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Originally Posted by genejockey
Back in 1986, there was a miniseries called "Fresno", which parodied all the primetime soap operas that were all the rage then - Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, etc. The opening scene of the first episode showed the Spanish arriving in California, and their scouts returning from all over with the things they'd found, and their leader keeps being amazed at how wokderful everything is. Then one of the scouts gives him a bunch of grapes, which he tastes, and spits out in disgust - "The grapes taste like fresno!"
Jon Wayne says something about the smell of Fresno in Texas Wine. I think Fresno might be on map on the record cover.

https://sonichits.com/video/Jon_Wayne/Texas_Wine
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