Episode 291: The Ruror Furor

Show Notes Episode 291: The Ruror Furor This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to recreate his Grandpa’s White Lightening recipe only to get arrested by the NYPD for trying to set up a still in Central Park. (Again) On the show this week are talking about the Rural Purge, which has nothing to do with the myriad election lawsuits and everything to do with Beverly Hillbillies. (You are welcome!) Along the way we learn what the early pioneers of television dreamed of their new creation being and how that was NEVER going to happen. Then we take a tour through the early history of television shows, from their origins selling cigarettes in the 1940’s through their adolescence selling cigarettes in the 1950’s and 60’s to the end of it’s selling cigarettes in the 1970’s. Are we saying that banning TV cigarettes ads in what became known as the Rural Purge? (We don’t THINK not being able to sell cigarettes ads for TV actually caused the Rural Purge, but we are not ruling it out!) Finally, we look at the shows the Purge made room and how it changed the face of television, for a minute or two. Our Sponsor this week is the Hooterville Chamber of Commerce. When you are ready to say goodbye to city life, why not say Hello Hooterville? We open with Jenna Maroney’s new movie and close with Roy Clarke snarking about Hee Haw being canceled. Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/hV85sDCRGkE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Co-Bro Andrew Walsh https://twitter.com/andrew_walsh/status/1334050319924228096?s=20 Rural Purge Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html All In the Family Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/ Uncited Background Reading https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge https://decider.com/2017/05/10/trial-error-and-the-revenge-of-the-rural-purge/ https://medium.com/@ChrisXMorgan/remember-tvs-rural-purge-b0a115c2a2b2 https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices