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After former Missoula City Councilor Jesse Ramos shared his experience as an extra for the ‘Yellowstone’ television series, KGVO asked Missoula County about the money the production company paid to rent the county courthouse for the scenes filmed there

It was pretty funny. My wife and I were watching the show and I started yelling out- "that's Jesse Ramos from Missoula...that's Missoula City Councilman Jesse Ramos."

PERC, a Bozeman-based think tank, actually compiled a 56 page report analyzing some of the real-world Western issues that are raised in the show Yellowstone. PERC is a free market environmentalist think tank which stands for the Property and Environment Research Center.

I thought all of you Yellowstone TV show fans already knew this, but apparently this was news to a few of you. Did you know that Forrie Smith, the guy who plays the popular character "Lloyd" on Yellowstone, is a real cowboy AND he has Montana roots?

Being the livestock officer for the State of Montana, it's gotta be just like the hit TV show "Yellowstone," right? Apparently the Department of Livestock has turned into quite the tourist destination in Montana.

When the snow flies, the snow flies. And when tourism is flourishing, it seems to just keep on keeping on.

Forrie Smith, who plays the ranch-hand "Lloyd" in the hit TV show "Yellowstone", doesn't just a cowboy on TV- he's a cowboy in real life who grew up in Montana. And if you want to meet him in Montana- now is your chance.

Kelly in Glasgow told me I really needed to watch the show, so I caved. And I gotta be honest- now that and Stranger Things 4 are about the only things I am looking forward to watching another season of. I saw the news that apparently a Yellowstone "prequel" is going to be coming out.

As luck would have it, I was able to catch up with him while he stopped in Jackson Hole, Wyoming- just before he ventured into Yellowstone National Park. Earlier that same week he climbed Devil's Tower- even though he has never rock climbed before.

From the fires of '88, to the mountain man trials, and governors from Judge to Bullock- Jay Kohn has been there throughout his 40-plus year career as a Montana broadcaster. Here's the audio as Jay joined us on Wednesday's Montana Talks statewide radio show.