A while back I posted a post titled "I Want To Go Back" in which I mentioned a late night Television program that I used to watch when I was a kid. It was Called "The Old Sourdough and Wachikanoka". It was a show that featured old time classic westerns. It was hosted by two guys who portrayed the characters of "the Old Sourdough" an old west prospector type and his Indian sidekick "Wachikanoka". I have not seen nor heard anything about this show in 25-30 years. I subsequently received a comment on that post from a fellow who goes by the moniker of "Funnybook" He sent me a link to a site called "ga3ry.com".
I went to that site and I'll be damned it was a site devoted to that show and others that the two guys were part of. It was complete with pictures and back stories of the Characters and stories from the show and behind the scenes. What a joy it was. The Old Sourdough" was played by a guy named Andy Moore" and Wachikanoka was played by a guy by the name Of Gary Ferry.
I have never seen these names in any other credits, Till This morning. I was watching an old episode of "Green Acres" and There It was In the closing Credits, The name "Andy Moore" I want to thank "Funnybook" for sending me this link. It brought back many fond memories for me. I have linked it on this blog for any one that would like to check it out. There are some great stories there.
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That's great that you found your link to your past. Growing up in Louisiana we had a guy named "Morgus the Magnificent" as our late night TV host. He even had a letter printed in Time Magazine as "Morgus" I remember which made the news in the Bayou State. His assistant was a young guy named Igor who had a green face and a hunchback and was really the funnier of the two. They worked out of a fake laboratory and showed the most atrocious horror shows in between the banter. http://www.morgus.com/main_index.html
TM
Hi R.K. - It was great to see you as the newest registered user at Ga3ry.com! Please stop by and join the forums. That's Gary's son who runs the site, by the way, and we're trying to encourage Gary to participate too. Perhaps a few active users would help nudge him out into the open!
I had to change my e-mail address, so if you've written to me in the past few days I haven't gotten it. The new address is pioneer at wachikanoka dot com ... Yeah! I couldn't believe that nobody had ever registered wachikanoka or watchikanoka so I latched on to both of them. And a couple more :)
Well please keep in touch, either by e-mail or in the Ga3ry forum. My domains simply redirect there since I hope it will become a gathering spot for fans of that great old show.
Later -
Ray
funnybook
Fifteen years later and still looking :(
Ga3ry is gone. UHF Nocturne is gone. Apparently all that remains on the topic is this blog. I despair of ever seeing the show again, but I hold out hope.
Ray
Funnybook
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