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What do Louisiana baws think about Justin Wilson?
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:25 am
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:25 am
Last night I ran across a 24/7 livestream of Justin Wilson's cooking show. It just shows episode after episode all day every day.
I watched a few, and it got me wondering how the people of LA feel about Justin. I know the show was originally produced for Mississippi, but I remember watching him on PBS in Alabama as I was growing up. Do you folks look at him as a real Cajun, or is he too gimmicky?
Here's the link to the YouTube channel:
Justin Wilson 24/7 Stream of Episodes on YouTube
**Fixed the link. For some reason the original stream stopped working right after I posted it. A new 24/7 stream is up now.**
I watched a few, and it got me wondering how the people of LA feel about Justin. I know the show was originally produced for Mississippi, but I remember watching him on PBS in Alabama as I was growing up. Do you folks look at him as a real Cajun, or is he too gimmicky?
Here's the link to the YouTube channel:
Justin Wilson 24/7 Stream of Episodes on YouTube
**Fixed the link. For some reason the original stream stopped working right after I posted it. A new 24/7 stream is up now.**
This post was edited on 12/2/20 at 9:50 pm
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Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:27 am to LegendInMyMind
He wasn't a Cajun. He even admitted it. He was a cook with bad acting skills, but some simple minds found him humorous.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:27 am to LegendInMyMind
He's one of many reason why Louisiana will never be mistaken for Massachusetts.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:28 am to Boudreaux35
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He wasn't a Cajun. He even admitted it. He was a cook with bad acting skills, but some simple minds found him humorous.
He wasn't a Cajun at all? I just figured he played up the Cajun part he did have.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:29 am to LegendInMyMind
Cultural appropriator in chief.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:29 am to LegendInMyMind
When we moved back to Tennessee, we bought a place out in the boondocks.
Our next door neighbor's wife loved to cook and she had watched Justin Wilson a lot and she talked about how much she liked him and people from his part of the world. She'd never been to Louisiana, but she had a good feeling from watching him.
That made our moving here a lot easier. (Only later did we emphasize that my husband's people were from the next county to the north.)
Our next door neighbor's wife loved to cook and she had watched Justin Wilson a lot and she talked about how much she liked him and people from his part of the world. She'd never been to Louisiana, but she had a good feeling from watching him.
That made our moving here a lot easier. (Only later did we emphasize that my husband's people were from the next county to the north.)
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:29 am to LegendInMyMind
I gua-RONE-tee that most people know that he was a fake Cajun
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:30 am to LegendInMyMind
quote:You do know he’s deceased don’t you?
livestream
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:30 am to LegendInMyMind
Not a Cajun. Not a chef.
That wasn't the point.
He was parrain to my step father's sister. Was a likeable enough guy.
That wasn't the point.
He was parrain to my step father's sister. Was a likeable enough guy.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:31 am to LegendInMyMind
Entertaining and from Louisiana, but the accent and schtick were all an act.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:31 am to LegendInMyMind
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He wasn't a Cajun at all? I just figured he played up the Cajun part he did have.
Not according to my grandparents. He was a popular entertainer but the old folks didn't accept him as a true Cajun.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:31 am to LegendInMyMind
I met some of John Folse's close close family and not a single one of them had his accent either.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:39 am to LegendInMyMind
IIRC, his mother was French, but not Cajun French.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:39 am to Marlo Stanfield
You guys are hurting my feelings. How did I not know this!?
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:40 am to lsu13lsu
He sounds like a cajun Jerry Reed
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:40 am to lsu13lsu
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I met some of John Folse's close close family and not a single one of them had his accent either.
Nothing fake about that accent. He's got that strong West Ascension / Assumption Parish accent. Funny thing though is that I know people from Fordoche in Pointe Coupee that sound JUST like him.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:41 am to turkish
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You guys are hurting my feelings. How did I not know this!?
It seems like I heard something about it years ago. I have always thought he was a little too gimmicky with it, but just figured he was laying it on thick for the audience.
Was he even from Louisiana? If so, what part?
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:42 am to John Wayne
I met his brother. No accent. Maybe they do have an accent but John Folse is definitely milking it.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:44 am to LegendInMyMind
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What do Louisiana baws think about Justin Wilson?
He was alright to watch with MawMaw and PawPaw back when there were only 3 channels and PBS.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:44 am to lsu13lsu
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John Folse is definitely milking it.
I'd be willing to bet that he did early on in his career so much so that it became second nature to him.
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