Absolutely! Don't know why he didn't. His was the most memorable performances in any Western, Ever, Anywhere in the world. I believe that, wherever there's Internet access, Val is being watched on UA-cam as Doc Holliday. His Holliday is more famous, by far, than the actual outlaw.
I find it amazing that, back then, am education was not a common thing to have..especially college level and yet, it seems everyone spoke so eloquently. In society today, college is the norm and some folks can't string a sentence together or use the proper tense, etc.
No matter who recreates narration, on any video etc, I immediately imagine Val Kilmer. It’s amazing how accurate his portrayal of Doc is, and back when they made the movie, they didn’t have internet research like they do now! And I’m not talking about the Tombstone story, I’m talking the sheer acting talent of Kilmer
Tombstone is a great place to visit if you want to hear stories about Doc Holiday. They tell many stories through plays they do every like 2-3 hours. The one at high noon that I went to was the famous fight from tbe tombstone movie and you can even visit the graveyard afterward to see the actually burial sight of the victims
@@skyryerson77 Funny thing about Tombstone. I read an article about Tombstone. The article stated that Tombstone had many more people than it does today because there are two silver mines in Tombstone and those mines made Tombstone a bustling city center, but when the United States went onto the gold standard to back up American currency everyone left Tombstone and Tombstone became just a little town like it is currently. Then, I see these TV commercials with investors encouraging people to buy gold and silver coins. I hear investors saying, "I love silver." I would like to tell these investors, "If you love silver so much why don't you go to Tombstone and re-activate the two silver mines there. I am sure the people of Tombstone would appreciate it."
So just wanted to share a couple of things-first, sorry about the Legacy of the West intro being so low in volume. Second, I didn't have "Doc" Holliday do any coughing in the video, as the newspaper man who conducted the interview gave no description of coughing, or any mention of Doc's illness. Second, there is a time in the interview when Doc refers to Virgil Earp as Bill, that's how it is in the newspaper account. A few things might explain this, the most likely is that the newspaper man conducting the interview heard wrong or wrote down the wrong name. Thanks for watching!
He likely did cough some, although consumption (TB) tends to linger for years before it kills you. It also comes and goes, some days it is bad others it is good. He likely had one of those days during the interview, so it is possible he didn't cough at all or it came out like he was coughing to clear his throat. By the time of the interview, people did know what was causing consumption. To get an idea of how bad it does someone near death, watch the death of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. It causes your body to be "eaten" away and the person suffers badly. It wasn't a pleasant death. Today millions still get it, although we have treatments for it. At the time of Holiday's death, he likely was only skin and bones, weak, weighed almost nothing, bleeding out of nose and mouth. He likely didn't even know where he was during that time. It wasn't for the faint of heart to see.
In Glenn Boyer's book "Wyatt Earp's Tombstone Vendetta", it is mentioned that Doc did not cough while in Dodge City and Tombstone. It was when he went to Colorado that he started coughing and losing weight.
When I first moved to the US jnn1999,I managed to find a book on Wyatt Earp ,in a small book store in Cali..And even though it was mostly focused on Wyatt Earp's life,of course it mentions "Doc Holiday..And he certainly was a interesting character!
No one has mentioned the fact that after Doc's death his father had his body exhumed and brought back/returned to his hometown...Griffin, Ga. and re-interned in the city cemetery. It was all done at night and no one knows the exact location due to no marker being placed according to the funeral home which handled the hometown burial but it's thought he's close to his fathers grave which is marked. How do I know this ??, he was my Grandfathers 1st. cousin.
I've been told my whole life, that he was a second cousin of mine. I went to college with a girl who had the Hollidays last name. She was related to him as well. We don't know each other, but we're probably related! :)
@@legacyofthewest Right on! How about “Tell em the law’s coming. You tell em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me!” or even “I have two guns, one for each of you.” or ''This place has a sign hangin' over the urinal that says, "Don't eat the big white mint".'' Sorry, that last one is Sam Elliott from Roadhouse, also a great western, but set in the 1980's.
He was actually saying "I'll be your huckle bearer"... Meaning he would carry his casket after killing Ringo... Even the movies subtitles get this wrong
@@zachhughes4394Val Kilmer was suppose to say , I'm your Huckle Bearer, but he messed up and said Huckle Berry , and the director liked the line even though it was wrong
Welcome home, Doc Holiday. Being only 7 years old, depending upon where you returned to, it is likely I did not get opportunity to honor you properly upon your return, although Dad made sure that I did many being a little sister of age 8 with a future ahead to thank you for. He had already educated me that, although he and Mom had only one son, you were all “big brothers” to me who had protected my future. Thank you very much as I’ll soon be 60, God willing. Most of my life has been spent fearlessly, all up until the past six years, so much gratitude to you big brother. I’m sure that you understand, and wish every American did. GBU
I am so happy to know of this interview and to hear how Doc expresses hisself. His speaks with great intelligence and thought that it validates the character that Val Kilmer protrays in the movie Tombstone.
Thanks for the narration of that interview. It's wonderful that this reporter was able to interview him. Doc seems like a pretty nice guy. Information like this is more reliable than hearsay, in my opinion.
I'm a fan of doc but nice guy maybe but he was definitely a racist his comments about a Jewish friend of Wyatt caused them to not speak for a long time and would only meet 1 more time and say goodbye and according to Wyatt girlfriend and someone who witnessed doc they said goodbye and cried
Fascinating interview with Doc, very well narrated, thanks for the posting! Of all the ‘Wild West’ characters, I’ve long thought Doc to be most interesting. On a road trip vacation a few years back I visited what is reputed to be his grave in Glenwood Springs, and what a beautiful, peaceful spot he rests in!
Doc Holliday was a cousin to Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel Gone With the Wind. Gone With the Wind was based on the experiences of Doc's family.
