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I'm Your Huckleberry
If you're like me, you have seen the movie "Tombstone" about 100 times. I have always wondered, what does Doc Holiday mean when he says, "I'm your huckleberry". Curious to know? Me to! Here is what I found while researching my answer.
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@Wild4 6 лет назад

I derpped the locations; CORRECTION: Doc was born in Griffin, Georgia - mostly raised in Valdosta, Georgia - passed away in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

@waynerobinson2301 6 лет назад

Oh bullshit . All that Doc ment was " im your date , lets dance "

@curtisking5138 6 лет назад

Wild4Games :"Why, Johnny Ringo,you look like somebody just walked over your grave!"

@curtisking5138 6 лет назад

mtman2 : Somebody tells me "Well I wasn't, and this time it's legal",with them crazy eyes and tremblin' cigarette lips, I'd be crapping my pants too!

@curtisking5138 6 лет назад

mtman2 : Yeah! "The Cowboys"! That's another great one by Doc right there, as they burst into a hotel (brothel?) "Don't move!"someone says. Doc interjects "Nonsense! By all means,move!" Notice how Doc triggered Billy to go for his gun at the OK Corral? Then blasted him with "the street howitzer"!

@curtisking5138 6 лет назад

mtman2 : I wish that could find some reason to oppose your comments at least once,instead of agreeing with everything you say,but I find myself remembering scenes that are consistent with your comments.The Cowboys were bullies and extortionists. Ike Clanton was a a big mouthed coward, and it seems that he survived "the purge" by the "Immortals"! And the Doc! Would you dare to dump a woman with "I think we need to redefine the nature of our relationship!" Would you dare, after winning all his money, tell an illiterate bully who is backed by a gang of bullies "I know, let's have a spelling contest!" And mock a deadly gunslinger by replicating his display of smooth gun-handling, using a cup! A true loyal, fearless Southern gentleman!

@carlbradley4872 3 года назад

Val Kilmer is still owed an Oscar for this role. That he didn't win easily is a testament to the silliness of the Academy.

@Wild4 3 года назад

I agree completely!

@billydurham4143 3 года назад

@@Wild4 Couldn't be more true.

@charlesbrowning9748 3 года назад

no it's a testament to he arrogance and stupidity of the academy selection group.

@josephdale69 2 года назад

@@Wild4 This snub and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction were the two worst snubs of that era.

@scootergeorge9576 2 года назад

Tommy Lee Jones 1994 Best Supporting Actor award for "The Fugitive" was not silly.

@gregines70x7 5 лет назад

Val Kilmer not getting an OSCAR for his role as ''Doc Holiday'' in Tombstone was one of the biggest snubs in Academy Award history. As he was truly ''a daisy'' in that classic western movie. In fact, he's one of my all-time favorite characters in the movies.

@Wild4 5 лет назад

Agree - he was stunning in the role 💪

@allenmartin6536 5 лет назад

Are you guys on dope! That was one of the most pathetic, gayest portrayals of Doc Holiday I've ever seen. I'm sure the real Doc would have shot him.

@amberlilly4101 5 лет назад

Greg, I agree with you, Kilmer was great! It is funny but I worked with someone who said Kilmer was not the person for Doc, I can't see anybody that would be better. She was the only one that thought that.

@amberlilly4101 5 лет назад

@@allenmartin6536 BOOOOOO

@ericgill5039 5 лет назад

Greg Ines I totally agree

@jimsheldon3788 2 года назад

Everyone gives accolades to Val Kilmer for the role as Doc Holliday. Watch Val Kilmers interview about the movie. He gives all the credit to Kurt Russell. When Russell took control of the movie directing, Val said he gave up lots of lines and out front appearances to make all the actors shine. Kurt deserves kudos for stepping back so Val and others shine. Very much selflessness on his part. That's one of the reasons I think it's the best Western ever produced.

@user-rq2cz2dl6y 10 месяцев назад

Not the best ever but definitely one of the best of all times in my humble opinion

@leapdrive 9 месяцев назад

@@user-rq2cz2dl6y, Clint Eastwood and Charles Brunson Western movies would be up there as well, and I’m not trying to diminish Tombstone.

@kewelcatdaddy Месяц назад

I agree.

@speedydry 3 года назад

Great performance by Kilmer. He actually looked sick and bad-assed. An excellent performance by all the cast. One of my favorite westerns.

@Wild4 3 года назад

One of mine as well. So many great characters and great performances in this film!

@bolo2393 3 года назад

This is the only movie I can ignore all of the ridiculous stuff (no reloading, ect) and still enjoy the hell out of it.

@kanteannightmare 3 года назад

Ironic considering he sick he got in real life.

@anthonysisneros9501 3 года назад

Touche'

@wackjack5667 2 года назад

Judging by the fact that he was sweating throughout the whole movie I think it is evident that he indeed looked sick ASF.

@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 6 лет назад

Tombstone is an amazing film! Val Kilmer should have won the Oscar that year. It was one of the best performances of all time.

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Oh for sure

@greggblack8205 5 лет назад

Absolutely... brilliant role and how played out!

@robertoortiz447 5 лет назад

He got robbed big time

@robertmacdonald6527 5 лет назад

Given what kind of trash wins Oscars, I'd say an Oscar would be insulting

@amberlilly4101 5 лет назад

Yes, he was great in this movie! It actually was an all star cast as far as I'm concerned!

@coreyshier7526 6 лет назад

I Love the quote at the end of this scene: "poor soul, he was just too high strung! The strain was more than he could bear."

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Oh my too. Such a great follow up to that moment 💪

@TheRevyr1666 5 лет назад

What you don’t know is that he actually said this to him in real life. And is very well documented as both men were arrested outside of the saloon, as John was threatening Wyatt.

