Book Vs Movie "Harper Valley PTA" (1978) Jeannie C. Reilly & Barbara Eden

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “Harper Valley PTA”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 1968 Song Vs the 1978 Movie (really!)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/51Fb4mcMrZL._AC_SY445_.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="445" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ever since the pandemic began, we decided to create a new show each week (rather than biweekly which has been our habit for over six years now) the sources of adaptations have expanded to magazines, novellas, and songs. You would assume a shorter source would make for shorter episodes but, they can bring on just as much of a discussion as a novel. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This brings us to today’s subject of our podcast--</span><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DhWv0cglh4"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Harper Valley PTA</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. The song was written by</span> <a href= "https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/tom-t-hall/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Tom. T. Hall</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and performed by country singer</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_C._Riley"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jeannie C. Riley</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in 1968. The story about a “widowed bride” who is slut-shamed by her daughter’s junior high school PTA (Parents Teachers Advisory) and gives a takedown at a meeting that is spectacular in its shade and incisiveness was one of the first feminist anthems and managed to become a number one hit in the U.S. on both the pop and country charts. (Past episode Dolly Parton did the same in 1980 for</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">9 to 5</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 1978 movie is an R-rated cuckoo bananas production starring</span> <a hre