I don't watch Westerns but this is the only performance I'll watch and be able to name in a Western. Kilmer was perfection in acting as far as acting goes.
@@unclequack5445I honestly used this line, when I was commenting on the look on Bidens face during the debate! I actually use Doc Holidays lines quite often!😅. He did a phenomenal job on Jim Morrison of "the doors" Movie as well.
@@ruggishbone1122 ya lost me, ruggish, clint Eastwood's been My fave since he was teenager on Wagon train, I, 4yo, he waz my first crush, 63yra ago. But you've got to admitt, Doc Holiday. BEING a real Legend, and roguish bone, (just thought I'd throw that In there😉)how an actor could eitgee nail it playin his character or NOT live up to it, and nevwr live it down. Could've went either way. I never had more interest in Kilmer after tombstone. But your right, Eastwood, UNTOUCHABLE, and Never done mediocre! ☮️✌️👍😎🤗🥰
All I know is Val kilmer killed it in tombstone when he played doc Holliday you'll never see another better doc Holliday than that my friend thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
My favourite western. All characters were great, good, bad & ugly. Val Kilmer was immense, stealing every scene. Fully agree that he deserved an Oscar.
I love when he tells the other guy "well I got 2 guns... one for each of you.". Piano player had no idea who he was was attempting to fight with. Had he understood the situation he would have sh@t himself. But the line. I got two guns. One for each of you.
I don't know how many times I've watched Tombstone. Val Kilmer was extraordinary in portrayal of Doc Holiday. I agree with others, he should've gotten an Oscar for it!
Then I suppose you were also not impressed with the ai narrator mispronouncing Loundes County. I was born in Atlanta in the 60s, lived all around 285 all my life. Spent my early 20s in College Park across the street from the Atlanta airport until they bought out the subdivision I was in very early 90s. Did you notice most of these guys barely made it to their 30s? That Earp brother was just 31, Holiday just 36 when they passed. Most of these dramatic events in Holiday's life happened in his 20s. That comedy "A million ways to die in the West" was pretty accurate in its description. Like just going to the bathroom, or outhouse, especially at night with rattlesnakes everywhere can get you killed. So expecting to die must've been a daily thought when rarely a man lived to 40.
"I'll be your huckleberry." Whoever did the casting for Tombstone...just....thank you. I bet I have watched 3-4 times already. Strange friendship between Wyatt and Doc....loved that movie. Thanks for making this video about Doc Holliday. I enjoyed it and learned some more Americana Old West history
ONLY 3-4? Come on man! Get your numbers up! I must’ve watched it at least 20+ times! Of course I only have DVDs and don’t have cable or any streaming service…🤔
That was my favorite line as well. I love all the vintage pictures ,so I thankyou for that.💖. I haven't seen anything from you for awhile , I've worried for you and yours. I hope all is well. Thakyou Cowboy 🤠 😊😊
In that scene Val Kilmer doesn't say "I'll be your huckleberry" However he did day "I'll be your huckle bearer" as a huckle is the word for the handles on the side of a casket , I'n essence , doc was saying "I'll carry you to your grave".
@@josephturner7569 That's a good one. We should probably divide it into two categories, though: those who chose their words in the knowledge that they were dying, and those who just got lucky - or unlucky, depending on the viewpoint. Tormod Kolbrunarskald pulled an arrow from deep in his chest, and looked at it: "The king has fed us well, I'm yet fat about my heart's roots." The guy did his own autopsy, including the objective attitude. The "heart's roots" were the major blood vessels leading to and from the heart. Being an experienced warrior, he will have known that pulling the arrow would accelerate his death, so definitely the "knowledge of death" category.
Born early 70s. My top 5 Western movies. Tombstone and Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Years back I watched Tombstone with my nephew. He knows how much I like this movie. He said "If anybody hasn't seen this movie. They're not American." It was funny.
Very funny nephew, Tombstone is a great movie, almost as good as Once Upon a Time in the West I give it just a slight edge, love the history of the West, those people who lived it were so tough.
I've always loved old spaghetti westerns, and Clint's run of them, especially the dollars/man with no name trilogy with Sergio Leone, are some of the best. But, tombstone to me transcends the western genre due to the simple fact that even alotta folks who don't usually like westerns still tend to love it. When a movie is well loved even by those who usually dislike the entire genre it's a part of, that's when you know you've got a masterpiece in front of you.
There was nothing wrong with Quaid's performance, just overshadowed by Kilmer. The writing in Tombstone for Doc's character was so much better , he had all these great one liners!
The trouble was that Costner’s Wyatt Earp was too long a movie, and slow at times. While Kurt Russel and the rest of the cast of Tombstone were better, making it a more memorable film.
The script was often pure hollywood smut though. Quaid was a far more accurate (to accounts) depiction. It's kind of like how I prefer Brian Cox's Hannibal Lecter (in Manhunter, 1986), than Anthony Hopkins' Lecter. Both were fantastic roles, but Brian Cox's Lecter was genius and cruel. The kind of psychopath who couldn't be trusted to not go after Starling. I know it's fiction vs non fiction, but Val Kilmer's dialogue was like Van Wilder'ish. Holliday deleted a double digit # of men, he wasn't some protagonist. The real Holliday beat Kate, was not pleasant & suave when challenged. He was intelligent, unbecoming of the typical pioneer, but he was also a scrawny, angry, murderous lunger, not a panty-dampener with one-liners. Kilmer did a great job, it's just the liberties taken, while not even in the same universe as cheesy as Young Guns/Young Guns 2, were cheesy. It was a Hollywood western. Wyatt Earp was a great movie, but also guilty of padding the dialogue with ideals. it was too long, but it was still a really, really good film. Tombstone was good in a made for tv way. Kurt Russell was great, but he was miscast. Unforgiven was beautiful. Rio Bravo was beautiful - Gene Hackman stole that show. Butch & Sundance was excellent. The best western ever made, though only slightly better than Unforgiven, was The Proposition.
