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cultural term

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Watch the first episode of the television comedy “The Beverly Hillbillies”
The first episode of the television comedy The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71).
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The Beverly Hillbillies
(Clockwise from top left) Irene Ryan, Max Baer, Jr., Buddy Ebsen, and Donna Douglas...
Courtesy, CBS Television
Li'l Abner
Al Capp (standing), creator of Li'l Abner, at his art studio, c. 1950.
Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy
Minnie Pearl at the Grand Ole Opry, c. 1950
In 1940 Minnie Pearl auditioned for the Grand Ole Opry radio show. She became...
© Bob Grannis/Leila Grossman—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
Country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams performing with the Drifting Cowboys...
© Bob Grannis—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight in Deliverance
Burt Reynolds (left) and Jon Voight in Deliverance (1972).
© 1972 Warner Brothers, Inc.; photograph from a private collection
From peanut farmer to president
Jimmy Carter, shown in the 1970s, shoveling peanuts on his family farm in Plains,...
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
A book that launched a career
JD Vance's best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy elevated him to prominence...
© HarperCollins Publishers/Ben Molyneux/Alamy