Crazy Horse Meets Carmen Miranda—What The Hell Does That Look Like?

 September 27, 2024

   In my Youtube video yesterday I wanted to convey just how wrong Ike Clanton's hat is in the new docudrama Wyatt Earp And The Cowboy War.

Ike Clanton wearing his 1972 Flying Taco Headgear

    This is a cowboy hat from the 1970s not the 1880s. Often called a Bullrider, or a flying taco job, it was never worn in the real Old West and it absolutely insults my eyeballs to see it on the head of Ike Clanton in scene after scene. How wrong is it? It would be like watching a documentary on John Dillinger and he's wearing this on his head:

The Original Gangster look

circa 1933

Or, better yet how about a Carmen Miranda fruit head dress on Crazy Horse?

"Trust me they'll never spot the difference."

—Too many producers under the age of 50

   Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I merely want to illustrate to you how passionate myself and all the True West Maniacs are about Westerns and how serious we take them. In our group, I am known as Mister Restraint. And, to repeat, we are crazy, but we're not insane.

   Also, a big shoutout to Rooster Rob who mashed up the Carmen Miranda and Dillinger images. Great job on a ridiculous premise.

  When solid history meets creative storytelling, something has to give. There's an old Texan saying: "If you can't improve on a story, you have no business retelling it in the first place." The "kids" who made Wyatt Earp And The Cowboy War felt like they were reimagining the myth and they wanted to tell their version of the epic tale, and so they have.

   In the end enthusiasm covers most bets. This show has brought new fans to our world and we appreciate that. If it gets one punk kid like me to be inspired to study what really happened in Tombstone then it will have all been worth it.

   In the future though, please call me and I'll help you to avoid stepping in historical do do.

"My name is Bob Boze Bell and I approve of this very mixed message."

—BBB