Wyatt Earp's Nephew, Virgil Earp, Talks About the Wild West - Enhanced Video and Audio [60 fps] 

This guy was born almost 150 years ago and we get to watch video of him. What a time to be alive

I went to lunch with my Grandma in 2000 when she was 95, and asked her what it was like to see so many changes in the world. From horse and carriage to the space shuttle program, she saw so much. She looked around and said she didn't know why she was still here, as her husband, siblings, and friends had all passed, and she was losing her eyesight. I said "Grandma, you're alive today to buy my lunch!". She leaned across the booth and punched me in the arm and laughed. She lived to be 101, and I miss her.

My great grandmother was born 1899 and died 2000......she literally lived throughout the whole 1900's... amazing.

I am just approaching 70 and so much has changed in my lifetime 1. We had a party-line telephone with about a dozen other farmers when I grew up. You had to carefully lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone, if someone was talking then you hung up very quickly. 2. We got a TV when I was about 8 of 9 years old. Big black-white box TV. There were three television stations back then and they went off the air at midnight. 3. We used to sit out on the porch and listen to the radio in the evenings, Dick Tracey, The Shadow, Jackie Gleason and major league baseball games. Dad used to go up on the roof and adjust the antenna when the wind blew hard. 4. We got three pair of pants and three shirts for school every year from the Sears & Roebuck catalog, also six underwear and socks and immediately got out of your school clothes when you got home from school. Mom used to use iron on patches when we tore our pants at the knees. 5. I remember eating out at a restaurant twice before I got to High School age. 6. I had 55 cousins growing up. Farmers had lots of kids, and lots of kids passed away from accidents and ailments. My older brother drowned at 9 years old. There are five of us kids left, mom is now 89 and still active. 7. We were allowed one hour of TV a day and two on the weekend. Unless it was a sports game, then we could finish the show. 8. Dad and several uncles added a bathroom to my grandma's home when I was about six years old. Dad was so proud to help his mother. 9. One of my first memories was pulling weeds in our 1/2 acre garden. I was so proud when mom said I was big enough to snap green beans for canning. Mom canned most of our food for the winter. She made bread about every five days or so. 10. Mom used cloth diapers for all six kids. She used to originally wash them out in the toilet, then the washing machine, then hang them on the clothes line to dry. She had a washing machine with a ringer to get the moisture out of the clothes. 11. I remember opening sluice gates when we had irrigation water twice a week; sometimes at 2:30 AM in the morning. Irrigation water was vital to farming. The county had ditch riders and they carried pistols to enforce irrigation times between the farmers. 12. I remember pushing cow manure to the trough in grandpa's barn so it could be washed outside and digging the six inches of sand from ditches every year before I started school. School used to close for two weeks in the last of September for potato harvest, so that us farm kids could help with the harvest. So many memories of times gone by. A person's word meant everything back then. No one talked back to parents then, you would get knocked down and miss supper for that sort of thing.

Around ~80 years old and his mind is still sharp as a tack and physically fit. Impressive.

What is cool about this is that he didn't learn all that, he lived it.

People of this mans era are noticeably different to people today. He appears very stoic and direct. No nonsense, someone that could be relied upon thoroughly and totally honest.

This guy answered way harder questions than any game show host of our day, well deserved money

The fact that this man was born 14 years after the Civil War and to still have the razor sharp mental acuteness that he displayed at the age of 79 in this historic remastered footage was incredible to watch.

Legend has it, he's still reading the question today

I've never heard a single question turn in to so many questions. I thought he'd never end. That's hilarious. 😂

He carried himself with more dignity over 10 minutes then most men have their entire life today. A different time, a different breed.

My super great grandpa was born in 1861 and died in 1958, nearly aged 100. To think that he was alive for the Civil War and both World Wars is astounding

Listening to him say "people were more honest then" hits home... Hard.

I knew my great grandmother pretty well as a child, she was born in 1879, and died in 1979. I remember thinking, in her lifetime there was no refrigeration, cars, airplanes, electricity, antibiotics or even radios. But she got to witness all that and more. I asked her what was the strangest thing she’s ever seen in her lifetime, her reply was, “we landed a man on the moon.”

Could you IMAGINE going back in time and talking to that man, or Wyatt Earp? They were living story books. This is the next best thing. Amazing!!

I love how understated, and matter-of-fact people were in those days. Very dry, serious, and learned. We could still learn a lot of lessons from those earlier generations if we chose to.

I would have loved to see a 60 minutes style interview of this man instead of a gameshow questionnaire, but to even have this is simply amazing

How did one question turn into 100 questions?

Virgil deserved 64 million. He answered a lot more than one question!

I love how Virgil immediately recognized the song and was basically singing along…he probably sang it more than a few times in front of a campfire in his youth..

