Ok, I'm on the edge of quicksand here, but i'm going to negotiate carefully ...

My point in mentioning foxworthy is that he does reflect what the average middle-class folk are doing in their lives today.

And like anyone else around here, I very much appreciate the old stories and songs, and I don't think the old and new ways are mutually-exclusive. The real question might be ... what is the bridge between the old and the new, and how do family traditions cross it.

And just as people make money nowadays, there were those who toured on the Vaudeville circuit, most likely telling stories that they'd learned from their own family traditions.
Teresa