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Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:00 am to manwich
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There were no tumbleweeds in the old west
If you include the Great Plains (cattle drives were there and ranches), I challenge you to drive there in winter on windy days and not get hit by tumbleweeds.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:22 am to auggie
When I was 13 I shaved my head. My dad was fighting cancer for the 2nd time in 4 years and was a little messed up with the chemo. First time he saw me he said I looked like Uncle Festus, clearly mashing up Festus with Uncle Fester. I will never forget how confused I was at first until I realized what was going on. I think about that every time I see or hear one of their names.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:44 am to real turf fan
tumbleweeds didnt get here till the 1870s, south dakota first
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:59 am to OlGrandad
yeah, i recognized him as other characters. not all of them were good guys.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:41 pm to auggie
"If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'"
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:52 pm to dek81572
I always prefer things in color when possible, but for some reason I only like Gunsmoke when it was the black and white episodes. Same goes for The Andy Griffith Show.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:28 pm to real turf fan
quote:the old west, bud
real turf fan
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:31 pm to dek81572
I hated Chester's whining.
Plus Festus was from Texas!
Plus Festus was from Texas!
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:31 pm to manwich
quote:
manwich
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:33 pm to Tempratt
quote:
“ don’t you call me no mutten head”
That don't even make thimbleful of sense
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:37 pm to dek81572
Chester was useless.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:45 pm to Homesick Tiger
Ben and Matt rode the same horse. It was used for Bonanza and Gunsmoke.
Hoss, his horse was Chubby, Little Joe’s was Cochise! The birth name of Hoss, Eric. The more you know.
Hoss, his horse was Chubby, Little Joe’s was Cochise! The birth name of Hoss, Eric. The more you know.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:47 pm to auggie
quote:
Ken Curtis
Ken played in a least one episode before he was cast as Festus .
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:49 pm to LSUDad
Lorne Greene bought The Buckskin Horse whose real name was Danny, that he and James Arness shared riding in between Studios from 1959-1973.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:52 pm to auggie
Dude could sing, too
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:52 pm to manwich
quote:
There were no tumbleweeds in the old west
Meh. I literally saw dozens if not hundreds of tumbleweeds during 6 months in Arizona.
tl;dr - I don't believe you
ETA: What are the "old westiest" towns of all? Dodge City, Abilene, and of course Tombstone. I literally saw tumbleweeds in Tombstone, Arizona.
Is Colorado Springs "the old west"?
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:53 pm to LSUDad
all 3 sons from different mothers who died.
someone should have investigated ole Ben.
someone should have investigated ole Ben.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:56 pm to dek81572
quote:
Festus was good but I liked Gunsmoke better when Chester was the Deputy.
Agree, though understand we are in the minority. Show was grittier with Chester.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 3:00 pm to Ace Midnight
NVM - this is the "Akchually, it was an invasive species that didn't appear until 1870 and not reported until 1880- blah, blah,blah" - FFS, that was still the old west. The old west didn't really end until the turn of the century.
(Why do folks have to be like this?)
tl;dr There were tumbleweeds in the Old West
(Why do folks have to be like this?)
tl;dr There were tumbleweeds in the Old West
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