Comments on: Can Disney’s Davy Crockett Save America?

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:07 +0000

I’m gonna owe Charles big-time for his recs. Well, I already owed him for his great wit and intelligence, so what’s another buck or two…

By: Tim Dean

Tim Dean — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:08:17 +0000

“They’re both wrong. It’s just smart.”
I’ve been trying to get some people to understand this very basic idea for ages, often to no avail. Too many think that it either makes you just too darn smart for your own good, or some kind of limp-wristed sissy. Sigh.
FYI, I too was directed here by Pierce.

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:14 +0000

Thanks for stoppin’ by, Ann. And thanks for the note about Disney and environmentalism. Charles, you sure have savvy, informed readers!

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:58:13 +0000

A bit off topic, but some scholars have noted the pro-environmental slant in Disney movies. For example, David Whitley in The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation argues that the environmental movement of the 1960s and following owes something to the ways in which the natural world was depicted in movies like Bambi.

P.S. I also found this blog by way of Charlie Pierce and Altercation.

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:09:20 +0000

Mr. Pierce is a hero of mine almost on the level of Davy Crockett!

By: Jim Compton

Jim Compton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:37 +0000

It also sounds like Ben Franklin, another American pragmatist.

By: Davis

Davis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:49 +0000

Great post. My seven-year-old self loved that series, too. BTW, Mr Pierce sent me here from Altercation.

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:06 +0000

Hell, I even liked Buddy as Jed! And I’m on the way to pick up the Kentucky Headhunters.

By: charles pierce

charles pierce — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:34 +0000

Hey, no love for the pre-Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen as Georgie Russell?
Also, FWIW, the Kentucky Headhunters do a great cover of the song.

By: Enoch Root

Enoch Root — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:55:13 +0000

“Be cautious all, abroad, mind where you tread
Be not deceived, be sure you’re right, then go ahead.”

Davy Crockett, Mindfulness Zen Master.