WE BEGIN. THANK YOU. OKLAHOMA AND THE LIST OF PEOPLE KOCO HAS INTERVIEWED OVER 70 YEARS IS STAGGERING AND JUST MANY OF THEM WEREN’T EVEN A BIG DEAL WHEN OUR CAMERAS FIRST FOUND THEM. I’VE BEEN DIGGING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES TO BRING YOU THE MOMENTS WE SHOWCASED OKLAHOMA ENTERTAINERS. TIME TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PLAINS. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S AMAZING, ISN’T IT? OVER THE PAST 70 YEARS, KOCO HAS SHOWCASED STARS FROM THE SOONER STATE, THE APPEAL TO THE COMMON MAN. RIGHT? AND WHERE ELSE WOULD WE START IN OUR ARCHIVES BUT THE COUNTRY MUSIC STAGE UCDS AND BRAND NEW CDS SHOULD NOT BE SOLD OUT OF THE SAME STORE. BACK IN THE EARLY 90S, GARTH BROOKS HAD STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT CDS. I FEEL THAT I AM RIGHT IN THIS SITUATION, AND IF IT DOES COST ME EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE, THAT’S FAIR. WELL, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU LISTEN TO GARTH, THE BOTTOM LINE PEOPLE LISTEN. I REALLY THINK THAT GARTH BROOKS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE ELVIS OF THIS ERA, AND CERTAINLY IN 1992, NO ONE HAS BEEN MORE POPULAR AROUND THE COUNTRY THAN GARTH BROOKS. ARE MORE IDENTIFIED WITH OKLAHOMA, AND OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING FOR THIS MOMENT BACK IN 1992. GARTH IS A YUKON NATIVE, AND TODAY THE STREET IN FRONT OF HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. THIS BUSINESS IS NOTED FOR THE AWARDS THAT IT GIVES, BUT IT’S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE REALLY COOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE’S ONLY ONE YUKON OKLAHOMA. AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL VERY SPECIAL. AND GARTH, YOU WEREN’T THE ONLY ONE TO GET YOUR OWN STREET. KOCO CAMERAS ROLLING AS HIS OWN CARRIE UNDERWOOD WAS HONORED AFTER WINNING AMERICAN IDOL. OH, IT’S SO MUCH. AND NOW A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. CARRIE WILL NOW BE AN AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE RIGHT HERE ON KOCO FIVE. AND GOING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES, WE FOUND A TREASURE TROVE OF TOBY. THIS IS WHERE I LIVE. AND I’VE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE. SO IT’S. YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY HOMETOWN, MY HOME AREA, MY HOME PEOPLE. SO IT’S A TRUE IT’S A BIG TIME HONOR. IT MEANS A LOT. IT MEANS MORE THAN ANYTHING I’LL EVER GET. 20 YEARS AGO, BEING NAMED OKLAHOMAN OF THE YEAR, WE COVERED HIS NEVER FAILING LOVE OF HIS HOMETOWN OF MOORE, HIS PASSIONS SUPPORTING THE MILITARY AND OF COURSE, SPENDING TIME WITH OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS EVERY SPRING AROUND MEMORIAL DAY, WE GO TO BAGHDAD AND AFGHANISTAN AND SPEND A COUPLE OF WEEKS OVER THERE PLAYING FOR MY BOYS AND CHILDREN WITH CANCER TO STOP CANCER. RIGHT NOW. AND EVERYBODY’S IN A FIGHT TO TRY TO CURE IT. THAT WAS TOBY KEITH TALKING TO US BACK IN 2006 ABOUT HIS WORK TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH A CANCER BATTLE. TOBY DIED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER HIMSELF. IF YOU’RE A SUPER FAN, LIKE HERE WE ARE, WE’RE GOING TO CHEERS TO TOBY TONIGHT. AND JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER HIS DEATH, THE OSU COWBOYS AND TOBY’S BELOVED OKLAHOMA SOONERS JOINED TOGETHER TO RAISE ONE IN HIS HONOR. I LOVE YOU AND SO LOOK OUT. I LOOK TO YOU UP. OUR CAMERAS ALSO FOLLOWING VINCE GILL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN BECAUSE I COME FROM HIM. OF COURSE BLAKE SHELTON. YEAH I JUST IT’S PRETTY IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE LIFESTYLE. I LEAD