Farewell Fess Parker

[Anonymous]

Off to the happy hunting grounds.
Rest In Peace.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8575904.stm

 

[puros_bran]

NPR aired an old interview of him yesterday.. I got tickled when he said he was more popular than Elvis.. . The crazy thing is, he probably was for a good long time...
Remember a lot of folk back in the day thought elvis was of the devil and refused to listen to him..

Davey Daaaaay Vee Crocket, king of the wild frontier.

 

[Slow Puffs]

Brings back lots of memories. I used to wear a "coon" hat with the tail as a kid. Wrestled bears with my rubber knife and had a cap gun musket.

 

[Ol'Dawg]

In thinking back I don't believe I ever missed an episode. Fess was one of my heroes. The only downside is when I first saw the real Alamo in the downtown area and not out on the plains as shown on the TV show. :lol:

Jim

 

[Trout Bum]

One of my favorite shows as a kid, and I too had a coon-skin hat and wrastled bears and hunted buffalo and fended off mountain lions and tracked outlaws when I wore it.

 

[Winslow]

He was also my hero,I was 9 years old when that show aired.I don't think we owned
a T.V. set yet,but I watched it by my friends house.We used to sing that song over and
over again until our parents got irritated at us.America was a better place then in every
way.

Winslow

 

[Justpipes]

He was a great one! I loved the Davey Crocket series!

 

[sstodvictory]

I don't remember the Davy Crockett series. I remember "Daniel Boone was a man...just a bigggg man...".

Steve

 

[ftrplt]

Another Boomer hero gone to their just reward. RIP Davey!!! FTRPLT