I love how he said, The rancher went broke "as far as money". It reminds us that there are other things that speak to our true worth and value than money.

Even though this video is over 60 years old, I was so happy when he got all the questions right and won the money! Well done Mr. Earp!

I can't imagine with our 4 second attention spans these days any of us can retain information as well as this old man!

This is like someone born in 1979 answering questions in 2059. Just imagine how different the world got for this guy between his birth and 1959. Dang...

Did anybody else get straight played by this guy?! Like, he shuffled on out here all quiet and unassuming, softly mumbles a little bit of small talk with the host, and then when it came time to answer that 4000 part question, he snapped up sharp as a tack and answered every question as if he were a walking encyclopedia/history book! What a dude! 🤯😍🤩🥳👏

That "question" was an 8 part examination....who put this bizarre thing together????? they left out pt. 9 of the question: what caliber of pistol did Billy Clanton use when he shot a rabbit when he was 12 years old, and what kind of rabbit, and what type of tree was the rabbit sitting under when it was shot, and what color was it, and what spice did his mother use in the rabbit stew, and which of his 3 brothers got diarrhea after eating the stew, and what did they give him to drink to stop the diarrhea?

He must have been 80 years old. And a very healthy and intelligent elderly gentleman.

This Virgil Earp was 20 years old before the turn of the century. The people he met and history he saw unfold is mind boggling.

Love watching the way that our predecessor carried themselves, w seemingly fewer words, yet a more profound sense of integrity.

This guy is a gem, his time came a long time ago but I feel like I got to meet him. Thanks RU-vid

$32k was equivalent to over $300,000 today. Virgil Edwin Earp lived a wild life, born in a wagon train campground in Tombstone Arizona in 1879. Was sheriff of Paradise Valley Nevada at the age of 18. Killed 3 men by the age of 21, first one being a man that molested his sister. He saw the birth of the automobile, birth of aviation, birth of television and radio. Witnessed the conquering of the west and expansion of the railroad. He lived through two world wars. 13 years after the end of WW2 he appeared on this television show. The $64,000 question....a big deal. When it first aired in 1955 it held the #1 rating spot knocking out I Love Lucy, but it did not last very long and was cancelled just 3 years later in 1958. The same year Virgil appeared as a contestant. What happened you ask? Well just a little thing known as THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDAL! In the fall of 1958 other similar quiz shows were under federal investigation due to contestants coming forward saying they were "coached" or given answers before hand. This became known as the era of the "Quiz Show Scandal" and the $64,000 question was very much a part of it. America knew the dirty secret behind game shows, they were all rigged and game show ratings plummeted. Did Virgil ever get his money? Was he given these answers in advance? We may never know for sure. What we do know is all the television networks pulled their high stakes game shows off the air. Replaced them with westerns and detective shows....and the very next year in 1959 Virgil passed away.

This is amazing. The man lived from having little to no electricity, two world wars, radio, television, and left this world in an era of modern appliances and automobiles.

Dude asked him about the history he was a part of. That's pretty cool. Different people, tougher than we are, by a mile.

My grandmother was born in 1875 and died in 1976. She was born before sound recording, movies, light bulbs, electric motors, airplanes, cars, telephones, rockets, computers, and men on the moon. When she was 99, I asked her what invention made the greatest impression on her. She answered: hot water out of a tap in the home. When she was born, water (cold water) came from a pump outside the house. When you wanted it hot, you had to pump it, bring it into the house, light a fire in the wood stove, wait for an hour (at least) until it warmed up.

Amazing when you think of how many changes someone like him would have seen. When he was born and a little kid, modern transportation was a horse and wagon or if you were lucky a train. You used lamps and candles for lighting. Eventually he saw the invention of cars, electric lighting and airplanes. The invention of telephones, radio and TV. Wars - WW1, WW2 and Korea. The nuclear bomb. The beginnings of the space race. Imagine trying to explain those things to someone the year he was born.

Impressive. These legends are long gone but these videos are a testament to their legacy

Guy nailed those questions like a carpenter.

What a class man. He definitely has the presence of a sheriff.

Wow, what a great piece of history. $32K in 1958 is equivalent to $320K in 2022, adjusted for inflation.

I can look at this man's face and read the hard lines embedded from years of being in the sun, late nights and hearing sad heavy news, seeing so many men lying there shot and killed. I picture a man who walked into any room and got respect. Can you imagine the crime scenes he has stood at? He stood among circles of law enforcement men on dusty trails and streets and was considered one of the best of men. I really like him. They don't make men like him any more.