Fascinating this shows a completely different side of Doc, most historians paint him as a quick tempered Bully ...here we see an affable even thoughtful man. great job you have earned my sub.
Ya and in fact he really wasn't. At least non of my research ever uncovered such personality. He was extremely educated, but very "street wise" which during this time was rather unusual. That's the sort of man that he was, very confident, and very to himself. He knew how to handle himself, but im sure there alcohol could make him be a prick at times like anyone but as a rule he wasn't a threat unless pushed, and hey, he was just super fast and very good in a fight.
@@Punk-Jw The truth is he was slowly dying of a horrible disease that was common to the upper class in those days. Yes Doc was an alcoholic and he just didn't give a shit so he is the one that started "the gunfight at the OK corral".
I have known people that in their youth were truly hot tempered and violent given to legendary feats of violence then they go grey, find Jesus and are the most subdued gentlemen you could meet.
If you ever get a chance to go out west and visit the desert and see these places first hand, do it, one of my best life memories and I've met many famous ppl, but the mystique is magic
School history isn't always correct. I talked to several Vietnam Vets who told me the real genuine history of that war which is totally different than what the classroom of schools teach us. Talk to people who were really there to get a real history lesson. I think that Schools just want to make things sound better than reality because they don't want to teach the bad too in the history. I love history that is true not falsely depicted just to make something more glorious.
@@charitydunn3842 that's why Vietnam is safe to travel today, even for Americans, it's such a different place when your not killing and running for you life
My family built the power station in Golden Colorado in 1886 when Coors was building his brewery, crazy to think all these guys were in Colorado at that time. Didnt know my fam history in Colorado till I was moving there and my Grandfather told me the stories, he would ride the train from Kansas (my GGGF was Senator of Kansas) and buy sheep. spend time at his grannys on Grand Lake, then back with the sheep to Kansas. These people built this country, they didn't come here and demand free shite.
You have to remember back in the 1800s or if you weren’t going to a bar or some other place in town and you’re staying at home most people read different books that was their main hobbys the more books you read it better your vocabulary gets
This is one of the best pieces of old west news I’ve heard, thank you. I might add I’ve studied western and Indian history all my life, being born and raised in Oklahoma, I lived in the place where a lot of it took place, I was astonished how many cowboys, Indians and just plain outlaws lived in Oklahoma over the years.
@@legacyofthewest I live there and just had no idea the criminals that lived all the way into the 30s with the Bloody Barker Gang, Pretty Boy Floyd. Machine Gun Kelly, etc. not to mention the earlier killers like The Dalton and Doolan Gang, Bell Star, even Jesse James love her. Indians like Quannah Parker and Geronimo.
Amazing. I'm English and my American relatives always say how lucky we are to have such a long and varied history but.. come on, US history is so fascinating!
Thats a split topic....my mother is Scottish, a Keith. My Granddad was a member of the Black Watch in WWII....was at Dunkirk, Normandy, even Africa. The U.K. history is just so expansive to me.
A quintessential Ol’ West legend, a sporting man, a playboy, a dentist, a lunger, a gunslinger, a man of culture, a friend of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and always in vogue.
my sister is actually married to one os wyatt earp's great great grandsons and he has some great stories passed down and actual pictures from wyat and doc together and the other Earp brothers
@@Last_Chance. lol, I can't count how many folks just in the YT comments have claimed to be descendants of Doc. Doc never had any children. You can find some things on the web that claim he did have children, (I've seen up to 5, I believe) but I can't find anything remotely official. Both obituaries of Doc and Big Nose Kate don't mention anything about children, nor does any biography of Kate mention she had any kids, other than a previous husband and child that both died long before she met Doc.
I guess the 'pen' has always been called the 'pen'. I live in Denver, it's pretty awesome when you think about the fact that Doc was walking on the same ground at one point.
I'm grateful to Colorado I'm a disabled vet T.B.I(traumatic brain injury) my rehabilitation was there where I learned to walk and most things again in my 20s lol I'm grateful to be able but the pain was more than I thought I could bear lol thank God for pain medication
Wonderful. Glad I found your magnificent channel. I listen to clip after clip at times and get taken away. The voice actors are fucking awesome. Thank you for the quality history lesson and entertainment. Peace
I'm not sure if Doc was the fastest but I could see where he probably didn't fear getting killed because he was slowly dying from TB. Maybe this gave him an advantage in a gunfight where the other person might hesitate. He also had a reputation (deserved or not) which also helped him.
There was no such thing as the "fastest", it's a Hollywood creation. Feared gunfighters were men that where cool in life or death situations, didn't fear consequences in the moment, and could remain calm under fire. But I doubt any of these legends actually used the term "fast" or "fastest" because that would indicate the need of a skill where two men faced off with holstered weapons on the pretext of some sort of "say when" signal, which I pointed out, was unlikely. Someone like Wyatt Erp would do everything possible to make sure he had the drop on an enemy before getting into a confrontation.... he'd have a shot gun pointed at the guy's chest already, lol, so need to be fast - just cool, smart, and prepared.
I once told a c.o.p.d. doctor as I well do have a smokers mild like cough but is not TB. " I told him in his office that day " as to 'yes'.."" I don't have the "advantage" of working as I am today retired but as to some folks do have that advantage of not smoking while they are on working hours .the doctor rose from his seat and made it a point to write this "advantage" consequence into enabling his future patience's whom he could communicate to them that they should stop smoking as it was inhaling their health ...who could therefore use this type of advantage to do so and help them professionally. To myself these types of advantages are necessary to help stop the grim of a smoker that does lead them to a shortening of the breath. Signed "Doc".
Thank you for this account from yet another legend of the West. The things these guys saw in their lives are only to be imagined but a more solid and reliable sidekick you could not envisage that an Earp or Doc Holliday. Wonderful video's, and thank you for bringing these people alive for us.
