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This Day In Kixtory
160 years ago – In 1863, a young journalist in Carson City, Nevada, one Samuel Clemens, published a report in the “Virginia City Enterprise” using his new pen name Mark Twain.The name “Mark Twain” came from his days working on Mississippi riverboats.It was an expression that meant the water was two fathoms deep . . […]
Did Dolly Parton Really Insure Her Boobs?
Dolly Parton said that her breasts were not insured for millions of dollars in a manner similar to Heidi Klum’s client-insured $2 million legs. “It’s not true about that,” Parton told Today’s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager after being asked if her most “famous body part” had been insured à la Klum’s legs. “Years ago, was it […]
Random Facts from Shotgun…
John Hughes came up with the idea for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on February 25th, 1985 . . . pitched and sold it on the 26th . . . and finished the screenplay on March 3rd. Perfumes were originally put near the door at department stores to cover the smell of horse manure and car […]
RIP Meatloaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
Checkout an interview Shotgun had with what he said was the greatest walking rock legends of all time. Grammy award winner, singer, artist, actor and all over great guy, Meatloaf!!!
NO kitten around — Yulia Minina’s pet looks furmidable.
She says the Maine Coon weighs 12.5kg (27.5lb), making it just a whisker away from a world record. And as Kefir is only 22 months, she still has growing to do in Stary Oskol, Russia. Yulia explains: “I could not even think that an ordinary baby can become so big. “He not only grew up […]
Lucky Charms and CTC Have Been Combined Into One Epic Cereal
2022 may be the year of the MASHUP. (And no, I’m not talking about FLURONA.) (???) For a limited time, General Mills is selling Lucky Charms MIXED with Cinnamon Toast Crunch . . . in one box. Well, technically two . . . there’s a mid-size box for $2.50, and a family-size for $3.99. It’s unclear how long it’ll […]
Rise Up Country with John Ritterritter
Rise Up Country with John Ritter every Sunday morning at 7 in Kix Country.
“Shotgun’s” Top 5 Back-to-School Tips for Parents.
Many schools are back in session . . . which causes a lot of anxiety for parents. We have some ideas that might help lessen the tension on this list of “Shotgun’s” Top 5 Back-to-School Tips for Parents. # 5 Call an Uber for your kid on the first day of school so you can […]
Shotgun gets “Shotdown on social media site.
Friday, 99.5 Kix Country’s Shotgun Charlie Walker and 95.7 The Mix Jay Mathews were talking on Facebook having fun as they always do when Shotgun place a GIF of grandma Klump from “The Nutty Professor” and the line that Eddie Murphey made famous “I’d like to choke the life of of you!” As soon as […]
Little Texas joins Shotgun Friday Morning
3 Grammy nominations plus honors from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association Little Texas joins Shotgun Friday morning. They will talk about tour returning to Georgia, blast from the past and a funny conversation between bassist Duane Propes and Shotgun while he was fighting COVID at SGMC. Check it out […]
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