Craig’s notes
Howard Mohr’s KTCA special teaches Minnesotan as though you could get fluent by following seven lessons. There’s hotdish, the power of the negative, accepting hospitality on the third offer, and a long goodbye. Even the ads are part of the joke: Bigger Hammer Hardware, Slow Decay Snack Cakes and Compostocarb.
On this tape
Lesson 1: Getting Started
- Lesson 1: Getting Started
- A VIC-20 appears in the background.
- “You bet.”
- “That’s different.”
- “Whatever.”
Parody ads
- Bigger Hammer Hardware parody advertisement.
Lesson 2: Pronunciation
- Lesson 2: Pronunciation
Lesson 3: The Power of the Negative
- Lesson 3: The Power of the Negative
Lesson 4: Body Language
- Lesson 4: Body Language
Lesson 5: Eating In, in Minnesota
- Lesson 5: Eating In, in Minnesota
- Recipe for hotdish.
Parody ads
- Slow Decay Snack Cakes parody commercial; they look like Zingers.
Lesson 6: Accepting on the Third Offer
- Lesson 6: Accepting on the Third Offer
Parody ads
- Compostocarb fictional fuel-mileage product
Lesson 7: The Minnesota Long Goodbye
- Lesson 7: The Minnesota Long Goodbye
About the program
How to Talk Minnesotan is a KTCA comedy special hosted by Howard Mohr. Its seven lessons include pronunciation, body language, eating in Minnesota and the Minnesota Long Goodbye. The special includes fictional ads, not off-air commercial breaks.
About this recording
Watched through all seven lessons July 14, 2026.
