Originally Posted by mathman
Ken Curtis (in character as Festus) at a rodeo when I was a kid.


He use to do the Lea County Fair Rodeo as the entertainment and would stay with the Campbell family down the street from our house. Got to meet and eat with him several times. He had some really good stories about some of the adventures they had filming the Ripcord show. He was an all round nice friendly guy.


My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost....