At 09:26 AM 1/3/01 -0600, Steve Sloan wrote:
>Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > Technically, this is not true. Indeed, the U.S. Civil War is
> > now called the War Between the States by most because it was
> > not a true civil war.
>
>This whole discussion brings to mind an episode of "Rocky and
>Bullwinkle" I saw a few months ago, when Rocky and Bullwinkle
>played football at Whassamatta U. <grin> As a running gag
>through the episode, every time somebody was about to mention
>the Civil War, or even use the word "civil", a little Southern
>general would show up (looking an awful lot like the Old Miss
>mascot) and correct them, saying it was the "War Between the
>States." LOL
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if memory serves (been watching too much Iron Chef ;-)) the Southern
general was based on the Old Miss mascot (an interview with Jay Ward i read
some time ago). other funny stuff from that storyline:
- Boris Badanov steals the football team's playbook and substitutes a book
containing the battle plans for Civil War battles and both football teams
end up dressed in Civil War uniforms re-fighting the entire war (yeah,
yeah, War Between the States);
- a group of students decides to go to the Student Union and picket Norman
Mailer;
- the university officials decide to fire all the teachers and use the
money to field the football team (the dialogue is pretty funny).
there's a lot to catch in Rocky and Bullwinkle, every time i watch it i
find something i missed before.
john