@amberlilly4101 5 лет назад

This was actually one of my favorite quotes. Do you find that when you have a favorite movie you begin to use your favorite quotes your self. My husband and I love lonesome dove and we use those good quotes also. And, also UNFORGIVEN (that word is not in the dictionary.) "I RECON SO"

@Nikolai18A 5 лет назад

This speaks to the historicity of events as officially documented (Ringgold's cause of death is officially listed as suicide) to the audience, while epitomizing Doc's wit, sarcasm, and modesty; as it appears he offers the narrative that Ringo shot himself to Wyatt, who comes running in after Ringo has already fallen, while obviously being facetious.

@warriorpoet8119 3 года назад

That was a nice line, loved it!

@TomahawksNShotShells 3 года назад

"Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave"

@tango1706 3 года назад

They should have used "You look like a possum just walked over your grave" if they wanted to spin it really Southern.

@smsmoof8128 3 года назад

"I was just kidding Holiday ..." "I wasnt" Its on.

@everythingisvibration 3 года назад

Say When ,,,,,

@whynottalklikeapirat 3 года назад

You're no daisy. No daisy at all

@rudybigboote3883 3 года назад

That’s one of the coolest lines ever!

@scottpreston5074 3 года назад

"You're no daisy." I was curious about this statement after seeing the film. I looked it up in a standard dictionary and it was simply defined as a species of flower etc. But, I had a really old dictionary that had belonged to my great grandmother and there I found the answer. The old dictionary started off with the flower definition, but it also had the slang definition. A "daisy" was a really good marksman. This expression died out, however, there was a make of air rifle made in the 1950's and '60's called the "Daisy." How many of you readers had or remember the Daisy air rifle? Now, how this expression "daisy" went from a flower to a deadly marksman, I don't know. You might have to go through dusty old books to find out. The usage of these two words -- and probably all the dialogue in this film -- shows what a really great script this was and one of Val Kilmer's greatest efforts.

@Wild4 3 года назад

That's very insightful thanks for sharing. I think Doc Holiday my be one of Val Kilmer's best performances.

@jeremybrownfield9533 3 года назад

Daisy air rifles havent disappeared their everywhere

@luchadortacosmaine2826 2 года назад

Wow! Love this fact!

@lanzm1521 2 года назад

"Pushing up daisies" still exists so I can see the correlation.

@alacran1986 2 года назад

Great find. Keep that old dictionary.

@jericholewis7209 5 лет назад

The most bad ass lines of any western. Val killed it in that movie. The tin cup holster routine in the bar was genius.

@oskaveli662 3 года назад

Most badass after this line: Josey Wales: "You a Bounty Hunter?" Bounty Hunter: "Man's gotta make a livin" Josey Wales: "Dying ain't much of a livin' boy" *Proceeds by killing the Bounty Hunter*

@johndirom8999 2 года назад

Nah...'skin that smoke wagon and see what happens...jerk that pistol and go to work...are you gonna do something or just stand there and bleed' three lines in the same scene, in the same movie, are more bad ass, imo

@RDGardea 2 года назад

Tin cup was weighted with lead to facilitate the spinning.

@thomasfleig3499 6 лет назад

I loved how Ringo went from being smug to being "oh shit, it's Holiday"

@drahculia3579 2 года назад

Doc told Wyatt that he couldn't beat Ringo in a pistol fight. Doc was confident in taking on Ringo. But, Curly Bill knew of Doc's rep (warned of it in the casino) and Curly Bill hauled/dragged Ringo away from a gunfight with Doc, fearing Ringo would get killed by Doc. When Ringo was 'showing off' in the casino, Doc was scoping him out, clocking Ringo's moves and reflexes. Ringo was confident to meet Wyatt Earp by the old oak tree for a pistol fight, but as much as he hated Doc, he was unsure he could beat him. While Doc had been confident when facing Ringo. When Ringo saw it was Doc (not Wyatt Earp) waiting at the old oak tree, he again lost his confidence. Doc was as condident as ever, knowing he could beat Ringo. Ringo could only summon his rage-hate, and duel with him. Doc quickly validated his reputation (and Wyatt Earp's assessment of him being the nerviest, fastest, most lethal gunfighter he'd ever known) and THEN put on a brief show of pistol spinning. Ringo was lots of pistol spinning bravodo, fast gun fighting, and lethal. Doc was faster and hence more lethal, yet more modest in his (also expert) pistol spinning.

@speedbird9313 2 года назад

@@drahculia3579 Historically tho…😆🫢

@travisfinnerty156 Год назад

Doc would’ve dropped him right there in the street had the cowboys not held a drunken Ringo back- and would’ve still continued his shave afterwards. Doc was ready to go- at all times. 100% American bad ass.

@kylemichaelsen7374 Год назад

@Drahc Ulia It wasn't just confidence from Holiday, though clearly he was confident in his abilities. He was already dying, and thus had no fear of death. He wanted to go out in a blaze of glory, instead of simply wasting away, but he wasn't going to throw away his life, either. He only wanted to lose to somebody better or as good as he was. That's why he was yelling at Ringo to "come on" after he shot him, and was visibly upset that Ringo was "no daisy" and not as good as Doc hoped he was.

@rogueshinobislash 4 года назад

Love the movie. Val's portrayal of Doc is forever etched as legendary in modern western movies.

@equisader Год назад

I'm not even a huge fan of westerns but this is one of my all time favourite films. Val Kilmer literally WAS Doc Holliday for me and acted everyone else off the screen (as brilliant as they all were).

@Ghostdog82k 6 лет назад

Im from Alabama. The term "I'm your huckleberry" is just like saying I'm your man for whatever you need. My grandparents and parents used it a lot in my youth.

@war13death 6 лет назад

Charles Edmonds Thanks for the information.

