Well, that Slim he was a crazy man. I loved his scene in Blazing Saddles when he arrived on horseback at the toll gate in the desert. He said, “Somebodeh git a shitload o’ dimes!”
William R. (Bill) Elliott Sent from my iPad > On Dec 28, 2021, at 8:49 AM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I along with Charlie Loving care, Bill Elliott (spelled Elliott). I proudly > own a pristine copy of Kaver Komix from said 50 years ago, and I will donate > it to next year’s TCMA auction as long as no children are within earshot when > the auctioneer reveals what action takes place within its pages. > > Caring, > > Bill Steele > irving, Texas > speleoste...@aol.com > > P.S. My favorite Slim Pickens scene with him as a cowboy: > https://youtu.be/snTaSJk0n_Y > >> On Dec 27, 2021, at 9:24 PM, William R. Elliott <speodes...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Classic Charlie Loving--can't spell or draw either. My name is spelled >> Elliott and that was Kaver Komix, not Caver Comics. But that was 50 years >> ago and nobody cares, except Charlie. >> >> I do remember Sarah Weddington at the laughing contest. She was a lovely >> lady and a laughing contest judge I guess. She just passed away, I'm sad to >> say. Slim Pickens gave me a Charlie Loving trophy-- a cheap copper toilet >> float, glued to a little basket with sticks and strings and mounted on a 2x4 >> to look like a hot-air balloon. And on top it had a plastic Indian chief >> holdin’ a tomahawk, but his other arm was bad, missin’ a hand. Disrespectful >> to native Americans, don't y'all agree? See attached photo. That's Frank X. >> Tolbert, Dallas columnist, a judge I think, at Slim's left, and me on Slim's >> right. >> >> I asked Slim what it was like to work with Mel Brooks. He drawled, "Aww, >> May-ull? He's a crazy man!!" >> >> William R. (Bill) Elliott >> >> 30105 Briarcrest Court >> >> Georgetown, Texas 78628 >> >> speodes...@gmail.com >> >> 573-291-5093 cell >> >> >> >>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:33 PM Charles Loving <lovingi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Bill, >>> Gilbert and I are friends and we communicate. He moved to France decades >>> ago. Shelton is possibly the most famous underground comic artist on the >>> planet along with R. Crum, who also lives in France. Gilbert was a >>> Rangeroo, and the cavers were kin to the Ranger crowd. After every >>> publishing or the Ranger there was a huge drunken fiesta. I believe Shiva's >>> Head Band played for us along with the Conqueroo. I had an in with Jerry >>> Restlaff who was the Centex Lone Star Beer rep and he liked out parties and >>> donated kegs. We also depended on George Majweski who I witnessed at the >>> top of the last switch back to Bustamante. I guess that makes him a caver >>> too. I think he absconded with a few braless ladies. Part of the motivation >>> to donate. I was a caver, and a Rangeroo and a meteorologist at the time. I >>> drew many cartoons about caving and other topics for the Rag and LA Free >>> Press. I recall one night at 902 we had a great belly button painting >>> party. We entrapped a half dozen Tri Delts and painted their bellies. They >>> in turn went our a kidnapped more Tri Delts and any girl on the street. >>> Gilbert and I worked hard painting those buttons. >>> >>> Didn't I get you to deliver Wonder Wart Hog shirts to him a decade ago/ The >>> movie is pretty bad. Aficionados of the Freak Brothers will be happy there >>> is a movie but it doesn sing like I always thought it should. My caver >>> cartoon book seems to be well on its way. I may get it published before I >>> die. I was searching for My Mommie Was a Caver and can't find a copy. I >>> found my Daddy was a Caver. I also dredged up some Helmer cartoons. There >>> was also Caver Comics by Bill Elliot. Bill denighs his silliness. He won >>> the laughing contest at the Luckenbach World's Fair. >>> >>> T for Texas Terry Raines printed My Daddy was a Caver in his printing bus. >>> He was 9 or 10 years old at the time. The youngest caver in the UT club and >>> one hell of a printer. >>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 8:58 AM Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> I just heard a short interview on NPR about an upcoming TV cartoon show >>>> “The Freak Brothers”. I recall that there was a close connection in the >>>> late 1960s between Austin cavers and the artist who created the Fabulous >>>> Furry Freak Brothers head comics, Gilbert Shelton. >>>> >>>> On my first caving expedition to Silvertip Peak, Montana in 1974 there was >>>> a woman with frizzy hair who came along and it was said that the look of >>>> the character Fat Freddy was based on her look. >>>> >>>> https://thefreakbrothers.com/ >>>> >>>> Charlie Loving knows stuff. >>>> >>>> Bill Steele >>>> Irving, Texas >>>> speleoste...@aol.com >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Charlie Loving >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> <Elliott and Slim Pickens 1975.jpg>
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