From an article on today’s AP about that stupid, controversial proposed show:
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) – WANTED: Extended family from deep in the Appalachian backwoods, unfamiliar with big-city life. Must be willing to load up the truck and move to Beverly. Hills, that is. Casting agents from the CBS reality series “The Real Beverly Hillbillies” plan to hold open auditions in eastern Kentucky next month as part of an effort across the rural South to find real-life counterparts of the fictional Clampett clan. But don’t expect a Clampett-like welcome, even in a region comfortable enough with its heritage to stage an annual Hillbilly Days Festival. “They’re just going to be relying on a tired, old, worn-out stereotype about life in the rural South,” said Ewell Balltrip, head of the Kentucky Appalachian Commission. “The result will be to perpetuate this myth of the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ image, which is not representative at all today.” Some here said television producers may be disappointed to find out that people in the hills of Appalachia like to go at malls, surf the Internet and play video games just like everyone else.
'Course they likes to go at malls—they ain’t got no bafrooms at home!