There was an episode of the old TV show Gunsmoke in which Marshall Dillon filed a bunch of bogus charges against an innocent cowboy in order to prevent his extradition to another town by a corrupt sheriff to stand trial for murder. I guess that episode was based on this true event. Those writers really did their research.
They had some terrific writers on that show when it was 1/2 hour black and white. Also the episodes which had Native American characters were way ahead of the standard Hollywood portrayal. I can only conclude they had a few Indian consultants because there were a number of very complicated plots that could not have been constructed from history books.
Gunsmoke did some of that, just borrowed from history...both in story lines and characters. I remember Wild Bill Hickok being an old friend of Matt's and one story where a guy was hit on the head and his personality changed (a thing that happened to a railroad worker in real life). Supposedly, the character Matt Dillon was based on Wyatt Earp and that is why early in the show he talked about his "past" and why he was in Dodge City as a Marshal and not a Sheriff.
@@yossarianmnichols9641 Those early episodes were often based on radio show scripts....so character development and details about events were more important than it is for a normal screenplay.
"I avoid trouble. My father taught me when I was young to: "Attend to my own business, and let others do the same.' " - Doc Holliday. That is timeless advice. And such that every man/woman should follow.
Loving this, was introduced to the Doc through the film tombstone and thought Val Kilmers portrayal of him was superb. Thank you for the video, excellent content.
Doc was at Pueblo? I been through there a few times when I was a teen, traveling to go on an elk hunting trip. Even ate at a Cracker Barrel there once (only time I ever been to one). Man, I wish I known the history and was able to visit the places he was at.
@@justinbladedemonsoul well from the movie val kilmer talked liked him acting voice and their was a documentary about the real doc hoilday and he sounded just alike
Hey, I was born in Lamar missouri, Wyatt was his friend, was our first elected Marshall, so I will trust Wyatt's judgement. By the way, I knew Wyatt's in-laws, the Sutherlands
Dammit, I am trying to remember the name of the guy who hauled cows for my dad. He was related to Wyatt's wife. Old guy told me that his brother in laws ran Wyatt out of Lamar. That old guy is 90+ if he is still alive. I remember Earps hardware store on the corner of our county Square. Dammit I am becoming one of those old timers.
Another well done video with information little known to most history buffs. I love how Legacy of the West doesn't just regurgitate well known stories of his subjects. There is always something new and interesting in these videos. This is a great re-telling of a complicated story. There is a book, "Doc Holliday; The Life and Legend" by Gary L. Roberts that I highly recommend for hard core Doc fans. It tells where Mallon went from there. He continued his life as a con-man until he eventually got his comeuppance. He pulled the "man-hunt" scheme again and fleeced a backer that fell for his promise of part of the reward. He also married a land owning woman and beat her to turn over the titles to him. He ended up in jail where history lost track of him. Hard to believe that some Denver Newspapers fell for his bizarre stories hook line and sinker. Thanks Legacy of the West. Looking forward to the next.
Just want to thank you for bringing the west alive with your insightful portrayals of the old west. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to many more of your stories of the true old west
Wow! I've followed Doc Holliday for years, and never knew he gave an interview. Just fyi, I went to Griffin, Ga., his birthplace, and there are markers scattered around town about him.
Really cool piece of history. I live in Tucson not far from Tombstone and they still do gun fight reenactments there which are really fun to watch. Tombstone is certainly a time capsule if you get the chance to visit.
@@LIONTAMER3D He was just one example of the many people that were dispersed as War refugees following that horrible useless war. Remember, he was a best friend of that damn Yankee Wyatt Earp so yes he had to have been a GENTLEMAN!
@Greg Nuckinfutz Southern "Dudes" Only worship Jesus Christ! Trump was an upstate New York Yankee that shared only some of our cultural views. Not all!
@Greg Nuckinfutz The real insurrection was the BLM and antifa terrorists looting and burning cities all summer and the democrats riding it off as a conspiracy theory! Not to mention the double standard for the woman murdered at the capital by police
@Greg Nuckinfutz George Floyd died from the lethal amount of fentanyl and meth in his system he flipped out and his heart couldn't handle it he was saying "I cant breath" before a knee was even on his neck keep living ur Marxist lies democrates are the ones who try to divide us by race
one day when I was in high school they allowed us out to see Doc Holliday's house being transported down the street in front of our school. The land it had been on had been bought but the new owners did not want the house. Somebody bought it and moved it.
Doc went to some prestigious up Nawth schools. He may have been a pretty good dentist but I would suggest to check your weapons with his nurse and share a few shots of whiskey so both of you don't smell alcohol on the breath.. TB I don't know about? Might be contagious.
Did you have the Time Life Books Gunfighterrs of the Old West with hand tooled leather style binding when you were a kid too? Lol I do...so I'm right there with you. I've always been fascinated with that era of our history and to hear it in the words of those legends is gold for me.
@@legacyofthewest yes I do...and I also remember the picture of Clay Allison with his leg in a cast. I'm a subscriber now with the notifications on so I'll be waiting on that video. I really enjoyed the Doc Holiday vid I had no idea he was interviewed shortly after the OK Corral incident. 👍👍two thumbs up
Before WWII there were a lot of people who never finished grade school especially in the south. I say the south because I'm not sure of the rest of the nation. Many people dropped out of school to help with the farms.. They were expected to work and do their fair share but they had good character and were smart in alot of ways.
I would have liked to have know him. An ancestor of mine was a friend of his when Doc was in Texas. My ancestor was a "shootist" and evidently was deadly with two six shooters.
Should’ve used Val Kilmer to do the voice of Doc Holiday. That would’ve been cool. This guy did a good job, though. He didn’t ask him if he shot Johnny Ringo. I wonder if the two cowboys he mentioned that were later, “laid out,“ was Ringo and someone else. Unlike the movie, Holiday was in Colorado when Johnny Ringo got shot. I would have loved to have bought Doc a drink!
