A simple solution to the columns issue- replace the backdrop

[rzemanfl]

with a montage of photos of Pat Butram, Andy Devine, Leo Carillo and John McSame. You young folks can add any sidekicks from the days after black and white TV and oldsters can add ones I may have forgotten.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Gabby Hayes

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. And,

his horse, Eddie.

[rzemanfl]

5. The visual wouldn't register. How are you? n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

11. Ah, Eddie

I'm sorry. I can't talk about Eddie without getting choked up.

A girl never gets over her first horse, you know.

[rzemanfl]

3. Absolutely!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Lest we forget,

Champion and Trigger.

They were very special.

[rzemanfl]

6. No horses please. Wasn't Buddy Ebsen Fess Parker's side-

kick in Davy Crockett?

[KansDem]

7. Ooooh, Buddy Ebsen would be a wonderful choice...!!!

He was a neo-con long before PNAC! Nancy Culp, who portrayed "Miss Hathaway" on "The Beverly Hillbillies" was a progressive Dem who ran for Congress following the Hillbillies series. Ebsen recorded radio spots denouncing Culp, who went on to lose the election. For a long time, Culp and Ebsen didn't speak to each other...

In 1984, she ran as a Democrat for Pennsylvania's Ninth Congressional District, but lost to Republican incumbent "Bud Shuster". She blamed her "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) co-star Buddy Ebsen for her defeat, because Ebsen taped a radio ad in support of Shuster, and deemed her "too liberal". She did not speak to Ebsen for several years afterward, but eventually made peace with him.

IMDB

Ebsen was probably bitter having lost the role of The Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" to Ray Bolger.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. Was that true

about his aluminum allergy? He was supposedly hired as The Tinman (not The Scarecrow, sorry), and he got really sick after the first couple days of filming. Turned out he was allergic to the costume.

Or did "House" lie to me?

[BrklynLiberal]

10. wikipedia's take on it...

he was cast in the role of the Scarecrow in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. He then swapped roles with Ray Bolger, who was to play the Tin Man. Ebsen recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming. Unfortunately, he was allergic to his powdered aluminum makeup and it badly irritated Ebsen's skin. Also, because the aluminum was in powdered form, it escaped into the air and coated his lungs when he breathed it in. This caused a near-fatal illness and a professional and personal disaster for Ebsen.

In an interview included on the 2005 DVD release, Ebsen recalled that the studio heads did not believe he was sick until someone tried to order Ebsen back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quietly changed to a paste. As noted in a documentary also on the 2005 DVD, MGM did not publicize the reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until later. Although Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, Ebsen's midwestern voice, with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", can still be heard on the soundtrack during a couple of the reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard". Footage of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with the U.S. 50th anniversary video release of the film. Until his dying day, Ebsen complained of lung issues from his involvement in "that damned movie."<1> Ironically, Ebsen outlived all of the major cast members of The Wizard of Oz.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. Cool - thank you!

I try to use "House" as persuasive authority whenever I can. I'd have just DIED if I found out the show lied to me.................

[BrklynLiberal]

13. I happen to love that show too....

:thumbsup: :hi:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. I'm sorry, did you say something?

I'm kind of engrossed in the Roy Rogers Museum website. http://www.royrogers.com/museum-index.html

I visited that place and was quite distressed to see Trigger there, stuffed and - how can I put this delicately? - neutered.

I try not to think about it.

[rzemanfl]

14. Would you want to stuff a.... oh Christ, let's just not go there. n/t