Hillbilly stereotypes

http://www.chenowethsite.com/chenkiss.htm

http://members.aol.com/FAcello/breeze.jpg

While the image hasn't completely died away (Dukes of Hazzard), yucking it up at poverty has presumably fallen somewhat out of fashion. Or is that what was really going on?

While the image hasn't completely died away (Dukes of Hazzard), yucking it up at poverty has presumably fallen somewhat out of fashion. Or is that what was really going on?

You apparently haven't been up to Branson lately.

Alas, the Dogpatch USA theme park appears to be shuttered for good. Does Bill Anderson's chain of Po' Folks restaurants still exist?

destroy- Jeff Foxworthy

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/articles/al.jpg

“Gloom, despair & agony on me / Deep dark depraission, excessive misery…”

Guests galore from the cream of Nashville’s heyday.

Junior Samples’ deadpan.

Pretty funny parodies and wisecracks sometimes, with funny people like Archie Campbell and Grandpa Jones breaking character and cracking themselves up.

The babes.

Buck Owens’ red white & blue guit-tar.

The pickin’ and the grinnin’.

“Tonight we salute New York City, New York, population 8,567,413. SAAA-LOOT!”

Does the Red Green show count?

I'll reserve judgement on the Bald Knobbers, but the Cletus character on the Simpsons and the Appalachian ER sketches on SNL can be kind of mean.

It's Co-lassal!

Still plenty of these types of signs around.

This one made me laugh, actually.

Not funny ha-ha, but funny queer.

http://www.vintagepbks.com/images/publisher/ace/d-224.jpg

Well, some of us ain't.

http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/postcards/hb7.jpg

The Dogpatch USA theme park may never be restored to its former glory, but apparently nobody minds if folks stop by to visit the disgustin' decayin' ruins.

http://www.undergroundozarks.com/gallery/albums/dogpatch/dogpatch46.jpg

Gratuitous Stupefyin' Jones image.

As a native rural North Carolignian, I wasn't offended by The Beverly Hillbillies, I thought it was funny and so did my mom. But it was clear those characters were exaggerations. I never knew anyone like that in North Carolina, not even the people who lived in the swamp and the backwoods. The people who lived down in the wildlife reserve might not have been educated, but they weren't caricatures of themselves.

I can't speak for the rest of the South, but to me, the hillbilly caricature is more Midwestern/Ozark (Missouri, Arkansas) than Southern. (The South is made of the states that seceeded from the Union at the start of the Civil War, in my definition)

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/lead/images/cpsc/2008/HillbillyTeeth.jpg

why is that on the oregon state govt website

My girlfriend described someone/something as "hoosh" (rhymes with "rouge") last night, AKA "hoosier", AKA "redneck", and a biiiig debate/discussion/argument with hurt feelings on all sides followed.

http://www.etchedinstonephysiques.com/Media/Ozarka%20logo%202%20color%20copy.gif

^^^bottled in texas (???)

xpost to tom - it was recalled because of lead paint

bottled in texas (???)

Hillbillies also not too swift at geography.

From Ozarka website:

During the Civil War, the waters were used at “Dr. Jackson's Cave Hospital“ to care for soldiers. When the war ended, Dr. Jackson began an even larger campaign to market the water. The first “white man” to bottle the water of Eureka Springs, he established a brisk business selling “Dr. Jackson's Eye Water.” Over time, the marvels of Eureka Springs became known throughout the state and quickly the town became a vacation destination as well as a place to simply come for a drink of what was called the “liquid cure.” As the town's notoriety grew, so did the popularity of the spring water.

Though Ozarka Spring Water Company officially began in 1905, our roots can be traced back centuries. Prior to being bottled deep in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the site of the brand's original spring water source had long been considered sacred ground. Now known as Basin Spring, Indian tribes were drawn to the source for its healing properties. It wasn't until 1856 that the springs were “discovered” by Dr. Alvah Jackson, who claimed to have used its “healing waters” to cure his son's eye ailment. This echoed a much earlier Sioux legend of a blind young Indian princess whose eyesight was fully restored after bathing her eyes in the waters.

While Ozarka® Brand Natural Spring Water is no longer sourced from Eureka Springs, you can enjoy its great taste throughout Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and portions of Tennessee, Missouri, and Kansas.

and now you know...

Re "hoosh" or however it's transcribed: I heard this used as a derisive when I lived in Indiana, too. That's also where I encountered "Hilljack" as the term for our Appalachian American friends. Kinda liked that one.

And since the original disappeared:
http://i3.iofferphoto.com/img/1136361600/_i/10058524/1.jpg

I've heard "Hoosier" being described as white trash or redneck or in some cases, metal head, in one place, and that would be the sovereign state of Missouri.

http://www.londontown.com/restaurants/images/boro/Barking-and-Dagenham.gif
Really?

even for Ron Howard and even given the source material, this looks impressively horrible

https://youtu.be/KW_3aaoSOYg