Toy Story 2 came out in 1999 and made over 485 million bucks at the box office, but it almost didn't. The crew at Pixar neraly lost everything.  Here's how:

We all know Carrie Underwood can sing, and has had a lot of hit songs. Carrie was on Jimmy Kimmel last night to premote her new album Blown Away when Jiimmy and Carrie unveiled a new song, Before You Freak.

Jason Blaine came to the Cat Country studio and talked with me. Check It out here in case you missed it. He also sang They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore for us. Also congratulations to Karen, Jennifer and Crawford who all picked up a signed copy of Jason's new CD Life So Far.

Eric Church got himself into hot water yesterday. Eric was doing an interview with Rolling Stone magazine and the topic of reality TV came up. Eric’s not a fan of the singing shows. As you can tell by the comments he made (I took out the bad words),

“It’s become American Idol gone mad. Honestly, if Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green - turn around in a red chair, you get a deal? That’s crazy. I don’t know what would make an artist do that. You’re not an artist.” “If I was concerned about my legacy, there’s no - way I would ever sit there [and be a reality-show judge]. Once your career becomes something other than the music, then that’s what it is. I’ll never make that mistake. I don’t care if I - starve.”

No surprise that got a lot of people upset, including Blake Shelton and Miranda ...

I’ve mentioned before that my wife and I have our dog Toby who is almost two. But now we have added 2 more to the house. One of my wife’s relatives passed away recently and we have inherited their dogs. Everyone is getting along really well and surprisingly it’s not that much more work. They only thing that is a bit more difficult is going out for a walk. One of us has to take two dogs while the other gets one.

We were out for our walk last night after supper and passed this couple out for their walk. The man said to us, “That’s quite the pack you’ve got there.” Neither my wife nor I had ever really thought about it but I guess technically we do have a pack. And that’s just the dogs. We still have horses and cats.

 D’oh!

Brad Paisley is guest starring on South Park tonight. He even does a duet with Cartman I hear.

If you are an iTunes user and a Carrie Underwood fan you can stream her new album Blown Away starting today. You can download it or pick up a CD (novel idea I know) Tuesday.

 The Zac Brown Band have announced their next album, Uncaged, will be out on July 10^th. So we should hear the first single by the end of May.

 Jake Owen and his new fiancé are keeping the engagement short. Jake says they will be getting married at a casual, sunrise beach ceremony soon. Jake seems like a beachy guy so that makes sense.