Image credit Gary
This post probably only will be meaningful to the vintage guys and ladies. Explanation at the bottom for the younger folk:
I ran into Leslie Nielsen this morning on my 10 mile loop from the house. We hung out, sang THE song, and then went our respective ways.
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Explanation: the village of Marion (exit 10 on I-81 in southern PA) sits just up the road from this shot and is named after the real guy. So who is the real guy?
Gen. Francis Marion was in the Carolinas and there gave the British fits during the American Revolution. He was a guerrilla type fighter who became known as the "Swamp Fox."
All I can figure is that a local guy either served with Marion or was a big enough fan from afar to get a PA village and a road named after the General.
Enter the entertainment industry. Swamp Fox was a short lived Disney TV show in the 50s (maybe very early 60s?) starring Leslie Nielsen. My formative years....
THE theme song was quite catchy:
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