I need a little inspiration before I get to work this morning, and who better to provide it than the King of the Cowboys and the Greatest Sidekick of All Time? By the way, I love the fact that one of Fred Rogers' first jobs in television was working on The Gabby Hayes Show. "Boys and girls . . . can you say whippersnapper?"
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Ah, they don't make 'em like that anymore.
Man, Gabby's persona was so consistent, so down-right Monolithic, that I cannot think of him any other way. I'm sure he stopped being The Ultimate Crotchety Sidekick when the cameras were off, but I simply can't imagine it.
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Yeah, he was supposedly very cultured and articulate off-screen, but dadgummit, I can't imagine it, either.
Although, if you watch some of those early Westerns John Wayne made for Monogram, he makes a great villain in them.
Isn't it scary to think how few of us remember Gabby Hayes? Or Andy Devine?
Great stuff, James. This is what I grew up on.
Love Gabby. Too bad Marx never made a figure of him in one of their playsets.
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