American Tv Shows

"Show 'em how the cow eat the cabbage."

"Sincere as a $5 funeral."

"Quieter than a gagged gopher."

"I loved that boy like a June morning."

"Flatter than a snake through a ringer."

"No more chance than a grass hopper in a hen house."

"Rougher than a wagon full of cobs."

"Pooch up like an old toad."

"He can't see past the brim of his hat."

"Ain't you startin' to itch before you git bit?"

"I made a bigger mess than a sow's bed."

"If you don't call, then you don't see the hand."

"That don't hurt a particle."

"When you learn a thing a day you store up smart."

"You look like a sunfish who flopped."

"Hoppin' around like a flea on a hot skillet."

"I'll get onto you like ugly on an ape."

"Quiet as on cotton on cottontail."

"Quiet as a mouse tip toeing."

"[I] feel better than a barn rooster on a prime hoot."

"Sit there like a boll weevil on a corn cob."

"[He's] got more friends than a dog's got hairs on his back."

"Hold `yer taters."

"Crookeder than a dog's hind leg."

"I thumped him 'till his ears rang like the liberty bell."

"He ain't got the gumption to pound sand down a rat hole."

"Bleedin' like a stuck hog."

"Naked as a plucked prairie chicken."

"Fine as frogs hair."

"How'd you like to be gatherin' eggs and find her nest?"

"I'll get after you like thunder after lightnin'."

"The onliest thing you get from stradlin' the fence is a sore backside."

"Tighter than the feathers on a prairie chicken's rump."

"[It's] hot enough to fry a horseshoe."

"This here [stew] will put muscles in your whiskers."

"This here [stew] will grow hair on your elbows."

"You couldn't burst a bird's egg with a ball-peen hammer."

"If that don't put a clod in your shoe."

"Hotter than a jug full of red ants."

"Safer than chitlins on a city folk's supper plate."

"On a long ride with Matt, Chester declares, "Why I'm so hungry, my stomach is growing teeth.""

"On observing a prisoner Matt is releasing from jail, Chester addresses the prisoner, "You look like the dogs had you under the house.""

"On building a pot of coffee: "Most people just don't know how to make good coffee. In the first place, they boil the water before they put the coffee in. Any fool knows you gotta put the coffee in the cold water and bring them both to a boil together. That way you get all of the flavor. Worst thing they do, they throw away the old grounds after using them once. What they don't know is that they are throwing away the best part. You got to keep them old grounds and you add a little fresh coffee every morning and let her boil. Shoot, you don't make a cup, you build a pot. You don't really get a good pot until you've been usin' it about a week. Then it's coffee!""

"I'll sleep better for it when I do sleep, though, knowing I didn't miss nothin' when I wasn't sleepin', you know.""

"Commenting of Doc Adams's grumpy disposition: "What's the matter Doc? Someone pull you through a knot hole?""

"When confronting a cattle rancher who'd committed battery on an Indian boy and cut his tongue out:"

"Concerning arresting an abused starving sodbuster wife: "Blaming her would be like blaming the night for being dark.""

"I love you You love me We're best friends like friends should be With a great big hug and A kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too?"

"Barney and Friends is known for drawing the adoration of preschool viewers and the occasional joke or rolling of the eyes from parents and other adults due to its saccharin sweet content."

"Barney, the harmless, ever-so-lovable purple dinosaur who is the star of the highest-rated public TV show for children in the United States, Barney and Friends, becomes a fierce object of hate. A Barney lookalike was viciously attacked in a Texas shopping mall, and an "I Hate Barney Secret Society" has formed, turning Barney's "I Love You, You Love Me" theme song into "I Hate You, You Hate Me, Let's Go Out and Kill Barney!" ... Barney and Friends was envisioned as a toddler show. It was created in the late 1987 by Sheryl Leach, a young mother who wanted a simple program that would entertain her pre-school children. ... Kindergarteners often do still like Barney, but by grade school, most children have learned to disdain him. ... How one wields Barney (whether one "loves" him or "hates" him) is akin to riding a merry-go-round: one does it differently at different ages."