What amazing characters these were. Not going around armed and threatening unarmed people but bravely standing up to be counted in front of others who were also armed. A totally different species and surely their courage is to be admired. Thanks for this.
Earps walked both sides of the law. AZ territory was the last of the wild west. In 1901 The Arizona Rangers were formed, in 1912 Arizona was granted statehood.
@@weareindigowearehere.6286 Val Kilmer said himself, “I do not say, ‘I’m your huckle bearer.’ I say, ‘I’m your huckleberry,’ connotating, ‘I’m your man. You’ve met your match."
What is the law, but a list of rules invented by others who honestly believe they have the right to dictate your life to you under threat of death. We are all outlaws.
@TacDyne no laws are a list of rules that civilized people agree to live by because it is the right thing to do and makes sense. Without laws it is simply the strongest most vile rule.
Great Video: Fun Fact➖”I’ll be your Huckle Berry” A HUCKLE is the handle on a coffin. A “HUCKLE BEARER”, Is a person bears the weight of the coffin while holding the handles or HUCKLES. HUCKLE BEARER IS the same as a Pall Bearer
Excellent interesting and informative video doc Holliday sure was one of the classic gunfighters of the West what an interesting and crazy life...... thank you for not having irritating sound effects or music in the background 👍👍
"Despite his reputation as a gunfighter, Holliday is not invincible. He narrowly escaped death on nine occasions...." leaves me wondering about the definition of invincible. BYW, great video!
The early American West was a fascinating period in the nation's history. Not sure I would have wanted to live in those times though. It must have been a difficult life for those early settlers. I had no idea Doc Holliday was so proficient with a gun having been an educated and articulate man. Those two qualities don't seem to go hand in hand. This was most interesting and very informative video. Thank you so much for it.
@@albertdeleon6272 I don’t understand how that’s relevant to my comment. But I’m a history buff and the Vaquero was the baddest of the bad. American cowboys were in aw of them.
My Great Aunt, a gorgeous woman that is said to have been a model, was born in 1888. I've a photo of her dressed in the era jacket, blouse with a high collar, and skirt, a beautiful hat, her hair up, with the puff around the hairline. Truly a picture of the time, circa 1909. I always think of her when the dates of Doc's documentaries are mentioned. Amazing, she was my Mother's Dad's eldest Sister. Fortunate I was to have known her, my grandfather passed a year to the day before I was born. My Aunt was in her 70's and lived on into her 80's. She was still Beautiful.
And beauty is so subjective, as we look at what was considered ideal in different eras. The beauty of the 19th century was certainly not the beauty of today. I often wonder what was considered celebrity back then - reputations preceding reality. My grandmother was born in 1921 and has written several books on how life in eastern Canada was growing up. Only the poor kids ate lobster. Indoor toilets were luxury. I love watching grainy old videos of really old people talking about their past. UA-cam's got plenty of them. They often recall details in those interviews that were never documented before. Today we often ignore old people rambling on repetitively, often from loneliness, but to hear WW2 veterans speaking about their experiences is gold. Even more interestingly, the ones who fought in WW1. There are recordings of former slaves. When you compare the amount detail documented for today's average teenager, and then go back in time before audio/video, before even electricity - the generations of untold, unwritten history - there were entire lives lived out in full, especially slaves, potential geniuses even, with so many stories untold, due to illiteracy & oppression. We needed to hear what they had to say & never got to. They weren't doctors, musicians, artists, humanists, scientists, politicians, inventors, protectors, mothers & fathers - they were 'slaves' - their potential was wasted, their voices silenced, book-ended by OUR written history. This is what I think of when the Taliban denied women the right to education in Afghanistan - to mute the intellect of half the population like that, is such a waste - not only for the average woman, but for all we know, the person with the skill to eventually cure cancer or invent an unlimited power source - or perhaps a musician better than any we've ever heard - or simply someone who uses her education to make her community a better place - it's all wasted. My meandering point is, we don't embrace the context of what they had to say back in our own history & it's a crime to ignore their wisdom.
A couple of years ago I looked up Wyatt Earp on Wikipedia and was surprised to see he died a year to the day before my mom was born. His brother Morgan is buried at a cemetery not too far from where I live.
A very groovy and informative documentary. It would seem that Doc Holiday was a real wild west gun fighter. A man who had real face to face gun fights, and not just shot them in the back sort of murders. Doc it seems was one of the Wests greatest gun fighters. Doc was one groovy cat.
Doc knew the law of "Mutual Combat", if 2 people agreed to take a armed fight outside then the survivor can't be charged with murder, problem was the people in the West rarely knew the law.
Pay attention to the movie and you see Kilmer did not play him as a misunderstood hero - he played him as a prick. He's just a prick who you're fortunate to have as a friend because he's always got your back.
That's what any true friend would do. This comment is correct, when the other ally asked Doc, why u doing this anyway?" Wyatt Earm is my friend," well hell I have lots of friends, " I don't" Doc replied. So no he wasn't liked but he was no fool and new to commit when trouble gets rolling. THATS why he was the best, and,NO 1 likes the best prick or not.