My grandmother born 1903 passed away at 103 Feb 2007 she was born in Guanajuato Mexico in a Military family serving Porfirio Diaz he father was a colonel with the Federalist . She saw, the Mexican Revolution , Influenza ( Correction : Spanish flu) World War I and WW II her both Sons and husband fought, she saw Vietnam and much more . In the early 60’s we slept with the doors unlocked , trusted everyone walked in the evenings without a care those days are missed . I must say, Mr. Earl is an intelligent man.

Despite the modern day chaos, we live in pretty amazing times to be able to watch this man on camera.

What a great video. My grandfather was born in 1870, died in 1955. I'm so glad I got to know him before he passed away. He never owned a car and went everywhere either by bus, by train, by wagon, or on the back of a mule. Listening this this video makes me think of him and my other grandfather who was a lawman who once lived in Texas and traveled back to Alabama in a wagon.

Just listening to someone's voice you quickly establish a sense of him being the real deal or not. He's definitely the real deal.

This is incredibly impressive. Such a sharp man. The Earp family is quite a family.

He speaks so much better than us modern "advanced" people. Much admiration for this man, and for America of the past!

Wow, Virgil is a mine of information about the Wild West. What an amazing video and a fantastic piece of history.

Yikes! They called that A question???? He was an encyclopedia of history of the west.

That's so weird that Wyatt Earp's nephew is on a TV game show. I am always awestruck by people in the distant past, as if they somehow think, look, or act differently from living folks. So strange to see such living history.

This was great! I couldn’t even imagine everything this man has gone through. All the history and changes in technology and society.

Its great seeing someone out of our history books walking and talking. I would love to see a recoding like this where someone from the 1800s is just allowed to tell stories for a while - if such a thing exists.

My granny was born in 1898 died in 1998 with all her faculty's. She could remember birthdates for great grand kids without a calendar. Her stories were amazing.

This guy made me remember my grandpa. He was born in 1912. Saw almost every major event in the 20th century. He also was a law man. Died at 95. Miss him and my dad greatly.

My Gosh, I smiled the whole time listening to him answer the most complicated questions I've heard.

Fantastic video to watch. Brings to mind my 103 year old aunt, born in 1919, who tells us of how it was back then with cars that had to be cranked etc. She's seen a lot in those years.

The fact that they asked him that many questions in his "one" question really shows how much they didn't want him to get it right.

My grandad was born in 1907, he left us in 1996. His life saw such changes that he was always excited about the next new thing. His attitude was infectious. Miss that old fella, he had amazing stories.

I went to a Toastmaster's meeting in Phoenix a number of years back and his son was the speaker. He told a fascinating tale about his family and their adventures.

Oooo man how he behaves and holds eye contact. Calm, serious and to the point. You can feel confidence, seriosness, and wisdom in him. I would love to watch and listem the likes of him just to see and learn how to behave and think properly.

These interviews of people who lived in thr 1800s are so amazing! I always end up watching the entire video amazed of the times they grew up in. The fact that there's video of them recounting their time is memorizing.

The trivia he knows is even more incredible considering you couldn’t just look it up online back then. If you had a question, you had to ask someone or go to the library and find it in a book and read it for yourself.

I got to talk to my Great Grandfather a lot when I was younger, who was born in 1880 and died in 1974. I have always thought that it was weird that he was born only 15 years after Lincoln was assassinated (15 years ago the iPhone was invented for perspective) which is now 157 years ago, cruised a horse and buggy on a dirt Woodward Avenue in Detroit, and watched a man land on the moon before he died. Simply awesome. When my father was born in 1934 (now 88), only 35% of houses had full plumbing, 70% had electricity, and 35% had phones!!! My father in law who just passed at 94 years of age just a couple of years back, was literally alive for 7 years when Wyatt Earp was alive!! It proves that life is short, our views are very short ... sighted too, and technology is moving really fast. Wonder what another 100 years will bring.

This man is a great comedian. I’ve started to watch him wherever he comes. A very, very intelligent man. X

WOW the only Earp to be on early TV show from the 1950's, He sure knows his history

Total legend.. That show, really didn't want to give that money away....

My grandmother was born in Sweden in 1886. She came to the US right around the time the Wright Bros. took their first flight. I sat on the floor in her room and watched the first men walk on the Moon.

The television year said 1958, at that time Virgil answering the questions must've seemed like an old man, being quizzed on history - already old to that audience. In 2022, it has been over another 60 years since Virgil Earp's death. This is a gem of a video indeed.

Quite amazing how the question he was asked was very complex but at the same time he was able to answer everything without being flustered

Unbelievable gentleman with an valuable experience and information. He is humble and I could listen to his stories forever without getting bored.

What an amazing piece of footage. Just to imagine how much he has seen and for us in 2022 to watch a man who was born in the 1800s with such sharp IQ, now that is mind boggling. RIP sir!

