Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 3, 1990

Interview Summary

Claude Wayne Fulkerson, a performer and radio personality, talks about his voice impersonations. He demonstrates some of his impersonations and instrument impressions.

Virgil Carrithers, who met the man who created basketball, talks about the origins of the sport. He talks about his World War I memories.

Bastin speaks which a man from Australia named Ken Tuckey, who is working at an embassy in the United States, about his name.

Jim and Jean Cox talk about their farm of miniature animals and how they got into farming. They give Bastin a tour of the farm as they talk about the different animals.

Ralph Trumbo, a champion rail splitter from LaRue County, Kentucky, talks about rail-splitting.

Bastin talks about a trial in 1827 for a man nicknamed "Shirt Tails" who was caught operating a ferry without a license. After Shirt Tails won the case, the judge took a liking to him and became a mentor to him. The man's real name was actually Abraham Lincoln.

Rick Sutton talks about raising honey bees and the production of honey. He talks about the behavior of the bees and what influences the kind of honey they make. He talks about honey competitions.

Bastin talks about the fiddling contest held in Rough River Dam State Park where people come to play two days' worth of Bluegrass music and compete against one another. Some fiddle tunes are played.

Charles Long of Shepherdsville, Kentucky talks about the origins of some old and inspirational sayings. He tells some stories and reads some of his personal thoughts he has written down over time.

Interview Keyword

Voice impressions Voice acting Miniature farm animals Rail splitters Split-rail fences Honey bees Fiddle playing Inspirational quotes

Interview LC Subject

Celebrity impersonators. Basketball. World War, 1914-1918. United States. Army--Military life. Farm life. Livestock. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Bees. Bluegrass music.

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