Exactly! As I said in another comment here, his only virtue in Kilmer's portrayal is his loyalty. He has his own kind of code, and is willing to rob, and kill for his sense of honor according to that code. In any other story, Doc would be a villain, but in tombstone he's a fantastic anti-hero. He's an asshole, but one we love since his viciousness, and cruel wit are aimed at characters we hate.
Vals portrayal gave me chills . Doc. My fav old west figure. Val. My fav actor portrayal along with. Bill. Gangs ny...and that woman from movie. Monster.
I wish Val Kilmer could still be acting. He was a great acter. Truly awesome. I feel bad for him that he got throat cancer. I really miss him. And a few others too.
I've always loved looking at old pictures in the early 1900s, kind of like looking at my Grandmother and Grandfather's wedding pictures. My grandfather sitting, while my grandmother dutifully standing behind him, neither smiling 😂😂
I lived in Hot Springs Arkansas for years & read a story in an old paper about a young Wyatt Earp being run out of town by the sheriff in the 1870’s for being too rowdy! Downtown then was just the hot springs bathhouses & 17 saloons. The Youngers & James gang also visited back then & Frank James lived there as an old man after being released from prison. Lots of history in that town!
I read about a real old west gun battle in Hot Springs. It went on for 24 hours or 2 days or something. I can't remember. It was a long time ago when I read it. Anyway, over that time, the 2 sides opened fire on each other several times whenever they encountered one another. The two sides were, (IIRC!) the Sheriff Dept of Garland County and the police department of Hot Springs. I think it was over the local gambling concession. Going from an old memory of a story I read, I'm probably not completely accurate, but it's something like that! I don't know why that hasn't been made into a movie.
Thank you for this. I found it interesting and informative. Couldn't stop listening if I tried. I also watched the movie Tombstone a dozen times and this blew it away with the factual information as i listened!!! LOVED IT!!! 5 stars
Hi foks! I have one great attacment to the old west; Wyatt Earp was born in 1848, I was born in 1948, 100 hundred years later.That was a graat story about doc holiday and the other old timers of the wild west. I had a picture of wyatt earp taken in the 900s but it was lost or missplaced. I got it from an aunt from long island newyork state...I was about 10 years old. take care all I am now 75 years old. Hurts like hell.. bye.
Thanks for your upload.🎉 Dont listen to the haters. If ppl are so triggered by a narrator that they cant even finish the video, they should leave... but we can do without the Thirsty comments insulting the work for real. L
They had much shorter lifespans back then, too. Plus, they grew up a lot faster…children learned to do chores from a very young age…and do for themselves. No electricity, No air conditioning. No TVs. Of course, they were so busy growing their own food and preparing for the winters they didn’t even need entertainment. Now that is one of our main concerns-the latest movie, concert, video game, music dvd…..cell phone. Girls were married off a very young ages……like twelve or so. Very common. Our ancestors were very tough people compare to all of us.
Completely fascinating history. I have visited many of the places mentioned, which makes it even more interesting. Excellent video. Love all the old photos.
Most interesting. I now know more than when I woke up this morning. The extent of my knowledge of Doc Holliday was restricted to,Tombstone, The OK Corral, the Earps and Clantons & gang. I also was unaware that these guys were around so close to the end of the 19th century. I imagined them to be around much earlier in the century. Every day is a school day. As enjoyable as it is learning about US history in general, I for some reason am even more fascinated by the biographies of these historical characters. I shall be looking out for more of your videos.
"Don't play chicken if you're afraid to die". Something I heard a coworker tell our boss once when he was threatened with firing over 'insubordinance'. He was right; boss got fired first. Don't play chicken if you're afraid to die.
Oddly, a major outlaw, Kid Curry is buried not far from Holiday. I was going to go the graveyard but, it is supposed to be a steep hike as there isn't a road, a storm was moving in and my wife would have to wait in the car. It is supposed to be a nice view from up there. Wyatt Earp also had an arrest warrant in AZ. Earp wanted to live in AZ but couldn't because of the warrant. I wrote a history teacher and writer for True West magazine as to why he was never arrested. He stated that back then extradition wasn't much of a thing and after so many years no one really cared.
The family lived in Griffin, Georgia, Fayette County, when Henry joined to fight in the Civil War. Many of my kin were from Fayette County as well, most serving in the "Fayette Planters", Company C, 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry. When doing some genealogy research it was cool seeing Henry Holliday on the roster of Soldiers assembled in Fayetteville. Fayetteville wasn't his unit, but he showed up on the rolls there.
@@busking6292 I searched around on Ancestry and Find-a-Grave and it looks like that is not true. But one of his ancestors certainly may have been. More research required.
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Val Kilmer should have received an Academy Award for his portrayal of Doc Holliday.
Absolutely....Hollywood sucks....his Jim Morrison was excellent as well
Agreed!! You ain't no daisy t'all... I'm your huckleberry...
I don't watch Westerns but this is the only performance I'll watch and be able to name in a Western. Kilmer was perfection in acting as far as acting goes.
@@rock-bottom2023 yes I agree with you 100% my friend
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"Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave" best line in any western film.
Well, what's he doing there then?
@@unclequack5445I honestly used this line, when I was commenting on the look on Bidens face during the debate! I actually use Doc Holidays lines quite often!😅. He did a phenomenal job on Jim Morrison of "the doors" Movie as well.
