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Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota the brainchild of Doane Robinson who wanted to bring more visitors to his state. Originally it was to feature western heroes like Lewis and Clark, Red Cloud and Buffalo Bill Cody but thankfully adapted a more national theme. The photo indicates what it was to look like. The construction began in 1927 and ended in 1939 when funding ran out so they settle the busts of the presidents being the monument. The sculpture cost $989,992.32 to build.
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Theodore
Roosevelt,
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Lincoln
Added: 6th November 2013
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(Steve asked me to re-post this clip after it was lost when the website changed servers.) Many fans of The Flintstones do not realize that the original opening montage for the show for its first two seasons was not the familiar Meet The Flintstones. It was Rise and Shine (as seen in this clip). Meet The Flintstones was used from the third season (1962) onward. When the show entered into syndication, it was decided that the first two seasons' episodes would also contain Meet The Flintstones since it was so popular. This leads to the curious site of Pebbles appearing in the opening montage of episodes when Fred and Wilma are childless.
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original
opening
theme
montage
Rise
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Shine
Added: 18th July 2014
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Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, has died. She was 82. She died of pancreatic cancer.
This leaves only one member of the show's original cast still alive: Max Baer Jr., who played Elly May's cousin, Jethro. He is 77.
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May
Clampett
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Beverly
Hillbillies
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Baer
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Added: 3rd January 2015
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The Andy Griffith Show has some of the most fanatically devoted watchers of any sitcom in history. Despite their zeal, no one has been able to positively identify the actor who played 'Mr. Schwump' in at least 26 episodes from 1964 through 1968. Actually, fans of the show can't even agree on the character's name. The late Everett Greenbaum, who wrote many of the scripts, claimed the character was actually written as 'Mr. Schwamp,' but it seemed to be pronounced as 'Schwump' whenever he was acknowledged. Whatever the case, Mr. Schwump was the classic background character: He can be seen in crowd shots at Mayberry's social gatherings, at public meetings, at private parties, at church services, sitting on a public bench, as a customer in stores, etc. He never once uttered a single line in any episode nor was he given any screen credit. He is only noteworthy at all because in several episodes Andy Taylor passes by him and says, "Hello, Mr. Schwump." It is generally acknowledged that he appears to be about 60 years old and wears a hairpiece. Efforts by zealous fans to find out who the actor was have proven fruitless. On April 1, 2012 an elaborate post was made on the Facebook page of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club declaring that researchers had determined Mr. Schwump was an actor named Patch S. Wimmers originally from Camp Threw, MS. Although it was supposed to be an obvious April Fools Day prank, many die-hard fans did not realize the information was bogus and still accept the Patch S. Wimmers story as gospel. None of the surviving cast members ever remembers learning Mr. Schwump's real name. One theory claims the mysterious actor was a friend of Andy Griffith and his occasional appearances in the show were an inside joke. Mr. Schwump's true identity remains unknown.
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Schwump
Andy
Griffith
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sitcom
Added: 4th March 2015
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This was one of a series of Canadian commercials, sponsored by a telephone company (of course) that introduced the new idea of 'telemarketing' as a way for businesses to expand their markets. I honestly think the original idea for telemarketing was for a legitimate business to keep in contact with its regular customers. It didn't yet have the negative connotations it has today (i.e. to call complete strangers at dinnertime from a phone bank in India to ask them if they want their ducts cleaned.)
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Canada
Added: 31st March 2015
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ntroduced in 1970, Butterfly Gold is one of the original Livingware patterns, and it was designed by artist Gregory Mirow. It was discontinued in the early 80's.
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Added: 2nd May 2015
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