@TheBelegur 5 лет назад

I think you're right and that's just what he meant to say both times. The southern part of the USA speech has been influenced, more than people think, by old European ways of speaking. For anyone that doubts that I encourage them to look into the origin of the phrase "Y'all"

@markshelby7183 5 лет назад

Same here, I was born and raised in LA, lower Arkansas. I'm your huckleberry means that I'm your man to get the job done. I'm a child of the early 60's, but was blessed to have my Great Grand Parents around for quite a spell. I learned so much history from them and I still love my history to this day. Thank you though for the video.

@paulcasey6759 5 лет назад

There's the phrase "my huckleberry friend" from the evocative Moon River song in Breakfast At Tiffany's. Always wondered about that.

@addicted2baseballrgd21 5 лет назад

The only time I heard the word was from the , the old cartoon "Huckleberry Hound"

@Blue-qr7qe 5 лет назад

Best Val Kilmer scene, by me, was his mock gunplay with his drinking cup; great tension, pure bravado. Both Kilmer and Michael Biehn aced their roles.

@glenncalzada1707 3 года назад

Makes one wonder how knowledgeable the script writer was to even include those phrases in the movie's dialogue. Certainly added more authenticity.

@Wild4 3 года назад

I agree completely thanks for watching!

@RoguePhysicist 10 месяцев назад

Much of the movie was based on a 1927 book called "Tombstone : An Iliad of the Southwest", which itself, was not historically accurate regarding the events in Tombstone. In the book: ‘They say you’re the gamest man in the Earp crowd, Doc,’ Ringo said. ‘I don’t need but three feet to do my fighting. Here’s my handkerchief. Take hold.’ Holliday took a quick step toward him. ‘I’m your huckleberry, Ringo,’ replied the cheerful doctor. ‘That’s just my game.’ Holliday put out a hand and grasped the handkerchief. Both men reached for their six-shooters.

@OverOnTheWildSide 2 года назад

The second time he said it Ringo still thought it was Wyatt so saying I’m your huckleberry was an impactful way of letting Ringo know it was Doc not Wyatt. Doc then refers back to when he said it the first time by saying “we started a game we didn’t finish”.

@DreamingDarlin Год назад

That makes sense! I just watched that scene and didn't get it as it's been years since I saw the movie - love it!

@Kenobi_Cowboy Год назад

The look on Ringo's face when he realizes it isn't Wyatt. Subtle but said a bunch.

@OverOnTheWildSide Год назад

@@Kenobi_Cowboy it looked like someone had just walked over his grave.

@maxbrazil3712 6 лет назад

My favorite Kilmer/Holliday lie: "Nonsense, I have not yet begun to defile myself"

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Ha ha ha - I totally love that line too 💪

@JCapJCrew 6 лет назад

Nonsense. By all means, move.

@weswolever7477 6 лет назад

Me when I’m out with my friend for an evening of whisky and cigars

@iceboxxer494 5 лет назад

Max Brazil mines “im your huckleberry

@mrmurphy172 5 лет назад

I will not be pawed at, thank you

@pugnacious8543 4 года назад

I thought exactly the same thing. Val Kilmer should have won an academy award for his portrayal of Doc Holliday. He stole the show! Can't understand the haters. He researched the role and worked with voice expert to get his speech correct, for a southern aristocrat from that time era.

@drahculia3579 2 года назад

And spent hours every day practising spinning that metal shot-cup!

@jameslow5536 3 года назад

one of the better shows of our time. Well researched and well depicted. Kilmer's performance as Doc Holiday was captivating.

@Wild4 3 года назад

Thanks for watching

@billrowell9141 Год назад

Appreciate your input on this. My take was that when Doc first said it to Ringo that he was telling him I’m your man and I’m ready to go now. In the gunfight scene towards the end of the movie, he repeats the line knowing Ringo would fully understand what was coming. Ringo initiated the fight to the death early on and Doc was there to give it to him. So the line is the same because it was the answer to his challenge and at the end, a reminder that Doc was there to fulfill it. Johnny wanted Wyatt because Wyatt wasn’t the killer that Doc was. Wyatt killed when he had to or was forced to. Doc was a killer and Curly Bill knew it, that’s why he stopped the drunken Ringo from fighting Doc earlier. Curly Bill needed Johnny and his skills to instill fear in the Cowboys and people in general. Once again, just my thoughts and I appreciate your information.

@macman975 5 лет назад

Greatest line in any film: Doc(talking about Ringo) he wants revenge. Wyatt: Revenge for what.? Doc: for being born.

@juliao8428 2 года назад

The first time I saw "Tombstone" and heard this exchange, I said " . . . for being born" along with Doc. It was the only thing he could have said. What a great script. What great performances. What a great movie. I love it dearly.

@frankcuoco1501 3 года назад

Every line he said was pure gold👍👍👍🌟

@shayleeledevre6401 3 года назад

Still cry when he dies in that film. Also when he explains Ringo to Wyatt; you can tell he's understanding Ringo because he relates. He was disappointed that Ringo wasn't a daisy because Doc hoped to die in a gunfight which is why he was the way he was, fearless. He didn't want to die in bed. That's why he says " This is funny" when he was laid up and no boots. He couldn't believe after all of the risky fights that the tuberculosis took him anyway. Poor Doc. I've seen it written that he WAS shaken after the OK Corral fight. Haven't been able to confirm.

@Wild4 3 года назад

Such depth in character and emotion. One of my favorite movies with some of my favorite characters ever. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

@louwilson0906 3 года назад

Real men will admit they were shaken or stressed out after a gun fight or full out gun battle with death and wounded and men moaning or screaming in pain with blood everywhere. Been there and done that with my 22 years military and 20 as a road cop. Got PTSD now, but dealing with it. Still like my guns and going out shooting with my grandkids and now my 5 year old great grandson. Taught them all how to shoot and its safety rules and liabilities. Anyway, after a mind numbing gun fight, the survivors go to the bar for several rounds of drinks, for real, Lol

@shayleeledevre6401 3 года назад

@@louwilson0906 I'm sorry you're living with PTSD. I am as well. Actually there are accounts that Doc was very shaken up after the OK Corral. Thank you for your service and sacrifice 🙏

@theresap2660 3 года назад

Me too

@Bennevisie 3 года назад

@@louwilson0906 True. Good luck with the PTSD, and enjoy your well-deserved rest.

