Parker did a fairly accurate portrayal of Crockett. He was by all accounts a fairly humble man who let others increase his legend, although he wasn't adverse to self promotion from time to time.
@@55Quirll I'm probably a tad bit older than you and by the time Daniel Boone came on my interest had moved on and because of my early indoctrination of Fess Parker as Davy Crockett I couldn't see him as Daniel Boone . So how did I handle Davy Crockett's side kick as Uncle Jed in the Beverly Hillbillies? Much more acceptable. I was delighted in the reunion of an old acquaintance who latter I knew by his original stage name Buddy Ebsen. Soon after that I was shipped of the Military School and my television days were pretty much over
@@bobbrawley2612 I liked Uncle Jed too, he was originally supposed to be the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, but was allergic to the paint/makeup that they were using. He was also a good dancer, soft shoe I think, but a great actor. Don't forget him in 'Barnaby Jones', I enjoyed him in that one as well. Glad to know someone who is close to my age and grew up watching similar TV shows, don't like the TV shows of today much. Take care and have a good life.
@Cliff Yablonski I saw Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen ,Davy Crockett on a black and white Television on the Sunday night Disney Land show. The Alamo with fess parker, I remember seeing it in color at the movies. Is my memory all confused up?. I'm not sure what the heck I saw. Zoro came on the on the Mickey Mouse clubhouses show, aired daily about 4 o'clock. The Swamp Fox was was on the Sunday Disney show. I think. I guess.im not really sure
@@normandparent7160 64 here and remember watching Davy and the episode of the River Pirates. Always loved watching this on Sunday with Swamp Fox, Scare Crow of Romney Marsh and others on NBC wonderful world of Disney. Miss those great times back then.
Me too. Had a roll of caps in mine........bam bam bam bam. Took me awhile to get that one handed swing around cocking motion he did when they rolled the credits in the beginning of the show.
I'm almost 73 and clearly remember watching the show on Sunday nights.. along with his other westerns...The 9 lives of Elfego Baca with Robert Loggia and Texas John Slaughter with Tom Tryon...
I am Aussie and we grew up on all these great shows. In fact us youngins learnt much about American history because of them. When us boys played North Vs South there was always a fight over who would be the Confederates! I think cause we all loved the "Stars & Bars".Happy days indeed!
Maybe the dislikes are from real shooters of muzzleloaders. They know that when soft lead balls are shot in wood that they are deformed and are flattened out. I've been shooting my flintlock Hawken. 50 for 35 years and those balls always deform.
Fess was a second string actor, Disney dressed him up, and he went to shopping malls in California. They made two pilots, we went crazy for it, we had Spin an Marty too. Hats, t-shirts, we bought it. Fess bought a vineyard and died a happy Scout. You missed it, it’ll never happen again.
@@raoulbataller5454 hey awesome. I'd forget about Annette. Grew up an schooled in the 50's an 60's, on the west Coast, TV & Music we had it ! In black and white lol and we danced to black bands. 🎶
@@55Quirll it really does I mean when I go target shooting using anything from a cap and ball muzzleloader to a mordern bolt action rifle it really does improve my shooting ability.
I am just tickled to see this vignette. I am an old guy. I watched this scene on TV when it was new. I was completely mesmerized by Davy Crockett, and so was every kid I knew. Too bad we can't have American heros like ol' Davy now. But shooting is no longer accepted by the political police. And Davy's masculinity would be condemned as toxic. Look how far we have come …
The 'political police' may question ( and being also an 'old guy', I think it's a question that needs to be asked- things just ain't what they used to be; something we 'old guys' know better than anyone ) whether every person who wants to buy a gun should be allowed to- i.e.- people with mental health problems, anger issues, drug/alcohol abusers, people with restraining orders, etc., but I haven't heard of any gun ranges or gun stores being shut down. Firearms sales, as far as I know, are as good as ever. I own 3 long guns, my son just bought a handgun, & we both enjoy shooting, but I want to know if the guy next door has an assault weapon & has been diagnosed with schizophrenia & is off his meds- I don't think that's too much to ask, do you? As to Davy's masculinity- I think he'd hold the door open for women ( or men for that matter, same as I do- & I bet you do too ), doesn't grab the waitress's ass when he's ordering, & would take SERIOUS issue with his daughter's boss if he told her to wear sexier clothes or paid her less for the same job! After all, wasn't 'Davy' scripted as a role model for young boys like us? I certainly don't think that kind of polite masculinity ( treating women as equals ) has, or will, go out of style... anyway, just my thoughts- others may vary... regards, RCD
@@redcaddiedaddie Thank you for a civil, responsible reply. Again, something not common today. I need to dwell a while on your firearms comment. You see, that need to be absolutely safe from firearms is what motivates the left/liberals. As it is, I am willing to sacrifice my certainty for the other guy's right to bear arms. - Again, that is just me talking. I agree fully that Davy's masculinity was/is presented as a role model. But for feminazis, ANY masculinity is toxic. I have indeed politely held doors open for women, only to have them snap back at me verbally that they are not helpless and do not require male assistance. (And I am being really polite in paraphrasing what they said.) On a couple of occasions, said doors were physically torn from my hand, with accompanying verbal abuse. If you have not had such encounters, you are fortunate. I have, and I admit those encounters have left me bitter. - Again, just me and my experience.
@@jasondaniel918 Hey, Frank... I don't think any RATIONAL person, of either political persuasion, thinks gun deaths can be eliminated entirely. My thinking is that, while most of us agree with you as to the 2nd Amendment & the need for it, we would ask you to consider whether the 'screening process' needs to be more thorough- those who perpetrate multi-casualty shootings in the workplace, schools, malls & elsewhere are, by their actions, painting those of you who want 'guns for everyone' ( NOT meant as an insult ) into a corner: every survivor, family member, friend, fellow classmate, coworker, fellow churchgoer, etc. is likely going to be thinking ' is 'guns for everyone' the best way to go here, or should we have at least some basic screening processes in place?? My state (MO.) allows 18-yr-olds to concealed carry, with training OPTIONAL! This is not a rational idea, IMHO. Am I going to encounter one of these kids in a 'road rage' scenario, & WILL I SURVIVE???... Sometimes I hold the door open, help with a heavy package, let someone cut in line at the grocery store, etc. Sometimes I get thanked, sometimes not... but as I teach my son, the manners or the 'good deed' stands on its own, something YOU did to make the world a tiny bit nicer, regardless of whether or not it is acknowledged... I'm proud of myself for having done 'the right thing', & my mom is smiling down from Heaven- I don't need a 'thank you'... try it- I guarantee you'll feel better... regards, RCD
tit for tat. back when that show was on tv, blacks, women, lgbt people, etc. werent represented, yet were taxed. a true tyrannical thing. ill take now. better advancements in tech, health, etc.....and you can still watch these old films. nostalgia is a dangerous thing.
