 CCO's boost helped the album catch fire. Whenever Newhart would come through town, even years after, he'd stop at CCO and talk with Howard Viking, always cracking Viking up on the air. Newhart's soft spot for the Twin Cities extended to recording much of his second comedy album, the button-down Mind Strikes Back at the old Freddy's Cafe, which was once one of the hippest joints in Minneapolis. And that, friends, is the elusive local angle to Bob Newhart's long and rich career.