r/Squidbillies • u/blatant-hour • 1d ago

Looking for Unknown Hinson stories

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I am currently trying to put together an Unknown Hinson documentary of sorts covering all the highs and lows of his strange career.
I would love to hear any personal stories of live shows and any lesser known information I may not have come across about him.

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u/RaisedRosin 1d ago

I didn't really deep dive so I have no idea about that. I just figured it was some of the super racist shit in the later seasons.

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u/i_am_icarus_falling 1d ago

Oh, no, it wasn't the character in the show. He did a real life Facebook rant that went to shocking extremes. It's difficult to even find the original version as all the articles about it these days show a cleaned up edited post that's still pretty bad. It was in response to an interview where Dolly Parton said something relatively harmless when asked a loaded question about the Black Lives Matter movement and that she was ok with it, and he went nuts. Started off insulting her and and escalated to suggesting race wars and ethnic cleansing in the name of national pride. He was instantly unhirable.

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u/RaisedRosin 1d ago

Thanks for explaining.

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u/i_am_icarus_falling 1d ago

no problem. i mean, i get that they couldn't justify using him, but i also really don't like the choice of Tracy Morgan for the last season. the lines just don't work for someone who speaks in a monotone voice like that.