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The Beverly Hillbillies

Minnie Pearl at the Grand Ole Opry, c. 1950

Hank Williams performs with the Drifting Cowboys on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1951, with a microphone labeled WSM Grand Ole Opry and a backdrop reading Joe's Place.

Burt Reynolds holding a bow stands beside Jon Voight in a wooded forest scene from the film Deliverance (1972).

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