

And you know what proves it?

Look, World Snowmobile Headquarters.

Inside, you're gonna find just about any kind of snowmobile and snow suit there is.

And it's so fun to see how far they've come.

And why is it here?

It's because the snowmobile was invented in 1924, not too far from here in Sayner, Wisconsin.

Now, there's hundreds of miles of trails, and the World Championship Snowmobile Derby happens in Eagle River.

This is a 1980 John Deere snowmobile made in Horicon, Wisconsin.

Look behind me.

That's a John Deere snowmobile suit.

That came out in 1979.

You see all the color?

There was no color before John Deere's snowmobile suit in 1979.

After that, everybody followed suit.

There are hundreds of miles of trails for snowmobiles.

– Rusty Wolf: Actually, there's thousands of miles in the state.

In our county, we have nearly 700 miles.

- In Vilas County?

- Just in Vilas County.

- So, I asked Dan if I could drive the trail groomer and he said "No, but I'll give you a ride."

– Rusty: There's always maintenance.

- Almost as good.

– Rusty: There's trees that fall down because of storms that have to be cut up.

And so, year round there is activity on the trails.

– John: What do you pray for weather wise when you know you have to groom?

– Rusty: The best thing for trails is we have to have a base.

So, the best thing that can happen is in November and December, be bitterly cold so the ground freezes.

– John: Yeah.

– Rusty: So, then when it does snow, it holds the snow because the ground is cold.

– John: Yeah.

– Rusty: If the snow conditions are right, we go out every single night with volunteers from 5:00 at night 'til 1:00, 2 o'clock in the morning grooming.

– John: And all volunteers?

– Rusty: All volunteers.

– John: So, this equipment, your club bought?

– Rusty: Yes, and volunteers have to go out and create fundraisers to pay for it, 'cause the state does not pay for it.

– John: I just wanna help you right now.

– Rusty: Please.

[both laugh] [snowmobile engines rev] - John: What's it like to be out there racing in the middle of January when it's so cold?

– Emily Kamphuis: It's actually a really relaxing feeling.

– John: Is it?

- Yeah, it's not that you're cold.

You have enough gear to keep you warm, and the adrenaline kind of just fuels up your body to make you warm.

But it's peaceful.

It's only you and the sled at that time.

– John: But this one's a big deal, isn't it?

– Emily: This is a big deal.

This is, like, the king of races.

- This is the World Championship Snowmobile Derby Complex.

– Craig Marchbank: Third week of January is the Derby.

The Vintage World Championship is the second week of January.

Every year, pretty much like clockwork.

– John: And 63 years ago, somebody said, "Oh, I think we should do this here"?

– Craig: The Lions Club.

Yeah, actually the first year or two was done on Dollar Lake.

Then they moved it here.

– John: And that'll bring in how many people?

- Oh, tens of thousands of people.

I mean, it's a big economic impact on this area.

– Kris Pecha: They come from all over the world, yes.

If you come here, you're against other competitors that are fast.

So, if you win up here, you're doing something.

This is the best.

– John: It's the best.

– Kris Pecha: The holy grail, yep, yeah.

– John: Do you race against each other?

– Josh Pecha: Yeah.

- You do.

- Yeah.

– John: And that's all right?

- Yeah.

- It's all right.

- He makes sure my taillight works.

– John: He does?

– Josh: Yeah.

– John: Is there another place in the world that does this the way you guys do it?

– Kris: There's a lot of great tracks around Canada and the United States, but there's only one place to win a world championship, and it's right here in Eagle River.

– Announcer: ...in the 62nd running of the World Championship Snowmobile Derby.

- This train depot has been in Eagle River for over 100 years and counting.

After the railroad left, it became the historical society and the museum, and it's also the site of the ice castle that they build every year, weather permitting, of course.

The first ice castle happened in 1933, and the process of building that ice castle stays the same.

What happens is that volunteers go over to Silver Lake, carve out thousands of pounds of ice, and haul it over here, and then they build it by hand.

It takes over 700 hours to build the ice castle.

That is the story.

- If you want a little bit of old-school Eagle River, it's right here at White Spruce.

This building right here, it's the oldest building in town.

Like 1884 old.

The log cabin part of it was built originally for the family home, and the restaurant didn't come 'til decades later.

Even though it is darling inside-- Come on, old fashioned, the water.

Ah, here we go.

This is Eagle River living.

Cheers, friend.

[bright music] - John: It's called Toad in the Hole.

People love this place.

You know that.

– Ashlee Millin: Yes, I guess we kind of have a cult following.

[laughs] At this point.

And it's not even been three years yet.

[laughs] - John: Whose idea was this?

- It was definitely hers.

– Beth Millin: Yeah.

- We should share that this is your daughter.

- Yes.

- Mom, you look great.

[all laugh] - They would've been like, "Now, how does this work?"

So, you're family.

- Yeah.

- We are.

– John: Toad in the Hole.

Does everybody ask?

- My husband was like, "Well, "why don't you call it Toad in the Hole?

'Cause that's breakfast."

And we are, like, a hole in the wall, so it's pretty-- - John: This is the prettiest hole in the wall ever.

– Ashlee: Oh, thank you.

I will get our breakfast burrito going.

I wanted it to feel like people were eating in my kitchen because I knew that I would really appreciate being at work.

– John: This is breakfast and brunch?

– Beth: Yeah.

- This is a ube pancake.

– John: How extensive is the menu?

- We have, like, 15 items on our menu.

It's short and sweet, like, you know, we're really little.

Our Hogan's Hoagie sandwich.

This is giardiniera.

– John: Giardiniera.

– Ashlee: We have, like, house classics, I guess you could say, that stay all the time.

A larger portion of our menu does change seasonally.

– John: Oh, it does?

– Ashlee: We actually have our own hobby farm where we grow a lot of our own produce in the summer.

Our pancakes are plate size.

They don't come any other size, so we recommend you share if you can.

– John: It's interesting because what we've heard reputation wise is that you really can't just walk in here.

- We typically have a line before we open.

So, people are standing and waiting.

– John: You have eight stools and you have three four-tops.

– Ashlee: Yeah, so there's 20 seats.

– John: 20 seats?

– Ashlee: Yeah.

People try to squeeze five people in here, which, yes, your butts can fit, but I promise you, your food won't fit on the table.

So, I hope you're hungry.

[laughs] Wanted you guys to try our corned beef 'cause we make it ourselves.

It brines for six days.

- Ooh, take a look at this.

– Ashlee: That is my favorite lunch sandwich.

- What's it like to be in this part of our beautiful state of Wisconsin?

- I love it here.

I'm happy my husband was crazy enough to move here.

- 'Cause it's a great place to be, it really is.

– John: It's a nice size.

– Ashlee: Yeah.

– John: Oh, my God.

That's so good.

– Ashlee: It's so good you can't even speak right now?

- Let me try again.

[both laugh] Eagle River is home to the Dome, which is the historic indoor ice rink.

It was built in 1933.

Built mostly out of wood.

It was Wisconsin's first indoor hockey arena.

Today, local kids and adults and their hockey teams play here, as well as figure skaters have competition here, and it's home to Wisconsin's Hockey Hall of Fame, which is open to the public.

It's cool.

Emmy, we're at the Pirate's Hideaway, yeah.

Let's share the text that you sent me two nights ago.

- I offered John a really great pirate costume that my husband has.

- Yeah.

- Do you think he took me up on it?

He did not.

So, instead, he gets to have this.

- Oh, thank you.

- Come on.

If you say no to this... - No, no, no, this is fine.

I'm happy it's plastic.

Otherwise... - We are gonna have fun.

Let's go!

I'm dressing up.

[rousing music] - Wait, hold on, password?

Pirate password?

- Arr!

- Oh, you scared me.

- Yeah, good, good.

You've almost forgot your sword!

Come on!

– John: We're in a-- We're in a pirate ship.

– Emmy: Did you build this with your dad?