Idk, spit, birds need food same as worms. Clint Eastwood is in the top 5
@@ruggishbone1122 ya lost me, ruggish, clint Eastwood's been My fave since he was teenager on Wagon train, I, 4yo, he waz my first crush, 63yra ago. But you've got to admitt, Doc Holiday. BEING a real
Legend, and roguish bone, (just thought I'd throw that In there😉)how an actor could eitgee nail it playin his character or NOT live up to it, and nevwr live it down. Could've went either way. I never had more interest in Kilmer after tombstone. But your right, Eastwood, UNTOUCHABLE, and Never done mediocre! ☮️✌️👍😎🤗🥰
And, I'm your huckleberry
He definitely made the movie Tombstone what it was. Kilmer did an excellent job
All I know is Val kilmer killed it in tombstone when he played doc Holliday you'll never see another better doc Holliday than that my friend thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
Thats the truth.
The Quaid version I think was the most accurate historically, the Kilmer version is the one I would want to have a drink with. I love them both.
Amen, I love that movie, he was the only reason I have it
I'll be your huckleberry 😊
Nothing but the truth!
@@71treestudios35 Show help me GOD
My favourite western. All characters were great, good, bad & ugly. Val Kilmer was immense, stealing every scene. Fully agree that he deserved an Oscar.
Kilmer in heat was excellent
That Movie with Kurt Russel and Val Kilmer was the absolute best Western movie ever!! They should have received every award available at the time!!!
The most dangerous man in the room is the one who doesn't give a shit.
Doc had already made peace with the fact that he was a dead man walking.
That's the one Clint said to shoot first. Best,
Indeed .. akin to that old saying: "never give a man, nothing to lose."
The Spanish Vaquero is the foundation of the cowboy 🤠
A man after my own heart no soul to keep
I clicked on this because it’s 112° outside and it promised to give me the chills.…
lol, 104 hear today and above average. Are you in Phoenix?
@@drizzt8965- Or Fresno, CA where I live. Was 115 yesterday.
😂 Hilarious. It's clear why the algorithm brought us together this week.
@@Nobluffbuff 🙃
yeah, the weather is crazy up here in maine. lol
Val Kilmer made this character come alive. Highly underrated actor. Thanks for the story and all the old photographs, which are fascinating.
Val Kilmer made that movie note worthy. I've watched it a number of times just to watch Val Kilmer as Doc.
Yep, Val Kilmer "was" Doc Holiday".
U got that right.
You think Val Kilmer was underrated?
@@travisvanalst4698 He didn't get the accolades or the praise as an actor that he deserved, that's what I mean. Not rated high enough, underrated.
I like when Val Kilmer twirls his silver whisky cup in mockery of Ringo.
I never really watched Val Killer's movies until he Doc Holiday.He should have gotten an Academy Award for his portrait of Doc.No doubt.👌
Yep! That Val was a killer!! Even his name says Killer! Oh wait, you meant Kilmer...😂
"You're a daisy if you do!" That is my favorite veiled threat of all time.😂
I love when he tells the other guy "well I got 2 guns... one for each of you.". Piano player had no idea who he was was attempting to fight with. Had he understood the situation he would have sh@t himself. But the line. I got two guns. One for each of you.
The best quote ever. I just don’t know when/how to actually use it now 😂😂😂
I don't know how many times I've watched Tombstone. Val Kilmer was extraordinary in portrayal of Doc Holiday. I agree with others, he should've gotten an Oscar for it!
@moneylifebetter He stoled the movie!
Sam Elliot and Kurt Russell did great as well
Billy bob Thornton was excellent as well!!
To me Doc Holiday's life is the most iconic old west story.
He's my favorite!!
Second only in my mind to Doc Brown's saga from Back to the Future III.
He was born and raised in the town where I live. The Courthouse still has some of his legal documents. His sister is buried in the town cemetery
Has history in Fayetteville as well.
@conradfrykman-vz4on I don't live but about 60 miles from you!
@@conradfrykman-vz4on I live about 60 miles from you.
Then I suppose you were also not impressed with the ai narrator mispronouncing Loundes County. I was born in Atlanta in the 60s, lived all around 285 all my life. Spent my early 20s in College Park across the street from the Atlanta airport until they bought out the subdivision I was in very early 90s.
Did you notice most of these guys barely made it to their 30s? That Earp brother was just 31, Holiday just 36 when they passed. Most of these dramatic events in Holiday's life happened in his 20s. That comedy "A million ways to die in the West" was pretty accurate in its description. Like just going to the bathroom, or outhouse, especially at night with rattlesnakes everywhere can get you killed. So expecting to die must've been a daily thought when rarely a man lived to 40.
I used to live in Griffin. My last name is also Clanton. Kinda funny.
"I'll be your huckleberry." Whoever did the casting for Tombstone...just....thank you. I bet I have watched 3-4 times already. Strange friendship between Wyatt and Doc....loved that movie. Thanks for making this video about Doc Holliday. I enjoyed it and learned some more Americana Old West history
ONLY 3-4? Come on man! Get your numbers up! I must’ve watched it at least 20+ times! Of course I only have DVDs and don’t have cable or any streaming service…🤔
@alansmith2203 I have watched it about 70 to 75 times
That was my favorite line as well. I love all the vintage pictures ,so I thankyou for that.💖. I haven't seen anything from you for awhile , I've worried for you and yours. I hope all is well. Thakyou Cowboy 🤠 😊😊
You gotta pump those numbers up those are rookie numbers in this racket 😂
In that scene Val Kilmer doesn't say "I'll be your huckleberry" However he did day "I'll be your huckle bearer" as a huckle is the word for the handles on the side of a casket , I'n essence , doc was saying "I'll carry you to your grave".
