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Who said it: Potter from M*A*S*H or Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies
Head for the hills.
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Did you know that both Daisy Moses from The Beverly Hillbillies and Col. Sherman T. Potter from M*A*S*H both hail from the Ozarks?
if you're a fan of both shows, you certainly might've picked up on it...
if you're a fan of both shows, you certainly might've picked up on it...
Both characters embraced a country way of cookin' up the oddest insults and exclamations, so we got to thinking, it might be tricky to tell the two apart, if you compare their backwoods-y words side by side.
Think you know Sherman's famous "Potterisms" from Granny's scrappy native tongue? Put yourself to the test below!
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"This unit is running as smoothly as a pig on stilts."
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"I’ll load my shotgun with rock salt and bacon and season his hind quarters for him."
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"That is grade-A, 100% bull cookies!"
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"What in the name of Sweet Fanny Adams happened here?"
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"You mean to say that you spent my vittles money on a movie?"
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"Are you gonna hickory switch him or am I?"
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"What in Hannah's hell have you done now?"
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"Who in the name of Annie's argyles are all these kids?"
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"He’s been slippery footin’ around here like a hog on ice."
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"That was the oyster's ice skates."
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"It ain't so far-fetched, like fishin' without bait, yet it ain't impossible."
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"I suspect there's some 'cahootinizing' going on."
Who said it: Potter from M*A*S*H or Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies
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You got 9 out of 12
This was pretty tough!
11/12
I've watched too much televison
10/12. I missed the last two
10 of 12. I win
11 out of 12. Should have been 12 for 12 but quiz said I picked Daisy Moses which was wrong but I actually clicked on Sherman Potter which was the right answer.
You got 12 out of 12
You win! No need to run for the hills.
You win! No need to run for the hills.
12 out of 12. Perfection.
"Vittles: is not a word...it is cat food....
TRY VICTUALS.
TRY VICTUALS.
You mean vittles AIN'T a word. But it is hillbilly slang.
You got 12 out of 12. You win! No need to run for the hills.
You got 10 out of 12
You win! No need to run for the hills.
You win! No need to run for the hills.
Perfect 12 of 12 score! ☺
11/12...................missed #12.
The last one got me..........11/12
"You got 12 out of 12. You win! No need to run for the hills." Of course not; I live in the hills!
I always thought the Clampetts were from Tennessee until the movie came out. I don't know where Bugtussle was supposed to be, but they also mentioned Limestone several times, and there is a real Limestone, TN, not very far from here.
I always thought the Clampetts were from Tennessee until the movie came out. I don't know where Bugtussle was supposed to be, but they also mentioned Limestone several times, and there is a real Limestone, TN, not very far from here.
In the Ozarks, wherever they are.
11 out of 12.
This quiz reminded me of the perfect Granny-ism. If I'm a little fuzzy, correct me. I believe that early in the series, Mr. Drysdale wanted to incorporate the Clampetts for tax purposes, so he designated Jed as president and Granny as vice-president. Granny didn't want her position because she thought vice meant evil [and in fact the Dick Cheney movie makes a pretty good argument...LOL!!]. Jed's solution was to change the V on her plaque to a N, making her the nice president!!
You got 12 out of 12
You win! No need to run for the hills.
You win! No need to run for the hills.
11/12. Missed the last one. Otherwise the choices seemed pretty clear cut.