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By 1990, after efforts by Wendy's agency, Backer Spielvolgel Bates, to get humor into the campaign, a decision was made to portray Thomas in a more self-deprecating and folksy manner, which proved much more popular with test audiences.
In his own age, and partly to posterity, John has often appeared a " commoner's king ," a jolly and plain man with a folksy manner.
It was thought that viewers would be reassured by Godfrey's grandfatherly tone and folksy manner.
Jones understood that the manner of delivery necessary to declaim to thousands unamplified was unsuited to the new medium, and his radio sermons were instead delivered in an intimate, folksy manner.
Hunt's folksy manner, lack of pretense and unbridled enthusiasm led Emerson to gush, " I could only think of the immense advantage which a thinking soul possesses when horsed on a robust and vivacious temperament.
Sturmabteilung speakers were used, in part, for the appeal of their folksy manner.
Although it is familiar and folksy in the details, it has something of the grand manner in the big size and the deep tone.
For the first time, Nebraska was on television once or twice a year and fans all over the state sat down to watch the Bob Devaney TV show each week, in which he used his folksy manner to review the tape of the game for all of the fans who hadn't seen it in person.
His folksy manner meant that he was generally popular with voters despite adopting such unpopular positions as raising the pay of elected state officials.
Although he is very conservative, Morrow has a calm, folksy manner that has made him popular with both Republican and Democratic legislators.

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His wholesome image and folksy name led some customers to write letters asking if Redenbacher was a real person, and not an actor ( see, e. g., Bartles & Jaymes ).

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His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended.
Others resented his folksy, political style, calling him " a preening politician ", " the Kentucky windbag ", and " a hand-shaking baby-kissing practitioner of the arts ".
Evans ' folksy candidacy earned him a second-place finish, and he encouraged his supporters to rally around Clark.
His raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm bring about a strong local following, and he lands a television show in Memphis, Tennessee under the stage name " Lonesome " Rhodes, given to him on a whim by Jeffries.
He shouts folksy platitudes and sings at the top of his lungs while his longtime flunky Beanie ( Rod Brasfield ) works an applause machine — Rhodes's own invention — to replace the cheers, applause, and laughter of the audience that has abandoned him.

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Douglas, however, refused to be considered as a candidate for President, and instead backed the candidacy of Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, a folksy, coonskin cap-wearing populist who had become famous for his televised investigations into organized crime.
However, costs escalated after Calatrava's design was chosen in 1996, and the project became a controversial one within Redding, supported by a small group of doctors, lawyers, and other professionals but opposed by other residents who thought it would be too expensive and who favored a more " folksy " covered bridge design.
After serving as a lieutenant in WW II, in 1951 Wellman moved his family to Pinebluff, North Carolina, population 300, to be closer to the folksy backwoods people he was starting to write about.
Mattea's third album, 1986's folksy Walk the Way the Wind Blows, proved to be her breakthrough both critically and commercially.
It could be argued that Ball, Frise and cartoonist Doug Wright are co-creators of a distinct Canadian comic strip style of that time, with ornately detailed drawings and a simple, folksy humour style.
Most disliked it for what they saw to be poor directorial choices and crude folksy humour loaded with rural and urban stereotypes that are displayed through the characters of Žika and Milan, respectively.

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Other characters included the cheerful Leutonian clarinetist Yosh Shmenge, who was half of the Happy Wanderers and the subject of the mockumentary The Last Polka, folksy fishin ' musician Gil Fisher, handsome if accent-challenged TV actor Steve Roman, hapless children's entertainer Mr. Messenger, corrupt soap opera doctor William Wainwright, smut merchant Harry, " the Guy With the Snake on His Face ", and Giorgy, everyone's favourite Cossack.
The term völkisch, meaning " ethnic ", derives from the German word Volk ( cognate with the English " folk "), corresponding to " people ", with connotations in German of " people-powered ", " folksy " and " folkloric ".
The opening section, " Prince Rupert Awakes ", alternates between sincere and ethereal verses ( sung by Jon Anderson of Yes ), and a folksy Refrain accompanied by handclaps.
His theme music was a folksy barn dance tune called " Don't Go Messin ' With a Country Boy ", which Morris danced along to with his partners ( or the ring announcer ) while the audience clapped along.
She recorded two solo tracks: " I Wish You Love "" and the folksy love song, " Kung Magkikita Tayo Muli ", which would later re-emerge as a Vina Morales signature hit, " Muli ".
Though " Coyote " and " Black Crow " are fast-strummed folksy numbers, the rest of Hejira is slow and often languid, notably the epic " Song for Sharon ", which deals with the conflict faced by a woman between freedom and marriage and which is interspersed with images of New York City including a trip to Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island.

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There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche -- especially within recent decades.
Scots also regularly appeared in Ulster newspaper columns, especially in Antrim and Down, in the form of pseudonymous social commentary employing a folksy first-person style.
Besides folksy movies, the East German movie industry became known worldwide for its productions, especially for its children's movies ( Das kalte Herz and cinematic versions of the Grimms ' fairy tales, and also modern productions like Das Schulgespenst ).

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* During his 1969 Presidential bid he was often compared by the U. S. press to Harry Truman, due to his folksy style and succession

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This points forward to the ' folksy ' yet ' international ' outlook typical of Herodotus.
Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, playing tournaments barefoot, and making such statements as " Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.
The show centers on widower Benjamin Leighton " Ben " Matlock, a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney.
" While this story has considerable folksy appeal, Spanky himself refuted the tale, saying that the name was given by a Los Angeles newspaper reporter.
The film opens with a campaign van for presidential candidate Hal Phillip Walker driving around Nashville as an external loudspeaker blares Walker's folksy political aphorisms, juxtaposed with country superstar Haven Hamilton ( Henry Gibson ) recording an overblown patriotic song intended to commemorate the upcoming Bicentennial, and growing irritated with the accompanying musicians in the studio.
Biegler's folksy speech and laid-back demeanor hide a sharp legal mind and a propensity for courtroom theatrics that has the judge busy keeping things under control.
This final season featured future Match Game panelist Patti Deutsch, folksy singer-comedian Jud Strunk, and ventriloquist act Willie Tyler and Lester.
Because of the island's isolation, the people's lifestyles are laid-back and " folksy.
The final official single during the band's career was folksy sounding " The Universal ," released in the summer of 1968.
Their newspapers are vaguely subversive with their folksy, enlightened commentary on world affairs ; their dinner conversations knowledgeably reference great theories of psychology, politics, and cognitive science.
The album was characterized as a return to the " folksy acoustic " sound of his early career.
Running mates are typically chosen to balance the ticket geographically, idealogically, or personally, as when the staid New Englander John F. Kennedy was matched with the folksy Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960.
Moreover, LeBlanc never sought media coverage, with the result that many Canadians were unaware of who he was, and his down-to-earth demeanour was thought by some to have been too " folksy " for the post.

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