I started researching Paul Michael Barnes based on this photo, which I thought identified him as a Barbie girl, so probably gay. On a closer look, it says "Hillbilly Barbie is my Pa."
Hillbilly Barbie is a 2010 pink label collectible Barbie based on Ellie Mae Clampett (Donna Douglas) of The Beverly Hillbillies.
So your daddy is a lady? Way to subvert gender polarization, buddy.
Paul calls himself Little Bo Duke, after the "good ol' boy, never meaning no harm," who zoomed through rural Kentucky in their Confederate flag racecar, General Lee, in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85). He was played by John Schneider (the one with the bulge). His boyfriend...um, I mean cousin...was played by Tom Wopat.
John Schneider's dick.
Because he looks like John Schneider?
It didn't take long to figure out that Paul Michael is straight, but I continued the research, as he became more and more incongruous. Shockingly incongruous. His girlfriend's shirt reads "Cash, Hank, Willie, Waylon," four country-western greats. Who likes country-western music and the Barbie movie?
Paul calls himself Little Bo Duke, after the "good ol' boy, never meaning no harm," who zoomed through rural Kentucky in their Confederate flag racecar, General Lee, in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85). He was played by John Schneider (the one with the bulge). His boyfriend...um, I mean cousin...was played by Tom Wopat.
But there is no Little Bo Duke character in the tv series or the 2005 movie. So why does Paul call himself Little Bo Duke?
Because he looks like John Schneider?
Because they've worked together several times, most recently at the Cahoots Christmas show in Lebanon, Kentucky in December 2025 (not shown; I went with the guy with the muscles).
Or because he's a good ol' boy, too?
In 2024, Paul Michael performed "Okie from Muskogee" at the Garrad County Rural Heritage Tobacco Festival in Kentucky
Or because he's a good ol' boy, too?
From Berea, Kentucky, about 40 miles south of Lexington.
In 2024, Paul Michael performed "Okie from Muskogee" at the Garrad County Rural Heritage Tobacco Festival in Kentucky
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee.
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like living right and being free
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like living right and being free
Harriet Beecher Stowe used the Kennedy House in Lancaster as the inspiration for the Shelby Plantation in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Can't get more Good Ol' Boy than that.
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