Davy Crockett King Frontier

[oldschoolhunter55]

Disney was not sure the Boone series would be a success. But the creators, Parker, and the producers did. When Disney said they were afraid to invest much money in the show, Parker worked out a deal with the company where he offered to do the first season without pay to cut expenses and if the series was a success the first season he would be paid back pay the second and subsequent seasons according to scale plus a little extra for his generous offer.
The series was obviously a roaring success. The next season Disney grudgingly paid Parker the standard scale salary for new episodes and nothing extra. They never even paid him the back pay for his first season’s work either.
I never heard or read what Disney or the show’s producers motives were for treating Parker like that.
Maybe some of you old TV show enthusiasts can shed some light on this, or correct me if I am not remembering everything correctly.

dang they did him wrong for sure. He was a good guy way things are now they would be hauled in court.Sometimes I think we have to many lawyers now.People are suing for almost nothing now. times have changed

 

[BEP]

Google says Daniel Boone was " produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation".

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Google says Daniel Boone was " produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation".

Yes I have the DVD series and didn't recall seeing Disney anywhere in credits. Thanks.

 

[springfield art]

The model train folks got into the craze and had H-O scale engines themed to the Great Chase!

 

[Whitworth]

I was a kid glued to the screen of the TV watching Davy Crockett. My grandmother had a powder horn hanging in her house that had belonged to her grandfather (Company K, 13th Virginia Infantry, 1841-1913) and she gave it to me because I liked Davy Crockett so much. Here it is 7 decades later: