Arguably no show has raised the awareness on the hillbilly as the show, the Beverly Hillbillies, a sitcom about a hillbilly family who got lucky and promptly left town to drive down property values elsewhere.
Some critics of the show say that it just helped the hillbilly cause by portraying them as sober, skinny, and somewhat industrious. Hey. It was just a sitcom. And, it was developed before the time of the government-subsidized hillbilly.
Though I now find myself agreeing with Mrs. Drysdale more and more, I harbor no resentment of the show.
And now, Jethro needs our help.
Jethro, portrayed by Max Baer, Jr., wants to start a casino called, Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion and Casino.
He would like to build the casino, appropriately enough, on the site of an abandoned WalMart in Carson City, Nevada. The site would include attractions such as Drysdale's Fancy Eatin's, Elly May's Buns, and of course, the Cement Pond.
This is a moneymaker and I could see a whole line of other attractions and products: They could sell t-shirts that already have beer and coffee stains. How about a roller coaster called The Meth Monster, representing the extreme highs and lows of meth addiction? Or, a slot machine that pays out $2 for ever $1 it takes in... we can call it, the One-Armed American Taxpayer.
I believe that every hillbilly should get behind this venture, maybe pass along a couple SSI checks to the project. Hillbillies already accustomed to government largess don't need to invest for retirement. And, after all, they think that a 401 K is a type of pickup truck and an IRA is a how they start the sentence... "I r a hillbilly."
Some critics of the show say that it just helped the hillbilly cause by portraying them as sober, skinny, and somewhat industrious. Hey. It was just a sitcom. And, it was developed before the time of the government-subsidized hillbilly.
Though I now find myself agreeing with Mrs. Drysdale more and more, I harbor no resentment of the show.
And now, Jethro needs our help.
Jethro, portrayed by Max Baer, Jr., wants to start a casino called, Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion and Casino.
He would like to build the casino, appropriately enough, on the site of an abandoned WalMart in Carson City, Nevada. The site would include attractions such as Drysdale's Fancy Eatin's, Elly May's Buns, and of course, the Cement Pond.
This is a moneymaker and I could see a whole line of other attractions and products: They could sell t-shirts that already have beer and coffee stains. How about a roller coaster called The Meth Monster, representing the extreme highs and lows of meth addiction? Or, a slot machine that pays out $2 for ever $1 it takes in... we can call it, the One-Armed American Taxpayer.
I believe that every hillbilly should get behind this venture, maybe pass along a couple SSI checks to the project. Hillbillies already accustomed to government largess don't need to invest for retirement. And, after all, they think that a 401 K is a type of pickup truck and an IRA is a how they start the sentence... "I r a hillbilly."
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