– Stevo Strauss: I did not; I built it with my son.

– Steve Strauss: I built it with my dad.

– Emmy: Okay, that's right.

- So, this was built in 2004.

We built the pirate ship, drove it through the 4th of July parade.

Twenty-one years later, here we are.

When we started this business, we did private parties.

That's what we did, just private parties for many years.

What went from 100% private parties is now 95% public boat rides and only 5% private parties.

– John: Yeah.

– Steve: And they're two-hour rides, and we're having a blast.

You know, this is Eagle River.

It's the largest inland freshwater chain of lakes in the world.

So, it's an amazing place to be pirates.

We see eagles, we see deer, otters, muskrats.

As the time went on, we started surveying our customers.

2020 was a whole change of everything.

We put in a wood-fired pizza oven.

– John: Oh, sure.

– Steve: And now, we've got the best pizza in the Northwoods.

– John: Nice.

– Steve: And look what everybody comes for.

– Stevo: We do five nights a week of live music.

We have everything from cello players to violinists to classic rock.

– John: And the deck.

– Steve: The deck is amazing, overlooking Duck Lake.

The new ice cream shop is amazing and the gardens are superb.

– John: They look great.

– Steve: We're a community business.

Ten years ago, we basically ran this whole operation.

My wife, my son, my daughter.

Now, we have 38 local employees, and they're all having fun.

If you look around at our grounds, we've got picnic tables everywhere.

Families are everywhere.

Kids are running around free, no leashes.

And it is amazing to see everybody have fun together.

And if Mom and Dad are smiling, Grandma and Grandpa's smiling, if they're all smiling, success.

– John: Things are good, you're winning.

– Stevo: Absolutely.

– Emmy: Right.

– Stevo: Yes, we're having fun with it.

– John and Emmy: Arrr!

- Eagle River has the largest chain of freshwater lakes in the entire world.

There are 28 of them, to be exact.

Okay, guess this.

How many miles of shoreline?

[playful music] - These 28 lakes are surrounded by 174 miles of shoreline.

That's a lot of water for me to dip my toes in.

- This is called the Burnt Rollways boat hoist.

Say that four times.

This is Scott.

How are you, sir?

Good to see you.

– Scott Blado: I'm great, how are you?

- You know all about this, don't you?

- I do know about this.

- First of all, who do you work for?

– Scott: This is owned and operated by Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company.

We were founded in 1907 to operate a system of reservoirs in the state of Wisconsin.

– John: Not just this thing.

– Scott: Not just this.

This is a small part of what we do.

– John: Important part, though.

– Scott: Very important.

It's a conduit between the Three Lakes chain of lakes on this side and the Eagle River chain of lakes on this side.

So, we have a dam here that we operate.

And this hoist takes the boats from one side of the dam to the other side.

– John: It actually hoists.

– Scott: It actually hoists.

There's a system of cables that lift the boats up, up and over the road and the dam.

So, it's been operating in this iteration since about 1952.

– Mike Graume: You wanna drive?

- No, no, you go first.

- Okay, just wanna check.

- He wants me to drive.

No instructions, first day on the job.

Mike.

– Scott: And we've been taking boats from one side to the other since 1910.

Truly an amazing design.

You know, you think of how unique each boat is.

- You're good.

- Yes.

And then, I'm looking up at the road over there and behind me.

- Oh, sure.

- And to the right, we get lots of traffic, lots of people looking at stuff there.

– John: Yeah.

– Scott: We can do jet skis, pontoons, wake boats, fishing boats.

We do 'em all, so.

- John, you wanna assist?

- Sure.

– Mike: But we're looking for any milfoil basically on here.

– Scott: There's nowhere else where your boat's gonna come up out of the water, where you can look physically underneath it, so.

- Yeah, you can see some on the ground now.

This is from a different boat, yes?

- This is from a different boat.

– Scott: Three Lakes Waterfront Association, they're checking the boats to make sure there's no Eurasian watermilfoil or curly-leaf pondweed or zebra mussels or anything like that.

Where it might be missed on a trailer, this is the perfect place.

