Typical story line but very good with Jimmy Dean singing. Never realized how good he was. Very enjoyable.
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Jimmy Dean sausages it up
MiketheWhistle28 April 2019
Come back to the Boonesborough tavern Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
militarymuseu-883995 December 2022
Frontiersman and balladeer Delo Jones (Jimmy Dean) arrives in Boonesborough, amd is well received, but on his heels is a party of redcoats from Virginia pursuing him on a murder charge. He is ingratiating himself with Becky, Israel, and Cincinatus when Dan, aware of the arrest warrant, shows up and tries to sort things out.
The hour is mainly intended to introduce Dean as a new sidekick for Daniel. Dean achieved success as a country singer during the early 1960's with ballads such as "Big Bad John" and " PT-109." The later related the tale of President John F. Kennedy's World War II heroism in the South Pacific, and its 1962 release rode the crest of JFK's popularity. (I can recite the exact lyrics today - it played ad infinitum on my family's auto 8-track in the late 60's!) Later he went on to found a lucrative breakfast sausage business. The brand is still around; eerily or nostalgically, depending on your perspective, his image and voice are still used in their 2022 ads.
A note on TV western sidekicks is in order here. A softer view of the previous week's DB episode wreck of "The Young Ones" might see it as a failed experiment in humanizing the show's resident and namesake superman. Likely due to network guidelines and the fact that many of them had started writing for nuance-unfriendly radio dramas, 1960's tv script drafters found few routes toward making their protagonists relatable. In the mold of Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke," hero characters had to be entirely selfless, make no mistakes that could not be remedied, have all the answers by hour's end, and be eternally triumphant. Unmitigated adherence to the guidelines would of course render formula TV stale after a time, so enter the sidekick. He could provide humorous foil, get himself into ridiculous situations, and instigate messes the hero could then restore; see Festus on "GS" as a template. For "DB," Mingo was introduced as too serious a character to undertake the requisite duties, then Robert Logan was given a tryout; Dean would enjoy a far longer run on the series.
The writers (likely unintentionally) box in the episode date well - reference is made to Nutter's Fort, West Va., founded in 1772; Dan was resident in Boonesborough from 1775-on, and all this has to be accomplished prior to the end of Crown authority in Va. In April 1775. There's no snow around, so lets say Delo comes down the trail in March 1775. There is a brief fight with the Chickasaw, who for some reason have chosen this moment to visit from northern Mississippi. Israel is referenced age 8 - and he will stay that age all the way from episodes set in the early 1770's to c. 1805.
Redcoat report: about 6, and they are again uniformed as the Royal American Regiment, in actuality garrisoning Florida in 1775. As I recall, no land-based British units in Williamsburg, Va. On the eve of Lexington and Concord; at most some Royal Marines aboard a couple of warships on the Virginia station. And little to no chance British regulars would be split up into penny-packet posse patrols; that would have been strictly militia work.
The hour primarily showcases Dean's talents, and he sings a few short numbers. Cincinatus finally gets an excursion out of the tavern, and the story is well-punctuated with action sequences; amends are made for the previous week's shipwreck.
The hour is mainly intended to introduce Dean as a new sidekick for Daniel. Dean achieved success as a country singer during the early 1960's with ballads such as "Big Bad John" and " PT-109." The later related the tale of President John F. Kennedy's World War II heroism in the South Pacific, and its 1962 release rode the crest of JFK's popularity. (I can recite the exact lyrics today - it played ad infinitum on my family's auto 8-track in the late 60's!) Later he went on to found a lucrative breakfast sausage business. The brand is still around; eerily or nostalgically, depending on your perspective, his image and voice are still used in their 2022 ads.
A note on TV western sidekicks is in order here. A softer view of the previous week's DB episode wreck of "The Young Ones" might see it as a failed experiment in humanizing the show's resident and namesake superman. Likely due to network guidelines and the fact that many of them had started writing for nuance-unfriendly radio dramas, 1960's tv script drafters found few routes toward making their protagonists relatable. In the mold of Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke," hero characters had to be entirely selfless, make no mistakes that could not be remedied, have all the answers by hour's end, and be eternally triumphant. Unmitigated adherence to the guidelines would of course render formula TV stale after a time, so enter the sidekick. He could provide humorous foil, get himself into ridiculous situations, and instigate messes the hero could then restore; see Festus on "GS" as a template. For "DB," Mingo was introduced as too serious a character to undertake the requisite duties, then Robert Logan was given a tryout; Dean would enjoy a far longer run on the series.
The writers (likely unintentionally) box in the episode date well - reference is made to Nutter's Fort, West Va., founded in 1772; Dan was resident in Boonesborough from 1775-on, and all this has to be accomplished prior to the end of Crown authority in Va. In April 1775. There's no snow around, so lets say Delo comes down the trail in March 1775. There is a brief fight with the Chickasaw, who for some reason have chosen this moment to visit from northern Mississippi. Israel is referenced age 8 - and he will stay that age all the way from episodes set in the early 1770's to c. 1805.
Redcoat report: about 6, and they are again uniformed as the Royal American Regiment, in actuality garrisoning Florida in 1775. As I recall, no land-based British units in Williamsburg, Va. On the eve of Lexington and Concord; at most some Royal Marines aboard a couple of warships on the Virginia station. And little to no chance British regulars would be split up into penny-packet posse patrols; that would have been strictly militia work.
The hour primarily showcases Dean's talents, and he sings a few short numbers. Cincinatus finally gets an excursion out of the tavern, and the story is well-punctuated with action sequences; amends are made for the previous week's shipwreck.
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