@bobbaxter1068 Год назад

The photo you have on the cover is NOT Doc Holliday. It is a photo of John Escapule who also lived in Tombstone. His descendants still live here. Also, the script from the movie "Tombstone" explicitly says, "Huckleberry". That is the context of Val Kilmer's line. I hope this is helpful.

@burnhippiesforfuel 6 лет назад

The better line was next. " Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave."

@joshuahoover6841 6 лет назад

burnhippiesforfuel...I personally love It when he says - "say when..."

@JackHawk78 5 лет назад

Fights not with you Holiday

@frangiscucustanza3442 5 лет назад

Or when he invites ike to a spellin bee.

@bodyman6522 5 лет назад

@@frangiscucustanza3442 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@stiks3538 5 лет назад

"Its okay, i got two guns. One for each of ya!"

@terrellcole7633 3 года назад

Its "huckleberry" Doc's portrayal in Tombstone had little to no respect for Ringo, you can tell by their 1st encounter in the saloon.

@Wild4 3 года назад

One of my favorite scenes. Thanks for watching!

@vortex_1336 3 года назад

Not true. He actually says that Ringo reminds him of himself. He was hoping that Ringo would kill him. Doc wanted to die in a duel. Not sick in bed.

@xXDDKJefferyXx 3 года назад

@@vortex_1336 excatly he had the utmost respect and at the same time the utmost contempt for Johnny Ringo

@hededcdn 3 года назад

He did mention he hated Ringo.

@15grneyes 2 года назад

Isn’t it hucklebearer?

@hikingwiththedog6078 Год назад

Tombstone's one of my favorite movies and I always wondered about those two lines. Understanding dated language adds so much to the movie, thanks a lot!!

@haroldpetzold1033 6 лет назад

He said the phrase the same way again so Ringo would get the shock of knowing it was Holiday and this time there was no one to stop him.

@dumassme1 3 года назад

I was going to make the same point and then I read your comment. You put a perfectly no need for me to add on to it. You're 100% correct.

@rochelleneal5875 3 года назад

A call back to the first confrontation

@emmy1868 6 лет назад

Great research, thank you! (Noteworthy : Val Kilmer should have been nominated AND won for such an unforgettable performance. Period. )

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words. And 100% yes, Val's performance was top-notch in this role. One of his many great roles 💪 - Thanks for watching.

@MAMRetro 5 лет назад

He was totally ROBBED of an oscar. I mean hands down robbed.

@Tom-tk3du 3 года назад

The actor who played Johnny Ringo also deserves special mention. The contrast and similarity between Johnny Ringo and Doc Holiday greatly enhanced the drama. Both educated men, yet stone cold killers. The West was only big enough for one of them. Johnny Ringo was a worthy nemesis...and died with his boots on. Whereas Holiday did not.

@Snickelfritz_ 3 года назад

@@Tom-tk3du MIchael Biehn. Fantastic in that role. Not to mention Powers Boothe as Curly Bill. Bill Paxton as Morgan Earp, and of course the always wonderful Sam Elliot. Movie was filled with such great performances, no wonder it is a classic.

@SealofPerfection Год назад

We can close this case by just asking what Val Kilmer said about this in 2020: “By the way, despite some fans’ contention that in the 1800s the handles of caskets were called huckles and thus the word huckle bearer was a term for pall bearer, I do not say, ‘I’m your huckle bearer.’ I say, ‘I’m your huckleberry,’ connotating, ‘I’m your man. You’ve met your match.’” And then you can go over to the Idiom Channel on RU-vid and see what the experts there have to say about "huckle bearer" never even existing prior to about 1997-ish. It's never been found in any old text, newspaper, dictionary...nothing. Someone misheard it and made it up. There's not even any evidence that a "huckle" was ever a casket handle, either. Only old dictionary definition of that is "hip" or "bump". Nothing else.

@ShadowKingStudios 2 года назад

In the late 1800s, to be a "huckleberry" is to be intelligent, courteous, & tough as a brick. As most slang, it had another meaning [in the earlier 1800s]; someone calling you a "huckleberry" was inferring that you are "wild, uncivilized, & open to mischief." Twain explains [the first meaning of] this word "as an idiom" in A Connecticut Yankee in Arthur's Court. The second meaning, Twain uses for Tom Sawyer's best friend HUCKLEBERRY Finn. In both books [Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn], Huck embodies BOTH definitions. The second definition is further confirmed in Twain's autobiography as Huck Finn was modeled off a real person. Walter Noble Burns is the inventor of the Doc Holliday line that Kevin Jarre took from Burns' book, Tombstone (1927). There is no record or witness testimony of Holliday ever saying the line at Tombstone or elsewhere. I'm not implying your commentary is wrong in & of itself. Just adding that for a late 1800s Southern man OF CLASS being called "a huckleberry" was saying "He's a renaissance kinda guy". But for a Southerner of UNRULY BEHAVIOR, was saying, "he's the one you need to beat." Essentially as you revealed later on.

@Wild4 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@billroe4243 5 лет назад

Interesting! The phrase is in the 1927 novel the film is based on. I had always associated the phrase with Tom Sawyers friend and companion, Huckleberry Finn as in "I'm your friend/playmate/guy/sidekick". Twain's novel was written just a few years before the gunfight at OK Corral so I presumed it was referencing Huck Finn's character. When was the phrase first used? Tom Sawyer was published in 1870. Perhaps Huck's name was inspired by the phrase...or vise versa? Are there any references prior to Tom Sawyer? I just looked at enotes which says Twain's Huckleberry suggested "...a lowly person of rustic origins, much like the fruit that resists cultivation."