I love the era and I must say Val Kilmer played the best Dr Holiday
Jim Morrison played a great Doc Holiday
Or was that Mad Martigan? I get those 2 guys confused
Indeed.
kirk douglas was also pretty good
R.I.P Val he was a great actor.
@@jbeang555 He's still alive
I love Doc. One of the deadliest but the one with the most style. All who knew him said he was one of the best gunfighters.
"This is funny" will always remain one of history's most unique "famous last words".
@@erikjrn4080 General Sedgwick. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.
@@josephturner7569 That's a good one. We should probably divide it into two categories, though: those who chose their words in the knowledge that they were dying, and those who just got lucky - or unlucky, depending on the viewpoint.
Tormod Kolbrunarskald pulled an arrow from deep in his chest, and looked at it: "The king has fed us well, I'm yet fat about my heart's roots."
The guy did his own autopsy, including the objective attitude. The "heart's roots" were the major blood vessels leading to and from the heart. Being an experienced warrior, he will have known that pulling the arrow would accelerate his death, so definitely the "knowledge of death" category.
Born early 70s. My top 5 Western movies. Tombstone and Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Years back I watched Tombstone with my nephew. He knows how much I like this movie. He said "If anybody hasn't seen this movie. They're not American." It was funny.
The Spanish Vaquero is the foundation of the cowboy 🤠
Great job on passing it down to your nephew. That’s part of our jobs. Your nephew is correct. Indeed sir.
Very funny nephew, Tombstone is a great movie, almost as good as Once Upon a Time in the West I give it just a slight edge, love the history of the West, those people who lived it were so tough.
Indeed sir
I've always loved old spaghetti westerns, and Clint's run of them, especially the dollars/man with no name trilogy with Sergio Leone, are some of the best. But, tombstone to me transcends the western genre due to the simple fact that even alotta folks who don't usually like westerns still tend to love it. When a movie is well loved even by those who usually dislike the entire genre it's a part of, that's when you know you've got a masterpiece in front of you.
The trouble is Dennis Quade version of Doc Holiday wasn't sick enough. Mr. Kilmer's version was spot on.
Yes but Quade lost a ton of wt to play the role
There was nothing wrong with Quaid's performance, just overshadowed by Kilmer. The writing in Tombstone for Doc's character was so much better , he had all these great one liners!
The trouble was that Costner’s Wyatt Earp was too long a movie, and slow at times. While Kurt Russel and the rest of the cast of Tombstone were better, making it a more memorable film.
Val did _not_ play the role heroically, which is one of the many reasons _Tombstone_ was more successful and enjoyable than _Wyatt Earp_
The script was often pure hollywood smut though. Quaid was a far more accurate (to accounts) depiction. It's kind of like how I prefer Brian Cox's Hannibal Lecter (in Manhunter, 1986), than Anthony Hopkins' Lecter. Both were fantastic roles, but Brian Cox's Lecter was genius and cruel. The kind of psychopath who couldn't be trusted to not go after Starling. I know it's fiction vs non fiction, but Val Kilmer's dialogue was like Van Wilder'ish. Holliday deleted a double digit # of men, he wasn't some protagonist. The real Holliday beat Kate, was not pleasant & suave when challenged. He was intelligent, unbecoming of the typical pioneer, but he was also a scrawny, angry, murderous lunger, not a panty-dampener with one-liners. Kilmer did a great job, it's just the liberties taken, while not even in the same universe as cheesy as Young Guns/Young Guns 2, were cheesy. It was a Hollywood western. Wyatt Earp was a great movie, but also guilty of padding the dialogue with ideals. it was too long, but it was still a really, really good film. Tombstone was good in a made for tv way. Kurt Russell was great, but he was miscast.
Unforgiven was beautiful. Rio Bravo was beautiful - Gene Hackman stole that show. Butch & Sundance was excellent. The best western ever made, though only slightly better than Unforgiven, was The Proposition.
What amazing characters these were.
Not going around armed and threatening unarmed people but bravely standing up to be counted in front of others who were also armed.
A totally different species and surely their courage is to be admired.
Thanks for this.
Earps walked both sides of the law.
AZ territory was the last of the wild west.
In 1901 The Arizona Rangers were formed,
in 1912 Arizona was granted statehood.
@@derekstocker6661 Live by the sword; die by the sword.
In many ways I think they had a greater sense of morality than a lot of people today.
'I'm your huckleberry' was my favorite line in Tombstone!
My favorite line is when the Sheriff first meets Wyatt and says "Hello." Chills.
*Huckle Bearer.* (I’ll Carry your coffin or Pall Bearer.)
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@@weareindigowearehere.6286thank you!! I’ve literally corrected like 20 comments
“Say when!”
@@weareindigowearehere.6286 Val Kilmer said himself, “I do not say, ‘I’m your huckle bearer.’ I say, ‘I’m your huckleberry,’ connotating, ‘I’m your man. You’ve met your match."
Love 💛 the movie Tombstone and Doc Holiday character played by Val Kilmer is the best! Thank you 💛 for this upload.
Different times...rough people. It's amazing how we idolize them...Billy the kid etc.😊
from old "wild" west sheriff: "we don't have much crime here, no stealing, not much fighting, but there seems to be an inordinate amount of murders."
Not very discriminating, is it?
