[MrEdd]

The true hero of the song is officer Obie, who was the kindly police officer depicted in a number of Norman Rockwell paintings.

[Frantzie]

Wasn’t Arlo’s old man a lefty like Arlo. Woody’s pal Pete Seeger was a friend of Joe Stalin.

Hilarious seeing Freepers support people who support Stalin. Dumb people.

[Seizethecarp]

Obie was such a good sport he played himself in the movie, which is a bittersweet classic on so many levels.

I grew up in Stockbridge and was stopped for speeding by Obie right in front of my father's office window, but he let me off with a warning and suggestion that if I wanted to speed I should go out on the MA Turnpike and not do it around town. (I ignored his advice and had my license revoked for speeding in the next town to the south, Great Barrington)

Remember that laugh line in the song and movie after Obie took away Arlo’s belt in the lockup and said “We don't want anyone hanging themselves”? The sad truth is that one year before Arlo’s arrest Obie's own 15-year-old son took his own life by hanging himself.