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Re: Krisles
Gene Autry's sidekick was Smiley "The Frog" Burnett. He did a live show at our movie theatre when I was about ten years old, and played guitar and recited a silly poem titled "Oh Spring." It was about two minutes of just repeating the title, "Oh spring, oh spring, Oh spring, oh spring," in various tones - the kids were falling out of their seats laughing.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 21, 2015 at 1:17 PM
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Pat_B
I remember the Cisco Kid....but, I loved almost all of the cowboys (and girls!). I want to say that his sidekick was Poncho and he was always saying, "Oh, Ceeesco"! We once had Frog or Froggie (can't remember) - Gene Autry's sidekick, at our house for supper - Daddy just asked him to join us with no warning to my mom when he was doing school variety shows as a one-man band....all the neighborhood kids dropped in to visit me!LOL! He fell asleep on our sofa and snored.....
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Krisles
on July 18, 2015 at 6:38 PM
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40 was one leg in the graveLOL...but the little cousin was over the moon with excitement so that was all that really mattered...and a nice post. The cisko Kid was on in Australia too I believe...most interesting post
ps...re my today's post...Australia size wise is about the same as the USA and yes it ranges from tropical down to very old, sort of English weather in Tasmania. It could be a huge nation except that so much of it is hot dry desert or semi desert. northern Wester Australia and across to parts of Queensland is rich in minerals. Coal and Iron ore. All the bad stuff. LOL
posted by
Kabu
on July 16, 2015 at 4:23 PM
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I suppose forty seemed old to you at the time Pat. Now he might have looked like a young desperado. I shouldn't think he had to jump on a horse once he became famous.
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C_C_T
on July 16, 2015 at 12:02 PM
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Kids learn, eventually, maybe, that their heroes are human
and the characters they love are not the actors who play them. The disillusionment comes soon enough...
posted by
Ciel
on July 16, 2015 at 11:12 AM
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Pat
Great fun! Love the description of that interior design, and I'm sure you too are glad you weren't rude to that old cowboy, having realized later that most if not all movie actors are 'fakes'...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 16, 2015 at 6:25 AM
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