My whole life I thought it was Huckleberry.

Now, not so sure…

It's huckleberry. The script is online.

Also:

@gourmetspud I say both "I'm your huckleberry" AND "I'll be your huckleberry..." I say it twice in the film.

— Val Kilmer (@valkilmer) November 18, 2014

There's a new restaurant in Galveston called Doc Holliday's that plays "Tombstone" on a loop on televisions at both ends of the building.

Huckleberry?

He talking about that modern day warriors buddy

Huckle Bearer? For real? wtf even is that?

huckle bearer was slang term in the old south for pallbearer

I never understood the love for this movie.

This scene is why the movie is one of my favorites...

cr06gis said:

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huckle bearer was slang term in the old south for pallbearer

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I'm not going to say this is false, but I'd like to see some contemporary evidence that people in the 1800s actually used this term. Somebody should have written that down during that time period, but I've never seen it.

Rex Racer said:

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It's huckleberry. The script is online.

Also:

@gourmetspud I say both "I'm your huckleberry" AND "I'll be your huckleberry..." I say it twice in the film.

— Val Kilmer (@valkilmer) November 18, 2014

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Puts in Tombstone
Turns on subtitles
????
Profit

Next, you all can fight about "life is like a box of chocolates". Cause Gump doesn't say that.

It was never a beautiful day in the neighborhood either.

Wrapped up like a ******…

Ehhh...that one (Gump quote) is a bit nit picky. Was vs is. Not the best example of the mandella effect.

My favorite is the James Bond villain Jaws meets the girl who smiles at him. I could've sworn she had braces

Play it again, Sam.

Belton Ag said:

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cr06gis said:

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huckle bearer was slang term in the old south for pallbearer

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I'm not going to say this is false, but I'd like to see some contemporary evidence that people in the 1800s actually used this term. Somebody should have written that down during that time period, but I've never seen it.

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Never found any evidence of it, even perhaps going so far as to search 19th Century newspapers. I think it's just something someone on the internet came up with to justify getting the quote wrong.

*I can, however, find usages of "I am your huckleberry," or "we're your huckleberry," and the like, going back to the 1860's and 1870's.

The Green Dragon said:

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I never understood the love for this movie.

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Action meets western, plus an iconic cast and lots of memorable lines.

The Green Dragon said:

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I never understood the love for this movie.

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Mustachioed men doing mustachioed things. What's not to understand?

The Green Dragon said:

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I never understood the love for this movie.

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I'm not a fan of westerns at all but even I loved this movie. Not sure how anyone couldn't love it. There must be something wrong with you.

One of my favorite movies. For me, it's one that just never gets old. Anytime I find it on, I'm tuned in to watch it again.

Huckle Bearer per my understanding was an old term for pallbearer. The huckle is one of the handles on a coffin, it is not a term that is or was frequently used but bearing someone's huckle would be a fancy way of saying you'll be carrying their casket.

Not sure if that's what was meant in the film but Kilmer says huckleberry 100% as already referenced by Kilmer himself.

in the 19th century, a huckleberry was slang meaning "being the right person for the job, the ideal partner for any given activity". Often, the phrase "I'm your huckleberry," meant 'I'll be your dance partner" or "I'll play with you".

In Tombstone, a good translation would be...."I'm the man you're looking for"

There's also a lot of subtlety, here's my favorite scene:



Note that Ringo comes in with cowboys like they own the place because that's how they go everywhere. Given his ego as the top gunslinger and outlaw, he shows off for the crowd with his pistol twirling and the best gun handwork that he could muster. Doc watches him draw and the pistol twirling and proceeds to mimic Ringo's exact moves right back him with his tin cup, while drunk. Ringo notices several things. First, that doc is a better gunslinger than him because doc saw his routine once and mimicked his routine back at him in a joking drunken way. Second, Doc saw him draw and knew he could outdraw Ringo, while Ringo never saw Doc draw thus tipping his own hand. Every interaction after this Ringo is hesitant because he still doesn't know what Doc his capable of, and the only time he willingly challenges Doc is when he's drunk. The crowd laughs off the tin cup as a joke, but Ringo knows he's outclassed when he turns to leave.

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Huckle bearer

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That's not what he said, you ignorant wretch!

The "now I really hate him" is probably my favorite line in the whole movie.

That is a great and intense scene in an outstanding movie. Michael Biehn does a great job as Johnny Ringo.

I find it so interesting that Johnny Ringo in some areas of old pop culture was portrayed as a good guy, including the title character of the first TV show that Aaron Spelling created. The full season is on Youtube, and I thought I would just leave it on while working, just to say I watched it, but that show just drew me in. James Coburn and very young Ron Howard and other young actors show up periodically. I also think the comedic Western Rustler's Rhapsody could have been based on Johnny Ringo in the TV show.

The Green Dragon said:

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I never understood the love for this movie.

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I sat my two teenage boys down last summer and watched it. After we were done they said, "So why did you feel it so important to have us watch this movie? Just asking."

Willy Wonka said:

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The Green Dragon said:

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I never understood the love for this movie.

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I sat my two teenage boys down last summer and watched it. After we were done they said, "So why did you feel it so important to have us watch this movie? Just asking."

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Is this the opposite of "raising them right?"

ja86 said:

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in the 19th century, a huckleberry was slang meaning "being the right person for the job, the ideal partner for any given activity". Often, the phrase "I'm your huckleberry," meant 'I'll be your dance partner" or "I'll play with you".

In Tombstone, a good translation would be...."I'm the man you're looking for"

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Which is 100% consistent with all the examples I've found from newspapers of the period. I'll try to remember to make a post on the History board with some clippings when I get a chance.

This whole "huckle bearer" thing seems laughably false. Kind of like twenty years ago when I would get the most ridiculous email forwards from my aunt that she believed to be true. Or when people post some long legal speak disclaimer to Facebook thinking they have now protected their privacy from the company.