"Why Ed Bailey...Are we cross?...does this mean that we aren't friends anymore?"
😁 Classic!
The Worlds most loveable outlaw and make no mistake....he was an outlaw!
What is the law, but a list of rules invented by others who honestly believe they have the right to dictate your life to you under threat of death. We are all outlaws.
@@TacDyne Interesting indeed!
@@TacDyneAgreed
@TacDyne no laws are a list of rules that civilized people agree to live by because it is the right thing to do and makes sense. Without laws it is simply the strongest most vile rule.
@@TacDyne Yeah I agree, That is why characters like Judge Roy Bean took charge.
Great Video:
Fun Fact➖”I’ll be your Huckle Berry”
A HUCKLE is the handle on a coffin.
A “HUCKLE BEARER”,
Is a person bears the weight of the coffin while holding the handles or HUCKLES.
HUCKLE BEARER IS the same as a Pall Bearer
Great info!
My great grandfather went to grade school with him.
Interesting!
Dental school or other?
Big nose?
In griffin, Georgia?
Ibew 67?
Excellent interesting and informative video doc Holliday sure was one of the classic gunfighters of the West what an interesting and crazy life...... thank you for not having irritating sound effects or music in the background 👍👍
“That’s what I love about Wyatt,he can talk himself into anything “…Should have got a Oscar.
"Despite his reputation as a gunfighter, Holliday is not invincible. He narrowly escaped death on nine occasions...." leaves me wondering about the definition of invincible.
BYW, great video!
Because he escaped death on 9 occasion exactly, what else do you need?
@@russmode Escaping death on 9 occasions seems like an odd way to preface the assertion one isn't invincible.
@@beecee6211 He was a cat with 9 lives...
Excellent telling of Doc Holliday's life ! Thanks for the upload. I very much enjoyed this. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
The early American West was a fascinating period in the nation's history. Not sure I would have wanted to live in those times though. It must have been a difficult life for those early settlers. I had no idea Doc Holliday was so proficient with a gun having been an educated and articulate man. Those two qualities don't seem to go hand in hand.
This was most interesting and very informative video. Thank you so much for it.
In the South, education with books and weapons were common...there were duels...
One of my fav film
Val kimler gave a outstanding performance in this film ..💯✨
What an amazing but frightening time to be alive. These men were living on the edge. Literally.
I love Doc.One of my top 100 all time favorite historical figures/heroes.Smart educated fancy and more.You really do not want to mess with this guy.
Doc pretty much epitomizes what a badass dude is
Tombstone is a great movie 👍👍👍
Val killed it...great acting...interesting history of Doc Holliday.
Awesome 👍🏻, Thanks for shaking off the Hollywood, although Tombstone was a great movie.
The Spanish Vaquero is the foundation of the cowboy 🤠
@@albertdeleon6272 I don’t understand how that’s relevant to my comment. But I’m a history buff and the Vaquero was the baddest of the bad. American cowboys were in aw of them.
My Great Aunt, a gorgeous woman that is said to have been a model, was born in 1888. I've a photo of her dressed in the era jacket, blouse with a high collar, and skirt, a beautiful hat, her hair up, with the puff around the hairline. Truly a picture of the time, circa 1909.
I always think of her when the dates of Doc's documentaries are mentioned.
Amazing, she was my Mother's Dad's eldest Sister. Fortunate I was to have known her, my grandfather passed a year to the day before I was born.
My Aunt was in her 70's and lived on into her 80's. She was still Beautiful.
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And beauty is so subjective, as we look at what was considered ideal in different eras. The beauty of the 19th century was certainly not the beauty of today. I often wonder what was considered celebrity back then - reputations preceding reality. My grandmother was born in 1921 and has written several books on how life in eastern Canada was growing up. Only the poor kids ate lobster. Indoor toilets were luxury.
I love watching grainy old videos of really old people talking about their past. UA-cam's got plenty of them. They often recall details in those interviews that were never documented before. Today we often ignore old people rambling on repetitively, often from loneliness, but to hear WW2 veterans speaking about their experiences is gold. Even more interestingly, the ones who fought in WW1. There are recordings of former slaves. When you compare the amount detail documented for today's average teenager, and then go back in time before audio/video, before even electricity - the generations of untold, unwritten history - there were entire lives lived out in full, especially slaves, potential geniuses even, with so many stories untold, due to illiteracy & oppression. We needed to hear what they had to say & never got to. They weren't doctors, musicians, artists, humanists, scientists, politicians, inventors, protectors, mothers & fathers - they were 'slaves' - their potential was wasted, their voices silenced, book-ended by OUR written history.
This is what I think of when the Taliban denied women the right to education in Afghanistan - to mute the intellect of half the population like that, is such a waste - not only for the average woman, but for all we know, the person with the skill to eventually cure cancer or invent an unlimited power source - or perhaps a musician better than any we've ever heard - or simply someone who uses her education to make her community a better place - it's all wasted.
My meandering point is, we don't embrace the context of what they had to say back in our own history & it's a crime to ignore their wisdom.
@bethbartlett..Holy Smokes, Darlin !!, Well, She must have passed along her Stunning Beauty to Her Truly Lovely Niece✨️🌻..!!~Peace, K
A couple of years ago I looked up Wyatt Earp on Wikipedia and was surprised to see he died a year to the day before my mom was born.
His brother Morgan is buried at a cemetery not too far from where I live.
Photo? Good to see those who shaped us. God Bless.
