Davy Crockett King Frontier

[springfield art]

I loved the Disney Davy as a kid; never noticed things like I saw on TV recently; filmed in Florida where they're fightin' the Seminoles; the chief has a Plains Indian Buffalo-horn head-dress! Then Davey is wading thru water, at one point his horn goes into the drink! They ALL have horns that are WAY too long hanging way down flopping around. Like many here, I got started in history by watching the series on Disneyland TV Sunday nights in the 50's, so I'm being loving, not critical! The attacking Mexicans at the Alamo climax actually look pretty good! Uniforms, etc. It was a shock as a kid to see them "go down"! They followed up with the River Pirates episodes, remember Big Mike Fink?? Who could forget him?

 

[BEP]

Remember Big Mike Fink??

"Wimmen hide,
And brave men shiver.
'Cause I'm MIKE FINK!
King of the river!"

Jeff York had that role nailed!

 

[Banjoman]

It was interesting to me how flat Daniel Boone’s (Fess Parker) shooting pouch was. Didn’t look like there was even a couple round balls in it. He was still my hero though. I had the coonskin hat and rubber tomahawk too!

 

[Juice Jaws]

I loved the Disney Davy as a kid; never noticed things like I saw on TV recently; filmed in Florida where they're fightin' the Seminoles; the chief has a Plains Indian Buffalo-horn head-dress! Then Davey is wading thru water, at one point his horn goes into the drink! They ALL have horns that are WAY too long hanging way down flopping around. Like many here, I got started in history by watching the series on Disneyland TV Sunday nights in the 50's, so I'm being loving, not critical! The attacking Mexicans at the Alamo climax actually look pretty good! Uniforms, etc. It was a shock as a kid to see them "go down"! They followed up with the River Pirates episodes, remember Big Mike Fink?? Who could forget him?

Those were the days but they are gone forever. Thanks for the memories .

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I still wear a coonskin and I’m on season 4 of Daniel Boone.

Crockett movies are fun. Love how Davy’s fur hat changes from a big one to a smaller one from time to time.

 

[oldwoodchas.]

Back in the early 1950's , all us kids thought we were Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. My Daisy BB gun was even malfunctioning to the extent , I could only load one BB at a time into the muzzle , then cock the lever and fire. Looking back , that was some carma. I'm still loading one ball at a time , then shooting.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Looking back it's a wonder we're still alive. We used to hunt each other in the woods with our BB guns, among other things probably just as stupid.