My husband grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 1960s. He tells me that he got his work ethic and determination from his dad, his politeness from his mom, his sense of right and wrong from “Leave it to Beaver” and “The Andy Griffith Show,” and his sense of humor from “Petticoat Junction” and “The Beverley Hillbillies.”Oh, he added in a way that implied I should understand, “Also, ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ and ‘I Love Lucy’!”OK, I can relate to the first two. I knew his father, who grew up dirt-poor, worked hard six days a week in order to never be poor again and probably had the strongest will of anyone I have ever met.
Cultural references help explain America
An English Rose in Georgia