I was a big fan of 'Yancy Derringer' from the first episode. By the time it was canceled, I had been accepted at a private school, and had gone away to a no-TV environment. But I remember it fondly.
In these very innocent times, in the small-town South, there was nothing wrong with possession of a pocket knife, even on school grounds. My friends and I came up with a recess game of tossing open pocket knives back and forth to each other, in imitation of Yancey and Pahoo. (In the show's context, the two men used this method of the man with the knife delivering it to the one who needed to throw it at somebody, stab somebody, or maybe sharpen a pencil.) We felt especially good when A could get the knife to B, who could then throw it and stick it in a tree. We broke a few knife points, but nobody got hurt. File under: God takes care of idiots.
I am aware that New Orleans during Reconstruction was a rougher place than pictured in the series. But it made for a good fantasy. Like other contributers, I would appreciate seeing it in reruns or in DVD release
In these very innocent times, in the small-town South, there was nothing wrong with possession of a pocket knife, even on school grounds. My friends and I came up with a recess game of tossing open pocket knives back and forth to each other, in imitation of Yancey and Pahoo. (In the show's context, the two men used this method of the man with the knife delivering it to the one who needed to throw it at somebody, stab somebody, or maybe sharpen a pencil.) We felt especially good when A could get the knife to B, who could then throw it and stick it in a tree. We broke a few knife points, but nobody got hurt. File under: God takes care of idiots.
I am aware that New Orleans during Reconstruction was a rougher place than pictured in the series. But it made for a good fantasy. Like other contributers, I would appreciate seeing it in reruns or in DVD release