Alphabet: A is for American

Documentarian: So what was the theme of the pageant last year? 
Gladys Leeman: Last year? It was, “Buy American.” 
Documentarian: And the year before that? 
Gladys Leeman: “U.S.A. is A-okay.” 
Documentarian: Can you remember the theme of your favorite pageant? 
Gladys Leeman: Can I? “Amer-I-Can!” People ask me where I get this. 
I don’t know, it’s, maybe a gift from God or somethin’.
— Drop Dead Gorgeous, 1999