A patch is used with round balls and they do not come in contact with the barrel. How ever you would expect hitting the target to deform them some. You would also expect them to use a powder measure. Pouring powder from the horn is a good way to lose a hand.
@@danielallison1925 Horns were used in real life by countless thousands back then-- with no hands blown off! You don't know shit from Shinola! I've shot black powder weapons a lot; my good friend owns "THE PATCH & BALL" gunship. And I'll wager you've got the same expertise and knowledge of black powder weaponry as a wombat!
@@THE-HammerMan Ya. And so were powder measures! And pouring directly from your powder horn (especially on a follow up shot) can cause big problems. Apparently it's YOU that doesn't know squat about shooting BP
I agree sir. It sure was nice back in the day to watch Disney productions without being hammered about the head with a bunch of left wing, liberal, gun grabbin', communist propaganda. When I was a kid in the 1970s Sunday night was family time in front of the TV and "The Wonderful World of Disney".
@@splitpitch So if I hear you correctly, I should have been hammered with a bunch of left wing, liberal, flower arranging, communist propaganda? Was I close?
Seeing this movie when I was young at the age of 11 got me into shooting black powder muzzleloaders and cap and ball revolvers and to this day I still remember getting my start when I watched this movie when I go shooting.
I like that not only could he get those results with eyeballing his powder measure and using a non-patched ball, but the balls were unmarred when dug out of the board.
They made things better in those days you know. And cherry trees cut themselves down, and everyone "held these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", so not only did they treat black, red and yellow men just fine, but they fought TWO wars because that evil colonising King George wanted to come and enslave the worlds only Free Men !. Why, they were so virtuous, they even sailed out and brought Liberty to that naughty Queen who happened to have some lovely holiday islands.
@@raygreen257 Depends entirely on what the pole is made of. It does penetrate a Jarrah pole such as we have in Australia, but no more than an inch or two, I assure you.
Fun fact: Davy Crockett didn't like cheaters or men who thought themselves better than others without justification. Bigfoot there was both, a man Crockett would have really enjoyed showing up, just to take him down a peg or two.
I'm old enough to remember when people would watch these shows as a family and not be obsessed over details like bullet deformation. We didn't care if movies were technically or historically accurate & everyone was happier back in those days.
I shot in a flintlock match like this. Two man teams. You had to get as close to your partner's bullet hole as possible. One team got right on top. They cheated. The first rifle was only powder, the second rifle held two balls. They were told to leave. When they refused, a big guy with a big knife cut their tent lines. They left.
So, let me see if I understand correctly... some guy trying to be Davy Crockett tried to cheat at a shooting contest, and another guy trying to be Jim Bowie chased him off?
Davy was people smart. When he would run for state congress, he'd ride around and pass out whiskey at his campaign stops. We could use someone like him in Congress right now-desperately.
@@robinstewart6510 I don't care if someone's a drunk-we need representatives with the moral fiber to stand up for what's right and not the highest bidder. Davy believed in his country and gave his life for it. (New accounts state he survived the battle but was executed by Santa Anna for refusing to bend the knee to him.)
No wonder he didn't miss a shot at the Alamo, he was a born sharpshooter. He's a hero to all Texas People, may he rest in peace with the other defenders of the Alamo.
@@SRP3572 Well in Texas is doesn't take us long to know a true Hero. And there were another 184 heros with him. They all gave their lives so others could be free. God Bless Texas.
@@davidroman1654 Actually, it was for lots and lots of very cheap land and maintaining the institution of slavery in the Mexican territory they were occupying. Technically, keeping slaves was a "freedom" they were fighting to sustain but it really wasn't about the principle of freedom as a whole - just their own, personal freedom to break the oaths they swore to Mexico for permission to live in their territory and do what they wished.
That's right. Union Army privates -- who served some 70 years after the event depicted here -- earned only $13/month, before exactions to cover their laundry, Soldiers' Home contribution, and such. Mark Twain had his character Huckleberry Finn, who knew a man who earned $1 a day, remark (late 1850s) that he reckoned nobody could spend that much money.
For me it was Rin Tin Tin, & the Lone Ranger. Man it was good to be a kid in the UK in 1960. We roamed far & wide on our bicycles. Couldn't do that now. So much for progress hey😢
@Zip Zenac You ever looked at that bullet? It's deformed. I agree in that I don't think Oswald killed him. But that bullet IS slightly bent, has lead extrusion from it's base, and deformation at the tip. I've owned a Carcano m38 for years and those 6.5 bullets can actually go threw 2 ft of solid pine with little deformation.
David Crockett, a courageous leader, killed before the evil Mexican soldiers invading his "homeland". Crockett, worthy of praise, nearly made it to apotheosis alongside Washington and other greats. Well, let's remember that history is always manipulable. They made a slave owner martyr. Crockett was a staunch slave owner, who took up arms for defending legal slavery, in the Mexican province of Texas, abolished by the central Mexican government of General Santa Anna. (Mexico had abolished slavery since 1810). That's the truth, the Alamo soldiers, (anti-slavery) are actually heroes of a badly told story.
Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen and Mike Mazurski, an ex wrestler turned actor playing heavies and bad guys on TV and movies. There was a point in time when young ninety day wonders, fresh out of college were the producers on TV. Mike Mazurski tells the story of appearing in front of one of these guys in an attempt to get some work and the “kid” asks him what productions he’s been in. Anyone who’s spent a decent amount of time in front of a TV knows who Mike Mazurski is…..and what he’s done in front of a camera….but obviously this “kid” put in a position of authority is clueless. Mazurski is portraying someone from Kentucky…..yet has a thick Brooklyn accent. Gotta love 50’s TV.
Yea well smarty pants . We don't read no books . On television they call him Davy and dats what I call him . DAVID CROCK. ha ha . Who ever heard of that?
That's the best David Crocket move I ever saw in my life. I want to be just like Davids friend, that guy. I could be a sidekick. And have a boy that hangs out too and he could be named Corky or Skippy and we could have a dog named Duke or King or Old Yeller.
Black powder breech pressure and limited velocity would not have necessarily have disintegrated the round ball like our modern-day firearms and propellant
A very good actor also played in the Movie 'Bull Whip Griffin' with Roddy MacDowell and the other movie, 'A Challenge to Be Free', an early version of the movie 'Death Hunt' with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin.
He was in a movie called it's a mad mad mad mad world where he played a hitchhiker out in the middle of the desert and flag down Phil Silvers to get a ride to his place out in the desert and yes if one remembers the scene where he took the horn ring off the steering wheel of his car and told him that he was going to get rough with him.
