Our friend and local boy Rob Riggle is on a hell of a run right now...not only was he part of the huge SNL 50th anniversary celebration...but he's gearing up for the 16th annual Big Slick Celebrity Weekend to raise money for Children's Mercy Hospital, and this year promises to be bigger tham ever!!

David Draiman is, without question, one of the most recognizable frontmen in modern heavy metal.

And on top of all of that, he’s also one of the most compelling people in the music industry.

And with their 25th Anniversary tour for their debut album “The Sickness” kicking off next week, and a new single out today, we caught up with the man himself this morning!

It’s no secret that we here on the Morning Show hold astronauts in the highest regard.

And EVERY chance we get to meet/talk to one is ALWAYS a good day!

And today we got to meet retired astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, whose story of her kid who loved space to actually becoming an astronaut is an amazing one!

And she’s coming to KC for Planet Comicon next month!!

We love Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon, not only because he's one of the fiercest frontmen in rock and roll, but also because he's a real as real gets.

He's a devoted husband, father a nd friend...and he is a total enabler when it comes to our hoarder/collector tendencies!!

We caught up with our friend this morning right befire he heads out on another tour!!

Colorado Springs resident Benji Dezaval has been making headlines because he's opened up his basement to a congregation of 300 as the Psychedelic Church of Colorado Springs, where parishioners can receive a sacrament of shrooms!...and we found out all about it from the man himself!

Dead Daisies frontman has been a friend of this show since even before his brief tenure in Motely Crue...and few rockstars have a crazier story that he does...and today we just scratched the surface of that, we talked about what's up with the Dead Daisies and more!

Former Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe is on a mission...a mission to rebuild the skilled trade workforce...and he's doing so through with his Mike Rowe Works Foundation...putting money to good use to make the trades as important to American youth as they once were...and we talked to him all about it this morning!

Long time Friend of the Show, Lzzy Hale of Halestorm is a real as real gets...and the fact that she and the band have been asked to take part in the Ozzy/Black Sabbath farewell who in Birmingham England this July...well, we couldn't be prouder of our friend.

Many don't know that Impractical Jokers star Brian Quinn used to be a fire fighter in NYC!

They also probably don't know that he got arrested once at Oktoberfest in Germany! We talked about all that and more this moring!

Smithville MO native Mandy Horvath is, in short, a total bad ass.

After tragically losing both legs in 2014, she has grabbed headlines for he climbs of Mt Kilimanjaro, Pike's Peak and more.

And now she's gearing up for biggest challenge yet, appearing on Discovery's "Naked & Afraid"!