- Thanks, Ed.

– Scott: We can hoist up to 7,500 pounds, which we haven't pressed against that limit yet.

I guess I'll say we haven't found a boat that we can't hoist yet.

– John: Yeah, never, ever, ever seen anything like this.

Where else am I gonna find one of these?

– Scott: I don't believe you're gonna find one that looks like this anywhere in the United States.

I don't think.

- When they come back late at night, I can hear 'em singing coming up the channel.

- Oh, my Lord.

- That's why I love this job.

Everybody's having a good time, everybody's smiling.

It's fun.

– Scott: It is unique.

– John: It's great, isn't it?

– Scott: Yes, it is.

– John: Yeah.

– Mike: Nice and done.

Have fun!

- Now, this is one way to get around Eagle River-- on a horse!

This is Goose!

We're at Rocking W Stables.

How fun is this?

Now, you don't have to be an experienced rider to come.

Even beginner riders, they will take you out on the trail.

You'll be with a professional.

In the winter, you can go on a sleigh ride with these guys.

Take me somewhere now, let's go.

There's other things to see, so good job, Goose!

– John: Let's go...now!

– Keith Anderson: [chuckles] So, this cuts the signs or other things that we make.

This is a high-powered laser.

– John: This would be the first step?

– Keith: This would.

- What are you working on this minute?

– Kayla Anderson: We're working on bar sign orders.

Coaster orders.

- Got a couple prototype LED signs that we're making.

It's not neon, and it puts off no heat.

And it's made out of wood, so they're pretty unique that way.

Yeah, we have a tap handle order for a local-- - John: A tap handle.

This is the coaster?

- A coaster with a bottle opener!

– John: The best.

– Keith: That's how it started.

– John: And that's the beginning of all of this.

– Keith: That is.

- I don't really like this part of the work.

[all laugh] - These ones are actually blanks that we cut into customized shapes.

– John: So, are you ever surprised at what people are looking for?

And when they call and say, "Can you?"

And you say yes?

- All the time.

- "Now let's figure out how to do it?"

- Absolutely.

- Constantly.

– Keith: Sometimes, they come up with all sorts of odd things and we say, "Sure, we can figure that out."

– John: Did you make this?

- Everything in here is homemade, pretty much.

– John: Machine-wise, what do you have?

– Keith: Altogether, we have three lasers, and then we have a 4 foot by 8 foot flatbed printer.

– Kayla: Goes from here over to get oiled.

– Keith: We have a CNC machine that has a ten-tool changer on it.

With those different items, you can decorate just about anything, whether it's etched or printed or routed.

And then, back in our woodshop area, we have a full line of woodworking equipment.

So, we can take a rough piece of lumber and we can rip it on our ripsaw, we can resaw it on our resaw, plane it down to thickness, sand it, and then we have a chop saw as well.

So, there's really an unlimited amount of things that you can do with that equipment.

– John: And is it really collaborative?

– Keith: We're not a catalog company.

So, we get to work hand in hand with whoever wants their product.

- This is for one of our customers, Drink Wisconsinbly.

And this is a bottle opener magnet that they can sell in their gift shop, but we can cut all kinds of shapes out of this blank.

We can even make a Main Streets magnet.

- Shut up.

– Keith: And so, we might come up with an idea and toss it back and forth, but ultimately, it's their design at the end.

- How many of you are there?

How many people work here?

- Right now, it's Kayla and I.

- Yep.

– John: Really?

– Kayla: Yeah.

I wasn't lying when I said we're both everything.

We kind of do it all and we share all the responsibilities.

– John: Good for you guys.

[all laugh] - Kayla: I love it.

- Wisconsin is not the only state with a city named Eagle River.

There are two others.

You know where they are?

- I do!

I do know where they are!

There's one in the upper U.P.

of Michigan, and the other one, it's a bit of a trek.

- Where?

- Alaska.

- Alaska.

- So, if you're coming here, really put it in your GPS or, you know... - You'll be in the Inside Passage is where you'll be.

- Maybe.

