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Many readers under a certain age won't recognize "high noon" as the old west cliche that it is, but I can't do anything about that.
When I was a kid in the late 50s and early 60s, most TV shows, movies and toys aimed at boys were about cowboys and the old west. With the advent of the space race and the cold war came the switch to space shows and toys in the mid-60s. Everything has been sci-fi since then it seems, with a bit of fantasy and superheroes thrown in. I'm not complaining, just observing.
A long-winded way of saying that I still like to do cowboy gags. This shot is of me backstage before hosting a Reubens Awards Show a few years ago. All hat, no cattle.
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Great gags age well:
See "A Fistful of Ugly"
Season One, episode 8 of SCTV.
I couldn't find it on Youtube, but here's an episode description:
http://www.sctvguide.ca/episodes/sctv_s1.htm
It used to bother me without ceasing that Miss Kitty had that huge, boofy hairdo, even though it would have been just a BITCH to maintain back in the day. Very historically inaccurate.
It used to bother my Mother even more that I mouthed off about that at least twice a month.
Hey! You could easily pass for Bat Masterson or the Kevin Kline character in "Silverado!" Great outfit. Hope you have it hung up in your closet under plastic for a future outing.
Love the cartoon by the way. Very topical. Soon cowboys will have to have their people get in touch with one another for a shootout sometime...
there's something beautiful about the concept of having only one thing to do per day and only one time at which to schedule to do it
what about toy story 2 and stinky pete..
Have you ever seen "Dead Man" by Jim Jarmush? Weirdest western I've ever seen, starring Johnny Depp. You might really like it.
Hey, whaddaya mean, "No cattle"? I've seen lots of cows in Bizarro.
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