| Four Feather Falls |
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| Syndicated |
| 1960 |
| Puppet Drama |
| 15 Minutes |
Set in Kansas in the 19th century, this was
the tale of Sheriff Tex Tucker as he maintained
law and order in the prairie town of Four
Feather Falls near Silver City.
He was assisted by his faithful canine companion, Dusty, and his
trusty steed, Rocky, whom Tex considered his unofficial deputies.
When Tex was not tracking down rustlers and outlaws, he enjoyed
singing a song or playing his harmonica.
Sheriff Tex could be considered one of the first frontier
superheroes because he had four magical feathers that gave him
special abilities. The feathers, which he wore in his hat, were
given as a reward for saving Makooya, the son of Indian Chief
Kallamakooya.
Two of the feathers give Tex's animal friends the ability to
talk. The other two feathers enchanted Tex's six-shooters and
enabled them to fire automatically when Tex was in danger.
"The four feathers on this hat are
magic. They enable Tex Tucker's dog and horse to speak. And his
gun's to fire without him even touching them. And now another
exciting adventure from FOUR FEATHER FALLS...." -- Opening Narration
Other folks in the Four Feather Falls community included:
- Grandpa Twink, who told tales about Sheriff Tex Tucker ("This
kinda reminds of something strange that happened a while back...")
- Little Jake Twink, his grandson. Sheriff Tex once deputized
Jake and lent him his gun's and its two magic fathers.
- Slim Jim, the owner and bartender of the Denison saloon
- Dan Morse, the telegraph operator
- Marvin Jackson, the bank manager
- Ma Jones, the owner of the general store
- Doc Haggerty, the town physician
- Indian Chief Kallamakooya
- Makooya, the son of the Indian chief
- Chief Red Scalp, a renegade Indian
- Pedro, a Mexican bandit
- Fernando, a Pedro's sidekick
- Big Ben, a villain
Theme Song Lyrics
(sung by Mike Holliday)
In Four Feather
Falls, Four Feather Falls
There's always magic in the air
In Four Feather Falls, Four Feather Falls
You'll always find a vacant chair
In Four Feather Falls, Four Feather Falls
Every heart is kind and true
If ever you're in town they'll never let you down
And stranger there's a welcome for you
But anything can happen, anything at all
Why you might hear a dog, "Meow."
Hey, hey but stranger than that,
Any stray cat may suddenly remark, "Bow-wow."
Ho, ho, Four Feather Falls, Four Feather Falls
The only place on earth to be
'Cause Four Feather Falls, Four Feather Falls
Means heaven on the range to me
In Four Feather Falls, Four Feather Falls
The only place on earth to be
'Cause Four Feather Falls, (I said) Four Feather Falls
Means heaven on the range to me.
Yes, heaven on the earth to me [fades with whistling]
Memorabilia
TRIVIA NOTE: Produced by Gerry
Anderson, this was the first of his series to
use the Supermarionation marionette animation
process which featured electronic lip synch and
eye movements.
The puppets voices were provided by Nicholas
Parsons (Tex Tucker, Dan Morse); Kenneth
Connor (Dusty, Rocky, Marvin Jackson, Doc
Haggerty, Chief Kalamakooya, Slim Jim, Pedro) and Denise
Bryer (Little Jake, Ma Jones, Makooya) and
David Graham (Grandpa Twink,
Fernando, Big Ben, Indian Chief Red Scalp)
The songs on the program were sung by Michael
Holliday. They included such tunes a "Four
Feather Falls", "Happy Hearts and Friendly
Faces", "My Home Town", "The Phantom
Rider", The Rick-Rick-A- Rackety Train", and
"Two Gun Tex of Texas" (the closing
theme). Tommy Reilly
provided the harmonica playing on the program.
The original title for the show was TWO GUN TEX
TUCKER, set in Spelltown, Kansas.
See also "Life
with Snarky Parker"
Obituaries: Tommy Reilly:
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