Fess Parker played Davy Crockett for Disney and then Daniel Boone in a television series that also starred Ed Ames as Mingo his Indian sidekick. Later the show took on pro football great Rosie Greer.
The part where Fess goes through the rail fence, he almost broke his back because he got thrown through hard and he didnt have any padding on his back and the boards weren't cut all that well to allow for a better break up through the fence. He talked about this in a Disney Family Album with Buddy Ebsen.
Mike Mazurki was the uncle of some friends I grew up with in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. He played mostly bad-guy & gangster roles but he owned the famous Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood & was known to be a very charming, funny, and kind soul by his fellow celebrities & everyone who knew him.
Right you are! Today, December 2020, on hearing "Big Foot," our cryptid buddy was the first thing that came to my mind. In the mid '50's, it was just a nickname for some guy.
I had no idea those old muskets were that accurate. I had always thought that a round ball coming out of an unrifled barrel was lucky if it hit the same time zone as the target. The combat use of these weapons involved massed fire in order to hit opposing troops and used the pray and spray method.
They weren't. Modern rifles aren't that good. Note that the bullets weren't the least bit distorted, after being buried in wood and smashed together at about 1200 fps. No rifling marks, either, and neither one was patched.
Muskets were unrifled, not very accurate, and common soldiers were generally not very good shots. The Kentucky long rifle was well rifled (spiral interior barrel grooves), longer barreled, and generally better made. The men using the them weren't scared conscripts shooting in the general direction. They hit what they aimed at.
Common misconception. Muskets were used to great effect by frontiersmen to hunt, putting food on the table night after night. A round musket ball is plenty accurate to about 50 yards, which is fine for hunting and practical shooting sports. Even today, people hunt with shotgun slugs in an unrifled barrel, which aren't much different accuracy-wise. Combat ranges extended for past that, to hundreds of yards, so accuracy suffered, but even then, accuracy was not nearly as bad as you imagine it to be.
Those aren’t smoothbore flintlock muskets they’re shooting. They’re shooting Pennsylvania/Kentucky flintlock long rifles. They indeed are rifled. Not smoothbore. They do take a bit longer to load than a smoothbore. But way more accurate over much longer distance.
I use to go to "turkey shoots" where you would shoot a your own shotgun using #8 size shell at a distance 45 yards at a target which had a paper with an "X" on it for a dollar. The person that could put a pellet closest the center of the X would win a frozen turkey or a ham. There were 8 of these set up for 8 shooters. I went their with my Browning A5 with a 30" inch barrel an extra full choke and cleaned up. For a while there no one would shoot against me. Good times.....
@@johnshields9110LOL. Late 70's, early to mid 80's. The person who use to preside over the shoot had a gun stole from him at the event. He stopped running it. Pitiful....
Old Mike Mazurki. The accidental actor if there ever was one! Trained as a professional wrestler he turned to acting after serving as Mae West's bodyguard. Mazurki was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and given a bit part in his film The Shanghai Gesture (1941). This led to a long film and television career. Possibly his best known role was as the slow-witted but dangerously obsessed thug Moose Malloy in the lurid film noir Murder, My Sweet (1944).
Being 74 years old I watched these when I was young, I bought a VHS player when my kid were young. I have a lot of VHS movies and also on DVD movies that I’ve aquired during the years. So much of the old stuff is on Live Streaming now. The Real MaCoys from back in the 50s is even there. It was filmed in the San Fernando Valley were I grew up..
What was that ... 1955? Those really were the good old days. But kinda hot in the south ... I went TWELVE years to schools with no air conditioning ...
In 1955, "refrigerated air" had been around for about 20 years. But mostly in commercial establishments, not public buildings. I have memories of wilting in school, too. Indoor climate control is one of the things that has indeed improved over the years.
I remember every Sunday night watching Disney. And there was Fes Parker doing Davey Crockett. For Christmas in the middle 50s I got a "coon skin cap" and a DC rifle and outfit. I was a child doing a fun child's life. And now, 60 some years later I'm aware of the myths that have little to do with the reality of that time. WASP "christians" invaded and stole half of Mexico- Why? Because Mexico was weak and the white settlers took advantage. (I won't get into the white genocide of the Native Americans who had lived there for 1000s of years.) So, remember that Disney fantasy is just a money making project that brought BS lies. I feel sorry for anyone who believe what they watched 65 years ago is based upon any kind reality.
Where do I start? 1:44 Parker standing right next to the flintlock on his left. NOT the place to be, good way to get a pussfull of burnt powder/flintpieces. Watch closely and you will see Parker flinch. Got lucky this time. Pouring powder directly from the horn was NOT done, except maybe in desperate combat situations. If an ember from the last shot was still glowing, you have a grenade in your hand. Powder was poured into a measure "thimble" first. Which is why I wonder why Big Mike needed 2 extra thimbles, if his first shot was plumb middle. That's mighty tough wood. A .50 caliber (guessin') round ball sails right through that board. Never mind 2 on top of each other. They were trying to do Robin Hood I guess. It's based on a story where Crockett outfoxed an opponent by going downrange and stuffing another ball in the hole of the first. Also unlikely but that's legend for ya. Got to love Hollywood. Not saying this was not fun. Parker and Ebsen were great, no doubt.
well the truth maybe that davy DID miss, and his friend (the judge) picked an extra musket ball from his pocket before knifing the other one out..., therefore dupeing the people into believing davy had shot right threw the hole and onto the other musket ball....after the prize money is divided up the judge is giving his share of the profits :) ......
So what you're saying is he just happened to have an extra ball in his pocket for this very situation that up until a few minutes ago they didnt even know each other and he made the decision to help a stranger carry out justice?
had fun one afternoon w/a friend. we agreed his first shot would be our target. i got 'lucky' cause we dug my bullet off the top of his. 22 revolvers @ range of 12 feet. i never tried again.
Have you taken the time to watch some of the old shows in syndication? I have, and I must say I am impressed with the very high quality of the scripts. When you say "better," you are right on target. (See what I did there? 😁)
I believe that really was old school even write down to the paper targets now that's old school but today you would not want to do that I'm sure back then that the guys who were observing the targets back then I believe they really didn't stand that close because depending on the year of the muzzleloader be it let's say a Flintlock with a Smooth Bore sometimes at about 50 yards let's say accuracy isn't that great now if that Flintlock Muzzleloader let's say had a rifled barrel with a 10 - 1 twist it would be very deadly accurate.
