The average person unfamiliar with rural people would assume that rural people would automatically like faire such as Green Acres but I know of plenty off people who did not like that show nor any of the others. Some watched and enjoyed not caring if the content was an exaggeration of rural life. Of course people have a right to change their opinion over the course of their life. I think fewer people embrace those shows like they did when everything was in its original run. Being born during the 1960's I don't have the same perspective as an adult who watched during the 1960's. I enjoyed Gomer Pyle during reruns in the 1970's but could never develop a taste for Petticoat Junction for example.
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dr sportster
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In the beginning of country music it was thought of by some as hillbilly music. That's when it became Country & Western . Dressing as cowboys but nicer with fancy suits and outfits would keep the public from thinking of it as hick music.The Hall of Fame in Nashville has examples of the fine clothing they wore.
ditchwitch
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I wasn't a big fan of Petticoat Junction but those girls were really pretty . Now i know why uncle Joes moving kinda slow at the junction. LOL
Married2Allis
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The funniest Gomer Pyle I ever saw was when Andy took him to report to boot camp and he sung Halls Of Montezuma with a bucket on his head! I hated how Petticoat Junction and Green Acres made rural people look dumb. Petticoat Junction was just plain boring ... uh except for Billy Joe ofcourse. Or could never get through 30 minutes of Green Acres but I liked the way she said 'Oliver'. What was the model tractor Mr. Douglas drove in on?
I watch a lot of 50 and 60's TV shows on networks such as Antenna TV or ME (Memorable Entertainment) TV etc etc. But hey, I'm an old Christian conservative fuddy duddy and like those shows and the morals and family values they portrayed versus todays s()x and violence and soft porn and all the crap that's on TV today in our abundant progressive secular society. For those who like what's in the pop culture media today and Hollywood, fine go for it. Its your life and salvation, (or lack thereof) NOT mine.
John T
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I loved them all,but they should have been put out of their misery a few years before they were. I watch the reruns of them whenever I can,but when they cycle to the last few seasons,they were all bad.
The early Petticoat Junction episodes with Kate were great,but the show should have die with her. The Beverly Hillbillies should have stayed in England never to have returned when they sank to that plot. When Barney left Mayberry,he took the show with him. The last of the Green Acres were just dream sequences with somebody telling stories.
The early Petticoat Junction episodes with Kate were great,but the show should have die with her. The Beverly Hillbillies should have stayed in England never to have returned when they sank to that plot. When Barney left Mayberry,he took the show with him. The last of the Green Acres were just dream sequences with somebody telling stories.
Richard G.
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GP JD.
Richard in NW SC
Richard in NW SC
Married2Allis
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You're right there were 2 Billy Jo's. Tough call both were knockouts.
Married2Allis
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uh oh, got my Jo's mixed up I was only seeing double. lol
We use an antenna and pick up about 20 channels and about 10 are all the old shows. We enjoy watching them better than all the new reality shows. The shows are something your kids and grand kids can watch and not be embarrassed about the language.We have seen them over and over . I reckon it must be like the man watching the same show over and over. A friend asked why he did it. There was a scene where a lady was changing clothes out side in her yard. About time it got to the good part a car came by and blocked the view. The man said I know that car will run late eventually. Tommy
I doubt the writers intended to look down their noses at rural life, parody and satire are the reason the shows were funny, it would take a lot more imagination and intelleigence to write for those shows than todays comedy shows where all the jokes are basically $exual innuendos and put downs of WASP values.
wilson ind
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what are you calling WASP ? It a flying insect with stinger to me.
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