"Doc, you oughtta be in a bed, what the hell you doin this for, anyway?" "Wyatt Earp is my friend" "Hell, I got lots of friends" "I don't" That's the kinda guy you want to have as your friend XD
We sure miss him and his acting. He has been blessed. My wife and I have followed him for years. Hope he gets this little message. Ben & Donna, Fallon. Nv
Thats ONE OF THE GREATESTVPHRASES IN CINEMA HISTORY....WHEN DOC COMES BACKS SITS DOWN LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AND SAYS BARBER, YOU MAYBPROCEED SIR. JUST CAME FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH AND HES ALWAYS LIVING ON THE EDGE....SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT......MY RESPECTS DOC
I've never heard huckleberry in my life, but my grandma (decedent of the first Virginia & North Carolina settlers to settle in Indiana) would say "I'm your huckleberry" .
Val Kilmer was without a doubt the greatest DOC HOLIDAY of all time out of all the movies made about Earp and the Tombstone Legend. I always thought he was the coolest of the cool when this movie came out. Battling TB, Holiday didn't give a crap whether he lived or died, which made him so damn cool in this movie. Kilmer should have won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Holiday in this movie. "Say when!"
So gangster yet so refined. You don't have to be a vulgar uncouth.. Reminds me of an American Shere Khan, the way he came out from behind the tree and surprised Kaa.
such a complete badass. completely owns this scene without blinking an eye. Best line is at the end when he so casually tells the barber to proceed as if he just went to grab a beer or something.
"I'm your huckleberry" and I'll be your huckleberry" were very famous sayings back in those times. It meant "I am your man," meaning I am the right person for the job. Doc Holliday was known for using these terms a lot, so it got put in the movie.
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.[1] A similar saying was used by the American dentist, gambler and gunfighter of the American Old West, Doc Holliday who would regularly use the term "I'll be your huckleberry." This may have been merely slang of the period for "I'm your best gun/man."
If you listen closely and think about the context, what he actually says is: "I'm here, Huckleberry." As in, these guys may not want to fight, but "I'm here." He also says it later, before he kills Ringo, but most people hear it the other way and they have "sources" to prove it.
I have seen Tombstone so many times I could recite it, but its still great. Had to be between the director and what a cast. Decidedly, Kilmer's performance was Oscar worthy and it is typical Hollywood b.s. that critically it won few awards. Overall, I think kilmer's career has been underated, between his performance as John Holmes and Jim Morrison and Doc, he is always amazing. Thx Val.
Doc Holiday say's "I'm your Huckle Bearer" (I'll carry you to your grave) huckle is a handle on a casket, it is synonymous to pall bearer, term was used in the south in the mid to late 1800's.
When he wasn't drinking alcohol ,Doc drank a shaved ice drink flavored with huckleberry syrup ,Its still served at the drugstore soda bar in Tombstone ,In real life he said it once during a card game when a drunken argument was heating up ,This is a great fiction movie ,The real story is fascinating but a lot less violent ,
@highwind8124 Because he was already dying of tuberculosis. It was only a question of dying fast or slow. You can have total fearlessness, and all you have to trade in is anything to live for.
It was started by saying " a huckleberry over my persimmon".. Meaning a bit beyond my abilities because a huckleberry is a tiny berry ... "im ur huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for the job....
@sarahsoflyassaphire that makes more sense. It's more in character for Doc to use a strange phrase to say i'm your man than for him to be alluding to anything
"You're no daisy" is a from the 19th century and is a southern term that means "best in its class". Daisies are pretty resilient plants so calling someone a daisy would've been a compliment, as they would be sturdy or the best. :)
For all the huckle bearer comments... it's not Huckle bearer.. it's actually Huckleberry, The actor is speaking with an accent, keep that in mind when you listen to it. The saying "I'm your huckleberry" was a common slang back between 1870 and 1920 it basically meant "I'm the man for the job." Or "I'll do it." look up the saying sometime. Plus it's been recorded that the words "I'm your huckleberry" were commonly used by Doc Holliday.
I have a different take, on the meaning of "I'm your huckleberry". A huckleberry is a fruit, found on a medium sized bush, which makes it easy picking. So Doc Holliday was telling Val Kilmer, I'm easy pickings for you, give me a try.
