The Story Behind the Story Clean Up on Aisle 4! (Season 2, Episode 11)
TV Episode | Talk-Show

The Story Behind the Story

Clean Up on Aisle 4! (Season 2, Episode 11)

TV Episode | Talk-Show

Mike introduces us to a story about the employees at Randall's Grocery Store on September 16th, 1989. On this day a bigwig was visiting the nearby space center and wanted to see the store. The store was fully stocked and the aisles were ...See moreMike introduces us to a story about the employees at Randall's Grocery Store on September 16th, 1989. On this day a bigwig was visiting the nearby space center and wanted to see the store. The store was fully stocked and the aisles were spotlessly cleaned. The visitor was impressed with the store, but the sight of frozen Pudding Popsicles left the visitor in utter disbelief. The visitor's world had been turned upside down in an instant from his visit to this store. The man who visited Randall's had just been elected to the highest office in the land. He returned home, resigned from his party and started making reforms. Just two years later, under his presidency, the Soviet Union would dissolve. The man's name was Boris Yeltsin. Mike and Matt discuss this, along with reiterating that President Ronald Reagan told Mikail Gorbachev to tear down the wall. Matt relates that he was in Mikael Gorbachev's office working on another project and was told that the things that Boris Yeltsin had seen indicated that the Soviet Union was destined to collapse. In this 2018 meeting Gorbachev admits that he feels God intervened to bring Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev together. Written by molnarmd See less

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Name	Known for
Mike Rowe Self Self See fewer	Dirty Jobs (2005)
Matthew Crouch Self (as Matt Crouch) Self (as Matt Crouch) See fewer	The Omega Code (1999)
Mikhail Gorbachev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Brian David Grace Store Manager Bob (uncredited) Store Manager Bob (uncredited) See fewer	Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe (2024)
Shane Harges KGB Bodyguard (uncredited) KGB Bodyguard (uncredited) See fewer	The Jurassic Games: Extinction (2025)
Gregory Allen Tiberius KGB Bodyguard (uncredited) KGB Bodyguard (uncredited) See fewer	American Underdog (2021)
Debbi Tucker Grocery Store Shopper (uncredited) Grocery Store Shopper (uncredited) See fewer	No Ordinary Love (2019)