Word: clampett
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CLAMPETT...
...could and did, and the laughter last week was coming from two of the original Down Under bandit-beaters. Soon after arriving in Las Vegas, George Clampett and Keith Jennings, both 28, made their first tour of the casinos. They put $3.80 into nine slot machines, won eight jackpots for a 31-hour total of $277.50. In all but one of the seven casinos they visited, the Aussies were firmly shown the door after ringing up a jackpot or two. "We're just here to prove our point," shrugged Clampett. "Not to get rich...
First discovered by Clampett, who shared his secret with ten close friends back home, the formula has been carefully explained in a soon-to-be-published book. Its title, naturally, is How to Beat the Bandits. Clampett & Co. expect to get richer still on royalties, and are coppering their bet by making a round-the-world tour, beating bandits and fattening the market for their book...
...Down Under. Still, the same Las Vegas operators who would not believe that the two-armed Aussies could outsmart one-armed bandits stood by expectantly for the hordes of tyros sure to buy the book and flock to Las Vegas to get rich quick. A few may, but as Clampett warns, bandit-beating takes skill as well as quarters...
Plow Tomorrow. Como tumbled before a program that is dedicated to finding out how many times the same joke can be repeated. Mountaineer Jed Clampett and his family, worth $25 million because oil was found in their swamp back in the Ozarks, have moved to Beverly Hills to live among the polychrome celebrities of show biz. Pa bought a house built by John Barrymore, and the place is easily large enough to be mistaken for a university. Pa takes an appreciative look at the smooth and gorgeous sweep of lawn and says, "Fine, we'll commence plowing tomorrow...