The 90's, episode 404: ""COUNTRY LIVING"
01:13 ""Evan Thompson"" by Jim Mulryan and Tabby Mulryan. Somewhere in Nevada, Evan Thompson comments on the stereotypes city dwellers have about country folk: ""[They think of us as] redneck, gun wielding, madmen that want to shoot all city people probably. I think Hollywood portrays us as not having a whole lot of brains. . . I think they see us as not knowing a whole lot. Yet if they come in from out of the city and we watch them, we think, 'Oh boy, no wonder you're all killing each other. You're all a bunch of wackos.' We like people, but we don't like neighbors. I think that's like most country people. They like people but don't want to live next door to them."" yes
09:30 ""Diving Mules"" by Skip Blumberg. At the Orange County Fair in Middletown, New York, controversy beaks out at a mule diving exhibit. An animal activist claims that the mules are trained with electric cattle prods. The woman who trains the mules says th at they only use mules that like the water. When asked if the activists love animals, the mule trainer says, ""I don't think they love animals. If they did, they'd move out of the city where they keep their little dogs and cats in their little condos and apartments and move out on a farm where they could enjoy them."" The protester says, ""People can say they love their wives and beat them."" The mule trainer: ""We love the animal activists. All they do is get us a lot of work.""
14:56 ""Country Fiddle and Banjo Contest"" by Andrew Jones. In Lowell, Massachusetts, a fiddler and a banjo picker belt out a Cajun tune.
15:51 ""Roaring Springs, Texas"" by Kathie Robertson. Joey Thacker, the mayor of Roaring Springs, comments on the economics of rural life forcing people to the city. Bennie Dillard, rancher: ""I don't think we've missed anything. If I have I don' t know what it was."" S.N. Fletcher: ""You bet you miss a lot. You're not angry. You live longer.""
24:06 ""Pyrenees Portrait"" by Esti Galili Marpet and Bill Marpet. In Villeraze, France: An old man talks about his family's roots in the area, ""When the old people die, it'll be all over... soon Villeraze will be just a place for tourists."" An 85-year-old woman points to the microphone and asks, ""Are you taking my picture with that?""
27:14 ""Coyoteland"" by Jay April. In Los Angeles, California: A woman recounts the tale of a coyote stealing her dog form the backyard. Louis Dedeaux, L.A. wildlife specialist, says that once coyotes start eating domestic pets, it becomes a regular part of their diets. Louis on coyotes: ""They're really a good animal. We're building and crowding them in."" Lyla Brooks, a California Defender of Wildlife, says, ""People don't know how to coexist with wildlife. It's a people problem."" In the meantime, Louis checks his traps. Lyla: ""As a rule I don't like trappers, but you seem like a likable fellow... I'm surprised he picked up this profession. He should do something else."" Louis: ""I can monitor it in this profession. It's gonna happen anyway. I can make sure it's done as humanely as possible."" Louis drives through a construction area and says, ""This is why I'm trapping. They're gonna build more homes, take up more space and bring in more domestic pets."" Louis catches a coyote in a trap, ""It's a necessary evil... What justifies it for me is the pets I save... I might have to take a life to save ten."" With the camera focused on the door of the animal regulation truck, Louis shoots the coyote. Louis lets go ""our friend the gopher snake."" Jay: ""You must like that part, letting something go?"" Louis: ""It's the best part of all.""
35:56 ""Sharkey's Cowboys"" by Jim Mulryan and Tabby Mulryan. In Gardnerville, Nevada: Sharkey Begovich praises the courage of the original cowboys: ""A cowboy has to survive from the day he's born to the day he dies... They're a vanishing breed... Honor is a thing of the past.""
45:36 ""Too Old to Die Young"" by Magda Cregg. A music video on the destruction of the Redwood Forest. Features archival logging footage and scenes from Earth First! demonstrations. ""Death rides a logging truck.""
48:50 ""Doug Peacock"" by Jimmy Sternfield. Noted environmentalist Doug Peacock (a.k.a. George Hayduke): ""The overriding issue is not taxation. It's simply the survival of the planet itself... We're going to go down the tubes. Our grandchildren might not even have the chance of a life and maybe it's not a life worth living. That is the reality... We're not going to have too many elections where we have the chance to talk about other issues. If all the powerful countries on Earth took all the resources they put in military, nuclear war and transferred that into making the planet a better place to live, we'd have a chance... Maybe just 50-50. The odds are just that bleak and that's what oughta be talked about."