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Interesting!
Did this inspire "The Beverly Hillbillies" (TV show)???
Did this inspire "The Beverly Hillbillies" (TV show)???
Posted by girlgeniusNYC on 12/05/13 at 11:03 AM
If I wuz the sensitive sort, I might be o-ffended at that racist depiction of white folk.
Posted by RobK on 12/05/13 at 11:23 AM
Being white doesn´t make them stupid, being stupid does.
Posted by F.U.D. on 12/05/13 at 11:27 AM
Makin' fun of white folks gots to be racist.
Posted by RobK on 12/05/13 at 02:05 PM
Somebody was trying to cash in on the popularity of Al Capp's "Lil' Abner" - but without the busty babes (Daisy Mae, Stupefyin' Jones, Wolf Gal, etc.) that made the comic strip so popular with the WWII GIs.
Posted by tadchem on 12/05/13 at 03:02 PM
Barely comprehensible English with odd contractions, misplaced syllable emphasis and elongated vowels - yeah that pretty much makes someone out to be a hillbilly. Make them go around barefoot and that completes the picture.
Posted by KDP on 12/05/13 at 03:58 PM
Growing up, I had a friend in school whose family was from New York. They were genuinely suprised to find that Tennesseans (and Southerners in general) could read, wore shoes, had electricity and indoor plumbing and most/all of their teeth. 😊
Posted by Steph on 12/05/13 at 04:19 PM
Its a caricature of rural people, that's all.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/05/13 at 08:13 PM
I called my grandpa a hillbilly once and his reply was perfect, "We're NOT hillbillies, We're Mountaineers!" :lol: :coolsmile:
Posted by Tyrusguy on 12/07/13 at 10:56 AM
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Category: Regionalism | Stereotypes and Cliches | Comics | 1950s