September 20, 2006 Bonus Bonus Blog
We got a letter from Mrs. Sheb Wooley asking us to correct a mistatement in our DVD column. Here it is:

PLEASE have Mr. HENRY CABOT BECK "correct " information on my late husband SHEB WOOLEY. In your Oct. 2006 issue he gives his speil on RAWHIDE dvd.

My late Husband SHEB WOOLEY CO-STARRED FOR 7 YRS. with Clint Eastwood, and Eric Fleming. His ROLE was that of PETE NOLAN THE SCOUNT for the drive....PAUL BRINEGAR portrayed WISHBONE who was the COOK.

SHEB WOOLEY had massive success following RAWHIDE (BESIDES THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER song) he wrote, published and recorded which to this date (including all covers of the song and re-releases has sold in excess of 100 million records.

He wrote the THEME SONG for HEE HAW which is now out on home dvd...as well as beinga regular cast member.
SHEB WOOLEY co-starred in over 100 major motion pictureas including HIGH NOON, HOOSIERS, SILVERADO, OUTLAW JOSIE WALES, WAR WAGON, HELLTOWN, RIO BRAVO; and appeared in 1000s of television programs including THE LONE RANGER, SUGARFOOT, MOD SQUAD, ETC. HE IS A MULTI-AWARD WINNING SONGWRITER AND RECORDING ARTISTS (having #1 HITS under 2 diffent names....his own and BEN COLDER the parody KING )...won CMA awards for that character.

PLEASE CORRECT my husbands credits....HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED AND UNDERRATED ACTORS, SINGER, WRITERS, COMEDIANS to date....and ALOT OF PEOPLE MISS HIM LIKE I DO.
Thank you,
Linda S. Dotson-Wooley
Mrs. SHEB WOOLEY

Amazing. It was a one-eyed-one-horned-flying-purple-eater and it sold 100 million records. Incredible. What a guy. I had no idea (from High Noon to Hoosiers, now there's a stretch!)

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