# Any Daniel Boone Fans? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096 "2015-09-21T13:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/1 "2015-09-21T13:33:25Z")
I am, hence my username. Hehehe.Fess Parker, plays Daniel Boone great. The whole cast is great! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/2 "2015-09-21T13:57:00Z")
I was shocked to learn that the little blonde haired kid, Israel was in real life tortured to death by Indians. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/3 "2015-09-21T14:31:06Z")
Are you serious? Wow that’s sad. I knew that happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/4 "2015-09-21T14:32:22Z")
> [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](#): > > Are you serious? Wow that’s sad. I knew that happened to him. Sorry, I meant to say, I NEVER knew about it. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/5 "2015-09-21T15:32:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I was shocked to learn that the little blonde haired kid, Israel was in real life tortured to death by Indians. No he wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/6 "2015-09-21T15:53:04Z")
Ed Ames. Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show. Tomahawk throwing. Yikes! Yowzer! “I didn’t even know you were Jewish.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0L5QC9ZJkM8/hqdefault.jpg "Ed Ames Teaches Johnny Carson to Throw a Tomahawk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8) I like how Ed started over to get the tomahawk and Johnny caught him by the arm to stop him - “No you’re not. You’re leaving it right where it’s at” he seemed to be saying. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/7 "2015-09-21T16:38:30Z")
Ed Ames was also a member of a fairly popular singing quartet, The Ames Brothers. > **[Ames Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Brothers)** > > The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet, consisting of four siblings from Malden, Massachusetts, who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. > The Urick brothers were born in Malden, Massachusetts. Joe (born Joseph Urick; May 3, 1921 – December 22, 2007), Gene (February 13, 1924 – April 26, 1997), Vic (May 20, 1925 – January 23, 1978), and Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick on July 9, 1927) formed the singing group the Amory Brothers, which would become the Am... ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/8 "2015-09-21T17:06:41Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > No he wasn’t. I am very glad [to be mistaken.](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8319054) 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/9 "2015-09-21T17:11:11Z")
Boone was a good series, whatever the historical inaccuracies. I wonder if my attitude would change if I watched it now, almost 50 years later. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/10 "2015-09-21T17:16:26Z")
Earworm time: Daniel Boone was a man Was a **BIIIIG** man… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/11 "2015-09-21T17:34:51Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I wonder if my attitude would change if I watched it now, almost 50 years later. It’s on “[MeTV](http://www.metv.com/shows/daniel-boone3)” in the morning. I’ve caught a few episodes…they’re as dated as you would imagine, but still fun to watch. Funny that the opening sequence has DB throwing a tomahawk and splitting a tree in two. As far a Fess Parker goes, I’m more of a Davy Crockett fan, but his Boone and Crockett characters are pretty much interchangeable. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/12 "2015-09-21T17:57:49Z")
> [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](#): > > Are you serious? Wow that’s sad. I knew that happened to him. > [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](#): > > Sorry, I meant to say, I NEVER knew about it. I noticed a couple of things. 1. These 2 were posted 1 minute apart. 2. You just registered here this month. So perhaps you aren’t aware that you have a 5 minute period of time after submitting a post during which you can edit the post by clicking the **Edit** button at the bottom of your post. 5 minutes is sufficient time to correct little errors such as this. Hoping this ish helpful. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/13 "2015-09-21T18:10:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Earworm time: > > Daniel Boone was a man > Was a **BIIIIG** man… [spoiler]_With an eye like an eagle and a nose like a beagle had he._ 😃 [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/14 "2015-09-21T18:30:46Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > It’s on “[MeTV](http://www.metv.com/shows/daniel-boone3)” in the morning. I’ve caught a few episodes…they’re as dated as you would imagine, but still fun to watch. Funny that the opening sequence has DB throwing a tomahawk and splitting a tree in two. > > As far a Fess Parker goes, I’m more of a Davy Crockett fan, but his Boone and Crockett characters are pretty much interchangeable. It’s also on the INSP channel weekdays at 11:00A.M. And Saturday at 10:00 And 11:00A.M. Then again at 5:00 And 6:00 P.M. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/15 "2015-09-21T18:45:22Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > As far a Fess Parker goes, I’m more of a Davy Crockett fan, but his Boone and Crockett characters are pretty much interchangeable. That is why when I was small I believed Boone and Crockett to be contemporaries. That and the hat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/16 "2015-09-21T19:11:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I was shocked to learn that the little blonde haired kid, Israel was in real life tortured to death by Indians. > [@drad\_dog](#): > > No he wasn’t. Right. That was James Boone, the eldest child. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/17 "2015-09-21T19:21:39Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Right. That was James Boone, the eldest child. And thanks to you alson, Skywatcher. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/18 "2015-09-22T17:01:46Z")
Man, I thought I was tuning in [Davy Crockett](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jtsfMU90w)! 😕 Some time last year, I caught a bit of “[Bat Masterson](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052445/?ref_=nv_sr_1).” T’weren’t all that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096/19 "2015-09-22T20:40:00Z")
Innocent joys of our youth! I liked the show – I was very taken with Ed Ames’ portrayal of Mingo, Boone’s Indian partner. (Unless I’m mistaking Boone for Crockett? Which show had Mingo? Google says Boone! Whew!) The show led me to read the Deerslayer novels by Fennimore Cooper – nah! The TV show was much better! (Although if you want a good “frontier” novel in the Cooper mold, you can’t beat “The Hidden Children” by Robert W. Chambers. It’s everything that Cooper ought to have been!) TV’s Boone might not stand up all too well today; it was (as all things are) a product of its time. It was aimed at a young, not terribly sophisticated audience, and put forward simple frontier virtues: loyalty, patriotism (but not too much!) personal skill and responsibility, forgiveness, and so on. It was “Boy Scout” stuff, and there’s a lot to be said for that. ---
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> [@Trinopus](#): > > Which show had Mingo? Google says Boone! Whew! Davy Crockett’s sidekick George Russell was played by Buddy Ebsen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daniel-boone-fans/732096.md?page=2)