This lovable BS Artist is the best liar. Gene Larmon is a broom maker and professional liar. He's known at flea markets in four states as Papa Flea. We met Gene on the porch of the historic Prater's Mill near Varnell, Georgia. His brooms are amazing but his yarns and barefaced lies are stunning. You’ll love the perfect lie he tells with a little smile and a twinkle in his eye. His storytelling twists and turns and sucks you in. When he finishes the whopper you laugh and realize you are in the presence of greatness. The World’s Biggest Liar. This story aired on WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News in 1978.

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Long before CNN and Fox News the Traveler series with Andy Johnston was an Emmy award winning program that showcased amazing people, unusual things, local legends, food finds, outdoor activities, folk art, and family fun. In 2022 the Walter J. Brown Media Archives at the University of Georgia founded The Original Georgia Traveler -- Andy Johnston Collection to preserve and maintain the stories.

The Traveler Series celebrates life and living in America in the 1970s. These are true stories and funny stories about nostalgia, small towns, traditional life and the good old days. The stories give us ways to compare then and now. Folklore, music, handcrafts, vanishing America and unusual people.

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