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TV Show: The Andy Griffith Show
Start with Barney Fife, only the best sitcom character ever. Add the sweetness of Aunt Bea, the innocence of Opie, the absentmindedness of...
Read MoreAmericana: Girl Scout Cookies
They’re inescapable. Your niece sells them. They’re outside the local Kroger. Your coworker is selling them for her kid. So you...
Read MoreSports: The Harlem Globetrotters
The first whistled notes of “Sweet Georgia Brown” let you know that basketball wizardry — and more important, lots of...
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Actors: The Three Stooges
Moe. Larry. And Shemp. And Curly. And Shemp again. And Joe Besser. And Curly Joe. The makeup of the Three Stooges evolved, as did their...
Read MoreFood: Texas Pete
Here’s an unsettling little secret: Texas Pete is made right here in Winston-Salem, NC. Sure, we have to cross our fingers when...
Read MoreAmericana: The Smithsonian
If you like BIG museums, you’ll love the Smithsonian Institution. It’s composed of 19 museums and nine research centers. Oh,...
Read MorePerson: Walt Disney
Lots of people have changed American culture. Some for better, some for worse. But few have had the positive influence that Walter Elias...
Read MoreMusic: Grand Ole Opry
You don’t have to like country music to appreciate the legacy of the Grand Ole Opry. Growing from a live radio broadcast (The WSM...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Peanuts
Charlie Brown will never get to kick that football. Lucy will always give out psychiatric help for five cents. Marcie will always call...
Read MoreAmericana: Movie Popcorn
A lot of people can’t go to a movie in a theater without gettting popcorn. It’s as much a part of the experience as air...
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