In watching this video, it brought back stories my Grandmother told me about my Grandfathers relationship with Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. My Father also told about a visit they had one afternoon from an old friend before my Grandfather passed in 1933 in L.A. My Father said they were visited by Wyatt Earp and they talked about old times. My Father said that he did not remember much about the visit or who Mr. Earp was at that time, only that he was tall. My cousin M.W. was in contact with the Holiday family and confirmed some of the stories each family had about the relationship. Wow! for a word, after all these years I see something from a total stranger about my Grandfather who was Charlie White.
Val Kilmer should have got an Academy Award for that performance
I totally agree! Super underrated movie and the project was doomed until Kurt stepped up in the production
Absolutely! Don't know why he didn't. His was the most memorable performances in any Western, Ever, Anywhere in the world. I believe that, wherever there's Internet access, Val is being watched on UA-cam as Doc Holliday. His Holliday is more famous, by far, than the actual outlaw.
@@clintstryder1131 absolutely! Best version of doc on screen to date!
Val Kilmer did steal the spotlight for the movie Tombstone and then the second one in line in my opinion was Michael Biehn who had played Jonny Ringo
My 105th time watching it tonight 😂 love him in that movie. Ready to crash at all times 🎯
I find it amazing that, back then, am education was not a common thing to have..especially college level and yet, it seems everyone spoke so eloquently. In society today, college is the norm and some folks can't string a sentence together or use the proper tense, etc.
Actually they were very well read, as per Tocqueville
thank the "education system" and the NEA. The pop culture of America.
You can thank leftists for that
Doc holiday was a very educated man. Even spoke latin
@@human_bot_ Especially for that time.
No matter who recreates narration, on any video etc, I immediately imagine Val Kilmer. It’s amazing how accurate his portrayal of Doc is, and back when they made the movie, they didn’t have internet research like they do now! And I’m not talking about the Tombstone story, I’m talking the sheer acting talent of Kilmer
Actors study characters, tapes, even spend time with them if alive. Can you tell he probably heard this clip
I'm your huckleberry!
@@davethorstry6700 say when…
You think doc said I'm you huckleberry for real
@@carlosreyes823 - more like adding value & sizzle to the icons we want to embellish.
I can't get enough of Doc's stories, especially ones like this that I've never heard or seen in movies.
Tombstone is a great place to visit if you want to hear stories about Doc Holiday. They tell many stories through plays they do every like 2-3 hours. The one at high noon that I went to was the famous fight from tbe tombstone movie and you can even visit the graveyard afterward to see the actually burial sight of the victims
@@skyryerson77 Funny thing about Tombstone. I read an article about Tombstone. The article stated that Tombstone had many more people than it does today because there are two silver mines in Tombstone and those mines made Tombstone a bustling city center, but when the United States went onto the gold standard to back up American currency everyone left Tombstone and Tombstone became just a little town like it is currently. Then, I see these TV commercials with investors encouraging people to buy gold and silver coins. I hear investors saying, "I love silver." I would like to tell these investors, "If you love silver so much why don't you go to Tombstone and re-activate the two silver mines there. I am sure the people of Tombstone would appreciate it."
@@johnreynolds6466the silver still there isn't worth going after or they would...
This sounds like bullshit😂
So just wanted to share a couple of things-first, sorry about the Legacy of the West intro being so low in volume. Second, I didn't have "Doc" Holliday do any coughing in the video, as the newspaper man who conducted the interview gave no description of coughing, or any mention of Doc's illness. Second, there is a time in the interview when Doc refers to Virgil Earp as Bill, that's how it is in the newspaper account. A few things might explain this, the most likely is that the newspaper man conducting the interview heard wrong or wrote down the wrong name. Thanks for watching!
Bravo well done
He likely did cough some, although consumption (TB) tends to linger for years before it kills you. It also comes and goes, some days it is bad others it is good. He likely had one of those days during the interview, so it is possible he didn't cough at all or it came out like he was coughing to clear his throat. By the time of the interview, people did know what was causing consumption. To get an idea of how bad it does someone near death, watch the death of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. It causes your body to be "eaten" away and the person suffers badly. It wasn't a pleasant death. Today millions still get it, although we have treatments for it. At the time of Holiday's death, he likely was only skin and bones, weak, weighed almost nothing, bleeding out of nose and mouth. He likely didn't even know where he was during that time. It wasn't for the faint of heart to see.
In Glenn Boyer's book "Wyatt Earp's Tombstone Vendetta", it is mentioned that Doc did not cough while in Dodge City and Tombstone. It was when he went to Colorado that he started coughing and losing weight.
When I first moved to the US jnn1999,I managed to find a book on Wyatt Earp ,in a small book store in Cali..And even though it was mostly focused on Wyatt Earp's life,of course it mentions "Doc Holiday..And he certainly was a interesting character!
Yeh that was great man. Didn’t need any fake coughing. Good job 👏
This is how you learn history. Well done guys.
Thank you!
No one has mentioned the fact that after Doc's death his father had his body exhumed and brought back/returned to his hometown...Griffin, Ga. and re-interned in the city cemetery. It was all done at night and no one knows the exact location due to no marker being placed according to the funeral home which handled the hometown burial but it's thought he's close to his fathers grave which is marked. How do I know this ??, he was my Grandfathers 1st. cousin.
I've been told my whole life, that he was a second cousin of mine. I went to college with a girl who had the Hollidays last name. She was related to him as well. We don't know each other, but we're probably related! :)
I don't think so
@@bkniker You know Holliday had a big family right? It's not unlikely that a lot of people are related to him in some way
Dang how old are you. @@sophiegiddings9272
@@hallsrelief2791Maybe a few hundred by now, but that's nothing compared to 8 billion people.