A very groovy and informative documentary. It would seem that Doc Holiday was a real wild west gun fighter. A man who had real face to face gun fights, and not just shot them in the back sort of murders. Doc it seems was one of the Wests greatest gun fighters. Doc was one groovy cat.
Doc knew the law of "Mutual Combat", if 2 people agreed to take a armed fight outside then the survivor can't be charged with murder, problem was the people in the West rarely knew the law.
A profoundly moving illustration of how the quality of our friendships matters more than their quantity. 🙏 RIP
“My Hypocrisy only goes so far” Val Kilmer had one of the greatest portrayals in movie history! Nice History Lesson! Thank You
What an amazing man.
Doc Holliday.
Thank you for your balanced presentation of Doc's admirable and unadmirable traits.
Thank you kindly!
Interesting story it held me to the end . ❤
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Taking a knife to a gun fight is one brave man ,Take care Dave across the pond .
It's good to see I'm getting the recognition I deserve.
Love the old West stories. Thanks.
One of the better short doc's on Doc!
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Pay attention to the movie and you see Kilmer did not play him as a misunderstood hero - he played him as a prick. He's just a prick who you're fortunate to have as a friend because he's always got your back.
Is shooting at people for swimming heroically misunderstood or prickish?
@@porangytangDid you read what i wrote?
That's what any true friend would do. This comment is correct, when the other ally asked Doc, why u doing this anyway?" Wyatt Earm is my friend," well hell I have lots of friends, " I don't" Doc replied. So no he wasn't liked but he was no fool and new to commit when trouble gets rolling. THATS why he was the best, and,NO 1 likes the best prick or not.
Exactly! As I said in another comment here, his only virtue in Kilmer's portrayal is his loyalty. He has his own kind of code, and is willing to rob, and kill for his sense of honor according to that code. In any other story, Doc would be a villain, but in tombstone he's a fantastic anti-hero. He's an asshole, but one we love since his viciousness, and cruel wit are aimed at characters we hate.
@matthewkuhl79 Oh, by no means is he a prick,He has not nowhere close to being a prick, Prick God bless all🙏🙏🙏
They should’ve made a whole movie about Doc .They should have done it right after Tombstone so Val could’ve still played him !
That would've been awesome!
@@texasgirl6000indeed!
"Have did it." 😂
I find this American history fascinating,
Doc Holiday is an interesting character, Like his friend Wyatt Earp, they certainly left their mark in the old west's legendary status.
Make no mistake. It's not revenge he's after... It's a reckoning.
A Doc a gunslinger and a LEGEND of The Western World...RIP Doc!
Sounds like Val Kilmer did justice to the part of Doc Holliday... ♥♥
We all still talk about it!
I just watched it was the best
The best! It will NEVER be outdone
@@yionnecantu ❤❤❤
@@diane4537 Watch it whenever it comes on even if it's in the middle because we know Doc's parts are coming up!!❤❤❤
Vals portrayal gave me chills . Doc. My fav old west figure. Val. My fav actor portrayal along with. Bill. Gangs ny...and that woman from movie. Monster.
I wish Val Kilmer could still be acting. He was a great acter. Truly awesome. I feel bad for him that he got throat cancer. I really miss him. And a few others too.
I was born in Tombstone,Az. In 1959 my old high school is now a historic landmark..& I have lived in Tucson,Az. since 1978
Yes Val should have received an Oscar
Always great to hear stuff from yall! Very informative and accurately portrayed. Thanks
Much appreciated!
Men like Doc don't come around very often.
💌Respect
sure they do..the hood full of em...
He was a killer with a romanticized legend. How was he a man to be admired?
Thank goodness.
I've always loved looking at old pictures in the early 1900s, kind of like looking at my Grandmother and Grandfather's wedding pictures.
My grandfather sitting, while my grandmother dutifully standing behind him, neither smiling 😂😂
I lived in Hot Springs Arkansas for years & read a story in an old paper about a young Wyatt Earp being run out of town by the sheriff in the 1870’s for being too rowdy! Downtown then was just the hot springs bathhouses & 17 saloons. The Youngers & James gang also visited back then & Frank James lived there as an old man after being released from prison. Lots of history in that town!
I read about a real old west gun battle in Hot Springs. It went on for 24 hours or 2 days or something. I can't remember. It was a long time ago when I read it. Anyway, over that time, the 2 sides opened fire on each other several times whenever they encountered one another. The two sides were, (IIRC!) the Sheriff Dept of Garland County and the police department of Hot Springs. I think it was over the local gambling concession. Going from an old memory of a story I read, I'm probably not completely accurate, but it's something like that! I don't know why that hasn't been made into a movie.
Thank you for this. I found it interesting and informative. Couldn't stop listening if I tried. I also watched the movie Tombstone a dozen times and this blew it away with the factual information as i listened!!! LOVED IT!!! 5 stars
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi foks! I have one great attacment to the old west; Wyatt Earp was born in 1848, I was born in 1948, 100 hundred years later.That was a graat story about doc holiday and the other old timers of the wild west. I had a picture of wyatt earp taken in the 900s but it was lost or missplaced. I got it from an aunt from long island newyork state...I was about 10 years old. take care all I am now 75 years old. Hurts like hell.. bye.
Thanks for your upload.🎉
Dont listen to the haters. If ppl are so triggered by a narrator that they cant even finish the video, they should leave... but we can do without the Thirsty comments insulting the work for real. L
Would’ve been better if you would’ve done the narration yourself. and not using AI. just makes it more believable. that same voice is used everywhere.