Reality?? Are you kidding? The reality ended when they called him Davy. There was no reality when they put a coonskin cap on him. He never once in his life wore a coonskin cap. And he was never called Davy. His name was David and that is what they called him. The name Davy and the cap are purely Hollywood inventions with NO basis in reality.
I remembered this scene years after I saw it as a boy when a friend and I both shot our BB guns at a fence post. We looked and only saw one hole but we both thought we had hit the rail. We had shot on a countdown simultaneously. He took out his knife and drilled out both BBs from the same hole. My Crossman BB entered just after his Daisy BB.
After that day Bigfoot went to live in the forest alone in his shame. Every now and then he is spotted, but he needs some man scaping.
And he's out of focus.
Word has it he never shaved again, to this very day...
LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Parker did a fairly accurate portrayal of Crockett. He was by all accounts a fairly humble man who let others increase his legend, although he wasn't adverse to self promotion from time to time.
Bought an outfit and a biography of Davey. Got it still.
Disney was very accurate
Humble and self promoting. Sounds about right.
He didn't look like him though. Crockett looked more sophisticated, and black haired.
For those making comments.....Fess Parker played BOTH Davy Crockett AND Daniel Boone!!!!!!!
Yea but by the time he played Daniel Boone we lost interest in both of them
@@bobbrawley2612 I grew up watching Fess Parker as Daniel Boone and enjoyed the show, also liked when Rosie Greer came on as well.
@@55Quirll I'm probably a tad bit older than you and by the time Daniel Boone came on my interest had moved on and because of my early indoctrination of Fess Parker as Davy Crockett I couldn't see him as Daniel Boone . So how did I handle Davy Crockett's side kick as Uncle Jed in the Beverly Hillbillies? Much more acceptable. I was delighted in the reunion of an old acquaintance who latter I knew by his original stage name Buddy Ebsen. Soon after that I was shipped of the Military School and my television days were pretty much over
@@bobbrawley2612 I liked Uncle Jed too, he was originally supposed to be the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, but was allergic to the paint/makeup that they were using. He was also a good dancer, soft shoe I think, but a great actor. Don't forget him in 'Barnaby Jones', I enjoyed him in that one as well. Glad to know someone who is close to my age and grew up watching similar TV shows, don't like the TV shows of today much. Take care and have a good life.
@Cliff Yablonski I saw Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen ,Davy Crockett on a black and white Television on the Sunday night Disney Land show. The Alamo with fess parker, I remember seeing it in color at the movies. Is my memory all confused up?. I'm not sure what the heck I saw. Zoro came on the on the Mickey Mouse clubhouses show, aired daily about 4 o'clock. The Swamp Fox was was on the Sunday Disney show. I think. I guess.im not really sure
Davey could shoot but when Jed Clampett misses he gets rich
Ken P 😂😂😂😂😂
Ken P / that poor mountaineer barley kept his family fed because he couldn't shoot worth a shit. Been drinkin Grannies moonshine tp long.
Swimmin' pools, Movie Stars...
TRUTH
@@normandparent7160 64 here and remember watching Davy and the episode of the River Pirates. Always loved watching this on Sunday with Swamp Fox, Scare Crow of Romney Marsh and others on NBC wonderful world of Disney. Miss those great times back then.
yep remember growing up watching these from walt disney - life was so simple back then
yes the planet is fucked up now and heading towards a terrible direction.
realfunny7 those round balls would have mushroomed a little
people always say that stupid shit...
life was simple for us, because we were kids, it wasnt so easy for our parents...
rellik187redrum Don’t worry trump is on the job. 😎😎😎
@@3finger10 not for long.
Brings back memories growing up in the 1950's. Me and my best friend's favorite show was the Rifleman with Chuck Connors. We even had replica rifles.
Me too. Had a roll of caps in mine........bam bam bam bam. Took me awhile to get that one handed swing around cocking motion he did when they rolled the credits in the beginning of the show.
I'm almost 73 and clearly remember watching the show on Sunday nights.. along with his other westerns...The 9 lives of Elfego Baca with Robert Loggia and Texas John Slaughter with Tom Tryon...
I am Aussie and we grew up on all these great shows. In fact us youngins learnt much about American history because of them. When us boys played North Vs South there was always a fight over who would be the Confederates! I think cause we all loved the "Stars & Bars".Happy days indeed!
How could there possibly be dislikes for this video let alone any Davy crockett video.?
Maybe the dislikes are from real shooters of muzzleloaders. They know that when soft lead balls are shot in wood that they are deformed and are flattened out. I've been shooting my flintlock Hawken. 50 for 35 years and those balls always deform.
@@johnwilliamson2276 Maybe... probably not though.
Because they're bad shots.... Lol
Bigfoot and his friends can carry a grudge for decades.
Fess was a second string actor, Disney dressed him up, and he went to shopping malls in California.
They made two pilots, we went crazy for it, we had Spin an Marty too. Hats, t-shirts, we bought it.
Fess bought a vineyard and died a happy Scout. You missed it, it’ll never happen again.
I grew up watching this in the early 80's as a kid- I had the whole getup, I loved this show and the movies:-)
And Annette. Jim Arness was too old for us, but Fess taught us everything we needed to know.
@@raoulbataller5454 hey awesome. I'd forget about Annette. Grew up an schooled in the 50's an 60's, on the west Coast, TV & Music we had it ! In black and white lol and we danced to black bands. 🎶
This commenter is a joke.
@@raoulbataller5454 How unfortunate.
Anybody ever notice: both Davy Crockett and Alvin York wet their rifle sites before shooting!
My guess is that the sun reflects off the wet front sight, and makes it easier to see.
Cuts down on the haze I believe, but yep they sure do.
@@55Quirll it really does I mean when I go target shooting using anything from a cap and ball muzzleloader to a mordern bolt action rifle it really does improve my shooting ability.
@@garyquail2347 Thanks for the information. I'll remember that. Take care now.
And sgt york
Buddy does a phenomenal job complimenting Fess ... Love this movie so much
Buddy Ebsen is his full name. From Joe. X
Fes Parker and Buddy Ebson, thanx for the memories pilgrims...
Fess parker was my childhood idol. This is a favorite scene of this great movie.
It was serialized,on tv,here in the UK,and me and my pals liked to pretend
we were him,when playing in the local wood.
He played the Dad in my favourite film of all time "Old Yeller"
FESS PARKER is and ALWAYS will be DANIEL BOONE and Davey Crockett to me!GOD BLESS HIM!
@@charlesaguilar1708 Simon , Like someone said , childhood hero .
Daniel Boone...... I loved that programme as a kid.
The theme song is stuck in my head now....... probably for the rest of the day.
