If you could be any fictional Western character ...
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the ringo kid
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I'll say Hoppy cause no one else has. Actually though Gus from Lonesome Dove would be ideal. He and I think pretty much alike about most things. It would be extra cool if my BIL could be Woodrow. He's just as up tight and I would have a lot of fun pullin' his chain,
I always also favored Wild Bill Eliott. I found that several of his Westerns are finally on DvD and cant wait to be able to get them. If I remember? I THINK there is a Hoppy box set available?
"Old Man Phillips" (Jack Elam) from "Rio Lobo". The man had style:
Phillips: Don't you worry Ketcham: You're gonna be the first to die!
Cord McNally: Mr. Phillips; you watch Ketchum while we go inside.
Phillips: Sure thing, Colonel. If you hear a loud noise, it'll be Mr. Ketchum dyin'.
[Phillips is irritating everyone by playing a jaw harp]
Cord McNally: Dammit, Mr. Phillips! Don't you know any other songs?
Phillips: I don't know this one. That's why I keep practicin'.
[McNally and the others open bottles of beer]
Phillips: Don't I get a beer?
Cord McNally: Not as long as you're playin' that harp.
Phillips: I'll put it up!
[Phillips throws harp in the trash can]
Phillips: What about Ketchum? He don't get no beer, does he?
Cord McNally: Whitey's dead.
Phillips: [delighted] That's the best news I heared all year! Who killed 'im?
Cord McNally: [referring to Shasta] She did!
Phillips: [amazed] Well, I'll be a suck-egg mule-! Legs like that, and she can shoot, too!
Cord McNally: I'm Cord McNally. Didn't Tuscarora tell you about me?
Phillips: Cord McNally? Yeah, he sure did! And I ain't gonna repeat what he said!
Sheriff 'Blue Tom' Hendricks: Don't you worry Mr. Ketcham, we'll get you out.
Phillips: Just try and get him out, just you try!
Ketcham: Don't try anything Tom, don't do anything, he's crazy, he want's to kill me!
Phillips: He's right!
[Fires shotgun in the air, then jabs it into Ketchams back]
Phillips: Got another barrel, get in there!
Cord McNally: Do you think you could sneak up on the fella at the gate?
Phillips: I could sneak up on a coyote if I've a mind to!
Cord McNally: Did you get that fella at the gate?
Phillips: He's at another gate now, lookin' fer Saint Peter!
Phillips: Take a look at this, Ketcham-
[close-up of Phillips' shotgun]
Phillips: -those triggers are wired back! So you can see what happens if my thumbs slip; And my thumbs ain't as strong as they used to be!
And one not listed above--during the big shootout Phillips is blasting away with a sawed-off double at long range. As I recall, Wayne tells him he's wasting his time and ammo doing so. Phillips says, "Don't mind if I shoot, do you? Makes me feel better."
He pretty near stole the movie from John Wayne with some of those lines!
So, yes, I want to be him when I grow up...
Phillips: Don't you worry Ketcham: You're gonna be the first to die!
Cord McNally: Mr. Phillips; you watch Ketchum while we go inside.
Phillips: Sure thing, Colonel. If you hear a loud noise, it'll be Mr. Ketchum dyin'.
[Phillips is irritating everyone by playing a jaw harp]
Cord McNally: Dammit, Mr. Phillips! Don't you know any other songs?
Phillips: I don't know this one. That's why I keep practicin'.
[McNally and the others open bottles of beer]
Phillips: Don't I get a beer?
Cord McNally: Not as long as you're playin' that harp.
Phillips: I'll put it up!
[Phillips throws harp in the trash can]
Phillips: What about Ketchum? He don't get no beer, does he?
Cord McNally: Whitey's dead.
Phillips: [delighted] That's the best news I heared all year! Who killed 'im?
Cord McNally: [referring to Shasta] She did!
Phillips: [amazed] Well, I'll be a suck-egg mule-! Legs like that, and she can shoot, too!
Cord McNally: I'm Cord McNally. Didn't Tuscarora tell you about me?
Phillips: Cord McNally? Yeah, he sure did! And I ain't gonna repeat what he said!
Sheriff 'Blue Tom' Hendricks: Don't you worry Mr. Ketcham, we'll get you out.
Phillips: Just try and get him out, just you try!
Ketcham: Don't try anything Tom, don't do anything, he's crazy, he want's to kill me!
Phillips: He's right!
[Fires shotgun in the air, then jabs it into Ketchams back]
Phillips: Got another barrel, get in there!