I agree wholeheartedly.
The Spanish Vaquero is the foundation of the cowboy 🤠.
Thanks for the warning I despise AI. I’m out
@@Rob-gy1dd me too
I hate AI narration. Turn off immediately every time
That was brilliant ! absolutley riveting ! !
Nicely done video, and increased my knowledge on this western story.
Awesome, thank you!
Watched again. Loved the video and all the old photographs were great in telling the true story of Doc Holiday! ❤❤❤
His cabin still stands in my hometown of Valdosta, Ga
I would like to visit that destination. I did not know it existed. Thanks for the information.
This was so interesting of the life of Doc Holiday, a well presented life of the old west.
wow what a character, sure lived his short life to the fullest
They had much shorter lifespans back then, too.
Plus, they grew up a lot faster…children learned to do chores from a very young age…and do for themselves. No electricity, No air conditioning. No TVs.
Of course, they were so busy growing their own food and preparing for the winters they didn’t even need entertainment. Now that is one of our main concerns-the latest movie, concert, video game, music dvd…..cell phone.
Girls were married off a very young ages……like twelve or so. Very common.
Our ancestors were very tough people compare to all of us.
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I think this is absolutely awesome and I love doc Holliday so this is a real great thing that I got to see and to learn about.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent information on Doc Holiday. Looking forward to more.
Thanks for watching!
" I was just foolin' about " ~ Johnny Ringo ...........
" I wasn't. " ~ Doc
Completely fascinating history. I have visited many of the places mentioned, which makes it even more interesting. Excellent video. Love all the old photos.
The best documentary of Doc Holiday.
Dangerous but fascinating time. Your pictures tell an amazing story of our past
My friend immediately got up and walked out of the theatre when Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday died in "Tombstone". I stayed. My friend was right.
Fascinating, seems like it just happened, we were almost into modern times yet still so primitive! Great story!
Great to watch. I've been watching the Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Earp was a horse thief the lowest of the low
There were no "lawmen" in the untamed territories only survivors.
Most interesting. I now know more than when I woke up this morning. The extent of my knowledge of Doc Holliday was restricted to,Tombstone, The OK Corral, the Earps and Clantons & gang. I also was unaware that these guys were around so close to the end of the 19th century. I imagined them to be around much earlier in the century. Every day is a school day. As enjoyable as it is learning about US history in general, I for some reason am even more fascinated by the biographies of these historical characters. I shall be looking out for more of your videos.
"Don't play chicken if you're afraid to die". Something I heard a coworker tell our boss once when he was threatened with firing over 'insubordinance'. He was right; boss got fired first. Don't play chicken if you're afraid to die.
One of my fav actors! I love history, it’s interesting to learn about Doc. Thanks for the video☺️ the narration sounds good✨
I stood where they fell, in a town too tough to die.
Ringo was suicidal and attempted suicide before. He was an alcoholic and rutinly depressed.
Oh my this is real history. have read old archives about Holliday but this is awesome. love this😀
Hope you enjoyed it!
Oddly, a major outlaw, Kid Curry is buried not far from Holiday. I was going to go the graveyard but, it is supposed to be a steep hike as there isn't a road, a storm was moving in and my wife would have to wait in the car. It is supposed to be a nice view from up there.
Wyatt Earp also had an arrest warrant in AZ. Earp wanted to live in AZ but couldn't because of the warrant.
I wrote a history teacher and writer for True West magazine as to why he was never arrested. He stated that back then extradition wasn't much of a thing and after so many years no one really cared.
I'm your huckleberry.
Well that's a daisy.
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@@electricjokeTo Johnny Ringo “Your a daisy if you do”
It’s wondered if the statement was meant to be “I’ll be your huckle bearer”
I named my old cat Huckleberry because of seeing the film, "Tombstone", and hearing Doc say that :)
Interesting video peppered with some information that was new to me. Didn't give me chills though. Well done, thank you.
So nice of you
I just LOVE the AI narrator! He's hilarious! SAID NOBODY. EVER.
I really dislike AI narration.
Don't sound like AI to me
@Ljbuddy12 I'm beginning to detect it. Sort of an echo.
Still, he used a good sounding voice for the narration.
It is @@Ljbuddy12
Often written by ai as well with a lot of these channels, and then someone might edit it. Nothing is like it used to be
This guy works for fivr the voice for this video. Its a person
I'll be your huckleberry..................just say WHEN !!! Oh and don't forget the movie "HEAT" with Val also !!! Great flick !
We like Doc Holiday here in Prescott.
Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎 😊
This video omits the fact that he lived in Prescott two different times with Big Nosed Kate, and Big Nosed Kate is buried here.
Lived in AZ. Prescott is a cool town!
An amazing video. I have visited Tombstone Az a few times now and hope to again. I live in Northern Arizona now.
Very cool!
The family lived in Griffin, Georgia, Fayette County, when Henry joined to fight in the Civil War. Many of my kin were from Fayette County as well, most serving in the "Fayette Planters", Company C, 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry. When doing some genealogy research it was cool seeing Henry Holliday on the roster of Soldiers assembled in Fayetteville. Fayetteville wasn't his unit, but he showed up on the rolls there.
I heard that Doc's mother was from Glasgow Scotland,is this true ?
@@busking6292 I searched around on Ancestry and Find-a-Grave and it looks like that is not true. But one of his ancestors certainly may have been. More research required.
Unless Griffin moved, it is in Spalding County.
Entertaining for sure!