I am just tickled to see this vignette. I am an old guy. I watched this scene on TV when it was new. I was completely mesmerized by Davy Crockett, and so was every kid I knew. Too bad we can't have American heros like ol' Davy now. But shooting is no longer accepted by the political police. And Davy's masculinity would be condemned as toxic. Look how far we have come …
The 'political police' may question ( and being also an 'old guy', I think it's a question that needs to be asked- things just ain't what they used to be; something we 'old guys' know better than anyone ) whether every person who wants to buy a gun should be allowed to- i.e.- people with mental health problems, anger issues, drug/alcohol abusers, people with restraining orders, etc., but I haven't heard of any gun ranges or gun stores being shut down. Firearms sales, as far as I know, are as good as ever. I own 3 long guns, my son just bought a handgun, & we both enjoy shooting, but I want to know if the guy next door has an assault weapon & has been diagnosed with schizophrenia & is off his meds- I don't think that's too much to ask, do you?
As to Davy's masculinity- I think he'd hold the door open for women ( or men for that matter, same as I do- & I bet you do too ), doesn't grab the waitress's ass when he's ordering, & would take SERIOUS issue with his daughter's boss if he told her to wear sexier clothes or paid her less for the same job! After all, wasn't 'Davy' scripted as a role model for young boys like us? I certainly don't think that kind of polite masculinity ( treating women as equals ) has, or will, go out of style... anyway, just my thoughts- others may vary... regards, RCD
@@redcaddiedaddie Thank you for a civil, responsible reply. Again, something not common today.
I need to dwell a while on your firearms comment. You see, that need to be absolutely safe from firearms is what motivates the left/liberals. As it is, I am willing to sacrifice my certainty for the other guy's right to bear arms. - Again, that is just me talking.
I agree fully that Davy's masculinity was/is presented as a role model. But for feminazis, ANY masculinity is toxic. I have indeed politely held doors open for women, only to have them snap back at me verbally that they are not helpless and do not require male assistance. (And I am being really polite in paraphrasing what they said.) On a couple of occasions, said doors were physically torn from my hand, with accompanying verbal abuse. If you have not had such encounters, you are fortunate. I have, and I admit those encounters have left me bitter. - Again, just me and my experience.
@@jasondaniel918 Hey, Frank... I don't think any RATIONAL person, of either political persuasion, thinks gun deaths can be eliminated entirely. My thinking is that, while most of us agree with you as to the 2nd Amendment & the need for it, we would ask you to consider whether the 'screening process' needs to be more thorough- those who perpetrate multi-casualty shootings in the workplace, schools, malls & elsewhere are, by their actions, painting those of you who want 'guns for everyone' ( NOT meant as an insult ) into a corner: every survivor, family member, friend, fellow classmate, coworker, fellow churchgoer, etc. is likely going to be thinking ' is 'guns for everyone' the best way to go here, or should we have at least some basic screening processes in place?? My state (MO.) allows 18-yr-olds to concealed carry, with training OPTIONAL! This is not a rational idea, IMHO. Am I going to encounter one of these kids in a 'road rage' scenario, & WILL I SURVIVE???...
Sometimes I hold the door open, help with a heavy package, let someone cut in line at the grocery store, etc. Sometimes I get thanked, sometimes not... but as I teach my son, the manners or the 'good deed' stands on its own, something YOU did to make the world a tiny bit nicer, regardless of whether or not it is acknowledged... I'm proud of myself for having done 'the right thing', & my mom is smiling down from Heaven- I don't need a 'thank you'... try it- I guarantee you'll feel better... regards, RCD
tit for tat. back when that show was on tv, blacks, women, lgbt people, etc. werent represented, yet were taxed. a true tyrannical thing. ill take now. better advancements in tech, health, etc.....and you can still watch these old films. nostalgia is a dangerous thing.
@@redcaddiedaddie shall not be infringed.
When Fess Parker’s Davy Crockett was killed at the Alamo, I wept as only a six year old can weep.
Me too, the curtain went down and we all cried...
Funny how them two soft lead balls are as round as a pachinko machine's! LOL!
(Still loved this as a kid!)
Had a lot of antimony in that pour.
A patch is used with round balls and they do not come in contact with the barrel. How ever you would expect hitting the target to deform them some. You would also expect them to use a powder measure. Pouring powder from the horn is a good way to lose a hand.
@@danielallison1925 Horns were used in real life by countless thousands back then-- with no hands blown off!
You don't know shit from Shinola! I've shot black powder weapons a lot; my good friend owns "THE PATCH & BALL" gunship. And I'll wager you've got the same expertise and knowledge of black powder weaponry as a wombat!
Matthew I'll bet he don't know what a pachinko machine is either
@@THE-HammerMan
Ya. And so were powder measures! And pouring directly from your powder horn (especially on a follow up shot) can cause big problems. Apparently it's YOU that doesn't know squat about shooting BP
I grew up watching these movies! I’m so glad someone is putting up clips of Davy Crockett hopefully making the movies more well known!
The judge was livid with Bigfoot!. From Joe. X
When Disney entertained and didnt preach.
One of the iconic scenes in this movie is literally Davy preaching against the mistreatment of Native Americans.
I agree sir. It sure was nice back in the day to watch Disney productions without being hammered about the head with a bunch of left wing, liberal, gun grabbin', communist propaganda. When I was a kid in the 1970s Sunday night was family time in front of the TV and "The Wonderful World of Disney".
@@tennesseeridgerunner5992 no, instead you were hammered with a bunch of right wing, conservative, gun shooting, capitalist propaganda.
@@splitpitch So if I hear you correctly, I should have been hammered with a bunch of left wing, liberal, flower arranging, communist propaganda? Was I close?
@@splitpitch Soooo, am I to guess that you are a follower of Karl Marx and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov? How bout Chairman Mao? Any of those do it for ya?
Seeing this movie when I was young at the age of 11 got me into shooting black powder muzzleloaders and cap and ball revolvers and to this day I still remember getting my start when I watched this movie when I go shooting.
Bigfoot Mason lost to davy crockett by cheating!. From Joe. X
I like that not only could he get those results with eyeballing his powder measure and using a non-patched ball, but the balls were unmarred when dug out of the board.
consider a ball from a 50 cal almost goes through a power pole
@@raygreen257 is that true? with black powder?
@@DaKoler yes it is and with black powder
They made things better in those days you know. And cherry trees cut themselves down, and everyone "held these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", so not only did they treat black, red and yellow men just fine, but they fought TWO wars because that evil colonising King George wanted to come and enslave the worlds only Free Men !.
Why, they were so virtuous, they even sailed out and brought Liberty to that naughty Queen who happened to have some lovely holiday islands.
@@raygreen257 Depends entirely on what the pole is made of. It does penetrate a Jarrah pole such as we have in Australia, but no more than an inch or two, I assure you.
So Jed Clampett ran around with Davy Crockett before striking it rich.
And danced a step or two with Shirley Temple before he met Davy.
If Jed had entered the competition he would've struck oil.
Wooo Dogies
Yep. And as soon as he got rich. It was davy who
@@philiplongee1149 Gee wilikaas
Fun fact: Davy Crockett didn't like cheaters or men who thought themselves better than others without justification. Bigfoot there was both, a man Crockett would have really enjoyed showing up, just to take him down a peg or two.
He kilt a bar when he was only 3. Was it normal to put a kilt on a bar back then, and was it a macbar?
Who's meaner? Bigfoot or JackElam
@@bobbrawley2612 Jack elam
@@mottthehoople693 yea he was mean alright but Bigfoot holds a nasty 2ed
The great Mike Mazurki.
I'm old enough to remember when people would watch these shows as a family and not be obsessed over details like bullet deformation. We didn't care if movies were technically or historically accurate & everyone was happier back in those days.
Back when you were were happy to let Hollywood merrily lead you the way they wanted you to go and not ask questions.
Most people didn’t care if they were technically correct because they didn’t know whether or not it was technically correct
I shot in a flintlock match like this. Two man teams.
You had to get as close to your partner's bullet hole as possible.
One team got right on top.
They cheated. The first rifle was only powder, the second rifle held two balls.
They were told to leave.
When they refused, a big guy with a big knife cut their tent lines.
They left.
So, let me see if I understand correctly... some guy trying to be Davy Crockett tried to cheat at a shooting contest, and another guy trying to be Jim Bowie chased him off?
Cool!
Growing up I believed Fess Parker and Andy Griffith were brothers. 🤣
Fess Parker's portrayal of Davy Crockett was the best in my opinion. When I was a kid I always wore a raccoon skin cap like he wore.
George Russel was played by buddy ebsen. From Joe. X
Davy Crockett, Disney, new '55 Chevy, no women in Congress NO "squad".....America was a better simpler country back in 1955. I was 7 years old......
And you still act like it
Disney was a different company, no Iger😮
And now you’re a curmudgeon
How many black 7-year-olds living in the Deep South believe that the USA was a "better simpler country" back in 1955, hmmmm?
Davy was people smart. When he would run for state congress, he'd ride around and pass out whiskey at his campaign stops. We could use someone like him in Congress right now-desperately.
True statement. We sure could use a good Mountain feller. Enjoy the day.
What? Another drunk in Congress? Yeah, that's all we need.
@@robinstewart6510at least you get free whisky.
@@robinstewart6510 I don't care if someone's a drunk-we need representatives with the moral fiber to stand up for what's right and not the highest bidder. Davy believed in his country and gave his life for it. (New accounts state he survived the battle but was executed by Santa Anna for refusing to bend the knee to him.)
Davy Crockett reputedly was drunk almost the entire time that he 'served' in Congress
3:16 this is the American version of Robin Hood. Many cultures have had their expert bowmen or riflemen, to include the Swissman William Tell.
You’re right, it’s exactly the Americanized version of Robin Hood splitting the arrow.
Disney's Wonderful World of Color . Buddy , Fess and Mike !
It was a great time to be a kid. We loved Westerns lots of shooting. Thing is we grew up and knew it was only a movie or tv show.
Bigfoot was cruel!.
No wonder he didn't miss a shot at the Alamo, he was a born sharpshooter. He's a hero to all Texas People, may he rest in peace with the other defenders of the Alamo.
It's amazing how a man who was in Texas for less than 3 weeks has become a hero and legend in Texas. Speaks volumes
@@SRP3572 Well in Texas is doesn't take us long to know a true Hero. And there were another 184 heros with him. They all gave their lives so others could be free.
God Bless Texas.
@@davidroman1654 Actually, it was for lots and lots of very cheap land and maintaining the institution of slavery in the Mexican territory they were occupying. Technically, keeping slaves was a "freedom" they were fighting to sustain but it really wasn't about the principle of freedom as a whole - just their own, personal freedom to break the oaths they swore to Mexico for permission to live in their territory and do what they wished.
Life was a whole lot simpler for all us men wasnt it, watching this and taslking about it in school lol
Fess Parker = Daniel Boone, what a man!
$15 for beef? Damn I want those prices back
Baseball Fanatic Sounds great, but don't forget the inflation.
A whole living cow
That's right. Union Army privates -- who served some 70 years after the event depicted here -- earned only $13/month, before exactions to cover their laundry, Soldiers' Home contribution, and such. Mark Twain had his character Huckleberry Finn, who knew a man who earned $1 a day, remark (late 1850s) that he reckoned nobody could spend that much money.
For me it was Rin Tin Tin, & the Lone Ranger. Man it was good to be a kid in the UK in 1960. We roamed far & wide on our bicycles. Couldn't do that now. So much for progress hey😢
This was the first movie I fell in love with as a kid.
The fighting is scary. From Joe. X
George E.'s last line always kills me. Hell, the entire movie script kills me! "It's gonna be a real gully womper." lol
That's what I named my Napoleon cannon, especially apropos when loaded with canister rounds of 1,366 #4 buck, "Ye Olde Gully Whomper".
Both bullets (soft lead) in pristine condition. No flattening or malformation of any kind.
It's a movie, it was in the script. :) Besides, everyone knows that the Kentucky Long Rifle with round ball was perfect in every way.
@Zip Zenac Ah, that would be Hillary Clinton's fault then?!
Velocity of a large ball fired from a flintlock is not comparable to modern smokeless round re. deformation.
@Zip Zenac
You ever looked at that bullet? It's deformed. I agree in that I don't think Oswald killed him. But that bullet IS slightly bent, has lead extrusion from it's base, and deformation at the tip. I've owned a Carcano m38 for years and those 6.5 bullets can actually go threw 2 ft of solid pine with little deformation.
@Zip Zenac You must be one of those antisemitic Clinton lovers
Buddy Ebsen played George, Crockett's partner.
The one I remember was when he won a bet by richocheting a ball around inside a saloon and then catching it in his teeth!
Davey Crockett and the river pirates
actually the bullet hit the barrel and he pretend to catch it in his mouth!
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor he put one in his mouth before he shot
@@onebullet2689 yeah and the real bullet hit the barrel
That. Brought back pleasant memories
Bigfoot Mason was a nasty piece of work!. From Joe. X
David Crockett, a courageous leader, killed before the evil Mexican soldiers invading his "homeland". Crockett, worthy of praise, nearly made it to apotheosis alongside Washington and other greats. Well, let's remember that history is always manipulable. They made a slave owner martyr. Crockett was a staunch slave owner, who took up arms for defending legal slavery, in the Mexican province of Texas, abolished by the central Mexican government of General Santa Anna. (Mexico had abolished slavery since 1810). That's the truth, the Alamo soldiers, (anti-slavery) are actually heroes of a badly told story.
