TEXAS.
[Jon Wayne; Texas Funeral (September 27, 1994)]
The word on the street is that the “alt-country” album
Texas Funeral
(mysteriously or perhaps not, this album is available at Wal-Mart) was created
by a touring punk band that rued their time spent in the lone star state.
Revenge came in the form of a slew of Texas-themed Texas-named Texas songs
(“Texas Wine,” “Texas Polka,” “Texas Jail Cell”,
etc) and a stereotyped racist drunk redneck for a lead singer. Spoken between
gritted teeth as if pronouncing the end of an argument.
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Related: On the adult children’s show Wonder Showzen a rubbery puppet representing the “red” states of the United States (“Middle America”) sounding suspiciously like the current acting US president spoke convincingly of his legacy:
“I understand you got a lot to say to the boys and girls.”
“Uhhh yep, I also wanna make some words at ’em too.”
“Well, go ahead.”
“Well, guyp ... gelp ... hooey, and uh ... TEXAS.”
Related: An old Carol Burnett sketch parodying “Dallas” had a voice-over announcer who would intone the name of the show in the middle of conversations, confusing and annoying the characters: “TEXAS.”
– Jeff Stendec (1999)
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