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A Salute to Kansas

Here are our ten clips saluting Kansas:

 

1) The group Kansas sings Dust in the Wind

2) Judy Garland is about to get swept away from Kansas in Wizard of Oz.

3) The opening moments from the first episode of Little House on the Prairie as the Ingalls head to Kansas.

4) Kansas City, Kansas native Charlie Parker plays Parker's Mood.

5) A very young Kal-El is discovered by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas.  Later, they'd name the baby Clark.

6) Kansas native Janelle Monae sings Primetime.

7) Festus (Ken Curtis) bothers Matt Dillon (James Arness) during a quiet day in Dodge City on Gunsmoke.

8) Melissa Ethridge, from Leavenworth, had her biggest hit with Come to My Window.

9) Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Truman Capote's time in Kansas, researching Inn Cold Blood.

10) Glenn Campbell and Wichita Lineman.

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