Oh, Say Can You See Me In Young Guns III?

 March 14, 2025

   A friend of mine, Paul Hoylen, from Deming, New Mexico just sent me this news item from Santa Fe.

Emilio Estevev to Direct Young Guns III

   Cool. So, I forwarded it on to the guy who created the franchise and asked if he was part of this new effort and he responded:

"Of course, Amigo. I own the rights. We want you to do a cameo."

—John Fusco

   Well, you know me, as soon as I read this the wheels started turning.

A Scene From Young Guns III I'd Like to See

Daily Whip Out: "Old Kid Crazy Coot"

(He's 78 and if you stand near him you will discover he knows everything there is to know  about Billy the Kid )

SCENE: Interior of The Billy the Kid Bar, 1951 

Old Kid Krazy Coot: "All these fancy historians don't know jack diddly about the real Billy the Kid like I do!"

Betty The Bartender: "We wasn't talking about Billy the Kid, you jackass. We're talking about atom bomb testing in Alamagordo!"

Old Kid Krazy Coot: "You know, Billy the Kid rode all through that country before it got all bomb rangy. I rode in there following the same path he took. Tracked the Kid clear through to Crow Flat. Nobody knows what I know!"

Grizzled Miner Sitting Next to the Old Kid Krazy Coot: "Sweet Mother of God, can't you talk about anything other than Billy the Kid?"

Daily Whip Out: "Grizzled Miner"

Old Kid Krazy Coot: "Of course I can! What do you think I am? Some one-note Jimmy Dolan? Ask me something. Anything!"

Grizzled Miner: "What do you think about abortion?"

Old Kid Krazy Coot: "Are you kiddin' me? Hey, speaking of the Kid, did you know Billy was tried for murder in this very room?"

MULTIPLE shots ring out and a limp body is dragged out the swinging doors onto the Mesilla Plaza for the buzzards to pick at.

"Cut! Scene! Print!"

—Emilio Estevev