''I'm your Huckelberry'', best line, from the best movie ever👍🤠👍.
Also "You're a daisy if you do" is one of my favorites, but there's a bunch
@@legacyofthewest Right on! How about “Tell em the law’s coming. You tell em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me!” or even “I have two guns, one for each of you.” or ''This place has a sign hangin' over the urinal that says, "Don't eat the big white mint".'' Sorry, that last one is Sam Elliott from Roadhouse, also a great western, but set in the 1980's.
@@TimRHillard Sam Elliott is the man!
He was actually saying "I'll be your huckle bearer"... Meaning he would carry his casket after killing Ringo... Even the movies subtitles get this wrong
@@zachhughes4394Val Kilmer was suppose to say , I'm your Huckle Bearer, but he messed up and said Huckle Berry , and the director liked the line even though it was wrong
Great narrative on my favorite character from the old west. Doc Holiday was my USMC radio call sign in Nam 67-68.
Oh that'd be a cool name to use
Thank you for your service.
Welcome home, Doc Holiday. Being only 7 years old, depending upon where you returned to, it is likely I did not get opportunity to honor you properly upon your return, although Dad made sure that I did many being a little sister of age 8 with a future ahead to thank you for. He had already educated me that, although he and Mom had only one son, you were all “big brothers” to me who had protected my future. Thank you very much as I’ll soon be 60, God willing. Most of my life has been spent fearlessly, all up until the past six years, so much gratitude to you big brother. I’m sure that you understand, and wish every American did. GBU
thank you for your service, from a fellow Navajo
Welcome home brother!
Fascinating information! Thanks for presenting this interview and putting it in context of what was happening in Doc's life at the time.
Glad you liked it!
I am so happy to know of this interview and to hear how Doc expresses hisself. His speaks with great intelligence and thought that it validates the character that Val Kilmer protrays in the movie Tombstone.
*himself
@@SpicyTexan64 Fail at not knowing the vernacular of the Old West.
My favorite gunslinger of the old west. The Legendary Doc Holliday
The word gunslingers is a Hollywood invention. The correct terminology is gunfighter.
Hell yea.
Thanks for the narration of that interview. It's wonderful that this reporter was able to interview him. Doc seems like a pretty nice guy. Information like this is more reliable than hearsay, in my opinion.
Thanks!
I'm a fan of doc but nice guy maybe but he was definitely a racist his comments about a Jewish friend of Wyatt caused them to not speak for a long time and would only meet 1 more time and say goodbye and according to Wyatt girlfriend and someone who witnessed doc they said goodbye and cried
@@tomwigal8856 boo hoo
@@airgunfun4248 ahhhhh shtup
"...till I deviated from the path of rectitude." OMG! My sides are hurting! 😂😂 Understatement?? 😂😂
Fascinating interview with Doc, very well narrated, thanks for the posting! Of all the ‘Wild West’ characters, I’ve long thought Doc to be most interesting. On a road trip vacation a few years back I visited what is reputed to be his grave in Glenwood Springs, and what a beautiful, peaceful spot he rests in!
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
What's better than a drunken , gun fighting dentist. 😅
@@RobertSmith-iw2kb*A stumbling bumbling president.*
Doc Holliday was a cousin to Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel Gone With the Wind. Gone With the Wind was based on the experiences of Doc's family.
i hear doc holliday i hear Val Kilmer’s “i’m your huckleberry….. that’s just my game” 😁 love that part!! “say when!”
Made me want to visit my uncle Agustin in Denver again. Those roads from Arizona to Colorado passing through New Mexico what a beautiful scenery.
What a great insight to Doc's mannerisms, and thoughts. I'm sure he was a real character.
Rather a Southern gentleman true to his friends, Not a "real character".
Fascinating this shows a completely different side of Doc, most historians paint him as a quick tempered Bully ...here we see an affable even thoughtful man. great job you have earned my sub.
Thank you!
Ya and in fact he really wasn't. At least non of my research ever uncovered such personality. He was extremely educated, but very "street wise" which during this time was rather unusual. That's the sort of man that he was, very confident, and very to himself. He knew how to handle himself, but im sure there alcohol could make him be a prick at times like anyone but as a rule he wasn't a threat unless pushed, and hey, he was just super fast and very good in a fight.
@@Punk-Jw The truth is he was slowly dying of a horrible disease that was common to the upper class in those days.
Yes Doc was an alcoholic and he just didn't give a shit so he is the one that started "the gunfight at the OK corral".
I have known people that in their youth were truly hot tempered and violent given to legendary feats of violence then they go grey, find Jesus and are the most subdued gentlemen you could meet.
@@randalstilskin5266 loop
I saw TOMBSTONE when it came out, I FELL N LOVE W WYATT EARP & DOC HOLLIDAY, I NAMED MY 1ST SON KEITH " WYATT " CLEMONS AFTER WYATT EARP, MY HERO!!!!!
It always fascinates me, to learn history not contained in the history books used in school.
If you ever get a chance to go out west and visit the desert and see these places first hand, do it, one of my best life memories and I've met many famous ppl, but the mystique is magic
School history isn't always correct. I talked to several Vietnam Vets who told me the real genuine history of that war which is totally different than what the classroom of schools teach us. Talk to people who were really there to get a real history lesson. I think that Schools just want to make things sound better than reality because they don't want to teach the bad too in the history. I love history that is true not falsely depicted just to make something more glorious.
@@charitydunn3842 that's why Vietnam is safe to travel today, even for Americans, it's such a different place when your not killing and running for you life
getting high and going on the internet and learning things is dope dawg i love it
Also 10 times more interesting.
