His folksy manner led him to be nicknamed " Bubba ", especially in the Southern U. S. Since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as " The Big Dog " or " Big Dog.

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.

Although he is very conservative, Morrow has a calm, folksy manner that has made him popular with both Republican and Democratic legislators.

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.

" While this story has considerable folksy appeal, Spanky himself refuted the tale, saying that the name was given by a Los Angeles newspaper reporter.

According to the film's director, Wolfgang Reitherman, Piglet was replaced by Gopher, which was thought to have a more " folksy, all-American, grass-roots image ".

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.

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.

The final official single during the band's career was folksy sounding " The Universal ," released in the summer of 1968.

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.

Though Louris ' fuzzy guitar was at the forefront, a clear folksy influence was also emerging in Olson and Louris ' songwriting.

" The hillbilly comic Bob Burns was on the show one time, and threw a few of his then-extremely racy and off-color folksy farm stories into the show.

Truman was a folksy, unassuming president who relied on his cabinet, remarking " The buck stops here " and " If you can't stand the heat, you better get out of the kitchen.

A third volume of her folksy tales was entitled Around the Hearth (), Tirana, 1944.

Borges emphasizes that " gauchesque " poetry was not poetry written by gauchos, but generally by educated urban writers who adopted the eight-syllable line of the rural payadas ( ballads ), but often filled them with folksy expressions and with accounts of daily life that had no place in the " serious and even solemn " payadas.

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

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.

When released, Raptor Red was generally praised: Bakker's anthropomorphism was seen as a unique and positive aspect of the book, and his writing was described as folksy and heartfelt.

The show centers on widower Benjamin Leighton " Ben " Matlock, a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney.

Main and Kilbride were featured as folksy neighbors Ma and Pa Kettle, and audience response prompted the popular Ma and Pa Kettle series.

MacNeil's folksy style made the show more popular with Canadian audiences than the show it replaced, Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui.

At the University of Wyoming's annual Political Science Seminar in 2002, the guest speaker had cited Hathaway as " the most popular political figure in Wyoming's history ," which he attributed in part to Hathaway's " rumpled, folksy, plain spoken, down to earth accessibility.

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.

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.

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.

For example, there is the folksy dish of “ 東江魚雲煲 — Tung Gong Yu Wan Bo ”, a casserole with the lips of fresh water large head fish ; and shark fin soup.

* As early as 1949, comedians Bob and Ray presented an obvious parody with the character of Arthur Sturdley ( voiced by Bob Elliott ) who, in plummy, folksy tones, constantly ragged his announcer Tony ( Ray Goulding, imitating Godfrey's announcer Tony Marvin ).

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 ".

By the time of this transition period, WBEN radio's demographics had grown older with its folksy personalities and middle-of-the-road music.

Readers familiar with Teasdale's trademark optimism and folksy wisdom (" When life hands you a yeast infection, make bread !!

Under the pseudonym " Josh Billings " he wrote in an informal voice full of the slang of the day, with often eccentric phonetic spelling, dispensing wit and folksy common-sense wisdom.

His prairie-oriented comedy and occasional " folksy " song compositions ( such as " Nothing Rhymes with Saskatchewan " and " Hairy Legs ") have entertained audiences across Canada.

The cover song was reviewed by Rolling Stone magazine, noting that " the prospect of a folksy Irish rocker covering a rap ballad may seem strange, but experimenting with different forms is precisely what keeps established traditions vital.

Keith Jackson ( born October 18, 1928 ) is an American former sportscaster, known for his long career with ABC Sports ( 1966 – 2006 ), his coverage of college football ( 1952 – 2006 ), his style of folksy, down-to-earth commentary, and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence, and operatic tone considered " like Edward R. Murrow reporting on World War II, the voice of ultimate authority in college football.

Every episode ends with McLean's signature signoff, " I'm Stuart McLean, so long for now " and followed by the show's folksy guitar theme song, " Happy Meeting In Glory " ( as performed by Ry Cooder ).