It’s actually Sunday morning, and I am indeed up with the lark #TheSlosh #DanielBoone

Actor/Singer #EdAmes, best known for his role as Mingo on 1960s TV series #DanielBoone, has died at 95. Ames appeared #OffBroadway (#TheCrucible, #TheFantasticks) and on #Broadway (#Carnival!, #OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest). His TV credits include "McCloud", "Murder, She Wrote", "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "Jake and the Fatman". Ames is also known for one of the most famous TV bloopers of all time, demonstrating his tomahawk-throwing skills on #TheTonightShow. #RIP
https://youtu.be/0L5QC9ZJkM8

53 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S6E26: Israel and Love
Israel finds first love with the daughter of a flamboyant woodcarver.
Airdate: 1970-05-07
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/6/episode/26
#DanielBoone #NBC #tvseries

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E26: A Pinch of Salt
While on a surveying mission for the Continental Congress, Daniel and David get caught in the middle of a dispute between two women and a man bent on destroying their salt mine operation.
Airdate: 1969-05-01
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/26
#DanielBoone #FessParker #JoanHackett #NBC #Television

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E25: Sweet Molly Malone
Sgt. Malone is a hard drinking, pipe smoking veteran of the war. The Sgt. is also a woman, which puts her at odds with the town folk. Rebecca decides she needs a man and matches her with a peddler who once fought with the Hessians.
Airdate: 1969-04-17
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/25
#DanielBoone #FessParker #BarbaraBelGeddes #NBC #tvseries

53 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S6E24: Bringing Up Josh
While in New Orleans with Daniel, Josh 'inherits' two abandoned children from a poor widow. Unwilling to leave them to become orphans, he takes them with him back home only to find caring for two kids is a lot harder than he thought.
Airdate: 1970-04-16
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/6/episode/24
#DanielBoone #FessParker #JodieFoster #NBC #ClassicTV

58 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S1E27: Daughter of the Devil
A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.
Airdate: 1965-04-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/1/episode/27
#DanielBoone #FessParker #NBC #ClassicTV

55 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S4E25: Thirty Pieces of Silver
A wagon load of guns is headed for Boonesborough with Daniel and Mingo in charge. An outlaw named Dekker plans to steal the wagon using information bought from Amos Fargo. Unknown to Fargo, his sister is traveling with Boone.
Airdate: 1968-03-28
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/4/episode/25
#DanielBoone #NBC #tvseries

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E22: The Allies
Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the British are taking, but on their way their horses are stolen by a vagabond family of three. When they catch the trio the...
Airdate: 1969-03-27
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/22
#DanielBoone #NBC #tvshows

'The Heart of Ameinias': Done!

The first sequel to 'Ghosts and Tea' is finally done, currently clocking in at 49+K words. That number will definitely change and increase, and I'll make sure the final length won't go past 50K. I always try to maximize the story length to ensure readers get their 99 cents' worth (ha!), and that's also a great exercise in limiting myself in the face of temptation to expand unnecessarily. I opted to reduce my current and future output to no more than 50K for a very good reason, brevity without sacrificing complexity being my primary goal.

And so to mark this special occasion, here's a celebratory video (which is my tradition whenever I finish a book's first draft). Behold the cheese! Embrace the cheese!

Of course, with any luck, we can actually watch the video here and not be ordered back to Youtube. I can never tell anymore.

#Writing #WritersOfMastodon #WritingLife #DanielBoone #BeautifulSunday #1970s #Music

https://youtu.be/iyGTdFB79bo

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E21: Love and Equity
In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused of fraud and even witchcraft.
Airdate: 1969-03-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/21
#DanielBoone #NBC #tvshows

53 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S6E20: The Landlords
Boone poses as a pirate to outwit a swindler who sold simpleton brothers a deed to Boonesborough
Airdate: 1970-03-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/6/episode/20
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

58 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S1E20: The Quietists
A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.
Airdate: 1965-02-25
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/1/episode/20
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

55 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S4E20: The Spanish Fort
Boone lets the Spanish capture him as part of a plan to blow up a partially completed Virginia fort.
Airdate: 1968-02-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/4/episode/20
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E17: Jonah
Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah ref...
Airdate: 1969-02-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/17
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E17: Jonah
Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah ref...
Airdate: 1969-02-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/17
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

53 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S6E17: Before the Tall Man
Rebecca decides to play matchmaker to Tom and Nancy, two people Daniel doesn't think go together. Considering how much they fight each other he might be right. But Rebecca thinks she knows better.
Airdate: 1970-02-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/6/episode/17
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E16: Three Score and Ten
An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.
Airdate: 1969-02-06
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/16
#DanielBoone #BurgessMeredith #PaulFix #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

53 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S6E16: Mama Cooper
Gabe encounters a child with a doll that he believes could have only been made by his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, and sets out to find her.
Airdate: 1970-02-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/6/episode/16
#DanielBoone #TimothyCarey #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

54 years ago today:
Daniel Boone
S5E14: A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely
Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy, caught between an overprotective mother and an overly macho father, really needs.
Airdate: 1969-01-16
https://themoviedb.org/tv/11053/season/5/episode/14
#DanielBoone #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows