Southern Fried Channel

This just proves there really is a channel for everything.

As satellite television subscribers, we're exposed to all different kinds of new channels and new additions to our package all the time -- not unlike the movie, Stay Tuned. Well, for the last year or so, I've been checking out this satellite channel I've affectionately dubbed "The Redneck Channel".

I would've never stopped for a second if it wasn't for the incredible lack of television entertainment on one rainy day (yeah, I know -- read a damn book, right?).

RFD-TV, Rural America's Most Important Network has been bringing y'all wholesome, quality programming for the rural lifestyle for six years now. You, too, can be magically whisked away to some real down home goodness. One can almost smell the cow patties now. It's helping me get me back in touch with my small town roots.

It's an farmer's/agricultural enthusiast's/polka fan's dream.

Yep, polka. There's this one show called Big Joe's Polka Show. Now, this is something you don't see every day -- a dance hall filled with serious polka dancers, hoop skirts in every color you can imagine, and these big ol' tubas. It's completely different from anything I've ever seen before on television.

I've also been a regular viewer of The Wilburn Brothers classic country shows, cajun chef Justin Wilson's Looking Back, equine competitions, even cattle auctions.

So this is the kind of life redneck woman Gretchen Wilson was talking about.

The whole thing is just so...wholesome. It sure ain't MTV, that's for sure. When RFD talks about dogs, they talk about the best hound dog for your raccoon-hunting expedition, not Doggs named Snoop -- and definitely not bootee-wearing chihuahuas named Tinkerbell.

There is a life beyond Hee-Haw after all.