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* PunnyName: llCorny Doneliousll is a backward version of [[Series/SoulTrain Don Cornelius]].

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* PunnyName: llCorny Doneliousll ''Corny Donelious'' is a backward version of [[Series/SoulTrain Don Cornelius]].
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learned creators don't need a trivia tab, so I put em back

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* NoHitWonder: He never had a major chart hit, but still had a nearly two-decade recording career.

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[[caption-width-right:596:[[SignatureSong Look at that Booty, show me the Booty, gimmie the booty, I want the booty.]]]]



!!Tim Wilson's works provide examples of:

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!!Tim Wilson's works provide examples of:!!This is Tim Trope Wilson, and the Trope Callers. They call it: Trope Man!



*EpisodeOnAPlane: “Super Bad Sounds of the 70s” is set on ''The Shoals Plane''.



* NoHitWonder: He never had a major chart hit, but still had a nearly two-decade recording career.

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* NoHitWonder: He never had a major chart hit, but still had a nearly two-decade recording career.ObsessionSong: “Booty Man” is about the said character saying every type of booty.



*PunnyName: llCorny Doneliousll is a backward version of [[Series/SoulTrain Don Cornelius]].
*SdrawkcabSpeech: “Corny Donelious”
*ShoutOut: ''The Shoals Plane'' is a parody of Series/SoulTrain.





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\n*WordSaladLyrics: “Booty Man” is all the random types of booties which are words.
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* LongTitle: "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith… Johnson, Jr."
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* NamesTheSame: Both he and Music/TobyKeith have songs called "High Maintenance Woman", both of which even set up a pun about falling in love with a maintenance man. When Keith found out about Wilson's song, he gave a co-writer's credit to Wilson and his frequent collaborator Danny Simpson.
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* UgkyGuyHotWife: One of the "100 Things Every Man Ought To Know" is "If you say 'I do.' be the ugly one."


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* UgkyGuyHotWife: UglyGuyHotWife: One of the "100 Things Every Man Ought To Know" is "If you say 'I do.' be the ugly one."

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* UgkyGuyHotWife: One of the "100 Things Every Man Ought To Know" is "If you say 'I do.' be the ugly one."

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Some of his songs were quite topical in nature, such as "The Ballad of John Rocker" (a now-forgotten former pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who made controversial and racist statements in a ''Sports Illustrated'' interview).

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Some of his songs were quite topical in nature, such as "The Ballad of John Rocker" (a now-forgotten former pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who made controversial and racist statements in a ''Sports Illustrated'' interview).

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Wilson got his start as a songwriter, including cuts for country comedy duo Pinkard & Bowden and Creator/JeffFoxworthy's "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas". Originally, he recorded for the small Southern Tracks label before moving to Creator/CapitolRecords in 1999. Some of his most famous songs include "Music/GarthBrooks Has Ruined My Life", "The Ballad of John Rocker", and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith... Johnson Jr." These, and many others, were in regular rotation on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''.

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Wilson got his start as a songwriter, including cuts for country comedy duo Pinkard & Bowden and Creator/JeffFoxworthy's "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas". Originally, he recorded for the small Southern Tracks label before moving to Creator/CapitolRecords in 1999. Some of his most famous songs include "Music/GarthBrooks Has Ruined My Life", "The Ballad of John Rocker", "Booty Man", and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith... Johnson Jr." These, and many others, were in regular rotation on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''.



* ChartDisplacement: His most famous song "Booty Man" didn't chart, and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith… Johnson, Jr." wasn't even a single. Both of these are considerably more famous than his highst chart entry, "The Ballad of John Rocker".

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* ChartDisplacement: His most famous song "Booty Man" didn't chart, and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith… Johnson, Jr." wasn't even a single. Both of these are considerably more famous than his highst chart entry, "The Ballad of John Rocker".


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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Some of his songs were quite topical in nature, such as "The Ballad of John Rocker" (a now-forgotten former pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who made controversial and racist statements in a ''Sports Illustrated'' interview).
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In one skit, Tim begins talking about hummus, which he pronounces "hoo-moos". After an audience member tells him that it's pronounced "hum-us", he defends himself by saying that his wife's Israeli and serves it all the time, then questions how much "hoo-moos" the audience member has eaten in his lifetime.
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* IssueDrift: ''I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' is pretty heavy on his right-wing politics, as seen in "Hollywood" and "Brady Bill, Gunfighter Without a Gun" among others.