In 2019 its a lot of crap
Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen and Mike Mazurski, an ex wrestler turned actor playing heavies and bad guys on TV and movies. There was a point in time when young ninety day wonders, fresh out of college were the producers on TV. Mike Mazurski tells the story of appearing in front of one of these guys in an attempt to get some work and the “kid” asks him what productions he’s been in. Anyone who’s spent a decent amount of time in front of a TV knows who Mike Mazurski is…..and what he’s done in front of a camera….but obviously this “kid” put in a position of authority is clueless. Mazurski is portraying someone from Kentucky…..yet has a thick Brooklyn accent. Gotta love 50’s TV.
I still have some of my bubble gum cards of Davy Crockett. From a book I read of his life he was known as David not Davy,
Yea well smarty pants . We don't read no books . On television they call him Davy and dats what I call him . DAVID CROCK. ha ha . Who ever heard of that?
This movie was my childhood
Travis Sloan Mine too.
That's the best David Crocket move I ever saw in my life. I want to be just like Davids friend, that guy. I could be a sidekick. And have a boy that hangs out too and he could be named Corky or Skippy and we could have a dog named Duke or King or Old Yeller.
That was Buddy Ebsen..Jed Clampett..he was a pretty good shot too to strike out with a rifle shot
Musta been shooting steel shot. Lead balls would have disintegrated.
Not to mention a recoil-less gun
Black powder breech pressure and limited velocity would not have necessarily have disintegrated the round ball like our modern-day firearms and propellant
Amazing, no distortion on either Ball. I guess the composition of my lead balls was different
Oh, my god! Were those gentlemen allowed to shoot so noisily?!?!? 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀👆👆👆👆👆👆🐺
The late Mike Mazurki...Bigfoot...
Uncle Jed in his younger days! Loved this show!
There were 172 foreigners and 13 Texans of the 185 who died at the battle of mexican Alamo.
Davy Crockett was in the forest carving a tree with a knife.
All the negative remarks...stop you damn critiquing !!! ...it's supposed to be entertainment, not accuracy
Mike Mazurki portrays Bigfoot Mason...
A very good actor also played in the Movie 'Bull Whip Griffin' with Roddy MacDowell and the other movie, 'A Challenge to Be Free', an early version of the movie 'Death Hunt' with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin.
And “Donovan’s Reef,” with John Wayne!
I never knew his real name. Thanks I will look up his history. Buy he was mean
He was in a movie called it's a mad mad mad mad world where he played a hitchhiker out in the middle of the desert and flag down Phil Silvers to get a ride to his place out in the desert and yes if one remembers the scene where he took the horn ring off the steering wheel of his car and told him that he was going to get rough with him.
I watched the Jesus out of this as a kid
Fess Parker played Davy Crockett for Disney and then Daniel Boone in a television series that also starred Ed Ames as Mingo his Indian sidekick. Later the show took on pro football great Rosie Greer.
I believe that Bigfoot is played by 'Iron Mike Mazurkey', a former wrestler.
The part where Fess goes through the rail fence, he almost broke his back because he got thrown through hard and he didnt have any padding on his back and the boards weren't cut all that well to allow for a better break up through the fence. He talked about this in a Disney Family Album with Buddy Ebsen.
@@SRP3572 I once met Budddy Ebsen in Stratford UK, a lovely guy.
Mike Mazurki was the uncle of some friends I grew up with in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. He played mostly bad-guy & gangster roles but he owned the famous Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood & was known to be a very charming, funny, and kind soul by his fellow celebrities & everyone who knew him.
@@kst357 wow, incredible.
Big Foot huh? Kinda interesting that the term we now apply to imaginary "forest friends" wasn't even in our conscious vocabulary in the 1950's....
Right you are! Today, December 2020, on hearing "Big Foot," our cryptid buddy was the first thing that came to my mind. In the mid '50's, it was just a nickname for some guy.
I had no idea those old muskets were that accurate. I had always thought that a round ball coming out of an unrifled barrel was lucky if it hit the same time zone as the target. The combat use of these weapons involved massed fire in order to hit opposing troops and used the pray and spray method.
They weren't. Modern rifles aren't that good. Note that the bullets weren't the least bit distorted, after being buried in wood and smashed together at about 1200 fps. No rifling marks, either, and neither one was patched.
Muskets were unrifled, not very accurate, and common soldiers were generally not very good shots.
The Kentucky long rifle was well rifled (spiral interior barrel grooves), longer barreled, and generally better made. The men using the them weren't scared conscripts shooting in the general direction. They hit what they aimed at.
Common misconception. Muskets were used to great effect by frontiersmen to hunt, putting food on the table night after night. A round musket ball is plenty accurate to about 50 yards, which is fine for hunting and practical shooting sports. Even today, people hunt with shotgun slugs in an unrifled barrel, which aren't much different accuracy-wise.
Combat ranges extended for past that, to hundreds of yards, so accuracy suffered, but even then, accuracy was not nearly as bad as you imagine it to be.
Those are Pennsylvania/Virginia/Kentucky flintlock rifles they are firing. They can be highly accurate. They’re not smoothbore muskets.
Those aren’t smoothbore flintlock muskets they’re shooting. They’re shooting Pennsylvania/Kentucky flintlock long rifles. They indeed are rifled. Not smoothbore. They do take a bit longer to load than a smoothbore. But way more accurate over much longer distance.
Howdy This is really good , remember going to the movie theater . Love this movie . More of this . Thank you Mike
And to think what Disney is today. Pardon while I vomit. They would NEVER make this now.
That acting really makes me cringe
30 white haters thumbed this down
Probably feminazi land whales
It could also be anti-gun left/liberals.
My goodness Davy. Never rest your hands over the muzzle of a rifle. Loaded or unloaded.
Great kids movie... Shows kids that its ok to be "down range" when people are shooting.
It's OK when Davy Crockett is shooting.
Same bullet maker as the one who made those to shoot at kennedy.
Similar to the bow and arrow match
in 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
where Robin splits the opponent's arrow!!
I use to go to "turkey shoots" where you would shoot a your own shotgun using #8 size shell at a distance 45 yards at a target which had a paper with an "X" on it for a dollar. The person that could put a pellet closest the center of the X would win a frozen turkey or a ham. There were 8 of these set up for 8 shooters. I went their with my Browning A5 with a 30" inch barrel an extra full choke and cleaned up. For a while there no one would shoot against me. Good times.....
