Ozarks At Large

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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Tontitown is in the middle of its 115th grape Festival. A lot of chickens, a lot of spaghetti and a lot of rolls are coming out of the parish hall kitchen. Plus Brandan O'Connell visits with me at the spot of some of his greatest inspiration or art: the aisles of Wal-Mart. And in just a few minutes we catch up with Roby Brock as he begins Campaign 2014 coverage, more than a year before election day. Yesterday he spent a day with Congressman Tom Cotton as he launches his campaign bid against Senator Mark Pryor. Today Roby is traveling with the senator.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers previews the next stage offering at Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.
Here are the ten clips in our salute to the City of Brotherly Love on its 331st birthday: 1. Hall and Oates sing Private Eyes. 2. Paul Giamatti as John Adams, arguing for Independence, in HBO's miniseries, John Adams. 3. Tom Hanks and Denzil Washington in court in Philadelphia. 4. La La La Means I LoveYou by The Delfonics. 5. Philadelphia native Bill Cosby as Fat Albert (a fictional Philadelphia native). 6.The Stylistics sing Betcha By Golly Wow. 7. Katherine Hepburn teases Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story. 8. TSOP by MFSB. (the song is an acronym for The Sound of Philadelphia). 9. Rate A Record on American Bandstand. 10. Sylvester Stallone's Rocky survives to embrace Talia Shire's Adrian at the end of Rocky. Apologies to Jimmie Foxx, Dr. J, Teddy Pendergrass, Ben Franklin, the Broad Street Bullies and the cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Maybe next time.
During his visit to KUAF, Michael Jonathon picked up his banjo.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe was in Texarkana yesterday, where he refused to reveal his future political plans, but offered his opinion on the recent partial shutdown of the federal government. Fayetteville's Owl Creek School next year will become the third school in the district to move to a continuous learning calendar. And the NCAA releases the most recent data on graduation success rates for student athletes.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses two job announcements made in the region this week and the ever-changing political landscape in Arkansas.