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FIND MOST ITEMS WILL COST YOU MORE HERE NEAR THE MIDWAY, BUT YOU’LL FIND THE BETTER BARGAINS DOWN HERE BY THE BARNS. SHAPING A BODY IS ONE THING, BUT SARAH SWEARS BY OPENING DAY. THIS BIG BALL OF BUTTER WILL ACTUALLY LOOK JUST LIKE BILL RILEY. EVEN FOLKS FROM STATE FAIRS THAT ARE BIGGER COME HERE TO SEE WHAT MAKES US BETTER. 22 STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR JUST SPENT SEVERAL DAYS HERE LEARNING FROM US. IT IS SO FUN TO LOOK BACK AT OLD FOOTAGE. FOR YEARS. ����vlog CYNTHIA FODOR TOLD US EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE IOWA STATE FAIR. AS WE MARK OUR STATION’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE START OF THE FAIR THIS WEEK, WE’RE LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS SHE WAS ABLE TO SEE AND DO AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND SHE DID A LOT. STACEY HORST IS LIVE WITH CYNTHIA AT THE MIDAMERICAN ENERGY STAGE, WHERE SHE SPENT YEARS HOSTING OUR LIVE FAIR SHOW. YEAH, STACEY, JUST KIND OF TAKE US BACK IN TIME AND REMINISCE WITH CYNTHIA ABOUT WHAT THE STATE FAIR MEANT TO HER. OH, THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CATCH UP WITH SOME OF OUR ����vlog FAVORITES, KAYLA AND JODI. I AM SO THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH CYNTHIA FODOR THIS AFTERNOON. AND CYNTHIA, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE JUST LOVE THAT YOU’RE HERE. IT’S SO EXCITING TO SEE YOU AGAIN. STACEY. YES, NOW. OH MY GOSH, I HAVEN’T BEEN IN FRONT OF A CAMERA IN THREE YEARS NOW, SO. AND I’M NOT USED TO BEING INTERVIEWED. I LIKE DOING THE INTERVIEW. BEING ON THE OTHER END OF THE MICROPHONE IS HARD. AND IT’S SO QUIET HERE. WHERE ARE THE DANCING GRANNIES AND THE MOM CALLERS AND THE NADAS? RIGHT. IN TWO DAYS THEY’LL BE HERE SO SOON? YOU HOSTED OUR 5:00 BROADCAST LIVE HERE AT THE FAIR FOR YEARS, AND I’M GOING TO SWING AROUND HERE SO FOLKS CAN SEE YOUR FACE AND NOT JUST OUR PROFILES, BUT YOU GOT TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE AND DO SO MANY THINGS. I KNOW YOU’VE GOT SOME FAVORITES, AND I KNOW WE’VE PULLED UP SOME VIDEOS AND I THINK YOU’VE GOT A BUNGEE JUMPING STORY. YOU AND STEVE KARLIN DID SOME BUNGEE JUMPING. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? DID THEY SHOW THE VIDEO ALREADY? IT’S SHOWING NOW. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND TO DO THIS. MY BOSS ALL DAY LONG WAS SAYING, YOU’RE GOING TO GO BUNGEE JUMPING LIVE TONIGHT. AND I SAID, NO, I’M NOT. FIND STACEY, FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. AND THEN HE CALLED ME IN THE AFTERNOON AND SAID, A 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN JUST BUNGEE JUMPED. CYNTHIA, IF SHE CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT. AND OF COURSE, I HAD TO LIVE UP TO THE CHALLENGE. SO WE DID IT. AND I SAID, DO NOT PUT A MICROPHONE ON ME. AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT MIGHT COME FLYING OUT OF MY MOUTH. YEAH, WELL, I’M HEARING THE SCREAMS. OH YES. WELL, FORTUNATELY THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THAT I SAID FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. I’M. YOU’RE FACE DOWN. I DON’T KNOW WHAT OUR SPEED WAS GOING FACE DOWN TO THE GROUND. MY SON WAS DOWN THERE WATCHING, AND I KNOW HE WAS SCARED FOR ME, TOO. BUT WE DID IT. WE SURVIVED. WE HAD FUN, AND NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. YES. AND THERE YOU HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF LIVE GUESTS ON THE STAGE WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS. THERE’S ONE WHO WENT VIRAL FOR HER BEHAVIOR AND HER FLIRTATIOUS BEHAVIOR WITH KURTIS GERTZ. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 90 POUND PYTHON. AND THIS STORY JUST WENT CRAZY ON THE INTERNET. I THINK IT HAD MORE HITS IN THAILAND THAN ANY OTHER THING. SO WE WERE DOING THE SHOW ONE DAY AND THEY WOULD BRING UP SNAKES ALIVE, AND THEY PUT A 90 POUND PYTHON AROUND. THEY USED TO DO MY NECK AS WELL, BUT I ABOUT FAINTED ONE TIME AND I NOTICED THEY HAVEN’T DONE THAT WITH YOU YET. NO, NO, I’VE LOBBIED HEAVILY TO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. SO AS YOU MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE SNAKE WENT DOWN AND CRAWLED UP CURTIS’S SHORTS, THE ONE LEG AND CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE ON THE OTHER LEG AND STARTED PEEKING ITS HEAD OUT. AND I WASN’T SURE IF THE AUDIENCE COULD SEE WHAT WE WERE SEEING. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF R-RATED. YEAH. AND I’M LIKE, I DON’T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE AT HOME SAW. I SAID, CURTIS HAS A SNAKE IN HIS PANTS, AND MY BOSS GOT IN MY EAR AND SAID, IF YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, YOU’RE FIRED. BUT IT WAS IT WAS LIVE TELEVISION. YOU CAN’T CONTROL LIVE TV. AND IT WAS HILARIOUS. AND IT STILL IS IF YOU WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE TODAY, IT IS STILL VERY FUNNY. NOW, I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE ALWAYS OUR GO TO PERSON. WHAT SHOULD WE SEE AT THE FAIR? WHAT SHOULD WE DO AT THE FAIR? YOU’VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE. WHAT’S BEEN THE BEST PART FOR YOU OF COVERING THE FAIR FOR THE YEARS THAT YOU COVERED? WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVED EVERYTHING OUT HERE. THIS WAS MY HAPPY PLACE. THE NEWSROOM CALLED ME THE STATE FAIR QUEEN. BECAUSE EVERY DAY I RAISE MY HAND, I WANT TO GO OUT AND COVER THE STORIES. AND I LOVED I MEAN, WE’RE HERE OUTSIDE THE CULTURAL CENTER, THE VICTORIAN DOLL HOUSES, DOWN TO THE UGLY CAKE CONTEST, THE FOOD, OF COURSE. RIGHT. BUT MOST OF ALL, THE PEOPLE. BECAUSE REALLY, YOU’RE HERE WITH EVERYDAY IOWANS WHO OUR VIEWERS, AND THEY JUST EMBRACE YOU WHEN THEY SEE YOU AND THEY JUST ARE SO KIND AND, YOU KNOW, BIG HUGS ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM EVERYONE. AND WE’RE USUALLY IN A STUDIO WHERE ALL YOU’RE LOOKING AT IS A CAMERA. BUT TO SEE ALL THESE FACES IN FRONT OF YOU, SMILING BACK AT YOU, IT JUST WARMS YOUR HEART. AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE THE MOST. AND NOW YOU COVERED A LOT OF POLITICIANS OUT HERE AT THE FAIR, TOO. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? THEY COME THROUGH THE STATE FAIR, WHETHER THEY’RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER OFFICE IN THE LAND, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH A LOT OF THEM? YES. THE DES MOINES REGISTER SOAPBOX. WELL, THEY SAY THIS IS A RITE OF PASSAGE. STATE FAIR FOR PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS. AND THEY WOULD COME OUT TO SPEAK ON THE SOAPBOX FOR IOWANS TO HEAR THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS A BIG DEAL. AND WE HAD TO CHASE THEM AROUND. AND DONALD TRUMP, OF COURSE, THE BIG GOT A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION OUT HERE WHEN HE BROUGHT IN A $7 MILLION HELICOPTER TO GIVE CHILDREN FREE RIDES AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS AND ALL THESE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE STANDING AROUND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A PHOTO OP WITH THE CORN DOG. AND HE’S OUT THERE WITH A BIG TRUMP HELICOPTER FLYING CHILDREN AROUND AND GOT A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION HERE FOR THAT. YEAH. AND ON THAT DAY, HE ASKED ME, WHAT SHOULD I EAT? CYNTHIA TALKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ASK. YES, MY OPINIONS. I SAID, YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PORK TENT AND HAVE A PORK CHOP ON A STICK. AND HE’S LIKE, WHERE THAT TAKE ME THERE. SO I LET HIM OVER THERE AND ALL THE NATIONAL REPORTERS WERE WAITING FOR HIM AT THE BUTTER COW, AND HE BYPASSED THEM ALL. BUT THAT WAS A GREAT THING BECAUSE WE HAD ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT EVEN THE NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA DIDN’T HAVE, BECAUSE THEY ALL WANTED TO BE HERE AT THE FAIR AND MEET IOWANS. THAT’S RIGHT. IN OUR LAST 30S, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL TELL ����vlog VIEWERS ABOUT YOUR TIME AT ����vlog, YOUR TIME AT THE FAIR, ANY LAST MESSAGE YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE FOLKS TODAY? WOW. YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUCH A WILD RIDE. I WAS THINKING, SITTING HERE FROM BUNGEE JUMPING AT THE FAIR TO RIDING IN A PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADES. I MEAN, IT WAS A CAREER THAT I NEVER EVEN COULD HAVE DREAMED OF, AND I HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS AND TELL THEIR STORIES AND AND ALSO JUST EVERYDAY IOWANS. AND I JUST AM PROUD AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THE ����vlog LEGACY AND TO BE IN YOUR HOMES EVERY EVENING. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND LET THE FAIR BEGIN. YEAH. NO KIDDING. WELL, WE ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY AND SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR STORIES. AND IT’S ALWAYS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE AT THE FAIR. WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE ANYWHERE WE GET TO SEE YOU. WE LOVE IT. AND YOU KNOW, ����vlog HAS BEEN HERE AT THE MIDAMERICAN ENERGY STAGE WITH CYNTHIA AND STEVE AND KURTIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS NOW, BEN AND JASON AND I WILL BE HERE. IT’S 430 ON WEEKDAYS. WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU, KAYLA AND JODI BACK TO YOU. OH, STACEY WAS SO GREAT TO CATCH UP WIT