A Fiery Horse with the Speed of Light, a Cloud of Dust, and a Hearty Hi-Yo Silver!

Free North Carolina talks about a boyhood hero of mine. [More]

I actually met Clayton Moore when I was 10, and what a perfect age that was for the encounter.  We were on home leave from my Dad's foreign job assignment and staying at a motel for a several weeks, and he was in the very next room for a few days while he did an appearance at a local amusement park.

Nice man. Patient with us. Dignified. Conscious of his responsibilities as a role model.  Compare that to what we see today.

I really only have one beef with the character he played... (UPDATE: If that link doesn't work, I wrote about this again a few years later.)