When I wasn't busy being Davy Crockett, sometimes I was Roy Rogers and sometimes Bat Masterson. Here are the various pieces of my Bat outfit. The hat (not quite derbyish but not quite cowboy), the cane (sorry, no hidden knife or sword), and the gentlemanly pistol (a Hubley Remington .36). Thus equipped, all I had to do was hum the theme song and I was a 1/2 scale neighborhood version of Gene Barry. If only I'd had the vest. James Reasoner models both hat and vest over at Rough Edges.
Ah, very cool duds... I'm almost done with season one and there isn't a bad episode in the bunch.
ReplyDeleteClassic action adventure epic western espionage melodrama TV series aired on NBC Network from 1958-62 for five seasons starring Gene Barry as the American professional gambler journalist author mercenary & adventurer from the Old Wild West era of the 19th century Bat Masterson.
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DeleteAnd you also had the savoir faire.
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DeleteNice collection!
ReplyDeleteGene Barry as Bat Masterson American professional gambler journalist author mercenary soldier & philantropist from New York City United States.
DeleteWish I could say all this stuff was mine. I do have the gun, and a single cane, but the hat is lost to the ages.
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DeleteI don't know if the real Bat always wore fancy duds. Photos of him give that impression, but then, in the 1800's, getting photographed was a special occasion, so people dressed up for it. A photograph of the Wild Bunch (including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) shows them in suits and derbies. And a photo of Ben Thompson shows him dressed to the nines.
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