Friday, September 03, 2021

Back in the Straddle Again

 A late 1800s brothel that outlaw Butch Cassidy and his gang are believed to have used as a hideout could soon be declared a historic landmark... The area also was the city’s late 1800s red-light prostitution district ... Famed marshal Wyatt Earp is said to have been co-owner of a saloon — one of dozens of theaters, bars and brothels... [More]

It wasn't all Hop Sing scolding Hoss in the kitchen for sneaking doughnuts and Lucas McCain piling up corpses, was it? The bell and the pop-up "Trifecta!" caption crack me up.

[Via Jim S]

3 comments:

Henry said...

Maybe you just had to be there (on the far side of their paywall). :-(

David Codrea said...

I didn't have a paywall issue...

thatgreatnorthernguy said...

Spotted on the Rifleman Kill Count:
1) at 3:51 a pistol mounted on a board- precursor to ar15 arm brace?
2) at 8:02 Lucas uses a shovel.
3) at 9:18 the bad guy gets shoved into a pitch fork. One of those 'multi- tined assault pitch forks' that must be banned.