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The Michael Berry Show

The Wit And Wisdom Of The Great Bo Darville Is Still Relevant Today

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The Michael Berry Show, a great American by the name of Bo Darville, was quoted as saying,

0:10.8

one of the truest things that's ever been said in the English language.

0:18.7

Do you know Bo Darville? Does that name ring a bell?

0:23.3

D-A-R-V-I-L-L-E could be Darville, or Darville, depending on where you're from.

0:31.5

These sort of Appalachian, American, through English, swallowing in the mountain range,

0:41.7

that dialect from which some of what I speak comes all the way into Texas carries that

0:52.6

you know, I grew up playing schools from Kirbyville and the the vul at the end of it.

0:59.6

But do you know the name Bo Darville? Bo Darville? You do. You know who that is. You just didn't know

1:08.1

his name. Here's the quote. When you tell somebody something, it depends on what part of the

1:14.7

United States you're standing in. That's just how dumb you are. Recognize who Bo Darville is?

1:22.0

One more time, Ramon. When you tell somebody something, it depends on what part of the United

1:29.2

States you're standing in. That's just how dumb you are. You better know, or you know better,

1:37.3

you know Bo Darville better as Bo Bandit Darville, the Bandit in his car and his friends.

1:49.0

Well, this bit of advice, give that advice one more time Ramon. When you tell somebody something,

1:55.3

it depends on what part of the United States you're standing in. That's just how dumb you are.

2:02.4

Never were true or were spoken. They're true or today then when he uttered them in the late 70s.

2:08.4

Illustrated perfectly in this next clip. A fellow went to Columbia University and asked a question.

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And then a matter of steps away, he went to Harlem. You've got white liberal kids at Columbia

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University from rich families. They're sweatshirt around their neck, feeling very woke.

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And then he went to Harlem where you had poor and working class black folks.

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And he asked the same question of both groups. And I'll let you decide for yourself

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based on where folks are standing. Who's the smartest and who's the dumbest? Give it a go Ramon.

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