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* IssueDrift: ''I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' is pretty heavy on his right-wing politics, as seen in "Hollywood" (which insinuates that only liberals can survive in Hollywood) and "Brady Bill, Gunfighter Without a Gun" among others.(a Western-themed shootout song lampooning the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]]).

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* NamesTheSame: Both he and Music/TobyKeith have songs called "High Maintenance Woman", both of which even set up a pun about falling in love with a maintenance man. When Keith found out about Wilson's song, he gave a co-writer's credit to Wilson and his frequent collaborator Danny Simpson.



* SoundEffectBleep: Several.
** "Darryl Stokes, that dumb sonofa [BLAM], almost shot Santa Claus."
** "But they couldn't torture me half as well as little birthday [BEEP] in Chucky Cheese Hell.

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* SoundEffectBleep: Several.
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"Darryl Stokes, that dumb sonofa [BLAM], almost shot Santa Claus."
** "But they couldn't torture me half as well as little birthday [BEEP] in Chucky Cheese Hell.
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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson was as much a comedian as he was a novelty singer. His material was often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he wasn't doing that, he was poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 27, 2014, of a heart attack.

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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Timothy Collins Wilson (1961-2014) was as much a comedian as he was a novelty singer. CountryMusic singer.

His material was often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he wasn't doing that, he was poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson was also got his start as a fixture songwriter, including cuts for country comedy duo Pinkard & Bowden and Creator/JeffFoxworthy's "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas". Originally, he recorded for the small Southern Tracks label before moving to Creator/CapitolRecords in 1999. Some of his most famous songs include "Music/GarthBrooks Has Ruined My Life", "The Ballad of John Rocker", and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith... Johnson Jr." These, and many others, were in regular rotation on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''. ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''.

He died continued to tour and record until shortly before his death from a heart attack on February 27, 2014, 2014. Soon afterward, the hosts of ''The Bob & Tom Show'' held a heart attack.
tribute concert in his honor.

!!Albums
*''Waking Up the Neighborhood'' (1994)
*''Tough Crowd'' (1995)
*''Low-Class Love Affair'' (1995)
*''Songs for the Musically Disturbed: His (Almost) Greatest Hits'' (1996)
*''Tuned Up'' (1997)
*''It's a Sorry World'' (1999)
*''Road Comedy 101'' (1999)
*''Gettin' My Mind Right'' (1999)
*''Hillbilly Homeboy'' (2000)
*''I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' (2001)
*''Certified Aluminum: His Greatest Recycled Hits, Volume 1'' (2002)
*''Super Bad Sounds of the 70's'' (2003)
*''The Real Twang Thang'' (2005)
*''Church League Softball Fistfight'' (2005)
*''But I Could Be Wrong'' (2007)
*''Mr. Wilson Explains America'' (2009)
*''Caffeine Wired, Nervous & Pale'' (2013)



* ChartDisplacement: His most famous song "Booty Man" didn't chart, and "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith… Johnson, Jr." wasn't even a single. Both of these are considerably more famous than his highst chart entry, "The Ballad of John Rocker".



* CountryRap: Parodied on "Hillbilly Homeboy".

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* CountryRap: Parodied on "Hillbilly Homeboy".Homeboy", which uses a hip-hop beat to back up a story about a displaced southern boy in a stereotypically urban neighborhood.


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* EarlyBirdCameo: One of his first gigs was writing material for country music parodists Pinkard & Bowden.


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* NoHitWonder: He never had a major chart hit, but still had a nearly two-decade recording career.
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Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 27, 2014, of a heart attack.

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Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 27, 2014, of a heart attack.
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* IssueDrift: 'I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' is pretty heavy on his right-wing politics, as seen in "Hollywood" and "Brady Bill, Gunfighter Without a Gun" among others.

