Thursday, June 7, 2012
Arkansas Culture and Characters Colbert Report features Bald Knob bingo
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:22 AM
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The Colbert Report focused last night on Bald Knob preacher Larry Johnson's successful campaign to shut down senior citizen bingo games. It's a gateway crime, he said, that could lead to meth use, even sex.
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