The Waltons (TV Series)
The Boondoggle (1975)
Richard McKenzie: Porter Sims
Quotes
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Porter Sims : [explaining his understanding of what a boondoggle is to John Boy Walton] John, not long ago some reporter was trying to describe a WPA project that didn't make much sense to him, so he... he called it a "boondoggle". You know what that really means? It's just a... an expression the pioneers used. It simply means anything that's made up out of leftover scraps.