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* IssueDrift: 'I ''I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' is pretty heavy on his right-wing politics, as seen in "Hollywood" and "Brady Bill, Gunfighter Without a Gun" among others.
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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: He plays a pair of scissors on "Haircut Malpractice".
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* IssueDrift: 'I Should've Married My Father-in-Law'' is pretty heavy on his right-wing politics, as seen in "Hollywood" and "Brady Bill, Gunfighter Without a Gun" among others.
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* GodBeforeDogma: The preacher from "The First Baptist Bar & Grill" has words for the traveling ministry who says his move to the eponymous restaurant after his church burned down is fraught with sin. Those words point out that they've saved more souls in here than they ever have, and the only person the traveling ministry saved last year was the guy who burned his church down.

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* GodBeforeDogma: The preacher from "The First Baptist Bar & Grill" has words for versus the traveling ministry who says his move to the eponymous restaurant after his church burned down is fraught with sin. Those words point Preacher points out that they've saved more souls in here than they ever have, and the only person the traveling ministry saved last year was the guy who burned his church down.
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* GodBeforeDogma: The preacher from "The First Baptist Bar & Grill" has words for the traveling ministry who says his move to the eponymous restaurant after his church burned down is fraught with sin. Those words point out that they've saved more souls in here than they ever have, and the only person the traveling ministry saved last year was the guy who burned his church down.
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* SoundEffectBleep: "Darryl Stokes, that dumb sonofa [BLAM], almost shot Santa Claus."

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* SoundEffectBleep: Several.
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"Darryl Stokes, that dumb sonofa [BLAM], almost shot Santa Claus.""
** "But they couldn't torture me half as well as little birthday [BEEP] in Chucky Cheese Hell.
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* DeepSouth

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* DeepSouthDeepSouth: Like many Southern comedians, he joked about Southern stereotypes regularly.
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Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 26, 2014, of a heart attack.

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Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 26, 27, 2014, of a heart attack.
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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson was as much a comedian as he was a novelty singer. His material was often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he's not doing that, he's poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.

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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson was as much a comedian as he was a novelty singer. His material was often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he's not he wasn't doing that, he's he was poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.
''TheBobAndTomShow''. He died February 26, 2014, of a heart attack.
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Changing to past-tense, Wilson died today.


Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson is as much a comedian as he is a novelty singer. His material is often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he's not doing that, he's poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson is also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.

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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson is was as much a comedian as he is was a novelty singer. His material is was often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he's not doing that, he's poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson is was also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.
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Active since the early 1990s, Tim Wilson is as much a comedian as he is a novelty singer. His material is often topical in nature, addressing the political climate with his own libertarian views. When he's not doing that, he's poking fun at himself or the South, or bringing out the guitar to do some novelty songs.

Tim Wilson is also a fixture on ''TheBobAndTomShow''.

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!!Tim Wilson's works provide examples of:
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: To get the Chuck E. Cheese's song on an album, he had to name it "Chucky Cheese H*ll" and put a warning on the album that the song was not approved by Chuck E. Cheese's.
* CountryRap: Parodied on "Hillbilly Homeboy".
* DeepSouth
* IWantMyJetpack: "Where's My Jetpack" of course.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In one skit, Tim begins talking about hummus, which he pronounces "hoo-moos". After an audience member tells him that it's pronounced "hum-us", he defends himself by saying that his wife's Israeli and serves it all the time, then questions how much "hoo-moos" the audience member has eaten in his lifetime.
* LongTitle: "Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith… Johnson, Jr."
* TheMunchausen: The "Uncle BS" skits, in which the uncle in question recounts a blatantly made-up story about where he was on a certain day in time.
* ParodyCommercial: The last track on ''Hillbilly Homeboy'' is one for "Love Songs for Losers".
* PhonyVeteran: "He's My Brother-in-Law": "He tries to blame it all on Vietnam / But he wasn't there, he was twelve in '74".
* SoundEffectBleep: "Darryl Stokes, that dumb sonofa [BLAM], almost shot Santa Claus."
* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "Booty Man", PlayedForLaughs.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Occurs in "Love Songs for Losers": "Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck / I think she finally wants to fffffffffforget about yesterday."
* SuckECheeses: "Chucky Cheese Hell" is sung from the point of view of a ''bouncer'' at a Chuck E. Cheese's.
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