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   Russell Watson to john-dean@frag.lineone.net   
   Re: Jobs on a cattle drive   
   23 Jul 03 03:40:47   
   
   From: russell-watson@att.net   
      
   On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:16:19 +0100, "John Dean"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Sunsite wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:48:32 -0500, Gerald Clough    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Horse wrangler. What was the wrangler's name on Rawhide? I seem to   
   >>> recall him being Mexican. He was often a man who felt closer to   
   >>> horses than to people. With each man rotating frequently through his   
   >>> string of mounts, the wrangler had plenty to keep up with. He   
   >>> frequently helped   
   >>> out the cook. It's unlikely that many drives had a full-time cook's   
   >>> helper.   
   >>   
   >> On Rawhide that was Jesus. His superstitions were directly woven into   
   >> some plots.   
   >   
   >Yeah - though they called him Hey Soos on the credits in case any WASPs got   
   >upset.   
      
   You sure they weren't just phoneticising it for the folks who would   
   have otherwise been looking for the Son of God among the cowboys and   
   wonderin' why He was in the credits if He wasn't on the show? :-)   
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