J.B. Kendall plays cards with Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in βAces and Eights.β This episode of βFrontier Gentlemanβ - my favorite of the series - aired on CBS on April 20, 1958. youtu.be/6Dp6J8H4-80
TIL: Wild Bill Hickok usually sat with his back to a wall so he could see the entrance of the building he was in. On his last day, when he went to play poker, the only seat available was one facing away from the door. He tried changing seats twice, but couldnβt. He was shot in the back of the head. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
TIL that in poker there is a hand called a 'dead man's hand' consisting of two aces and two eights, and it is given this name because it is the hand Wild Bill Hickok had when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
Is this painting a nod to the legend of Wild Bill Hickok making a surprise bear into a brand new coat?
In the Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), the hand of poker that both Buster and the previous man refuse to play is called the "Dead Man's Hand", a set of cards said to be held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered, making the hand unlucky.
In Wild Bill (1995), Hickok's opium-fueled flashbacks were shot on handheld video camcorders, and have an obvious lower resolution than the rest of the movie, to give the scenes a more hallucinatory feel.
In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Buster refuses to play poker even though he holds two pairs. This particular combination is believed to be cursed because it's the hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was murdered by Jack McCallο»Ώ.
In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Buster refuses play a poker hand with Aces and Eights because it is known as the dead man's hand since Wild Bill Hickok was shot holding that hand.
TIL one of the few actual quick-draw duels in the Old West occurred on July 21, 1865 between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. Despite the popular perception of lawlessness in the Old West, Hickok was tried for manslaughter after winning the duel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
TIL of the first man "Wild Bill" Hickok killed, David Colbert McCanles and his impressive progeny; a Navy Cross winning Commodore, a Medal of Honor Recipient Rear Admiral, and the first astronaut to walk untethered in space. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCβ¦
Wild Bill Hickok (didn't have the cash/gold to change hair)
Wild Bill Hickok was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his work across the frontier as a drover, wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
Calamity Jane was an American frontierswoman and professional scout known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok and fighting against Native Americans. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calβ¦
My version of a James "Wild Bill" Butler Hickok
Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok in 'The Plainsman', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, 1936.
Wild Bill Hickok portrayed playing his last game of poker. (1876)(colourized)
The Wild Bill Hickok β Davis Tutt shootout was a gunfight that occurred on July 21, 1865 in Springfield, Missouri. It is one of the few recorded instances in the Old West of a one-on-one pistol quick-draw duel in a public place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
You are forced to go back in time and know you will be transported to a duel with Wild Bill Hickok seconds before he draws. You will have no weapon, cannot armor up, but can bring any non-lethal form of technology with you to overpower your opponent without killing him. What do you bring?
James Butler Hickok had not yet earned the nickname of "Wild Bill" when this photo was taken in 1858. He was just 21 years old
[Fan Servant] Wild Bill Hickok (Archer)
Shower Musing: MiB recognizes Wyatt because at the beginning of the park, there was an event that centered around Wyatt Earp & Wild Bill Hickok.
What if Bill, the old host we see drinking with Ford at the start, is Wild Bill? Ford wasn't hanging out with a host out of sentimentality, he was doing research for his new narrative, and needed a reminder of what the old storyline used to be before Wyatt went off his programming and started killing.
I know they probably never met in real life, but this park is centered more around the old west of the movies than realism (as evidenced by the music choice for the Mariposa's piano).
Thoughts?
[Prime] Deadwood (2004) - HBO series following Wild Bill Hickok and and Seth Bullock in the lawless and corrupt Deadwood, South Dakota. Winner of 8 Emmy Awards. All 3 seasons on Prime. amzn.com/B006GLLTU2/?tag=β¦
TIL Wild Bill Hickok, who died holding a pair of Aces and 8s, dubbing it the "Dead man's hand" was one of the first to be involved in a "quick draw duel." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
Wild Bill Hickok uses the oldest trick in the book
Wild Bill Hickok was renowned as the greatest gunfighter who ever lived, but he didn't win every draw.
If you can't outdraw 'em, outthink 'em!
> Using a trick as old as duels between men, Hickok is said to have killed Bill Mulrey (or Mulvey), a drunken desperado, in August, 1869, at Hays, Kansas. Mulrey had pulled two pistols on Hickok. Wild Bill said, supposedly to someone behind Mulrey, "Don't shoot him, boys." Thrown off guard, Mulrey looked behind him, and Hickok then drew his own gun and killed Mulrey.
Source: The Gunslinger: Man or Myth (1979) by Joseph G. Rosa
I was going for kind of a "Wild Bill" Hickok vibe. I'm really enjoying my new dishonorable play-through. imgur.com/a/b1f34wa
American Frontierswoman and acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, at Wild Bill's burial site in Deadwood, South Dakota (c. 1890s)
TIL That Wild Bill Hickok once escaped being shot by waving his hand at onlookers behind a mounted gunman and yelling, "Don't shoot him in the back; he is drunk." The gunman wheeled his horse around, and before he realized he had been fooled, Hickok shot him through the temple. eyewitnesstohistory.com/hβ¦
[video] The Killing of Wild Bill Hickok - Deadwood youtube.com/watch?v=g0t1Uβ¦
James Butler Hickok had not yet earned the nickname of "Wild Bill" when this photo was taken in 1858. He was just 21 years old
TIL in 1871 lawman Wild Bill Hickok killed a man after he refused to remove a picture of a bull with a large erect penis from the side of his bar, called the Bull's Head. In the same gunfight, Hickok accidentally killed a local deputy who was coming to his aid and startled him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
Long hair + mustache gives Arthur that Wild Bill Hickok vibe and I think it's the combination that fits his character arc the best. Especially in the end-game.
TIL Wild Bill Hickok (1923) is the only film depicting Wyatt Earp to have been released before the real Wyatt Earp died in 1929. thegreatwesternmovies.comβ¦
Wild Bill Hickok by Silviu Sadoschi
David Schwartz - The Killing of Wild Bill Hickok youtube.com/watch?v=g0t1Uβ¦
Who is the fastest gun in the west? Doc Holiday (Tombstone) vs Blondie (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) vs Wild Bill Hickok (Deadwood) vs The Waco Kid (Blazing Saddles) vs Billy The Kid (Young Guns)
All our old West heroes are alive and well in a one street town with a large circle graveyard at the end. They've arrived to decide once and for all, who is the fastest gun in the west.
Each gunslinger is standing an even distance apart around the circumference of the grave yard. They all have one fully loaded pistol and 6 bullets to reload if needed.
Winner is last man standing.
TIL that Wild Bill Hickok was only 39 when he died. Somehow movies and films still depict him gray-haired, in his 50's or 60's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilβ¦
