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The Midway Rebel

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Thu Oct-14-10 12:51 AM
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Interesting Festus trivia

He was not from the city of Festus, MO.

http://www.cityoffestus.org/

His mules name was Ruth.

At times he was deputized by Dillon.

He squinted with his right eye.

He had a twin brother.

He was named after a character from the Bible.

He named his rifle Ol' Bessie

He liked to name things.

He brushed his teeth with his index finger. (C'mon...who doesn't...really.)

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elocs

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Thu Oct-14-10 06:32 AM
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1. I saw Ken Curtis play his "Festus" character on "Have Gun, Will Travel".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0597545/

His character was called "Monk" and I wonder if this is what he based Festus upon.

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The Midway Rebel

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Thu Oct-14-10 11:57 AM
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2. Did Monk squint?

The Festus charcacter did not squint on the early episodes of Gunsmoke.

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elocs

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Thu Oct-14-10 12:21 PM
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3. Don't remember if he did, but it was a dead-on Festus, though.

He did do the Ken Curtis singing and they got him all cleaned up as well.

I saw a Gunsmoke episode when Ken Curtis had been appearing as Festus, but he played a straight part as a handsome bad guy.

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The Midway Rebel

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Thu Oct-14-10 12:42 PM
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4. The Ken Curtis Appreciation Page

Ken had some pipes! What an awesome life story. I had no idea. Long live Ken Curtis!

http://www.eviltwin.velvetsofa.com/Curtis/main.html

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nolabear

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Thu Oct-14-10 01:46 PM
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5. A Festus for the Rest'us!

My grandmother had a thing for Festus. I never could decide if it was because he reminded her of her family or if he made her family look sophisticated.

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