VIOLETLADY AT HOME: R.I.P. FESS PARKER

Friday, March 19, 2010

R.I.P. FESS PARKER

Fess Parker died on Thursday. His most memorable role on screen was that of Davy Crockett. Oh, how I loved that weekly television show in the 1950's. All the kids, including me, wanted that coonskin cap. My parents bought me the yellow t-shirt with Davy on the front of it, along with the tan pants with the fringe up the side. I don't think they could afford the coonskin cap, too. I remember that shirt and those pants like it was yesterday. I wore them when we played outside in the woods, pretending I was the girl version of Davy Crockett.

Even at that young age, I thought Fess Parker was absolutely dreamy! Of course, I also thought Liberace was.

2 comments:

Diane@Diane's Place said...: Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone were my favorite shows when I was a kid, along with Gentle Ben. And I also thought he was so good looking, but I was only 5 or 6 when the show was canceled.

I did notice that he wasn't all that good looking as an old man, but he WAS 85 years old, so that probably had a lot to do with it. ;o); March 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Janet said...: King of the Wild Frontier! My brother used to sing the Davy Crockett ( pre-Fess Parker)song in his crib. Bet you were cute as a button in your cowgirl/boy outfit. Life seems like it was so simple back then although I am sure our parents struggled to give us the things that we wanted. I don't ever remember wanting anything extravagant, do you?; April 9, 2010 at 3:39 PM