I looked it up some time ago - don't know why they chose "huckleberry", but it's an old expression meaning "I'm the right guy for the job" or "I'm the guy you're looking for" sort of. It's much like "piece of cake" - it means "easy", but you'd have never guessed that's what it means because there's nothing about a piece of cake that hints "easy". Tasty maybe, not easy.
Haha, it's just random chit chat. Hard to make out, but it's just the fact that the director decided to make sure we could hear random background conversation going on during such a climatic scene, ya know?
its actually huckle bearer, huckle in the handle to a casket and bearer is the guy whom puts the body in the casket. so ringo is really saying im gonna take you to your grave
Actually I read somewhere that Kilmer admitted to saying "hucklebearer", which makes sense because the handle on a casket is called a huckle and a hucklebearer would be todays equivalent to a pallbearer. Listen closely.
The expression "I'm your huckleberry" spoken by Doc means "I'm the perfect man for the job." It is not a reference to Mark Twain's Huck Finn, as that book was published in 1885 and this movie takes place in 1881. And it ain't "huckle bearer" either. The whole phrase is "I'm a huckleberry to your persimmon". The trivia section on IMDB for Tombstone is your friend y'all. :)
Context wise: there's an old phrase "a huckleberry over my persimmon" meaning "a bit beyond my abilities." A huckleberry would come to mean "I'm a bit better than you." The phrase "I'm your huckleberry" would mean "I'm the right person for the job." When Ringo asked who had the guts, Doc's response as "Me! I have the guts!" in the form of "I'm your huckleberry" makes more sense than a response of "I'll kill you." Doc's the "right man for the job" bc that's just the kind of game he'll play
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Epic performance by Val Kilmer. Without a doubt the best performance of the movie!
Val Kilmer's masterpiece of a role.
Brandon McGee
You are correct. Unfortunately Mr. Kilmer was not recognized by Hollywood.
Brandon McGee #MacGruber
"Doc, you oughtta be in a bed, what the hell you doin this for, anyway?"
"Wyatt Earp is my friend"
"Hell, I got lots of friends"
"I don't"
That's the kinda guy you want to have as your friend XD
Peterbu18 Antisocial?
lamosos
More like loyal. Means he's careful in choosing his friends.
Peterbu18 Or that he doesn't shower.
"Don't mind him, he's just drunk that's all."
In vino veritas.
We sure miss him and his acting. He has been blessed. My wife and I have followed him for years. Hope he gets this little message.
Ben & Donna, Fallon. Nv
Doc Holliday was a dentist... Got diagnosed with tuberculosis, said 'fuck it' and Broke bad... True shit
Ringo had studied medicine had he not?
Lawyering, as they said. John Wesley Hardin was one as well.
"Barber? You may proceed, sir."
Thats ONE OF THE GREATESTVPHRASES IN CINEMA HISTORY....WHEN DOC COMES BACKS SITS DOWN LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AND SAYS BARBER, YOU MAYBPROCEED SIR. JUST CAME FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH AND HES ALWAYS LIVING ON THE EDGE....SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT......MY RESPECTS DOC
Every man aspires to be how Doc Holiday is portrayed in Tombstone. Suave, polite but also scary at a moments notice.
My role model indeed
Best Earp performance ever. Kilmer's role of a lifetime. Sam Elliott exceptional as always. Dana Delaney was enchanting. Best movie ever.
I love how Doc had Wyatts back
" say when " - Nuff said.
I've never heard huckleberry in my life, but my grandma (decedent of the first Virginia & North Carolina settlers to settle in Indiana) would say "I'm your huckleberry" .
Google the phrase, doesn't seem to be as old as you would think
Val Kilmer was without a doubt the greatest DOC HOLIDAY of all time out of all the movies made about Earp and the Tombstone Legend. I always thought he was the coolest of the cool when this movie came out. Battling TB, Holiday didn't give a crap whether he lived or died, which made him so damn cool in this movie. Kilmer should have won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Holiday in this movie. "Say when!"
this is one of best scenes IMO. I think this may be the greatest western again IMO. I love this movie
So gangster yet so refined. You don't have to be a vulgar uncouth.. Reminds me of an American Shere Khan, the way he came out from behind the tree and surprised Kaa.
Anytime anyone offers a challenge, I always reply, "I'm your Huckleberry"
Val Kilmer was such a great actor in the 90s.