My family built the power station in Golden Colorado in 1886 when Coors was building his brewery, crazy to think all these guys were in Colorado at that time. Didnt know my fam history in Colorado till I was moving there and my Grandfather told me the stories, he would ride the train from Kansas (my GGGF was Senator of Kansas) and buy sheep. spend time at his grannys on Grand Lake, then back with the sheep to Kansas. These people built this country, they didn't come here and demand free shite.
I have always had a kind feeling for shootists. People who prefer kindness and friendship, but can do the ugly things needed. Thanks for the reading.
" I was a prominent member of a temperance organization until I deviated from the path of rectitude." LOL!
Doc seems like a well spoken gentleman
I would say definitely emphasis on "gentleman"!
You have to remember back in the 1800s or if you weren’t going to a bar or some other place in town and you’re staying at home most people read different books that was their main hobbys the more books you read it better your vocabulary gets
I lived in Gunnison for awhile and spent many summers there. I never knew Doc spent time there! Very cool.
I lived there for over 20 years and didn’t know this either!
I too lived in Gunnison. Beautiful place. Impossible to make a living there, sadly.
This is one of the best pieces of old west news I’ve heard, thank you. I might add I’ve studied western and Indian history all my life, being born and raised in Oklahoma, I lived in the place where a lot of it took place, I was astonished how many cowboys, Indians and just plain outlaws lived in Oklahoma over the years.
A ton of interesting history in Oklahoma-eventually I hope to cover more of it on this channel
@@legacyofthewest I live there and just had no idea the criminals that lived all the way into the 30s with the Bloody Barker Gang, Pretty Boy Floyd. Machine Gun Kelly, etc. not to mention the earlier killers like The Dalton and Doolan Gang, Bell Star, even Jesse James love her. Indians like Quannah Parker and Geronimo.
Also Woody Guthrie!
Amazing. I'm English and my American relatives always say how lucky we are to have such a long and varied history but.. come on, US history is so fascinating!
Us history IS english history if you go back far enough
@@robertlaube574 Yeah good point. A sort of Branch off too even after the 1770s.
Ever heard of Jamestown or the Bermuda Hundred?
@@TheGuitarReb I know Jamestown, I look up the Bermuda Hundred 👍
Thats a split topic....my mother is Scottish, a Keith. My Granddad was a member of the Black Watch in WWII....was at Dunkirk, Normandy, even Africa. The U.K. history is just so expansive to me.
Doc will always be remembered, side-by-side, with the Earp’s in “The Street Fight” in Tombstone (what Wyatt Earp called it)! Great video sir 👍🏼👏🏼
I've always been fascinated by his story for a long time. Interview was worth listening to. Thanks Sir for your valuable video.Indian from India .
Thank you!
Love the description...a man of sand..you don't hear that term, sand, anymore...
Now they are called Macho, and they are really hard to find.
A quintessential Ol’ West legend, a sporting man, a playboy, a dentist, a lunger, a gunslinger, a man of culture, a friend of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and always in vogue.
_"always in vogue",_ you mean in the Magazine "Vogue"? I believe the magazine existed already back in the 1800's.
@@larsrons7937 You’re so smart it’s scary!
@@NothingMaster I take that for a "yes", thanks. Interesting.
Yes, he was a;; that. And also a psychopath.
At the ripe old age of thirty one.
My husband's last name is Holliday. His friends still call him Doc. I love history, especially the old west
my sister is actually married to one os wyatt earp's great great grandsons and he has some great stories passed down and actual pictures from wyat and doc together and the other Earp brothers
As a Holiday descendant, I really appreciate this. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
What is your relation to doc?
@@Last_Chance. dreams
@@Last_Chance. lol, I can't count how many folks just in the YT comments have claimed to be descendants of Doc. Doc never had any children. You can find some things on the web that claim he did have children, (I've seen up to 5, I believe) but I can't find anything remotely official. Both obituaries of Doc and Big Nose Kate don't mention anything about children, nor does any biography of Kate mention she had any kids, other than a previous husband and child that both died long before she met Doc.
I guess the 'pen' has always been called the 'pen'. I live in Denver, it's pretty awesome when you think about the fact that Doc was walking on the same ground at one point.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Man this is so cool! So glad I found this!
I love these old west stories, new sub here In Australia
Thank you!
THIS WAS GREAT !!!!!!!! THANKS MUCH . ❤🙏
Thank you kindly sir 🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚
I'm grateful to Colorado I'm a disabled vet T.B.I(traumatic brain injury) my rehabilitation was there where I learned to walk and most things again in my 20s lol I'm grateful to be able but the pain was more than I thought I could bear lol thank God for pain medication
Thank scientist for pain medication.
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Thank God you're even alive, life is short
Wonderful. Glad I found your magnificent channel.
I listen to clip after clip at times and get taken away. The voice actors are fucking awesome.
Thank you for the quality history lesson and entertainment.
Peace
I'm not sure if Doc was the fastest but I could see where he probably didn't fear getting killed because he was slowly dying from TB. Maybe this gave him an advantage in a gunfight where the other person might hesitate. He also had a reputation (deserved or not) which also helped him.
There was no such thing as the "fastest", it's a Hollywood creation.
Feared gunfighters were men that where cool in life or death situations, didn't fear consequences in the moment, and could remain calm under fire. But I doubt any of these legends actually used the term "fast" or "fastest" because that would indicate the need of a skill where two men faced off with holstered weapons on the pretext of some sort of "say when" signal, which I pointed out, was unlikely.
Someone like Wyatt Erp would do everything possible to make sure he had the drop on an enemy before getting into a confrontation.... he'd have a shot gun pointed at the guy's chest already, lol, so need to be fast - just cool, smart, and prepared.
@@nookie077 Well John Wesley Harden shot a guy thru the wall for snoring too loud, does that count.
@@TheGuitarReb Yes, count as murder.
I imagine an ability to accurately read and predict a dangerous situation might have helped as well.
