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A Salute to Arizona

Here are the ten clips used in our salute to the host state of today's Super Bowl.

  1. Nicolas Cage opens Raising Arizona
  2. Phoenix-born Stevie Nicks sings Edge of Seventeen
  3. Steve Allen, a graduate of Arizona State, introduces the Three Stooges on his show in February, 1959.
  4. The theme to the original 3:10 to Yuma starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.
  5. The band Mr. Mister formed in Phoenix and had a big hit with Broken Wings.
  6. Senator Barry Goldwater, from Arizona, accepts the GOP nomination for president in 1964.
  7. Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback and Polly Holliday in a scene from the sitcom Alice, set in Phoenix.
  8. Arkansas' own Glen Campbell sings By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
  9. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis ride into the Grand Canyon at the end of Thelma and Louise.
  10. Mark Lindsey sings Arizona.

Apologies to: Marty Robbins, Charles Barkley, Ira Hayes and the first few minutes of Psycho. Maybe next time.

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.