- Yeah, that's in Alaska.

- Yeah.

- She had no idea.

- As a kid, we went up north.

We went to the chain of lakes.

I found somebody else who loves to go up north to Eagle River.

Say hi to Charlie Berens.

– Charlie Berens: Oh, man.

Is there something you could share about Eagle River?

Since that was where you went as a kid?

- Sure, yeah, well, we would always-- So, the way Eagle River fit in is we would go to Eagle River.

We would stay, like, on the river of Eagle River.

There was always a rainy day.

And on the rainy day, we would always go to Eagle River and get the fudge.

Get the salt water taffy.

And we would not get a souvenir 'cause in a family of 12... - No souvenirs.

- Uh-uh.

- No moccasins.

- No, you get one kid one of those, you're coming back with a car full of stuff you didn't need.

You know, I go to Eagle River quite a bit now, and I gotta say, Marina Bar is nice.

We were just up there with some buddies and he had a boat.

You know, it's good to know a guy with a boat.

– John: Always.

- I mean, way better than owning a boat.

What were you gonna ask, though?

I cut you off.

– John: Marina Bar.

– Charlie: Oh, Marina Bar.

– John: Were they the first ones to carry your brandy?

Is that what I heard?

- Like, the first in the state?

- That's what we heard, yeah.

- Wow!

– John: How did that happen?

– Charlie: Korbel, you know, but I figured, you know, what if there was another brandy that had a bit more of a Wisconsin tie?

And so, I named it Berens, but I didn't name it after myself, 'cause that would be egotistical.

I named it after my Grandpa Bob.

And I can't help it that we have the same last name.

And we like to keep it right here in Wisconsin 'cause we're not that ambitious.

– John: Is that right?

- Mm-hmm.

It's important to know your ambition limitations.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I know you think I'm twisting you a yarn right now, but I'm not.

[John laughs] My Grandpa Bob, he was the kind of guy who didn't really wear matching socks.

And he says, "Life's too short for matching socks."

And I can't tell you right now if my socks are matching or not.

- I ironed my socks.

- You ironed your socks?

[John laughs] - So different.

- This is a nice shirt, though.

I do think that shirts look good when you iron 'em.

- Thank you.

- I appreciate that.

- I have never had an interview like this.

– Charlie: That means that I'm gonna regret this.

- The Arrow Gift Shop has been in town for decades, and it's the cutest little souvenir shop.

They've got hats, they've got T-shirts, they've got socks.

I mean, whatever this cute little thing is.

My favorite part is behind these doors.

Come on, yeah.

Come with me, here we go!

This is Mary Kate's Wine Bar.

What an unexpected treasure in downtown Eagle River.

And this is Mary Kate, hi.

– Mary Kate Hayes: Hi.

- Could I have a glass of cab, please?

- You bet.

- Get this-- 250 wines, plus beer and spirits.

Okay, I have found my place.

Oh, my gosh, this looks excellent.

Cheers, thank you.

- Cheers.

– John: First of all, you're on, like, the best street in town.

– Andy Lichtfuss: Yes.

– John: On a great corner, a big corner.

– Andy: A big corner.

- Used to be a pizza place, but before that it was a...?

- Gas station.

- Gas station.

- So, what you see right here is where all the gas pumps used to be.

– John: Pontoon Saloon.

Was that always where you were going with it?

– Andy: Initially, we were gonna call it Andy's Up North Beer Garden.

– John: Sure.

- Which doesn't really roll off the tongue like Pontoon Saloon does.

[both laugh] - Pontoon Saloon's the best.

- Thank you, yeah.

And I'm sure you guys been exploring this area.

There's so many lakes, so many pontoons.

So, what I saw for this space was a place where you could come if you don't have a pontoon or for some reason can't get on the water that day, you can still kind of enjoy that lake life atmosphere.

- Doesn't have much mileage on it, does it?

- Yes, roughly zero miles.

[both laugh] - John: You have live music here as well?

– Andy: We do, yep.

[gentle acoustic guitar music] Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 3:00.

