nmainguy Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Count me among the fans of Lynn Wyatt. She ranks as one of America's all-time great social figures, easily in the ranks of Betsy Bloomfield, Jacqueline Kennedy or Truman Capote. Her position was not attained by mere money, and has given her power about which we can only speculate. ...not to mention her and her husband's income enhancment by way of alleged kick-backs to Saddam...yes, she's quite the role model for us all...much like the Lays, you might say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 And "King of the Hill" is just as much Dallas as "Dallas". I'm having fun here. You all play along. By the way, I haven't watched "King of the Hill" in a long time, but I was reading the show info at Wikipedia and saw this in the entry, "Hank's hatred over Houston which is common among Dallas citizens.". I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldlyman Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 And "King of the Hill" is just as much Dallas as "Dallas". I'm having fun here. You all play along. By the way, I haven't watched "King of the Hill" in a long time, but I was reading the show info at Wikipedia and saw this in the entry, "Hank's hatred over Houston which is common among Dallas citizens.". I didn't know that. I always thought that King of the Hill was set in some fictional HOUSTON blue collar suburb according to its promotionals back in the day. I never really watch the show, so I don't know. Maybe it's a case where some idiot in the FOX marketing department got Houston and Dallas mixed up...again. But it's about time that National Geographic did something about Houston even if on the stereotypical side. They covered both Dallas and Atlanta in 1984. H-town should have been covered more generally rather than having its fanciest zip code. Then again, has Houston ever been covered in National Geographic post-1979? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Then again, has Houston ever been covered in National Geographic post-1979?wellll...once, in national geographic travelerHouston was the focus of Texas, a Pipe Dream in the march 2001 issue (about the tourism, oil businessmen who allegedly built the city, and restaurants and museums).other than that, i think the only one in national geographic proper was in september 1967, called Houston, Prairie Dynamo (funny - that's the name of our new MLS team)...that one was about business, tourism, and benefits of space programs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 "King of the Hill" is suposedly based on the Dallas suburb of Garland where the creator of the show is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDallas Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Off Topic but I went to an Estate Sale in River Oaks last year to just look at the house more than anything else. These people had some great stuff from a different time. I also found a scrap book with news clippings of them when they were Houston area socialites in the 50s. It must have been a wonderful life but they ended up taking the old dirt nap like everyone else so in the end it doesn't really matter I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I wonder how many times Houston has been mentioned in N.G.?I remember on a Diamond issue last year, there was a story about the Sea Chickens in the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Although Lynn as a Sakowitz would certainly be entitled to extreme amounts of bling, as a Wyatt she has even more access to bling...thanks to her husband's cozy relationship with Saddam H.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory2/3407592.htmlWow, it's like a real-life version of Arrested Development. She even kind of looks like Lucille Bluth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 1952 School Photo Wish Lynn a Happy 71st birthday on July 16. Frivilous lawsuit in 3... 2... 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Frivilous lawsuit in 3... 2... 1... Now why would she go for the frivilous lawsuit when she and her husband will get so much free publicity walking to and from the federal courthouse everyday? Like the Lays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachanga Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 "King of the Hill" is suposedly based on the Dallas suburb of Garland where the creator of the show is from.cedar park, texas...outside of austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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