That was the biography of Jessico White "The Dancing Outlaw" from Boone County,
West "by
God" "Smile when you say it" Virginia.
He ended up getting a bit part on "Rosanne" and I've seen him in a bar doing
his Elvis
impersonation in Charleston. It should be essential viewing for all Americans.
I think I
have a copy of the show. While some of WV (and probably some other sections of
the
country) are like that, especially the party scene (don't ask), we ain't
completely
redneck. At least I keep telling myself that. I do wear shoes, didn't marry my
sister,
ain't on welfare and have all my teeth.
I don't think it was a four wheel drive but some sort of a chevy sedan, gotta
be a chevy
impala. They was doing donuts and its hard to do donuts in a four wheel drive.
I think the scene of them two fighting on their respective porches is one of
the greatest
moments in American Cinema. I hurt from laughing every time Is see it.
On a more somber note, that area of the state got hit very, very hard in some
flooding
last month. It will be years until the area recovers. One town, Mullins had 62
out of 63
businesses damaged or destroyed. Over 1000 homes were destroyed.
Andy
Eddie Sheffield wrote:
> On Monday 13 August 2001 06:40 pm, Brad Fornal wrote:
> > Send some ice down to Texas and we will think up some sports to use it
> > with. Rest assured that whatever the sport is, it will involve 4 wheel
> > drives and guns!!!!!
>
> Speaking of sports with 4WD and guns, I'm reminded of a documentary I saw on
> PBS several years back. I missed the start so I don't know what it was
> called, but it could have been called "Rednecks of the Appalachias." Some of
> the highlights were:
>
> - Elvis impersonators at open mike night at some greasy spoon
>
> - A man and woman (wife? ex-wife? other?) who apparently lived in separate
> halves of the same mobile home. The whole segment on them consisted of
> watching them sit on their respective porches and curse and threaten to kill
> each other.
>
> and the one that specifically came to mind in this thread...
>
> - A bunch of people sitting on the porch of their mobile home watching and
> cheering for somebody in a beat up 4WD pickup doing 360s in the mud that
> passed for a front lawn.
>
> Looking back it was a lot like Jerry Springer.
>
> The scary part is I grew up in the Appalachias and knew people like just like
> this.
>
> Eddie
> 1971 Midget
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