WHEN I’M HOME. YOU KNOW, I WAS A JERK BEFORE I STARTED HAVING HITS, SO I GOT INTO THIS NATURALLY. SO YOU STAYED JUST A JERK. STILL A JERK. YOU KNOW, I’VE NEVER CHANGED. I’M PROUD OF THAT. THAT’S BLAKE WITH OUR JESSICA SCHAMBACH DURING THE FAN FAVORITE GONE COUNTRY SEGMENT. AND THAT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME. JESS INTERVIEWED BLAKE. A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE BLAKE USED HIS TALENTS TO HELP OKLAHOMANS STRUGGLING WITH EXTREME WEATHER. IT JUST PROVES TO YOU THAT THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING IN OKLAHOMA. AS FAR AS NATURAL DISASTERS GO, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN NEED. YOU KNOW? AND YOU DIDN’T THINK I FORGOT ABOUT OUR REBA MCENTIRE, DID YOU? STARTING WITH THIS CLIP, NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO, REBA EVEN HOSTING GOOD MORNING AMERICA OVER OUR AIRWAVES BACK IN 1989. AND I’M REBA MCENTIRE, AND THIS MORNING WE’RE IN OKLAHOMA. WITH REBA AND LONGTIME BOYFRIEND, ACTOR REX LINN. ALSO AN OKLAHOMA NATIVE. EVEN HELPED KOCO FIVE RAISE MONEY FOR THE REGIONAL FOOD BANK. HELLO, OKLAHOMA. I’M REX LINN AND I’M REBA MCENTIRE. SINCE WE’RE BOTH FROM OKLAHOMA, WE WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL A LITTLE FAVOR. AND IT’S NOT JUST COUNTRY MUSIC STARS. WHAT ABOUT OUR HOMEGROWN ACTORS? ONE OF OKLAHOMA’S HOLLYWOOD HEROES, CHUCK NORRIS. I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF THE DRIVERS, TO JAMES MARSDEN. I CAN’T THINK OF THE PROPER ADJECTIVE TO REALLY DESCRIBE THIS. THE LATE JAMES GARNER. WE’RE TALKING WITH JAMES GARNER, FAMOUS OKLAHOMAN. WELCOME HOME. WELL, THANK YOU. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HOME. AND WE CAN’T TALK ABOUT OKLAHOMA ENTERTAINERS WITHOUT TALKING ENTERTAINMENT. YOU’RE DOING FINE. OKLAHOMA! MOVIES AND SHOWS THAT WERE SHOT HERE. THE TOWN’S CLAIM TO FAME IS ITS APPEARANCE IN THE 1996 MOVIE TWISTER. EXACTLY THE WELCOME I WAS EXPECTING. OR EVEN BASED ON OUR STATE. DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO DESTROY THE MORAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY? NAH, I THINK YOU’RE. LIVEN IT UP. THESE OKLAHOMA KIDS DANCING UNDER A DISCO BALL INSPIRED THE ICONIC FILM FOOTLOOSE. THE OSAGE TOOK THEIR NAME FROM MISSOURI AND OSAGE RIVERS AND HOMEGROWN REE DRUMMOND, THE PIONEER WOMAN. WE SAT DOWN WITH HER IN 2017. WELL, A PIONEER WOMAN IN THE STRICT SENSE OF THE WORD IS, YOU KNOW, A WOMAN WHO BLAZED THE TRAIL BACK IN THE PIONEER DAYS. BUT OVER TIME, IT’S KIND OF TAKEN ON A NEW MEANING. AND I THINK ANYBODY CAN BE A PIONEER WOMAN. IT’S KIND OF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO PLACES YOU MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE WITH AND KIND OF BLAZING YOUR OWN TRAIL IN WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO. AND HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND KOCO FIVE, THE CURTAIN ISN’T CLOSING ANY TIME SOON. I’VE BEEN A COWBOY AND I’VE BEEN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON THE SCREEN, BUT REALLY, I’M PARTIAL TO COWBOYS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COVERING ANOTHER FUN 70 YEARS OF OKLAHOMA STAR POWER. WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU WHERE YOU’RE FROM, IF THEY DON’T KNOW ALREADY AND YOU SAY OKLAHOMA, IT’S THAT WHOLE THING OF, OH, SINCERITY AND ABBY, YOUR FAMILY IS CEMENTED IN OKLAHOMA TV HISTORY. JESS, IT WAS FUN GOING BACK THROUGH THE ARCHIVES. WE FOUND THIS CLIP OF MY GRANDPA JACK, MY DESK, ACTUALLY, JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM WHERE HE USED TO RECORD HERE IN THE KOCO FIVE STUDIOS. AND SPEAKING OF, WE’RE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT SOME