Slim from California??
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Slim Pickens
RayoftheDead — 18 years ago(August 08, 2007 07:59 PM)
I totally didn't know that he was from my neck of the woods. Born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley. This makes me proud to live where I live. He gave off the southern boy character so well, its hard to believe he did not reside in the south.
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eimbis — 18 years ago(February 15, 2008 04:59 PM)
It amazes me that more people don't recognize the San Joaquin Valley accent. I grew up in Madera and spent a lot of time in K-town (Kingsburg). I can easily tell the difference between a southern accent and a California accent.
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Captain_Augustus_McCrae — 17 years ago(January 13, 2009 11:58 AM)
Mr. Pickens lived for a time, near the end of his life, in Columbia, CA, where he was a friend of my father. Several old timers, my Dad included, used to go to Rube's Steakhouse in East Sonora for coffee and rolls almost every morning. Mr. Pickens would frequently join them and talk about his time as a rodeo clown and as an actor. Very nice man, and also an avid knife collector.
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liscarkat-2 — 13 years ago(June 20, 2012 03:45 PM)
There's no California accent, San Joaquin Valley or otherwise, that sounds like that. It must have been an affectation he picked up from people he worked with in the rodeo, and kept because it fit the western persona of most of the characters he played.