What It Was, Was Football/Letters from Home/Virginia Johnson
Season 8 Episode 1 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode features illustrator Rich Powell, Letters from Home, and J. Larry Keith.
Asheboro illustrator Rich Powell draws new life out of Andy Griffith's classic monologue about a country deacon's first football game. Then, the singing duo Letters from Home honors our nation's veterans with patriotic performances. Lastly, J. Larry Keith and the Lonesome Road Band perform The Story of Virginia Johnson, Keith's original song inspired by his wife's North Carolinian childhood.
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Our State is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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What It Was, Was Football/Letters from Home/Virginia Johnson
Season 8 Episode 1 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Asheboro illustrator Rich Powell draws new life out of Andy Griffith's classic monologue about a country deacon's first football game. Then, the singing duo Letters from Home honors our nation's veterans with patriotic performances. Lastly, J. Larry Keith and the Lonesome Road Band perform The Story of Virginia Johnson, Keith's original song inspired by his wife's North Carolinian childhood.
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