But remember who PRECEDED William Bendix as Riley? Jackie Gleason! Poor old Bendix. They made him play Babe Ruth, and to many, that was the worst sports pic. of all time. William may have been burly but he "Thowed like a Girl"! Almost as bad as John Goodman, but not quite.

Maypo still around?! Well I do declare!

Now here's a bit of an odd one. When I was five or six, my favourite cereal was "Sugar Crisp". Probably one of the more unhealthy concoctions...and it still is today! Except now I alternate with BRAN flakes. Damn this ageing!

Wow! A Davey Crockett victim, one of us! Way to go Bill. By the way, anyone remember Yancey Derringer?

I actually used to sing "Farewell To the Mountains" from the last Crockett episode at the Alamo. Can still picture fess Parker's voice. Of course that was before I started readin' history and discovered who was actually stealin' who's land. I thought the John wayne "Alamo" didn't hold up to Disney, mostly cause ol' Fess WAS Davey.

Rick