Monday 2nd February 2026
Today on The List –
Garth Brooks Urges People To Stay At Home … Brooks asks his fans to stay strong. He says we’re in the middle of the pandemic, and that’s when we have to be strong. We have to stay apart just a little longer in order to get through this. Brooks says the next two weeks are going to be tough, so this is when we have to love the most. He jokes that he’s gotten on his wife Trisha Yearwood’s last nerve. He says he’s about to pitch a tent in the backyard until the quarantine. is over.
John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in such songs as “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died yesterday, His family announced his death from complications from the coronavirus Winner of a lifetime achievement Grammy earlier this year, In 2017, Rolling Stone proclaimed him “The Mark Twain of American songwriting.” John Prine was 73
Stephen Colbert On Conan … Conan and Stephen both miss doing their shows in front of an audience. Conan says he misses the laughter and the joy his audience brings..Stephen misses his audience because he says he get all of his value from there praise. He loves it when they chant his name…while Conan’s stopped doing that four years ago…he says NOW when they chant his name, it’s as an angry mob
NASCAR announced their next Hall of Fame class yesterday. It includes Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards
Bakeries are creating Joe Exotic cakes. Many feature him in lion print shirts hugging tigers and lions. Others feature creepy likenesses of his head. and speaking of Joe Exotic – Investigation Discovery has announced an unofficial sequel to Netflix’s hit documentary series Tiger King titled Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic. Tiger King’s popularity has led a Florida sheriff to re-open the cold case of what ever happened to Jack Lewis Carole Baskin’s husband who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
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AT THE MOVIES -
Join us Thursday during the Drive at Five for ‘At The Movies” brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames..
In Theaters this weekend: “Send Help”
Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's an unsettling, darkly humorous battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.
https://youtu.be/FXzz-LBbKp8?si=ygNobonneIjx9BUX
“Send Help” is rated: R
Stars: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien
AT THE MOVIES...Thursday’s at 5:40, brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames and IBC KIX 101.1….
