Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for October 18, 2024

Gee, it was nice of those blokes to donate their stinky cigars to Sluggo. Far better for their own health, too.

When was the last time a Western was made for theaters? Wasn’t it Clint Eastwoods UNFORGIVEN? Nowadays, it’s all CGI sci-fi!

They did a remake of “4:10 to Yuma” that was pretty good. “Hateful 8” was good as was “No country for old men.” It is a genre that they seem to come back to with regularity.

Don’t get up on a horse with those lit cigars, Sluggo, or you might see your saddles blazing.

Gunsmoke starring Sluggo as Marshal Dillon.

Ah, 1955. When smoking and guns were good for your health.

“Let’s wear suits and talk a walk while smoking cigars. Hey, let’s give our stogies to that little boy!” Yep, things like this used to happen often.

My fav Westerns are “Cat Ballou” & “Blazing Saddles”!!

That was a smart idea

Kind gents with a sense of humor.

They must have been living in or near a big city, which had television. We didm’t get televosopn until 1957. It was AFTER television was introduced that we learned you could buy toy guns made out of metal AND smokes which were already rolled. During the 50s, we played cowboys with pieces of wood which a creative relative had whittled into the shape of a gun. Likewise, nearly everyone we knew rolled their own smokes – something as high maintenance as a pre-rolled smoke like a cigar was definitely big city stuff.

He don’t know what’s going on, but he likes it.

“Here kid, smoke up!”