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Originally Posted by Chris O'Carroll
Douglas, that's an incredibly creative approach to the challenge posed by the list of rhymes. I thought for a moment that her name might be spelled "Mae" rather than "May," but I looked it up and found that you had that part right. However the first part should be "Elly," not "Ellie."
Whether that show is known across the pond I can't say, but as a general rule they're more conversant with our pop culture than we are with theirs, God help them.
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Chris,
Thanks for your comment. I have fixed the spelling of "Elly". In Lil'Abner, the blonde was Daisy Mae, and I suspect that Al Capp would have gone ballistic if CBS had used that spelling. I only wish I had enough room to include Milburn Drysdale.
My eighth grade English teacher used to say that watching TV would rot my brain. Little did she suspect that that it would enable me to do an overhaul (from the sublime to the ridiculous) on Keats.
Yes, aside from pop music, some movies, BBC shows on our PBS, and murder mystery novels, it does seem that more of American pop culture goes to the UK, than theirs comes to here.
I'm hoping that the Oldie staffers have seen a few episodes of the Hillbillies on the tube.