There’s something I really like about the way people looked and acted. They looked older but seemed very mature and respectable.

What an amazing record. Virgil is sharp as hell on a midsummer's day. I had to laugh at one point when Jesse James came up. One of my relatives sewed him up after he was shot and Jesse wrote my family a very nice letter about his treatment and his recovery from the wounds. It always amazes me how history seems so far away till we connect the dots and realize it is just a spiral through space time.

This is such an amazing part of history. So much has been forgotten, and when we read history books, we forget that real men and women lived that history. Just brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this!

This history is fascinating! I hope you can find so much more like this. Thank you for uploading.

That man's memory is sharp for his age, it's like it was yesterday for him

RU-vid is like a time machine

I appreciate the privilege to see Wyatt Earp's nephew, but to pose a 1000 part question to him is just ridiculous!

This is one of the most amazing pieces of film I have ever seen. I did not know that this was even out there. Excellent.

Amazing how someone would have seen so much change in the world. I wish we had more people like this today.

Holy crap, thought he would never end with the questions

This is wonderful! I found myself rooting for Virgil all the way through those numerous questions, especially agonizingly as he pondered those brands. Whew! Wonderfully sharp minded, so humble and soft spoken. A great man. Thanks so much for posting! 🤓👍

I wasn't going to click on this. Now, I'm sure glad I did. Virgil was the 'real deal' as my generation used to say.

Great job in doing this. The crazy thing is there has now been enough time passed that the time between his days as a lawman and the time this show aired is equal to the show until now.

These questions are congruent. I was amazed of how he recalled the circumstances related to them. Virgil definitely is knowledgeable of the events during that era. He didn't need a book to give him these answers. Bravo

I spoke with my great grandfather from Ireland in 1978. I was 10, he was 90. Loved the accent and he asked me What I go for Christmas. I tell people today that I spoke. With someone born in the 1800’s. Great and only memory I have of him

the fact he aced the whole quiz show, im so mind blown that his memory is so crystal clear that he remembers every single detail of western history this is a rare gem of history never seen by today's generation until today

The sad thing is none of the millennial generation will ever meet anyone born in the 1800's, even if they were born in 2000 and someone was born in 1899, they would be 101 years old and chances would be VERY slim they would live long enough for them to have any memory of them. I was so blessed and fortunate enough to remember three of my great grandmothers and one great grandfather all born in the 1800's. My great grandmother (Bowman) Taylor was born in 1882, and her older brother, uncle Jess Bowman was born in 1880, she also had a younger brother and sister, Younger born in 1890 and Huldah born in 1895. I remember all of them very well, I was a teenager when my great grandmother died in 1972 at the age of 89 and uncle Jess died in 1977 at the age of 97, uncle Younger died in 1981 at the age of 91, aunt Huldah died in 1971 at the age of 76. My great grandmother would tell of a story about how her family was on a wagon train when she was a little girl going from Kentucky to Texas, and then back from Texas to Kentucky, that was a FIRST HAND account from someone who did it. Her father in law Robert Taylor was a Civil War veteran, so stories she knew about life then was just ONE generation away from the people who lived it. Her firstborn was my great uncle John born in 1899 and died in 1994 at the age of 95. The stories about how they lived, their struggles, triumphs and the way things were done are stories that I treasure more and more each day as I get older because they are part of my history and my heritage and not everyone has been blessed like this.

What an honor to be able to be in the same room with this man. Wish I could have met him but I wasn't born yet. 🤠

I should be in bed. have a 14 hour shift tomorrow and its damn near midnight. couldn't stop watching this. have always loved the earps stories. I wish we had more men like this in the world today. What a wonderful piece of history to watch.

It’s a lot easier to remember events that you personally witnessed or were around to hear about than it is to just study the past.

RU-vid is a time machine. All of these wonders would have been lost to the public without the brilliance of the younger generation.

He's not learnt this in school, he's actually LIVED it!!!

What an amazing gentleman! Glad he won and able to live out his life in a little comfort. I bet he had a million and one stories.

That song put a smile to his face, he recalls his younger years.

Imagine growing up in the wild west and seeing all this technology come out over the years

He answered those questions like it was everyday common knowledge and earned himself over 300k in today's dollar amount. So cool to watch

This is literally a time machine where we can step back into history. Amazing 🤩

My God what a great video. My Grandmother helped raise me and she was such a Western fan. I remember playing a trivia game with her when it was asked " Who killed Billy the Kid" I was floored how easily she answered. Virgil made me smile so calm wide as he sand the song to hi.self in the booth. Its sad th had we don't see men of this caliber anymore. Thanks for turning a deal day into a better one.

This man is absolutely fascinating, his face shows an amazing life.