- Ulysses Lee Gooch's parents were laborers on a large southern farm in the early 1920's, and it was the farmstead owner's family who named him. He later acquired the nickname, "Rip". Early on, Rip and his mother lived with a relative in an area next to the Mississippi River referred to as, "the bottom&quo…
- Season 1, Episode 7: Trapped in a Small EnvironmentOriginal Air Date: 16 May 2001Laura sets Karl up on a blind date. Too bad he never mentioned he was married. George has enough on his plate when environmentalists show up to protest his decision to drill for oil in Alaska. Now Carl's wife is accusing the first couple o…