ATDTDA 724-746

[rich]

On Feb 5, 2008 10:50 AM, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
homer simpson voice:  damn errol flynn

rich
> >
> Even as early as the 1950s  the heroism of   "Custer's Last Stand" had
> definitely taken on an ambiguous hue in popular American thinking.  I
> was listening to a late 50s "Gun Smoke" episode a couple nights ago (old
> time radio)  In it  Marshal Dillon is convinced that a certain Army
> deserter in his custody is also a vicious murderer. However for lack of
> evidence the Marshal can only  send the bad hombre back to his regiment,
> which we are told is desperately in need of all the manpower it can
> possibly muster.  Everyone in Dodge is of course moping around about
> this, but not to worry, justice has a way of getting done. In the final
> moments of the show we learn that that regiment in question is stationed
> at a certain remote outpost in Montana by the name of Little Big Horn.
>
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> >
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> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> > To: Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 6:02:10 AM
> > Subject: Re: ATDTDA 724-746
> >
> > This is the second reference to a Little Big Horn mural;
> > both times the mural itself isn't there.
> >
> > The first time, you get the founding of Mexico City instead, but
> > with a twist // now we get the Sack of Rome
> >
> > Also, both times are nexuses of revenge, Frank's carried
> > out literally, but Kit and Reef - though not as successful -
> > have it in mind at least
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Young Scrooge:
> > Life is filled with tough jobs, and there'll always be sharpies to
> > cheat me.
> > Well, I'll be tougher than the toughies and sharper than the
> > sharpies...and I'll make my money square.
> >
> > ---From The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
> >
> >
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