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| Name: Mandy Grosser |
| Hometown:Dayton, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Executive Producer |
| First Job: Sales clerk at my family’s store, Pleasant Hills Saddle Shop |
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| Last Job: Freelance Producer |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Footlong chilidogs with lots of cheese! |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: TC, the Twins Mascot |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Garrison, MN |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: The St. Paul Grill |
| Favorite TV Show: The Office |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Star Wars Convention |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: A hair stylist, event planner, fashion designer, magazine publisher, or college professor |
| Number One Fan: My grandma |
| Hidden Talent: I am an excellent waitress and bartender! |
| Dream Segment on TCL: Something that allows me to travel abroad to catch up with famous Minnesotans! |
| Last person/thing you Googled: Twin Cities Live! |
| One Word that Describes TCL: Fresh! |
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| Name: Anna Rusch |
| Hometown:Waukesha, WI |
| Current Job: TCL Associate Producer |
| First Job: I worked in the fabrics department for a crafts shop during high school but I still can't sew. |
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| Last Job: Advertising sales for 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Corn-on-the-Cob, salted and buttered! |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: Goldy Gopher |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Taylors Falls, MN |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: The Cleveland Wok because they have the best garlic green beans. |
| Favorite TV Show: The Office |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Running around Lake Calhoun -- I hate running |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: A teacher |
| Number One Fan: My three sisters, Kate, Beth and Amy. |
| Hidden Talent: Baking apple pies that never turn out. |
| Dream Segment on TCL: Teach me how to make a pie crust that doesn't end up with a huge hole in the middle. |
| Last person/thing you Googled: The Minnesota Daily -- as an alumnus, I love to keep up with Gopher news. |
| One Word that Describes TCL: Energy! |
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| Name: Christian Unser |
| Hometown: Dubuque, IA |
| Current Job: TCL Producer |
| First Job: Assistant contractor with my ex-girlfriend's father. |
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| Last Job: Senior producer at Hoffman Communications |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Corn dog |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: TCL Co-host, John Hanson |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: My lovely town of Rosemount |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Pierre’s Bistro |
| Favorite TV Show: 30 Rock |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: At a wine-tasting party |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: Stunt driver |
| Number One Fan: My son Gabriel |
| Hidden Talent: Can recite all 50 states in alphabetical order in under 20 seconds. |
| Dream Segment on TCL: An intimate portrait on "Weird Al" Yankovic. Possibly while skydiving. |
| Last person/thing you Googled: "talented Minnesotans" |
| One Word that Describes TCL: Daily |
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| Name: Dave Hammergren |
| Hometown: Minneapolis, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Director |
| First Job: Grill cook/dishwasher at the Turkey House at the State Fair |
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| Last Job: Director for 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Turkey on a Stick (see First Job) |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: Cyndy Brucato |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Stillwater, MN. |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Erte’ |
| Favorite TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Parasailing |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: A Beach Bum |
| Number One Fan: My best friend Stephanie (my wife) |
| Hidden Talent: Cooking |
| Dream Segment on TCL: Wusthof Kitchen Knives 75% off on the Super Bargain! |
| Last person/thing you Googled: Some cat ailment (I have 5 of them) |
| One Word that Describes TCL: NotGoodCompany |
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| Name: Josie Hemmingsen |
| Hometown: Shoreview, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Producer |
| First Job: Cashier/front counter worker at a bakery |
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| Last Job: Traffic and Media Coordinator, Met Hodder |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Pronto Pups, mini-donuts, and lingonberry ice cream. |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: Joe Mauer |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Battle Lake, MN. |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Broder’s Pasta Bar in Minneapolis |
| Favorite TV Show: The Office, America's Next Top Model |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Like Johnny Cash, I've been everywhere. I'll try anything once! |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: Going to law school |
| Number One Fan: My parents |
| Hidden Talent:I know the lyrics to pretty much every song in my music collection. And I make an awesome chocolate chip coffee cake. |
| Dream Segment on TCL: The ones we do every day...producing this show is my dream job so every segment is a dream segment! |
| Last person/thing you Googled: Driving directions! I'm constantly getting lost. |
| One Word that Describes TCL: FUN. |
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| Name: Kelly Jordan |
| Hometown: San Jose, CA – Minneapolis, MN- Everett, WA |
| Current Job: TCL Producer |
| First Job: McDonald’s |
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Last Job: Unit Coordinator, Shock Trauma ICU,
Houston, TX |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Sweet Martha Cookies, and Cheese Curds |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: Adrian Peterson |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: It’s a tie: St. Cloud, or Alexandria |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Cleveland Wok |
| Favorite TV Show: Best Week Ever on VH1, Grey’s Anatomy |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Underwater World at the MOA |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: Backpacking across Europe?… Living in a van down by the river… peace corps… super hero… international spy |
| Number One Fan: Mom : ) |
| Hidden Talent: ? |
| Dream Segment on TCL: Nate Berkus ambush HOME make-over’s |
| Last person/thing you Googled: Myself |
| One Word that Describes TCL: Upbeat |
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| Name: Melissa Specken |
| Hometown: Hopkins, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Producer |
| First Job: Hopkins Cinema 6 |
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| Last Job: Anchor/Reporter for ABC 6 News in Rochester, MN |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Pronto Pups, Cookies & Milk |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: John Hanson & Rebekah Wood |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Anywhere along the St. Croix, and my family’s cabin in New London, MN |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Wagner’s in St. Louis Park, BellaNotte, and Seven Sushi |
| Favorite TV Show: Cops, Sex in the City, and Entourage. |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Skydiving |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: A chef |
| Number One Fan: My mom |
| Hidden Talent: I enjoy “wheeling and dealing”… there’s nothing better than a bargain! |
| Dream Segment on TCL: TCL’s Favorite Things… we’d make our audience’s dreams come true by giving away some fabulous new merchandise! |
| Last person/thing you Googled: “Charlie Bit Me” |
| One Word that Describes TCL: Fresh |
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| Name: Seth Holst |
| Hometown: Kasson, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Photographer |
| First Job: cleaning city parks |
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| Last Job: Production assistant |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Milkshakes at the dairy barn |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: Jacques Lemaire |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Hudson, WI |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: Boca Chica or Cosetta’s |
| Favorite TV Show: Lost, Entourage, & The Office |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: A James Blunt concert |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: Unemployed! |
| Number One Fan: My mom? |
| Hidden Talent: Mad foosball skills |
| Dream Segment on TCL: Marian Gaborik stops by with the Stanley Cup |
| Last person/thing you Googled: No idea |
| One Word that Describes TCL: FUN! |
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| Name: Tracy Robb |
| Hometown: Coon Rapids, MN |
| Current Job: TCL Office Manager |
| First Job: Burger King |
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| Last Job: Office Manager at Insurance Restoration Construction Company |
| Favorite State Fair Food: Homemade Nut Roll |
| Favorite Local Celebrity: GB Leighton |
| Favorite city to visit MN or Western WI: Grand Marais |
| The best restaurant in the Twin Cities is: I love Mexican but I haven’t found one that I like better than what we make at home. |
| Favorite TV Show: American Idol |
| Place You’ll Never Find Me: Swimming in the ocean...sharks and I just don't get along! |
| If I weren’t in TV, I’d be: A secretary or bookkeeper |
| Number One Fan: My step-mom. She always seems to see only the good in me! |
| Hidden Talent: Attracting bad luck no matter where I go or what I am doing. |
| Dream Segment on TCL: To have a super-natural medium on as a guest so I could connect with my mom just one more time! |
| Last person/thing you Googled: What is happening in the Twin Cities |
| One Word that Describes TCL: FUN!!! |
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