Perhaps the begathon is over here in Charlotte and the 24 hour a day runs of the Beverly Hillbillies, NASCAR races, Hootinany and gospel music (no kidding there) to draw in the crowds to PBS are over. Maybe I'll get to see Ken Burns' Prohibition series that starts tonight. Prohibition was part of a 100 year plus movement in the US which featured such things as dry apartment buildings, dry trains, dry sections of towns and even a famous lady who you can get a glimpse of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJdKK6L8Z2o here, who bears a strong resemblance to our Author's Friend. Those who haven't read American history haven't been exposed to just how bizarre and humorous humankind has been and can be.