@williambell2459 Год назад

I agree, i always assumed the Tom Sawyer meaning also. "I'm your Huckleberry, that's just my game!" Also, if you've read Twain/Sawyer it makes a lot more sense. As weren't they looking for "Huckleberries" as well? Time for me to read it again.

@stevesmith2171 10 месяцев назад

This dude's wrong as hell. It's a " huckle bearer ". A huckle is a coffin handle and huckle bearer is the the same thing as a pallbearer. A bur is a bur and a prickly thing.

@carter171721 5 лет назад

"I'm your Huckleberry" basically mean "I'm the man you're looking for"

@josemeza7128 3 года назад

Actually it means I will make you famous.

@jpsandberg 3 года назад

Actually, the term was originally "I'm your huckle bearer"

@littlet-rex8839 3 года назад

It's odd the things a person says when they go "10 feet tall and bullet proof"

@jpsandberg 3 года назад

@Ravendarke 777 Why would I be kidding about something that is a fact? look up the term.

@josephcremeans 3 года назад

@@jpsandberg they are talking about the movie. And yes in the movie it means, = I'm the man you're looking for.

@dirtydirtmcgogurt 2 года назад

I whole-heartedly agree that this line is one of the most-badass lines in movie history. Great video!

@Wild4 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@jaysmith5574 3 года назад

I enjoyed both responses. Me myself, I did not know either, but being raised in Southeastern Louisiana, where Huckleberry bushes grow wild, I came to my conclusion that it meant, "Hey, if you want a fight, pick me.!"

@Wild4 3 года назад

That is a great interpretation thanks for sharing! Thanks for watching!

@mikereimer5419 6 лет назад

"Why, Johnny Tyler! You madcap!" Just cracks me up every time!

@forkstrip1554 6 лет назад

I always interpreted the "You're no daisy" line as revealing Doc's suppressed hope that someone would finally kill him and end his suffering. He knew he was dying, and wasn't looking forward to the process. So he kind of hoped Ringo would be the man to get the job done, and was therefore a bit disappointed when he failed.

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thanks for the interesting comment - I did a follow up to Daisy because it was so interesting. You might like it ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1gc1ecVy9aI.html )

@ironpatriot7842 4 года назад

Interesting insight. I can see that.

@JJ_SDWR 3 года назад

Doesn't Ringo threaten to kill Doc earlier in the film and Doc says "you'd be a daisy if you did."? In which case when Ringo eventually tried to kill Doc and failed, Doc remarked disappointedly that he was no daisy after all.

@yeolderooster8050 2 года назад

He did he had a death wish the sooner the better that's why he lived the way he did. When he says you're a daisy if you do it's from the meaning of daisy as a gentleman "you're a gentleman if you do"

@WALDENSOFTWARE 2 года назад

@@yeolderooster8050 He was like the guy in Lethal Weapon.

@kslolohoku2665 3 года назад

Wow! I love the "I'm your huckleberry" explanation! It completely fits even.more and totally suits Doc to reiterate verbatim the "I'm your huckleberry" line, while the subtlety of hucklebur, was implied and played on. I just discovered Tombstone, and I couldn't be happier to have found such a great film. Videos like yours, gives this already great film even more depth. Thanks!!

@Wild4 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and sharing your input!

@darthjavo7438 3 года назад

Kurt Russel mustache deserves an Oscar..

@Wild4 3 года назад

I agree completely!

@aliarshad3012 3 года назад

I disagree.

@MARK-dp1bw 3 года назад

Hahahhahhahaahaha NICE

@johnwurfel2862 3 года назад

Yes. Still.

@ubilo 4 года назад

Doc Holliday was a skilled dental surgeon who fixed Wyatt Earp's teeth. He also played classical piano. He was one of the first people to have a cleft surgery. "Doc", by Mary Doria Russell, is an excellent book.

@eosaph1 6 лет назад

The second, "I'm your Huckleberry" is used as a taunt as well as telling Johnny with whom he was speaking. Doc was identifying himself in a way that Johnny would recognize.

@davidhailstone7794 3 года назад

I think he meant only 'I'm your Huckleberry ' in both scenes, meaning I'm your opponent, the one you're looking for -- first when Ringo is drunk and the cowboys drag him away, and finally when Doc substitutes for Earp in their shoot-out at the end. The history I've read is that Doc did say to Ringo, after the OK Corral shootout, when Ringo approached him drunk and angry, "I'm your Huckleberry. That's just my game" . However the shootout scene between them at the end was fictitious. It isn't likely that Doc killed Ringo.

@brushylake4606 3 года назад

I would bet that the "I'm your huckleberry/burr", being so similar had kind of a double entendre. Also, even if the "huckleburr" was originally thought of as the line, the second use of it refers back to the first. Whatever Doc meant in the second instance, he's completing the circle that began when their first confrontation was interrupted.

@Wild4 3 года назад

I like this point of view thanks for sharing it.

@taoliu3949 2 года назад

He has already stated in his Memoir that he was just saying "Im your Huckleberry" in a Georgian accent, the expression meaning "I'm your man".

@FreedomLandscapeBend 2 года назад

HUCKLE (The handle on a casket) BEAROR (To carry)..... he said he was going to be the one to kill and carry his casket. Now you won't be able to unhear it

@SealofPerfection 2 года назад

@@FreedomLandscapeBend But it's still wrong. That term can't be found anywhere in literary history pre-2000's on the internet. It didn't exist. Someone who doesn't understand deep Southern accents made it up. And Val Kilmer himself has specifically stated he did NOT say that, he says he only said "Huckleberry"...which is the correct term and period-correct as well. It's also in the 1920's novel Tombstone, which is what the movie was based on.

@badlandskid 6 лет назад

"You’re a daisy if you do!"

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Ha ha ha - Thanks for watching 💪

@MishaGerrick 3 года назад

Yeah I was thinking of that scene. I think he said it to someone at the OK Corral. I think the guy said "I'll kill you" and Doc said "You're a daisy if you do." I.e. he WANTS someone to kill him because he didn't want to die of T.B. So when he says to Ringo "You're no daisy at all", it doesn't say anything about what Doc thinks of himself (in the movie, he doesn't think much of himself. See the discussion at Hooker's Ranch. He's talking about himself as much as Ringo there). "You're no daisy at all" is basically Doc's exclamation of disappointment at not being killed in the gun fight. That's why he kept shouting "COME ON!!!" at Ringo, trying to get him to shoot him. So "You're no daisy at all" is basically a 1800s version of "You SUCK, man."

@droboogie8465 3 года назад

@@MishaGerrick what a very insightful comment! I think you're right on target too. I was surprised to see your comment hadn't gained more accolades, not that they much matter to you I'm sure, but I also see how recently you shared your thoughts. Cheers😉

@garycrandall8649 6 лет назад

I've also heard the term Huckle-bearer because the individual handles on a coffin were called Huckles in those days.

@elizabethwhiteoak5291 5 лет назад

Me too! In other words he was saying "I'll take you up on that .. and I will carry your coffin by the huckle and I will bury you!"

@jodyennis7602 4 года назад

I always thought he actually said huckle-bearer with his accent, then I started hearing people say huckleberry

@MissSunny1966 3 года назад

Thank you! It's what in hear!

@benboru9013 3 года назад

Its Huckleberry in the original script, and Kilmer also clarified it as Huckleberry. The term was used by Mark Twain, and was also said by Yancy Derringer in a 1959 episode. It's an old expression though not common anymore. But hucklebearer has been thrown around by Tombstone residents wanting to sound like they have the inside knowledge, but dont be duped.

@garycrandall8649 3 года назад

@@benboru9013 Thanks

@tiger8linny788 3 года назад

This was delightful and as someone who admires knights and southern gentlemen, appreciate the derivation. Researching movie quotes brings history to life and adds another dimension to a modern venue. Thank you for that❣️Here’s one for you, if you are still seeking the meanings of phrases. The proof is not “in the pudding” but “The proof of the pudding, is in the eating”. Another way of saying “You can’t judge a book by it’s cover”. A pudding could come off the stove looking perfect but taste terrible when eaten and vice versa!

@Wild4 3 года назад

Thanks for the awesome comment

@warriorpoet8119 3 года назад

New Sub! This was awesome content! There were so many great lines used in this movie and some of the simplest were the best “I Don’t” , “Say when” and “That’s Funny” were among some of the simplest “Rememberable lines” that hit hard! Kilmer was amazing!

@Wild4 3 года назад

Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video!

@glennpalmer4495 5 лет назад

The line "I'm you Huckleberry" was spoken by actor Jock Mahoney in the role of Yancy Derringer in 1958 in the first episode of that series.

@davidshepherd397 6 лет назад

Even in the Latin sequence, Doc holiday says “its your funeral” which lends backup to your pall bearer idea.

@dittohead7044 3 года назад

That makes sense

@saddleridge4364 Год назад

Val Kilmer fans. Check out his performance in a western called "Comanche Moon''. It's part of the 'Lonesome Dove' story and Val does a fantastic job in his role, as usual.

@JL-fx5cm 3 года назад

In the Huckleberry family, many are edible and some are poisonous. It is very difficult to differentiate. So, when he states, "I'm your huckleberry," he is cautioning Ringo that you better be careful for what you wish for.

@Wild4 3 года назад

Very interesting interpretation I hadn't thought about it like this before.

@JL-fx5cm 3 года назад

@@Wild4 Thanks for your response. Keep up the great work!

@clarice525 6 лет назад

"I'm your huckleberry." said in that slow sexy drawl always makes me smile.

@siry0ggdstinguishdgent.680 6 лет назад

i always thought when DOC said "IM YOUR HUCKLEBERRY"..he was letting Ringo know...."i accept your challenge..kill me if you can"!!!!

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching - that is one interpretation for sure - Like many words or phrases, they can mean different things or have multiple meanings in different regions or change over time. 💪

@antonnym214 Год назад

This movie is historic. Right up there with The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and Lonesome Dove. Valmer is the king! Always steals the show. All good wishes!

@DreamingDarlin Год назад

Silverado too!

@geoffreylogsdon162 11 месяцев назад

Kil Valmer? 😅

@bijan4727 9 дней назад

Hello. Thank you very much for clarifying these two terms. Being an English as a third language speaker I was puzzled for many years. I looked up several dictionaries and asked many native speakers and nobody knew it. I become extremely happy when a puzzle is solved. Specifically western cowboys movies are bombarded with these kind of terms. Please do more.

@GCNavigator 6 лет назад

Good job. Thank you. I have watched that great film a dozen times at least, and the highlight clips from it many many more times. Mr Kilmer's memorable delivery made his intentions quite clear, however learning the specific history for the key words, huckleberry and daisy, has been most satisfying. Thanks again.

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching 💪

@jonalarcon8564 6 лет назад

GCNavigator whatever do you mean?

@zer0tzer0 5 лет назад

Also, when they had shooting contests, often they had nothing for a prize, other than a daisy, which would go to the top shot. When they invented the BB Gun they tested it out at the factory, and someone remarked. "That's a real Daisy!" and the Daisy BB Gun was named.

@michelebaker6001 3 года назад

I just watched the movie Tombstone for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I was looking up what "I'm your Huckleberry" meant and I came across your video. Thank you for clarifying. Also the addition of the "You're no Daisy" verse as well.

@feloniouscraphammer 3 года назад

"I'm your Huckleberry" means "pick me". When a gunslinger threatens a group, as in the movie, Doc is merely saying if you want to see who's the best, pick me and I'll show you. Doc repeats the line to frighten Johnny Ringo when he,(Doc) instead of Wyatt, shows up for the duel scene.(Ringo wasn't afraid of Wyatt but feared Doc something terrible) "You're no Daisy" refers to the fact that Ringo could not survive the shot to his skull in the way that a daisy(the flower) could survive for a good while after being cut. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

@alexanderdean8682 2 года назад

First, Doc is not a guy who would desperately say " Pick me!" because he wants to show off, also, surviving gunshot wound in the head bears no comparison to daisies surviving in the vase - it's the most ridiculous idea ever. The guy in the video already explains it perfectly, your comment is absolutely unnecessary, and something like a moron could come up with. Your story means nothing, because it just makes no sense.

@feloniouscraphammer 2 года назад

@@alexanderdean8682 I didn't mean to light the fuse on your tampon, but only a "moron" would take the opinion of a RU-vidr as fact. Remember, Tombstone was a great movie full of historical inaccuracies and guesswork. If you don't like my opinion, just reply with something "ridiculous" and stupid. Wait...you did that already.

@NotMykl 2 года назад

@@feloniouscraphammer "I didn't mean to light the fuse on your tampon" - what a sick misogynist thing to say. Pull up your big boy panties and grow the fuck up.

@feloniouscraphammer 2 года назад

@@NotMykl Save your estrogen cannon for someone who cares about your feelings. "You're about as useless as a cock flavored lollipop." That's a line from another movie that fits you well. You're welcome.

@henryrogers5500 2 года назад

Interesting detail in the movie where Doc shoots Ringo in his forehead and immediately afterwards, Ringo begins to cough and gasp for air, clearly indicating that the bullet must have disabled an area in the brain that controls one’s ability to breathe and take-in oxygen. Looks like a terrifying way to die!

@paulsmith4789 6 лет назад

I am from Georgia and have heard it said before that the final nail that seals a coffin is called the huckleberry. If that's a true saying, it fits in the seen in a very cool way. Has anyone else heard of this saying?

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Really - That is super interesting. I didn't see anything like that when I was digging through research. But I like that tid-bit, thanks for sharing 💪

@davidwilliams4837 5 лет назад

I choose to believe this interpretation. Too badass to ignore.

@elizabethwhiteoak5291 5 лет назад

No, I haven't heard of that that. But I do know that a huckle is a handle on a coffin, and Doc was actually saying, 'I'm your huckle bearer". In other words - "I will bury you" !!

@patrickburke9108 2 года назад

Kilmer puts to bed the Huckle Bearer rumor to hed in his memoir 'I'm Your Huckleberry'

@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 6 лет назад

i LOVE this movie!!!!! i live in an "Holliday-ian" old west tourist town, and spent 3 years researching Doc. Interestingly, he didn't kill Ringo. Some believe it was suicide, others believe it was another cowboy, but either way, it happened after Doc moved to Colorado. Damn, we have statues of Wyatt Earp but Doc was always more interesting to me. Maybe it was secretly Kilmer. 😉

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Ha ha ha - Thanks for the comment and sharing 💪

@jarinazf9683 Год назад

Many years ago I used to watch USA Tuesday Night Fights. There was a boxer who was from the southern U.S., who came out wearing a tee-shirt that said "I'm your huckleberry". He won the fight, so during the post-match interview the announcer asked him about the shirt. He said something to the effect that huckleberries have pointy leaves, branches or something that made them stick or cling to you and and made you itch. So being "your huckleberry" meant he was someone that was going to constantly irritate you and could not easily be shaken off or go away. I don't know if that is what is meant in the movie or if the boxer made it up, but it is always the way I've interpreted it since.

@ChrisDavis-dt6xx 10 месяцев назад

Great job of explaining. Big thumbs up here buddy

@williamcunningham4946 6 лет назад

It's an old southern saying, like "you're Daisy if ya do", or "I'm right right as the mail"

@tango1706 3 года назад

Yessir.

@almagore1 5 лет назад

The movie Tombstone is my favorite movie and I loved Val Kilmer in it. I also love words and their meaning so your explanation of the terms "huckleberry" and "daisy" add to my enjoyment of the movie. Thank you very much.

@theclephane2914 4 года назад

Awesome video! Thanks!

@mrLV860 Год назад

Very enlightening! Thank you

@amberlilly4101 5 лет назад

Thank you for this information, my husband and I have watched tombstone many times, and love it. We love westerns in general this one is right up there with Lonesome Dove, in my opinion.

@LEO1WOLF 6 лет назад

Loved all of Doc's lines, BUT when Wyatt shouts: "You tell him the Law's coming for him & hell's comin' with me. HELL'S COMIN' WITH ME!" - - gave me goose bumps & a shit eatin' grin on my face! 🤤😨😵

@Wild4 6 лет назад

That is a great line too 💪

@stevesolo. 4 года назад

My shit eatin grin has never gone away since the first time I saw this magnificent film!!!.🌹✊🕊️🙏🇬🇧💎😎

@chaunapayne 3 года назад

I love when he slices his face with his spur!!! LET'S GO!!!!

@JeremyBenfield 2 года назад

Thank you for the explanation!

@geraldjohnson9224 10 месяцев назад

Great explanation for a scene that was not immediately evident.💯💯💯

@henrywyndham6740 5 лет назад

Awesome! Tombstone was my fav and Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday was total badass and became one my fav actors...

@macnutz4206 6 лет назад

In the film, Doc told Ringo to shoot Doc , saying, " You're a daisy if you do.". But poor Ringo, he was not a daisy with Doc's bullet in his brain. The strain was just too much for him.

