RIVERBOAT (1959-1961) – We are less than a week away from Frontierado 2023, observed on Friday August 4th this year. For a combination Frontierado and Forgotten Television post Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the best episodes of the old western series Riverboat.
This series starred Darren McGavin himself as high-stakes gambler Grey Holden, who won the riverboat Enterprise (yes, really) in a poker game. Holden settled down and tried to make a living with the vessel, taking it from New Orleans all up and down the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Grey Holden captained the Enterprise, but the more experienced Chief Pilot was Ben Frazer, played by the one and only Burt Reynolds. Riverboat was, for a television western, atypically set during the 1830s and 1840s. Some of my favorite episodes are historical fiction, featuring our heroes aiding Texas rebels during the Texas Revolution, clashing with river pirates, or encountering young Abraham Lincoln and a few other historical figures here and there. Continue reading
THE AVENGERS Vol 1 #119 (January 1974) 
The crazed, uncomprehending Loki is kept in custody at Avengers Mansion because this is set during a period when Odin had forbidden him to return to Asgard under any circumstances. Time passes, and at one point the Black Panther pursues with Mantis his wish to learn some of her other-worldly martial arts. T’Challa first got the idea when he saw how well 
COMANCHE JACK – Balladeer’s Blog presents another seasonal post for the upcoming Frontierado Holiday, observed Friday August 4th this year. Frontierado celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. 
During that four-year period, he developed his marksmanship, as well as his scouting, Indian fighting and wilderness survival skills. In the snowy months, Comanche Jack rode with hunting parties along the Beaver, Canadian and Wolf Rivers. 
A roundup regarding current events from 
BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU – A SPACE FANTASY BY KURT VONNEGUT JR (March 13th) – Dated humor mars this generally well made 86-minute sci-fi story directed by Fred Barzyk and based on the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 
ROSEBUD ROB, BALTIMORE BESS AND CINNAMON CHIP – Here’s another seasonal post for the upcoming Frontierado holiday on Friday August 4th. As always, Frontierado is about the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. 
ROSEBUD ROB … the KNIGHT OF THE GULCH (February 1879) – Rosebud Rob was a Wild West detective, like the real-life Charley Siringo (covered 
“THE PARTY” VS THE REST OF US – Around 100,000 more non-citizens were found on the voter rolls, this time in Pennsylvania during an attempt to combat vote fraud. AND REMEMBER, this was in June 2018. Also, privileged white one-percenter Nancy Pelosi defended MS13, whose motto is “Kill, Rape, Control.” (MS13’s motto, not The Party’s.) All that and more 
A REMINDER THAT “FAMILY SEPARATIONS” AND “KIDS IN CAGES” STARTED UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA – Click 
JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON, THE 21st CENTURY IDA TARBELL, WROTE THIS 2018 PIECE REGARDING THE FBI’s ALREADY-EXPOSED MISDEEDS – It’s 
A TAKE OF MINE THAT UPSET SOME MEMBERS OF BOTH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES – Excerpt: “The Watergate and Vietnam War era forced some of the political right in America to face up to the flaws in their vision AND in their heroes. The political left in America are perpetual children who STILL refuse to ever face up to the flaws in THEIR vision and THEIR heroes.” And that’s even more relevant here in 2023. 
Here at Frontierado international headquarters things are as hectic as you would imagine with the Frontierado holiday coming up on Friday, August 4th. As always, Frontierado celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. Balladeer’s Blog is not affiliated with any of the following brands.
LARCENY BOURBON – Making its debut on the Bourbon Breakdown for Frontierado is this Kentucky Bourbon which meets my usual standard of letting you blow flies out of the air after a swig. 
IRON SMOKE BOURBON – Hunker down with some Iron Smoke Bourbon to help you and yours celebrate Frontierado. 
For this weekend’s light-hearted, escapist blog post about superheroes, Balladeer’s Blog goes back to the Justice Society of America, this country’s very first superteam. 
ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #33 (February 1947) 
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