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[[File:deepsouth_1093.jpg|frame|[[True Blood|Mullets]], [[Deliverance|banjos and stills galore!]]]] |
[[File:deepsouth_1093.jpg|frame|[[True Blood|Mullets]], [[Deliverance|banjos and stills galore!]]]] |
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{{quote|''We'll try to stay serene and calm |
{{quote|''We'll try to stay serene and calm |
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''When Alabama gets [[Atomic Hate|the bomb]].''|[[Tom Lehrer]], "[[Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto Us/Quotes|Who's Next]]?"}} |
''When Alabama gets [[Atomic Hate|the bomb]].''|[[Tom Lehrer]], "[[Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto Us/Quotes|Who's Next]]?"}} |
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{{quote|'''Sam Donaldson:''' ''Governor Clinton, let's be frank. You're running for president, yet your only experience has been as the governor of a small, backward state with a population of drunken hillbillies riding around in pickup trucks. The main streets of your capital city, Little Rock, are something out of ''[[Li'l Abner]]'', with buxom underage girls in their cutoff denims prancing around in front of Jethro and Billy Bob, while corncob-pipe-smoking, shotgun-toting grannies fire indiscriminately at runaway hogs.'' |
{{quote|'''Sam Donaldson:''' ''Governor Clinton, let's be frank. You're running for president, yet your only experience has been as the governor of a small, backward state with a population of drunken hillbillies riding around in pickup trucks. The main streets of your capital city, Little Rock, are something out of ''[[Li'l Abner]]'', with buxom underage girls in their cutoff denims prancing around in front of Jethro and Billy Bob, while corncob-pipe-smoking, shotgun-toting grannies fire indiscriminately at runaway hogs.'' |
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'''Bill Clinton:''' ''I'm sorry, Sam, do you have a question?''|''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92cdebate.phtml Debate '92].}} |
'''Bill Clinton:''' ''I'm sorry, Sam, do you have a question?''|''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92cdebate.phtml Debate '92].}} |
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* ''[[ER]]'' brought Dr. Benton to the backwater town of Pascagoula, MS, where minorities were looked upon with suspicion and residents were wary of treatment from him. When this episode aired, it caused residents of the real Pascagoula (a medium-sized city), to protest its portrayal. |
* ''[[ER]]'' brought Dr. Benton to the backwater town of Pascagoula, MS, where minorities were looked upon with suspicion and residents were wary of treatment from him. When this episode aired, it caused residents of the real Pascagoula (a medium-sized city), to protest its portrayal. |
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* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' has had more than a few hillbilly jokes thrown up, but [[N-Word Privileges|Wayne Brady]] can always be counted on to provide his own unique spin on the trope: |
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' has had more than a few hillbilly jokes thrown up, but [[N-Word Privileges|Wayne Brady]] can always be counted on to provide his own unique spin on the trope: |
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{{quote|''[[Scenes from a Hat" suggestion: "Visions of Hell other than fire and brimstone.]]'' |
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'''Colin:''' (miming driving) Mississippi... I'm ''still'' in Mississippi... |
'''Colin:''' (miming driving) Mississippi... I'm ''still'' in Mississippi... |
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'''Wayne:''' Mississippi... '''I'm''' still in Mississippi! |
'''Wayne:''' Mississippi... '''I'm''' still in Mississippi! |
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''[From a different session: "Unlikely state songs"]'' |
''[From a different session: "Unlikely state songs"]'' |
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'''Wayne:''' (singing) Oh, you won't find me in Alabamaaaa... }} |
'''Wayne:''' (singing) Oh, you won't find me in Alabamaaaa... }} |
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* ''[[True Life]]'' had an episode called "The Theriot Family: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|The Riot]] in the Bayou" about a large Louisiana family that likes to have fun. They fall into most of the stereotypes of the South as well as some [[New Orleans]] stereotypes. |
* ''[[True Life]]'' had an episode called "The Theriot Family: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|The Riot]] in the Bayou" about a large Louisiana family that likes to have fun. They fall into most of the stereotypes of the South as well as some [[New Orleans]] stereotypes. |
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