– John: Oh, that brings 'em in.

– Andy: It does, and we have happy hour 11:00 to noon.

So, the happy hour starts right away when we open up.

That goes 'til noon.

And then, at noon, the music starts for three hours.

And then, usually people stick around after that as well and party into the night.

- How often does this change?

– Andy: Oh, every day.

– John: Oh, it does?

- If you come back later today, there'll be three different beers up there.

- Oh, really?

It's a beer bar?

– Andy: Beer bar, wine, seltzers.

All Wisconsin made, all delicious.

And we don't actually do any liquor either.

No cocktails, no liquor, no shots, nothing like that.

Just beer and wine and seltzer.

– John: Nice.

- I firmly believe that Eagle River, Wisconsin, is the greatest place on Earth.

When people are in Eagle River, they're on vacation.

They wanna have a good time.

It doesn't matter if it's Tuesday at noon or Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

They're here to hang out and have a good time.

So, really, as long as you can provide them a location and a reason, an excuse to get out and have a good time, they're gonna have it.

We have beer yoga on Monday mornings.

We move all these tables and I hire a yoga instructor.

And she stands up on that stage right there.

And there's 30 of us doing yoga.

Every Saturday morning, we have a run club.

People meet here between 10: 00 and 10:30.

Everyone who shows up gets a free T-shirt.

– John: Okay.

– Andy: And then we go on a two-mile run.

And by the time we get back to here, the bar is open, it's happy hour, there's live music.

– John: That's every Saturday?

– Andy: Every Saturday morning.

– John: That's fun.

You know, concept-wise, this could go anywhere.

- The Wisconsin lake theme is transferable to really not just Wisconsin.

I feel like any other state, any other country, really.

If we're gonna crazy with it.

– John: You know, there was one Culver's at one time.

You realize that.

– Andy: Yep.

There was one Kwik Trip at one time.

[both laugh] When I built this place, I really envisioned it to be if Nashville and Key West had a baby and that baby lived in Eagle River.

– John: Here it is, yeah.

– Andy: Here it is.

[upbeat music] - Whether you used to come up north as a kid or you just found it now, everyone's gonna agree, Eagle River is a gem.

- You got some of the old, you got some of the new.

– Voice: Arrr!

- Hey, did you hear that?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's the pirate ship.

It's calling our name.

- Yeah, no, it's calling your name.

I'm gonna wait 'til winter.

I'm gonna bring a snowmobile and I've got a snowmobile outfit.

There's nowhere else I'd rather be The heart and soul of community's right here - Wisconsin is not the only city-- [all laugh] - Put a drink in my hand - Is this better?

- Are we done now?

We don't have to do that again, do we?

- You guys, I'm sorry, the hair.

Like, I come in from the side.

- Is that what it's called, suit?

Snowmobile suit?

Outfit, I do an outfit, okay.

[all laugh] - And then I got married, and now I have a boss.

- That's not gonna make air, I don't think.

[all laugh] - Announcer: Thanks to our underwriters.

- My father taught me that to make great bakery, you have to do it the right way.

O&H Danish Bakery, where Kringle traditions begin.

– Announcer: Together, doing good for 130 years.

Horicon Bank: It's the natural choice for community banking.

- There's no place like Oconomowoc.

Explore, play, shop, stay!

Visit Oconomowoc!

- Support for this program provided by Plum Media, elevating conferences and meetings with smooth, stress-free production.

– Announcer: Financial support has been provided by our friends at Greenfire, a construction management company, the Friends of PBS Wisconsin, and the Friends of Main Streets.

– Announcer 2: If you haven't watched every episode of John McGivern's Main Streets, you can catch up because they're all available on YouTube, where you'll also find additional content never seen on the show.

John McGivern's Main Streets on PBS and on YouTube.

Great combination.

- I need a pirate "arrr."

- Arrr.

Hmm.

- Arrr!

- All right, Brian.

- Arrr, matey.

- That concludes our pirate auditions.

I'm so sorry you missed it.

If you would like, come back next week.

Same time, same place.