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The Main Stream
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Humorist Roy Blount Jr. takes viewers on a journey down the Mississippi River, showcasing everything from areas with spectacularly beautiful scenery to ugly and dangerously polluted stretches bordered by industrial development.
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Roy Blount Jr.
Himself
Garrison Keillor
Himself
Winona LaDuke
Herself
James Michael White
Himself
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