The Doors, Thunderheart, Tombstone, Heat, The Ghost and the Darkness...
This is his best role by far.
One of my favorite parts 🙌🏾🙌🏾 I’m your huckleberry that’s just my game 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I love the fashion in this film!
I love this. Tombstone is one of my favorite westerns of all time and that is one of my favorite lines.
"Barber... Proceed sir."
Realest nigga in the Old West
fuck off kid
MasterRazzer76 somebody is moody
Man Val Kilmer was so perfect in this role. After him, nobody could play Doc Holliday or Jim Morrison. Talent and good looks! mmm!
I love this scene! I wish I lived back in those days.
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.
such a complete badass. completely owns this scene without blinking an eye. Best line is at the end when he so casually tells the barber to proceed as if he just went to grab a beer or something.
Can we stop arguing if its Huckleberry or huckle bearer and just enjoy how awesome Val Kilmer is as Doc?
"I'm your huckleberry" and I'll be your huckleberry" were very famous sayings back in those times. It meant "I am your man," meaning I am the right person for the job.
Doc Holliday was known for using these terms a lot, so it got put in the movie.
"Even I'm worried about what's gonna happen when Ringo runs this outfit". Damn straight!
Love how doc already had is gun out behind his back :D a killer by any means.
"anyone up for chess" " im your huckleberry and that's just my game "
"I'm your huckle bearer" greatest line in the movie!
Huckleberry
Best line in the movie, love it. Balls man
BARBER.....PROCEED SIR
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.[1] A similar saying was used by the American dentist, gambler and gunfighter of the American Old West, Doc Holliday who would regularly use the term "I'll be your huckleberry." This may have been merely slang of the period for "I'm your best gun/man."
love it val really deserved an oscar 4 his role!
It makes more sense,Thanks for the info
@Jaqlyn
gotta love those southern dandys lol, proper and uppity til the end =)
I'd have to agree with that assesment. No one, and I mean NO ONE can do Doc Holliday justice like Val Kilmer.
If you listen closely and think about the context, what he actually says is: "I'm here, Huckleberry." As in, these guys may not want to fight, but "I'm here." He also says it later, before he kills Ringo, but most people hear it the other way and they have "sources" to prove it.
well well well johnny ringo
I have seen Tombstone so many times I could recite it, but its still great. Had to be between the director and what a cast. Decidedly, Kilmer's performance was Oscar worthy and it is typical Hollywood b.s. that critically it won few awards. Overall, I think kilmer's career has been underated, between his performance as John Holmes and Jim Morrison and Doc, he is always amazing. Thx Val.
Released Dec 24th 1993. Grossed over 56 mil. But no nominations.
Doc Holiday say's "I'm your Huckle Bearer" (I'll carry you to your grave)
huckle is a handle on a casket, it is synonymous to pall bearer, term was used in the south in the mid to late 1800's.
"Barber......Proceed sir." lol
RINGO WENT DOWN IN A BLAZE OF GLORY....BUT U CANNOT OUTWIT THE MASTER DOC HOLIDAY
Doc WAS THE BLAZE OF GLORY
"I'm your huckleberry" ... All of a sudden, Gangnam style starts playing with Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell dancing in the background.
Barber! Proceed sir...
When he wasn't drinking alcohol ,Doc drank a shaved ice drink flavored with huckleberry syrup ,Its still served at the drugstore soda bar in Tombstone ,In real life he said it once during a card game when a drunken argument was heating up ,This is a great fiction movie ,The real story is fascinating but a lot less violent ,
@highwind8124 Because he was already dying of tuberculosis. It was only a question of dying fast or slow.
You can have total fearlessness, and all you have to trade in is anything to live for.
Gentlemen
Barber
Yes, sir?
Proceed, Sir.
"I'm your huckleberry" is a very old way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job, or that I'm the one that you're looking for.
Thank you. ^_^
Proceed sir.
IMDB memorable quotes has Doc saying "I'm your Huckleberry.."
It was started by saying " a huckleberry over my persimmon".. Meaning a bit beyond my abilities because a huckleberry is a tiny berry ... "im ur huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for the job....
doc holiday is a badass
Doc says, "I'm your huckleberry. "
@Qtrademark One of my very favorite roles of his! (this and "Madmartigan" in Willow)
i LOVE how everyone is scared of him when billy saw Ringo ready to fight doc he lost it! LOL
@sarahsoflyassaphire that makes more sense. It's more in character for Doc to use a strange phrase to say i'm your man than for him to be alluding to anything
That was also what they were talking about in Latin earlier in the movie.
