ill be your huckleberry

It was a pretty commonly used term in the South. There’s been a lot of discussion over the meaning ever since Val Kilmer uttered it in the film. Basically “I’m your huckleberry” means “Name the place, and I’ll go with you,” “Name the job and I can do it,” “I’ll oblige you” or “I’m your man.”

Does Doc Holliday say I’m your huckleberry or I’ll be your huckleberry?

Holliday says, “I’m your huckleberry” at two points in the film, both when speaking to Johnny Ringo. The first time he says the phrase is when Ringo confronts Wyatt Earp in the street. Holliday gets involved, getting up out of his barber chair and saying the fabled line “I’m your huckleberry.”

Where did the term I’ll be your huckleberry come from?

It was Doc Holliday who uttered the unfamiliar phrase to the character Johnny Ringo: “I’m your huckleberry, that’s just my game.” Whether or not Doc Holliday went around saying this all the time, we do not know, but it was used in the 1929 book Tombstone, by Walter Noble Burns.

What did Doc Holliday and Ringo say in Latin?

Doc Holliday: Credat Judaeus Apella, Non Ego. [The Jew Apella may believe it, not I. – Meaning -“Oh I don’t believe drinking is what I do best.”] Johnny Ringo: Eventus Stultorum Magister.

What disease did Doc Holliday have?

8, 1887, John Henry “Doc” Holliday died of tuberculosis in a rented room at the Hotel Glenwood in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The fact is, despite his fame and notoriety, the gambler, gunfighter, dentist and friend of Wyatt Earp left this earth destitute.

Why did Doc Holliday say you’re no daisy?

You’re no daisy.

When Holliday says that his opponent is no daisy at all, it kind of shows that he’s being sarcastic all along. He’s just saying it to be flippant.

Was Doc Holliday a real doctor?

He died in bed.” This man’s real name was John Henry Holliday. He was called “Doc” because he was a doctor of dental surgery, a dentist. But he was best known as a gunfighter and gambler, a person who plays games of chance for money.

Was Johnny Ringo a real person?

John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder.

How many times did Wyatt Earp marry?

Wyatt Earp was a man who respected marriage and thought marriage was important—in fact, he thought it was so important that he was married four times.

What was said in Latin on Tombstone?

Doc : In vino veritas. Ringo : Age quod agis. Doc : Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego. Ringo : Juventus stultorum magister.

Was Doc Holliday fast with a gun?

Although he sometimes drank three quarts of whiskey a day, he was the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw.

Where is Doc Holliday’s real grave?

He is buried in Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

How did Big Nose Kate get her name?

But, we know her as Big Nose Kate, Doc Holliday’s girlfriend. She didn’t have a big nose. Some say she got that nickname because she had a habit of sticking her nose in other people’s business. Kate and Doc were together for several years before the O.K. Corral shootout.

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