@macnutz4206 6 лет назад

Chris Phares there is a problem with that. Ringo was already a "daisy", by your take on this. He had a bullet in his head and was already a daisy if he managed to shoot Doc or if he didn't. As a threat, it would have been over the top silly. These kinds of expressions will take on different meanings in different places. I do not think your proposed meaning fits the movie circumstance, at all. That kind of slang almost always has multiple meanings. The term " bimbo" originally referred to useless aristocratic young men, not dumb blondes.

@firebomb5510 6 лет назад

Macnutz420 .annnnnnnnd ....my ...take is also correct,,,,

@macnutz4206 6 лет назад

I do not doubt that it is. These phrases take on numerous meanings. I am just talking about the context, in that movie.

@EBRoyJr 6 лет назад

Actually, the line, "You're a daisy if you do," was delivered during the gunfight at the OK corral, not in the fight with Ringo.

@drwmstrd 6 лет назад

poor soul.. he was too high strung

@geoffreylogsdon162 11 месяцев назад

That actually was interesting, man! Thanks!

@michaelflores6316 4 года назад

Love your videos, please keep up the fantastic work!!!..your videos of tombstone really got me involved in speaking Latin!!!.. thank you!

@pabloestabla3707 6 лет назад

Thanks for the knowledge, one of my all time favorite movies, so many great one liners!

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Mine too & thanks for watching 💪

@DanielDeLibro 6 лет назад

One of my top 10 favorite movies. My brothers and I say this line to each other often. I also was in Tombstone Az and got to see the reenactment of the shootout at the ok corral. That was cool!

@Wild4 6 лет назад

That is awesome - It is easily one of my favorite films too 💪

@sailingstpommedeterre4905 2 года назад

Excellent info. Thanks for researching "I'm your huckleberry"

@robertwhatley9078 3 года назад

Thanks man, those were the exact two lines in that movie I wanted to know about. So again, thank you and great video.

@tonys2705 6 лет назад

Cool info.. Kilmer’s best role. I can’t imagine anyone ever topping his performance as Doc Holliday. He undoubtedly was Ringo’s huckleberry. What gets me in that scene was that little motion he did with his cigarette, after he shot him. Passing it under his nose.... Got me the very first time I saw it and every other of the dozen or so times I’ve seen it! Maybe you could find that out?

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Yeah Val was the best pick for sure - I will have to take a look at what I can find for your question 😝

@rdwolf11b 6 лет назад

I can. Randy Quaid's performance, by far, out classes Val's. I like Val, I really do and I love Tombstone. Yet, when I watch that story compared to the Wyatt Earp biopic,, there's no comparison. (Although, those two movies stand above all featuring those two, and that particular incident.) Quaid's mannerisms, voice tonality, body (reminiscent of a disease riddled human). Val didn't cough till towards the end of TS. W. Earp's, Holiday mostly coughed through each screen performance. I can go on and on. Again, I love both those movies and each has its strengths. Thanks.

@one-eyed-jaxbehind-the-duc9720 6 лет назад

Actually it’s Dennis Quaid who played Doc Holliday in the movie Wyatt Earp, and yes. I agree it was a much more realistic portrayal.

@djohn3dddd841 6 лет назад

Tony S A huckleberry is a bluebery according to the dictionary. A cockleburr is actually a"burr" that you would NOT want " under your saddle"...Huckleburr? I don't think so. The term expresses an irritant.Cockleburr is the proper term. I'm from Texas where cockleburrs get stuck in your sox if you walk thru the weeds without boots....

@tonys2705 6 лет назад

djohn3d ddd Cool... Been to Texas many times. One of my favorite places.

@randymoyer7871 4 года назад

Huckleberry is a New World plant and would not have been known in "King Arthur's" time.

@randymoyer7871 3 года назад

@@RinoGato The European Blueberry or Hurtleberry did not come to be called Huckleberry until the mid seventeenth century. Long, long after what would have been "King Arthur's time."

@galanbrown 9 месяцев назад

So appreciate the explanation!

@JeffJimmyJimi 2 года назад

Thank you for the info. I was just about to look into that myself but you saved me who knows how much time.

@tag1462 6 лет назад

SUBSCRIBED! This showed up on my recommended list, caught my attention and what the hell. I learnt sumthin. Keep up the good work.

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching 💪

@shermanhofacker4428 5 лет назад

Daisy air guns got the name when one of the owners of the Plymouth Iron Windmill company made the comment "that's a daisy" when an early design was shown to him.

@ognitro2168 4 года назад

This mans is pumping out streaming, art, and history!? This man is the real mvp.

@m.b.calderhead268 Год назад

Thanks for the research. I have always been curious about the Huckleberry remarks

@tonys2705 6 лет назад

Thanks a lot. I would love to know if that had any significance. It seemed so deliberate...

@Lue_Jonin 5 лет назад

I appreciate your explanation of the term "daisy" along with the "huckleberry" reference . Very cool.

@Wild4 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching 💪

@bethbrown1207 10 месяцев назад

Thanks 😊 really enjoyed this

@5809AUJG 3 года назад

Fascinating! Now I can enjoy beautiful "Tombstone" even more. Thank you!

@Wild4 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@williamfullman2639 6 лет назад

LOL thanks for the video two badass lines

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching 💪

@karsten9895 6 лет назад

I find it astonishing that the name Mark Twain never comes up in the discussion about this movie line.

@shadowenighthawke2023 3 года назад

Funny Huckleberry Finn

@tomflagg2070 2 года назад

Fascinating. I love etymology. Thanks for the history lesson.

@betocoyote16 6 лет назад

You just answered something I didn’t know I wanted to know. Thanks!!!

@Wild4 6 лет назад

Glad I could help 💪

@kentuckyjustice1408 3 года назад

Even if they just made it up, and it was completely absent of history, when Doc said "I'm your huckleberry", that was just *COOL!* Who has never repeated that line (rhetorical)!

@Wild4 3 года назад

Definitely one of the coolest lines from one of the coolest characters!