Aw you beat me to it.
" Proceed Sir ".
yes, he was the best!
That's my line... I'm your huckleberry... Say when.
I said that once when I wanted to challenge a guy to a game of pool. He nor the bartender got the reference.
Doc invented swag
I'm your huckleberry
He’s just DRUNK THATS ALL!!
I'm your Huckleberry
@yungb254 huckles are the handles on a coffin, bearer= carrier, Huckle bearer= coffin carrier.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981
"I'm your huckelberry" or "I'll be your huckleberry" was slang for "I'm your man" or "I'll be your best gun/man"
im your huckle bearer
FACT!!!
Doc Holiday. Do. Not. Mess.
SAY WHEN!
According to legend, Val Kilmer complained that that rig was uncomfortable.
"You're no daisy" is a from the 19th century and is a southern term that means "best in its class". Daisies are pretty resilient plants so calling someone a daisy would've been a compliment, as they would be sturdy or the best. :)
Yes, Willow was a great flick!
I'm your huckleberry...
For all the huckle bearer comments... it's not Huckle bearer.. it's actually Huckleberry, The actor is speaking with an accent, keep that in mind when you listen to it. The saying "I'm your huckleberry" was a common slang back between 1870 and 1920 it basically meant "I'm the man for the job." Or "I'll do it." look up the saying sometime. Plus it's been recorded that the words "I'm your huckleberry" were commonly used by Doc Holliday.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 no. if you google the phrase "I'm your huckle berry, i was an expression at the time which meant, I am the man for the job
I have a different take, on the meaning of "I'm your huckleberry". A huckleberry is a fruit, found on a medium sized bush, which makes it easy picking. So Doc Holliday was telling Val Kilmer, I'm easy pickings for you, give me a try.
I looked it up some time ago - don't know why they chose "huckleberry", but it's an old expression meaning "I'm the right guy for the job" or "I'm the guy you're looking for" sort of. It's much like "piece of cake" - it means "easy", but you'd have never guessed that's what it means because there's nothing about a piece of cake that hints "easy". Tasty maybe, not easy.
Peter Huckleberry Finn.
Haha, it's just random chit chat. Hard to make out, but it's just the fact that the director decided to make sure we could hear random background conversation going on during such a climatic scene, ya know?
i agree
This was a great scene. Val Kilmer killed it as Doc Holiday.
Yea, it's Huckle Bearer guys.. Unless Doc was telling Ringo to eat me.
im your dingleberry
i love doc holiday him and wyatt are my hero and i am only 11
its actually huckle bearer, huckle in the handle to a casket and bearer is the guy whom puts the body in the casket. so ringo is really saying im gonna take you to your grave
Say When!
Powers Boothe. Bad boy.
100% agreement
Actually I read somewhere that Kilmer admitted to saying "hucklebearer", which makes sense because the handle on a casket is called a huckle and a hucklebearer would be todays equivalent to a pallbearer. Listen closely.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 this is argued below too...either way - I love the scene!!
All minds games, lol.
The expression "I'm your huckleberry" spoken by Doc means "I'm the perfect man for the job." It is not a reference to Mark Twain's Huck Finn, as that book was published in 1885 and this movie takes place in 1881. And it ain't "huckle bearer" either. The whole phrase is "I'm a huckleberry to your persimmon". The trivia section on IMDB for Tombstone is your friend y'all. :)
I always thought it was a reference to the Mark Twain characters
Thats just my Game!
I'm your huckleberry, Doc is a sick Mo, I'm your man, very gay of Doc!
Context wise: there's an old phrase "a huckleberry over my persimmon" meaning "a bit beyond my abilities." A huckleberry would come to mean "I'm a bit better than you." The phrase "I'm your huckleberry" would mean "I'm the right person for the job." When Ringo asked who had the guts, Doc's response as "Me! I have the guts!" in the form of "I'm your huckleberry" makes more sense than a response of "I'll kill you." Doc's the "right man for the job" bc that's just the kind of game he'll play
the gang here in San Berdoo have nothing on these men