Earl Butz was just a good old boy from Indiana, which was a stronghold of the KKK in the 1920s. Indiana also produced Kurt Vonnegut and Ernie Pyle, two old boys who really were good. But Earl's kind of good old boy? Not so good.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I know Butz mainly from reading Wendell Berry who completely loathes/ed him
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, SNL riffed on it for like three Weekend Updates in a row!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 06:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I started a joke, which started the whole world crying, But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing, Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
― gershy, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 06:22 (sixteen years ago) link
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sn-A7D76o
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 07:54 (sixteen years ago) link