Small Town Heaven and Hell

Baby Boomer Edition

Small Town Heaven is where:
Gregory Peck is the City Attorney
Henry Fonda is the Mayor
Katherine Hepburn is the Newspaper Editor
Mickey Rooney is the Juvenile Delinquent
Jimmy Stewart is the Loan Officer
Lionel Barrymore is the Doctor
Eve Arden is the School Teacher / Librarian
Andy Griffith is the Sheriff
Bishop Sheen is the Religious Leader
James Mason records the phone messages for the Chamber of Commerce
Rocky and Bullwinkle is the favorite cartoon
James Thurber is the Class Clown
Ernest Borgnine is the Village Idiot
Grace Kelly is the Girl Next Door, and
Paul Newman is the Town Rounder / Rake (who ends up marrying Joanne Woodward, our Girl Next Door Runner-up)

Small Town Hell is where:
Alan Dershowitz is the City Attorney
Dabney Coleman is the Mayor
Katherine Hepburn is the Newspaper Editor
Bruce Dern is the (not so) juvenile delinquent
Jim Bakker is the Religious Leader
Michael Milkan is the Loan Officer
Vincent Price is the Doctor
Larry Flynt is the Librarian / Schoolteacher
Rod Steiger is the Sheriff
Burt Lancaster runs the Chamber of Commerce
The Flintstones is the favorite Cartoon Program
Oscar Levant is the Class Clown
Sam Donaldson is the Village Idiot
Judy Garland is the Girl Next Door, and
Jessi Ventura is the Town Rounder / Rake (who ends up marrying
Joan Collins our Girl Next Door Runner-Up)

- Raoul Hashimoto