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Did any of you grow up with Davy Crockett toys / merch?
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Pretty sure I had one of those absurd hats. We might have had to throw it away because a cat peed on it. I feel like I can remember the smell of it, anyway. Not exactly a beloved toy.
I saw them, when I was young. Never had any, but I wanted that hat.
I'm 50, so I did experience the transition from Woody to Buzz. But it was the latter half. And by the time I was 12, space men were out, and robots were in.
I'm 50, so I did experience the transition from Woody to Buzz. But it was the latter half. And by the time I was 12, space men were out, and robots were in.
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At the same time if you go to Paris you can stay at the Disney Davy Crockett Ranch right now
Think we had a 12" Davey with a few 12"Joes and Bionicle man. I vaguely remember watching the show.
Yeah, I had one of those hats when I was a kid. I don't remember whether it was branded as a Davy Crockett product like the ones OP attached, and I didn't really know who he was, or that he was even a real person. It was just kind of the idea of an old school outdoorsy folk hero. My dad was really into hiking and outdoorsy stuff when I was a kid, so that's where it came from.
Mid 30s, UK-based, but my dad was super into Westerns, so as a child, I grew up reading a lot of Davy Crockett, and cowboy stories that were told in graphic novel format.
On the very rare occasion I heard the name Davy Crockett as a kid, like from a cartoon... Looney Tunes made a reference or two in a cartoon and pretty sure no kid in Canada has ever spoken that name, I remember my first thought was always, Davy Crockashitt.
Yeah, like our gen knew about it from old movies or BTTF and Wonder Years and my dad watching reruns on TV.
My stepdad would be 73 this year and he used to sing the theme song all the time, had the raccoon skin hat as a kid, read the comics, etc. Like we'd be driving around and he'd suddenly burst out "DAVIE...DAAAAAVIE CROCKETT...KING OF THE WILD FRONTIEEEEEER..."
OP is trying to out any LITERAL BABY BOOMERS in this chat.
FUCK that's right. I remember it was on during the day on weekends I think?
It was also on at like 6 a.m. CST, because Pooh Corner started at 630 and I'd see it there sometimes.
FUCK that's right. I remember it was on during the day on weekends I think?
It was also on at like 6 a.m. CST, because Pooh Corner started at 630 and I'd see it there sometimes.
lmao this clip was the first thing I thought of clicking on this thread
Pop gun ass shit lol
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We got a couple of those from Wall Drug on a trip back in the day.
This was my mom and dad. They'd randomly belt out the theme song. Believe we had the racoon hat thing. I'll have to ask them if they ever were fans. I think they were.
I think that song was also on the radio back in the day. I believe it's actually called The Ballad of Davie Crockett. Lol don't ask how I know this stuff.
The song was a contemporary ear worm.
My father, who is 84, grew up thinking Davie Crockett was some old shit and the Lone Ranger was dope AF.
Feel like I probably had this as I had loads of stuff like that as a kid.
I wouldn't be shocked. I think I probably played with some of these toys as well, just because they were likely main stays in the "grandma's house toybox" or doctors offices.
I was born in 1980 and I had some toys based on him and things like that. It was prevalent in Disney videos even back then, the song was something everyone I grew up with knew. It was one of those things that may as well have been originally released when I was a kid. Just like things like Andy Griffith, I Love Lucy, the old Looney Tunes cartoons, old Disney cartoons, and on and on. I think this sort of thing is gonna be less and less common with the spread of the internet and streaming and having constantly endless new programming. Back then though, all of that stuff, at least where I was from, it felt as new to us as it did when it first came out.
