tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post2620065740266291048..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Frontier Town - Ocean City, Maryland - August 1960Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-60087468498556952132015-01-11T12:00:24.137-08:002015-01-11T12:00:24.137-08:00Chuck, I don’t know if you’ll see this or not, but...Chuck, I don’t know if you’ll see this or not, but your mentioning of Claude Bell caused me to get on a bit of a Claude Bell bunny trail (you know how the internet can be). Anyway, in the course of my wonderings I found out that the Whiskey Bill was not Whiskey “Bill” at all. His real name is Whiskey “Jim”. Whiskey Bill was a mistake made on some signage, and it caught on, but that was never his name at any point. Mr. Knott always called him Whiskey Jim. Sorry about that.Monkey Cage Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416939013314956531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-45219363168985817632015-01-10T18:23:24.973-08:002015-01-10T18:23:24.973-08:00Very cool pictures! It always amazes me to see su...Very cool pictures! It always amazes me to see such sparse attendance and they are still able to stay viable. <br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to fix 'em up and post 'em. That Pecos Bill sure does get around, doesnt he! :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-83067303181862135012015-01-10T14:58:00.424-08:002015-01-10T14:58:00.424-08:00I was thinking the same thing about Pecos Bill, bu...I was thinking the same thing about Pecos Bill, but can't find any confirmation. I have found a couple of other photos of him, and he seems to be similar to, but a little less detailed than, Claude Bell's work. I think we can safely say he was inspired by Whisky Bill and Handsome Brady, though.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-77254510559749306692015-01-10T11:58:29.761-08:002015-01-10T11:58:29.761-08:00I wonder if old Pecos Bill is kin with Handsome Br...I wonder if old Pecos Bill is kin with Handsome Brady and Whiskey Bill.<br /><br />I’ll bet there are a lot of folk who look at photos of that old sign with the same fondness as we do toward the old Disneyland sign.<br />Monkey Cage Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416939013314956531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-35145988850376592592015-01-10T11:43:28.068-08:002015-01-10T11:43:28.068-08:00Pecos Bill was well-known for his collection of tw...Pecos Bill was well-known for his collection of tweed worsted.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65408353098871177092015-01-10T11:04:08.371-08:002015-01-10T11:04:08.371-08:00Alonzo, I wonder how many little western-style par...Alonzo, I wonder how many little western-style parks are still around compared to the 1950’s? I can’t imagine having a tooth extracted without novacaine, but on the other hand, I once had a broken tooth, and it hurt so bad that I wanted it out no matter what!<br /><br />K. Martinez, at a certain point I kind of gave up…. “Good enough!”. But they look OK. Those cacti are weird, aren’t they? Not even the typical saguaro you might see in a low-budget movie.<br /><br />Nanook, boy, I read some reviews of Frontier Town, which is also used as a campground, and MAN, there are some real horror stories! Makes me not want to camp there, anyway. I am away from my home computer, but it looks like the sign says, “Trading Yarns with Pecos Bill”.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-44544864485106077302015-01-10T10:21:07.478-08:002015-01-10T10:21:07.478-08:00Major-
The effort was well worth it, if for no ot...Major-<br /><br />The effort was well worth it, if for no other reason than to discover Frontier Town is still a going concern. And judging from the photo gallery, the guests provide the "talent" part of the Wild West Show - guns, and all.<br /><br />And can anyone else figure out just exactly what is written on the sign above Pecos Bill and Grandma-? "Trading <i>'Tales'</i>-? with Pecos Bill at Frontier Town...."<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11372307832251069102015-01-10T07:47:14.861-08:002015-01-10T07:47:14.861-08:00Whether you thought it was worth the time or not t...Whether you thought it was worth the time or not to clean them, I'm glad you did. You did a beautiful job! I love them thar "hills" and cacti in the stage coach images which seem to be of the homemade variety. Thanks, Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23663112365060596952015-01-10T06:09:30.225-08:002015-01-10T06:09:30.225-08:00Great pics Major! I love western theme parks, ghos...Great pics Major! I love western theme parks, ghost towns, tourist traps etc. But then westerns are my favorite kind of Movies.<br /><br />One thing always puzzled me was how a sign of or(in this case) a replica of a "toof" would intice one to sit done in a chair and get some pre-novacaine extractions. Ouchie. Dr. Rusty Pliers DDS.Alonzo P Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529651580262634489noreply@blogger.com