So… No love for the Gieco caveman commercial?
the mccoy had 16 children, 5 died in the feud.
the hatfield had 13.
johnse and rosanna were an item, did not marry, and the daughter died young.
loved it!!! very, very, funny!
also in car insurance commercials i am enjoying “mayhem” as a dog.
what sort of picture was that on the mantel at anderson hatfield’s house?
All I saw was red stripes in a diagonal cross-hatch.
Looked like owls in the picture, to me.
Still okay, but it’s falling back on a lot of stereotypes. The jug rested on the crook of the arm, cue the banjo music…but a lot of it is good and some of the unknown (to me) actors are really good. After tomorrow night I’m going to Google the feud, but for right now I want to watch it without thinking “that didn’t happen,” and “that’s not right.”
I like the whole idea that if you want to commit murder or anything else under the sun, just cross the Tug Fork commit the crime, cross back, and the law can’t touch you. 
Mayhem is just pure awesome. There is noway he can NOT be funny.
The only thing that has bugged me so far is McCoy’s line about something like “buying you a electricityical double boiler”. Yes, it was the dawn of electrical energy, the terminology wouldn’t have been familar, but that just seemed a dig at dumb hillbillies.
Similarly, “Mr Edison’s electrical lightning balls”, although for some reason that didn’t bother me as much.
I started to watch this last night but I just couldn’t finish. Every time Kevin Costner came on screen all I could think about was “Dances with Hillbillies.”
I just don’t get the Costner/Paxton hate on this board. Both are fairly low-key actors (non-Pacino “YELLING EVERY FUCKING LINE!” actors) and suitable to western/country roles.
Both are doing credible jobs in this series, representing proud (arrogant?), stubborn hillbillies (in both the theorized and 1900 New York Journal definition of the word).
I’m really enjoying it so far. I wouldn’t have a clue if the the locale or accents are accurate so it certainly hasn’t been a distraction for me. I think Bill Paxton is doing a great job, and that’s not a sentence I’ve ever contemplated before.
I didn’t pay as much attention as I should have during the first installment so I had a bit of trouble getting the characters straight at first. Not to mention the sound isn’t very good so combining that with the heavy accents I’m not sure I’ve got everyone’s name straight.
I’d just like to send a heart felt thank you to the History Channel for finally airing something worth watching. Do you know they had the nerve to air a Pawn Stars marathon on Memorial Day? For shame.
I think spittin’ tobacky juice disdainfully must have been some sort of greeing given the frequency with which it’s done in this (though, on the whole, still enjoying this).
I agree, his portrayal of Randall McCoy is probably the best I have seen from him, and the best in the series so far. Powers Booth (Uncle Wall) and the sleazy lawyer are good too.
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Powers Booth (Uncle Wall) and the sleazy lawyer are good too.
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Does anybody else think that Powers Booth is damned sexy in period dramas? Even as Cy Tolliver, til you realized how evil the character was (about 3 minutes after he appeared on screen), he looked good.
Trivia gleaned from a book I looked at this morning: the real Valentine “Uncle Wall” Hatfield was a polygamist. The strangest thing was his wives seemed to know about and have friendly relationships with each other. He had well over 20 children, 33 by one count, and was close to many of them.
This isn’t my favorite mini-series ever (and I’m having a hard time keeping everyone straight), but it’s serviceable enough, especially with nothing much else new being on. I think the performances have been really good. I find myself not rooting much for either side for very long. I suspect it’ll be nominated for and win a few Emmys.
I would say that’s the worst turn around in a mini-series of all time. Enjoyed the first two episodes–but the finale was terrible. Too much going on too fast, and some really over the top scenes (especially the death of McCoy).
I liked it. Pretty well done.
My impression was the direct opposite; the last episode was clearly the best of the three.
Whirl, whirl twist and twirl
Jump all around like a flyin’ squirrel
Sorry; I’ve had that in my head for the last three days.