I once told a c.o.p.d. doctor as I well do have a smokers mild like cough but is not TB. " I told him in his office that day " as to 'yes'.."" I don't have the "advantage" of working as I am today retired but as to some folks do have that advantage of not smoking while they are on working hours .the doctor rose from his seat and made it a point to write this "advantage" consequence into enabling his future patience's whom he could communicate to them that they should stop smoking as it was inhaling their health ...who could therefore use this type of advantage to do so and help them professionally. To myself these types of advantages are necessary to help stop the grim of a smoker that does lead them to a shortening of the breath. Signed "Doc".
Amazing so many of these men were lawmen in one state, and outlaws in another.
Thank you for this account from yet another legend of the West.
The things these guys saw in their lives are only to be imagined but a more solid and reliable sidekick you could not envisage that an Earp or Doc Holliday.
Wonderful video's, and thank you for bringing these people alive for us.
Thank you for this bit of history of a fascinating and colorful western character . Good work !
Thanks!
This is so cool. Watched Tombstone the other night for the first time in about 20 years. Thanks for posting this, it's fascinating.
This is awesome !!!
Thank you so much for sharing !!!!!
Glad you like it!
There was an episode of the old TV show Gunsmoke in which Marshall Dillon filed a bunch of bogus charges against an innocent cowboy in order to prevent his extradition to another town by a corrupt sheriff to stand trial for murder. I guess that episode was based on this true event. Those writers really did their research.
I was just thinking of that episode.
They had some terrific writers on that show when it was 1/2 hour black and white. Also the episodes which had Native American characters were way ahead of the standard Hollywood portrayal. I can only conclude they had a few Indian consultants because there were a number of very complicated plots that could not have been constructed from history books.
it's vary clever.
Gunsmoke did some of that, just borrowed from history...both in story lines and characters. I remember Wild Bill Hickok being an old friend of Matt's and one story where a guy was hit on the head and his personality changed (a thing that happened to a railroad worker in real life). Supposedly, the character Matt Dillon was based on Wyatt Earp and that is why early in the show he talked about his "past" and why he was in Dodge City as a Marshal and not a Sheriff.
@@yossarianmnichols9641 Those early episodes were often based on radio show scripts....so character development and details about events were more important than it is for a normal screenplay.
"I avoid trouble. My father taught me when I was young to: "Attend to my own business, and let others do the same.' " - Doc Holliday.
That is timeless advice. And such that every man/woman should follow.
That's what is wrong, Everybody running around minding everybody's business but their own.
It's a Shame that PEOPLE Can't Do That Now🤠
Mind mine staying out of yours.
@@lesliedavis1520 - You're excused. Lol!
Loving this, was introduced to the Doc through the film tombstone and thought Val Kilmers portrayal of him was superb. Thank you for the video, excellent content.
Thanks!
What a treasure to have this for posterity. Ty.
Wow. Life was so different back then. Some hard S.O.B’s back then.
Nice interpretation on the Life of Doc who will forever be among us.
I love the Gunnison area. Great biking, backpacking all up in the mountains in the surrounding area.
Doc was at Pueblo? I been through there a few times when I was a teen, traveling to go on an elk hunting trip. Even ate at a Cracker Barrel there once (only time I ever been to one).
Man, I wish I known the history and was able to visit the places he was at.
Liked, suscribed, entertained and now better informed on this gentleman and his times! Sand, indeed!
Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying the content!
This is a superior source of information.
Thanks!
I love what he quoted what his father taught him.
I'm sorry it was so short! This was so well done and I think I speak for others when I say, if you make another, longer video, you'll get high views.
Val Kilmer did a great job in tombstone they sound alike
Kilmer did a awesome job with his voice of the real doc
Pretty sure this is an old interview in the newspaper , read by modern people. This is not the actual docs voice.
Woo how do you know what doc sounded like!!! That's amazing
@@justinbladedemonsoul well from the movie val kilmer talked liked him acting voice and their was a documentary about the real doc hoilday and he sounded just alike
I'm pretty sure It was doc holiday that once said and I quote.... you feelin lucky punk... well are you
Wayne Wilco did good as DOC , But I'd give money to hear a voice over by Val Kilmer
He literally has throat cancer
@@ElimGarakSpoonHead who Val or wayne ??
Hey, I was born in Lamar missouri, Wyatt was his friend, was our first elected Marshall, so I will trust Wyatt's judgement. By the way, I knew Wyatt's in-laws, the Sutherlands
Dammit, I am trying to remember the name of the guy who hauled cows for my dad. He was related to Wyatt's wife. Old guy told me that his brother in laws ran Wyatt out of Lamar. That old guy is 90+ if he is still alive. I remember Earps hardware store on the corner of our county Square. Dammit I am becoming one of those old timers.
@@johnsegertsons2143 Val
I should be in bed (work graveyard)..but this is so satisfying to know/learn about Doc, in his own words,is.just fantastic!! Thank You Folks!
Another well done video with information little known to most history buffs. I love how Legacy of the West doesn't just regurgitate well known stories of his subjects. There is always something new and interesting in these videos. This is a great re-telling of a complicated story. There is a book, "Doc Holliday; The Life and Legend" by Gary L. Roberts that I highly recommend for hard core Doc fans. It tells where Mallon went from there. He continued his life as a con-man until he eventually got his comeuppance. He pulled the "man-hunt" scheme again and fleeced a backer that fell for his promise of part of the reward. He also married a land owning woman and beat her to turn over the titles to him. He ended up in jail where history lost track of him. Hard to believe that some Denver Newspapers fell for his bizarre stories hook line and sinker. Thanks Legacy of the West. Looking forward to the next.
I guess the news was fake back then too
This was great! Makes me think what he may of really sounded like.
Thanks! Yeah, if only audio recorders were invented sooner
Just want to thank you for bringing the west alive with your insightful portrayals of the old west. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to many more of your stories of the true old west
Thank you!