Cord McNally: Do you think you could sneak up on the fella at the gate?
Phillips: I could sneak up on a coyote if I've a mind to!
Cord McNally: Did you get that fella at the gate?
Phillips: He's at another gate now, lookin' fer Saint Peter!
Phillips: Take a look at this, Ketcham-
[close-up of Phillips' shotgun]
Phillips: -those triggers are wired back! So you can see what happens if my thumbs slip; And my thumbs ain't as strong as they used to be!
And one not listed above--during the big shootout Phillips is blasting away with a sawed-off double at long range. As I recall, Wayne tells him he's wasting his time and ammo doing so. Phillips says, "Don't mind if I shoot, do you? Makes me feel better."
He pretty near stole the movie from John Wayne with some of those lines!
So, yes, I want to be him when I grow up...
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Rio Lobo is one of my top favorite Duke Westerns. Your right though, Jack Elam stole that movie--every scene he was in.
I love the guitar music as played at the beginning of the movie. I wish I knew what that tune was called?
I dont know the writer(s) were but, that movie has countless great lines.
After knocking out Cord MvNally, and going into the river to pull him out so he wouldnt drown.
Tuscarora: "He's heavier than a baby Whale."
Tuscarora: "Bideys leg got you that headache."
Bidey-when they were being let out of a Yank PW pen:
Yank soldier: "Name, rank, unit"
Bidey: "Bidey Lacombody, Lance Corporal, Tupulo Fusiliers."
Yank: "Tupulo Fusiliers?"
Bidey: "Yup, was kinda a small outfit, last I knew, I was it." Or something like that?
Tuscarora: "Id feel comfortable if you would stay away from those rifles." Grins as Cord looks at him grinning.
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Tell Sackett
I still have the metal lunchbox 
. It has Quick Draw McGraw and friends on 1 side and Huckleberry Hound and his friend on the other. Can't quite make out what kind of revolver Quick Draw is using in the scenes on the lunchbox.
. It has Quick Draw McGraw and friends on 1 side and Huckleberry Hound and his friend on the other. Can't quite make out what kind of revolver Quick Draw is using in the scenes on the lunchbox.No movies or TV that I know of but Lando Sackett from Louis L'amour's book was one i could identify with.
Second would be Monte Walsh from the Jack Schafear book who was quite different from any TV movie made so far. 'Shucks, it's a horse ain't it" should ring true with anyone who read the novel or listened to the CD.
Second would be Monte Walsh from the Jack Schafear book who was quite different from any TV movie made so far. 'Shucks, it's a horse ain't it" should ring true with anyone who read the novel or listened to the CD.
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hangnoose
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I PLAY THIS GAME EVERY NIGHT WITH THE WIFE, WATCHING TV
"THAT'S WHAT'S HIS FACE FROM THAT SHOW, NO IT'S NOT, YES IT IS". THE jailer with the shotgun was Walter Brennan, not Jack Elam. The other version the jailer Bull had a bugle & a rifle I don't know what type, or his name. Same movie the Duke played lead both times, one with Robert Mitchum, the other with Dino.
"THAT'S WHAT'S HIS FACE FROM THAT SHOW, NO IT'S NOT, YES IT IS". THE jailer with the shotgun was Walter Brennan, not Jack Elam. The other version the jailer Bull had a bugle & a rifle I don't know what type, or his name. Same movie the Duke played lead both times, one with Robert Mitchum, the other with Dino.
Bullzaye
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Walter Brennan played "Stumpy" in Rio Bravo. Jack Elam was in Rio Lobo. Arthur Hunnicutt played "Bull" the Indian fighter with the bugle and the revolving rifle in El Dorado.
I loved "Bull" as well. He was a great character. Also liked Arthur Hunnicutt...I like to imagine we're related, as my Great-Great (Great?) Grandmother's name was Hunnicutt, and she was Indian. That, and Bull reminds me of several of my Uncles.
Tim
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DING, DING, DING
WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!
WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!
Adam Cartwright. Wealthy, first born, handsome, good with a gun, good with the ladies, and has a Chinese cook.
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I'm with Muddyboot. Don't git any tougher than Tell Scackett
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Sorry, Tell Sackett
Britt/ James Coburn in the Magnificent Seven. Gun, knife, didn't matter. Plus tall and skinny- I mean, as long as we're talking complete and utter fiction...
Regards,
turnerriver
Regards,
turnerriver
jlrhiner
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Another for Tell Sackett.
