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There was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers' daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happily under the "Redneck" marquee, but they were its precursors. In Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century, author Tim Hollis traces the evolution of this classic American form of humor in the mass media, beginning with the golden age of radio, when such comedians as Bob Burns, Judy Canova, and Lum and Abner kept listeners laughing. The book then moves into the motion pictures of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, when the established radio stars enjoyed second careers on the si...
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William Hampton (ca. 1592-1652) immigrated from Middlesex, England to Virginia in 1620. His wife, Joanne and their three children arrived in 1621. One more son was born in Virginia. Descendants scattered into North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, California, Texas and elsewhere.
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