Did the same thing in Bernie Missouri Back in the ‘70s Think it was sponsored by the FFA
GOOD TIMES!
If this was in the 70's, I may have shot against you and that damned A5!
@@johnshields9110LOL. Late 70's, early to mid 80's. The person who use to preside over the shoot had a gun stole from him at the event. He stopped running it. Pitiful....
@@alsmith7392 Yes; that was my time period! Peace brother!
Walt Disney killed him off too soon.
Way to go Davy!
That's not Davey Crockett, it's Daniel Boone. He used to hang around with Mingo.
That's the kind of shooting that makes the old possum squeal.
Buddy Epson and Mike Mazerkie ......( probably misspelled ).
Davey Crocket my all time favorite hero.
David, not Davey. He was never called Davey his entire life.
Most people may never believe me but actually Davy Crockett is my many many many great grandfather
Wow those lead balls are good quality, no deformation at all!
Remember, it was the 1950's, and the movie was made with eight year old boys in mind. Besides, it gives us something to laugh about today. 😄
Old Mike Mazurki. The accidental actor if there ever was one! Trained as a professional wrestler he turned to acting after serving as Mae West's bodyguard. Mazurki was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and given a bit part in his film The Shanghai Gesture (1941). This led to a long film and television career. Possibly his best known role was as the slow-witted but dangerously obsessed thug Moose Malloy in the lurid film noir Murder, My Sweet (1944).
Fess Parker is the best Davey Crockett ever.
Fact check true. That is in fact the kind of shooting that makes 'the 'ol possum squeal!'
Wonderful film making for the time. I still enjoy it today.
Bad loser!.
Who would win in a shooting match between Davy Crocket, Alvin York, and Robin Hood?
Havent seen this since i was a kid, thanks!
1955 film year.
Less than a finger off the notch!
thats what she said
Being 74 years old I watched these when I was young, I bought a VHS player when my kid were young. I have a lot of VHS movies and also on DVD movies that I’ve aquired during the years. So much of the old stuff is on Live Streaming now. The Real MaCoys from back in the 50s is even there. It was filmed in the San Fernando Valley were I grew up..
"You men need to come here and stand away from the target. It's not safe to...Oh, never mind."
No range rules back then
What was that ... 1955? Those really were the good old days. But kinda hot in the south ... I went TWELVE years to schools with no air conditioning ...
In 1955, "refrigerated air" had been around for about 20 years. But mostly in commercial establishments, not public buildings. I have memories of wilting in school, too. Indoor climate control is one of the things that has indeed improved over the years.
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
Greenest State in the land of the free
@@PeterDad60 not anymore, sadly.
MOLIM ONE KOJI ZNAJU, PRIJEVOD PJESME NA HRVATSKI - SRPSKI, KOJA PRATI FILM O DAVY CROCKETTU, HVALA.
I remember every Sunday night watching Disney. And there was Fes Parker doing Davey Crockett. For Christmas in the middle 50s I got a "coon skin cap" and a DC rifle and outfit. I was a child doing a fun child's life.
And now, 60 some years later I'm aware of the myths that have little to do with the reality of that time. WASP "christians" invaded and stole half of Mexico- Why? Because Mexico was weak and the white settlers took advantage. (I won't get into the white genocide of the Native Americans who had lived there for 1000s of years.) So, remember that Disney fantasy is just a money making project that brought BS lies. I feel sorry for anyone who believe what they watched 65 years ago is based upon any kind reality.
Where do I start? 1:44 Parker standing right next to the flintlock on his left. NOT the place to be, good way to get a pussfull of burnt powder/flintpieces.
Watch closely and you will see Parker flinch. Got lucky this time. Pouring powder directly from the horn was NOT done, except maybe in desperate combat situations. If an ember from the last shot was still glowing, you have a grenade in your hand. Powder was poured into a measure "thimble" first. Which is why I wonder why Big Mike needed 2 extra thimbles, if his first shot was plumb middle. That's mighty tough wood. A .50 caliber (guessin') round ball sails right through that board. Never mind 2 on top of each other. They were trying to do Robin Hood I guess. It's based on a story where Crockett outfoxed an opponent by going downrange and stuffing another ball in the hole of the first. Also unlikely but that's legend for ya. Got to love Hollywood. Not saying this was not fun. Parker and Ebsen were great, no doubt.
well the truth maybe that davy DID miss, and his friend (the judge) picked an extra musket ball from his pocket before knifing the other one out..., therefore dupeing the people into believing davy had shot right threw the hole and onto the other musket ball....after the prize money is divided up the judge is giving his share of the profits :) ......
So what you're saying is he just happened to have an extra ball in his pocket for this very situation that up until a few minutes ago they didnt even know each other and he made the decision to help a stranger carry out justice?
had fun one afternoon w/a friend. we agreed his first shot would be our target. i got 'lucky' cause we dug my bullet off the top of his. 22 revolvers @ range of 12 feet. i never tried again.
I knew he was a big guy but I've never given any thought to Fess Parker's height, until I saw him towering over Buddy Ebsen.
6'5 1/2" vs 6'3"
TV was so much simpler back then. Better, too, judged by this show.
Have you taken the time to watch some of the old shows in syndication? I have, and I must say I am impressed with the very high quality of the scripts. When you say "better," you are right on target. (See what I did there? 😁)
I saw there was 666 comments so I have to post one to get off that number.
Guy was just lucky Crockett didn’t put Jed Clampett up.
old school rifle range when the markers are standing next to the target.....
I believe that really was old school even write down to the paper targets now that's old school but today you would not want to do that I'm sure back then that the guys who were observing the targets back then I believe they really didn't stand that close because depending on the year of the muzzleloader be it let's say a Flintlock with a Smooth Bore sometimes at about 50 yards let's say accuracy isn't that great now if that Flintlock Muzzleloader let's say had a rifled barrel with a 10 - 1 twist it would be very deadly accurate.
I love this clip.
There is so much bad stuff out there this show of reality restores my belief in humanity.
Reality?? Are you kidding? The reality ended when they called him Davy. There was no reality when they put a coonskin cap on him. He never once in his life wore a coonskin cap. And he was never called Davy. His name was David and that is what they called him. The name Davy and the cap are purely Hollywood inventions with NO basis in reality.
I love this scene.
Shooting round balls with high accuracy = BULLSHIT!
I remembered this scene years after I saw it as a boy when a friend and I both shot our BB guns at a fence post. We looked and only saw one hole but we both thought we had hit the rail. We had shot on a countdown simultaneously. He took out his knife and drilled out both BBs from the same hole. My Crossman BB entered just after his Daisy BB.