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As Bliss/Columbia is Entertainment East - time to read the writ The BACKYARD OIL OIL BARONS is the biggest cultural event since Jerry Lee Lewis played Miss Russells Piano at the Adair County High School andJim and Bulldog Curry stole the show from him. With the all time impresario - JR - behind them, the video makers are striking gold in Adair County. Upcitement has taken over, the fires fed by ads like this one on CM: "A major cable network is in town, casting for a new show. We are seeking unique individuals with outlandish stories about true Kentucky experiences. Run-ins with the law, narrow escapes from trouble, and more. If you have a tale to tell, we want to hear from you. Call Alex at 323-828-4879 - Alex Byrnes" Note: Jimmy Reliford vouches for Alex Byrnes. He's bona fide, Reliford says. But Blisstonians and Columbians need to remember what brought the attention here in the first place, as mentioned in the rant below. By Ed Waggener For now, it looks like Hollywood has finally discovered Columbia, as Gordon Crump did, when Columbus didn't. The best of America's film crews are in town, including top talent of the Discovery Channel. We hope everyone will bone up on how to act right while they are here. They can start by taking out their cellphones and turning to "The Andy Griffith Show, and read the whole chapter from the book of www.andygriffith.net, Episode 13, reading the entire passage, wherein the townspeople beheld a great tree and set out to do a face lift which would have ruineth the town. If any facelifting is to be done in Columbia, KY, it has to be retro, and quainten up - bring back the charm of 1949. That seems to be what the fellows handing out hundred dollar per person windfalls for cameo appearances in videos are wanting. Stars like Jimmy Reliford get a lot more. If the town gets locked in time - 1949 would have been a good year to do so - these fellows will probably keep coming, or just set up shop here. Jimmy Reliford says that the filming has even gotten the attention of Governor Beshear, who's wanting to be in one of the coming Adair County scenes. How far could it go? A long way Jimmy Reliford - who isn't quitting his day job just yet; he still has to earn a living - says it's getting bigger and bigger. "They've already expanded Backyard Oil Barons to 10 shows," he said, after it was a huge hit in a private screening in Las Vegas (a gambling town somewhere out west - CM)." he said, "and they're impressed that the hits on the video I star in has gotten over 8,000 hits on YouTube. Reliford didn't mention it, but the Video opens with George Clooney look-alike Travis Coomer, which may have also boosted it's popularity. Nor did he mention Brent Yates' spectacular scene, "There it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," but he did recommend frequent viewings of the promo, just to have minds in sync with the shows first airing on Discovery channel 9pmCT/10pmET on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Backyard Oil Barons Jimmy Reliford has revealed that fellow famous oilman and George Clooney look-alike Travis Coomer is in the first frames, that Brent Yates yells "There it is," and that Christie Keltner is the woman seen so briefly walking across the field. There is more happening on the entertainment front: KET has had a crew in town doing a documentary on the Robbery of the Bank of Columbia. Reliford mentioned that they could spend a lot of time here and in Metcalfe County filming the ride into town, the Open the Gate, Conover scene, and a story he's known about the gang spending the night at a home about to be foreclosed on, the gang giving the widow woman the money to pay of the mortgage, and the gang then robbing the bank she paid the money to just to make things right again. Reliford said that the Turtle Man, who was filmed in one of his most memorable scenes at the Adair County fair, - the Snake on the Ferris Wheeler thriller - has or is or will be abroad making new episodes in Mexico. "He's a bigger star in Mexico than in America," Jimmy Reliford said - bring to mind the stardom of Jerry Lewis - who was more greatly appreciated by the French than by Americans, a reality most of us easily understand. It gets even better with the developments at Red Brick Recording studios, which hopefully will get attention from the Tv producers and Jimmy Reliford, and one day, there will be the huge excitement we used to get on a daily basis when a stretch limo gets stuck because it's too long to get around the courthouse. Most of us remember the good old days when an afternoon's entertainment happened weekly when a house trailer couldn't get through town. It could happen again. Among the big names to have discovered Red Brick Studios are the Kentucky Headhunters and Blackstone Cherry from Metcalfe County, and producers for Alabama. Owner Mike Harris says that doesn't mean they will be recording here anytime soon, but they know about it and he expects great word of mouth advertising for them. Our take: With Jimmy Reliford involved, the video/Tv show business can only get better in Adair County and the producers are in great hands. This story was posted on 2013-04-09 08:38:04
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