I'd like to pay a little tribute today to the Beverly Hillbilly’s, that backwood bunch who have become in a short period the most popular TV family in America. Among my own friends there are none who will confess to even watching the show. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Among so-called sophisticates, this show is considered cornball, and yet it has all America laughing, and what a wonderful thing that is. A laugh or a smile is pretty rare thing these days. I think the Hillbillies have filled a great need in Canada and United States. Perhaps if we could all laugh a little more at the lighter happenings in our town, city or country we could clear the air of any acrimony arising out of court, council or water troubles, border disputes, revolutions and bomb tests. A good Spring rain can clear the air of impurities and settle the dust. A good laugh can clear the air of tension, hatred and mistrust. As the slogan tells us,"the family that prays together, stays together,” so I say, “the country that laughs together, stays together." I am convinced we all take life much too seriously., Especially when you stop to consider that not one of us will get out of it alive.
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