What a badass. Got shot in the hip, "slightly inconvenienced me for a few days" 😂
Wow! I've followed Doc Holliday for years, and never knew he gave an interview. Just fyi, I went to Griffin, Ga., his birthplace, and there are markers scattered around town about him.
I really enjoyed this, thank you!
That was interesting. Thankyou for sharing.
I never heard of this interview. Glad I came across it.
Doc was interviewed twice in 1882, I have another video on my channel that's the other interview
Thank you.i really enjoyed this
That was badass. I love that stuff!
I just found your channel and am looking forward to more of these type of videos. Well done. Thank you.
Thanks!
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I was born and raised in Pueblo Colorado, I Never knew this information!! WILD!!! I grew as a huge fan of the movie Tombstone!!
Very well done, it certainly held my attention!
Thank you!
Really cool piece of history. I live in Tucson not far from Tombstone and they still do gun fight reenactments there which are really fun to watch.
Tombstone is certainly a time capsule if you get the chance to visit.
Definitely want to go there!
This was an amazing video. Thank you
Southern gentlemen are few and far between these days....glad to here of one with sand....smile.
He was a "gentleman"?
@@LIONTAMER3D He was just one example of the many people that were dispersed as War refugees following that horrible useless war. Remember, he was a best friend of that damn Yankee Wyatt Earp so yes he had to have been a GENTLEMAN!
@Greg Nuckinfutz Southern "Dudes" Only worship Jesus Christ! Trump was an upstate New York Yankee that shared only some of our cultural views. Not all!
@Greg Nuckinfutz The real insurrection was the BLM and antifa terrorists looting and burning cities all summer and the democrats riding it off as a conspiracy theory! Not to mention the double standard for the woman murdered at the capital by police
@Greg Nuckinfutz George Floyd died from the lethal amount of fentanyl and meth in his system he flipped out and his heart couldn't handle it he was saying "I cant breath" before a knee was even on his neck keep living ur Marxist lies democrates are the ones who try to divide us by race
one day when I was in high school they allowed us out to see Doc Holliday's house being transported down the street in front of our school. The land it had been on had been bought but the new owners did not want the house. Somebody bought it and moved it.
This was so good ..... really thank you ..very interesting ....
Has anyone else ever wondered what a dental visit with him would have been like?
Doc went to some prestigious up Nawth schools. He may have been a pretty good dentist but I would suggest to check your weapons with his nurse and share a few shots of whiskey so both of you don't smell alcohol on the breath.. TB I don't know about? Might be contagious.
You would get TB.
No, just you.
He once put a crown on a very young girl's tooth, while in dental school, that lasted for almost 70 years.....when she died of old age!
PAIN, pure pain, they didn't have all the modern equipment of today.
Thank you for sharing this, it was gripping story telling at its finest. Top notch job!
Thanks!
Crazy that we think about these people as living legends people that were 15 ft tall and he was exactly my age when he gave this interview
This is FANTASTIC!!! This is rapidly becoming my new favorite channel!!! Keep up the good work!!! Much love from Utah!!!
Thank you! That means a lot!
Did you have the Time Life Books Gunfighterrs of the Old West with hand tooled leather style binding when you were a kid too? Lol I do...so I'm right there with you. I've always been fascinated with that era of our history and to hear it in the words of those legends is gold for me.
Yup, I had the book on the gunfighters-you remember that photo of the two dead soldiers in Hays? I'll eventually be doing a video about that gunfight.
@@legacyofthewest yes I do...and I also remember the picture of Clay Allison with his leg in a cast. I'm a subscriber now with the notifications on so I'll be waiting on that video. I really enjoyed the Doc Holiday vid I had no idea he was interviewed shortly after the OK Corral incident. 👍👍two thumbs up
Love how this all took place in my home state!
Colorado...
"Instead of putting up their paws they put up their revolvers and began firing." That turned out to be a mistake.
I live in Georgia. They have or had a Doc Holliday museum that was real impressive. The owner of it was related to the Holliday family.
Another museum I need to go to!
Before WWII there were a lot of people who never finished grade school especially in the south. I say the south because I'm not sure of the rest of the nation. Many people dropped out of school to help with the farms.. They were expected to work and do their fair share but they had good character and were smart in alot of ways.
My Surname is Halliday my Dads nick name was Doc always wondered if there is a family connection? Fascinating channel thanks for sharing 👍🏻
I would have liked to have know him. An ancestor of mine was a friend of his when Doc was in Texas. My ancestor was a "shootist" and evidently was deadly with two six shooters.
Once you get to Pueblo from I 25 going south, you are in the Southwest!
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Should’ve used Val Kilmer to do the voice of Doc Holiday. That would’ve been cool. This guy did a good job, though.
He didn’t ask him if he shot Johnny Ringo. I wonder if the two cowboys he mentioned that were later, “laid out,“ was Ringo and someone else. Unlike the movie, Holiday was in Colorado when Johnny Ringo got shot.
I would have loved to have bought Doc a drink!
I can only ever imagine Doc Holliday as how Val Kilmer portrayed him
I've heard that the Windsor Hotel in Denver was knocked down sometime in the 1960's and now it's a parking lot.
In watching this video, it brought back stories my Grandmother told me about my Grandfathers relationship with Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. My Father also told about a visit they had one afternoon from an old friend before my Grandfather passed in 1933 in L.A. My Father said they were visited by Wyatt Earp and they talked about old times. My Father said that he did not remember much about the visit or who Mr. Earp was at that time, only that he was tall. My cousin M.W. was in contact with the Holiday family and confirmed some of the stories each family had about the relationship. Wow! for a word, after all these years I see something from a total stranger about my Grandfather who was Charlie White.
" a man of sand " - what a great expression.