I'm Your Huckleberry History / Curious To Know

I derpped the locations; CORRECTION: Doc was born in Griffin, Georgia - mostly raised in Valdosta, Georgia - passed away in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

he never says huckleberry. he says huckle barer a term from the knob on a casket called huckle and used during the time of wyatt earp. i am your huckle barer

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I've watched Val Kilmer in a few movies and one thing I can say is he does acting very well. If you've never seen the movie "The Doors" I strongly urge you to sit down and watch this movie understand Val Kilmer did all the singing in the movie. Wasn't voice over he actually performed those songs. I was shocked to realize this fact because if you have ever heard Jim Morrison (singer for the Doors) you would think it was just a voice over done well. Any who.. Val Kilmer is great and throws himself into every role flawlessly.

I guess being southern I just automatically knew about huckleberries and daisies…. 🤷‍♂️

You suh are no daisy.

My guy he said I'm your huckle bearer not I'm your huckleberry a huckle bearer is the same as a pallbearer the name was just changed and I think they literally changed it for that reason or rather they started calling it a Paul bearer for the reason that Huckleberry and huckle bearer sound very similar obviously

Thanks I will be my huckleberr sosisli patlican, meaning I will never watch this useless crap in the future. Thank you!

Great video! It actually made me come back and rewatch both scenes... And now, the first time around, it sounds to me like "hucklebur" more than "huckleberry"... 🤔

Very cool

It’s means “I’m that mother fucker”!!!

When I first saw the movie and I heard that line, I thought "I'm your huckleberry" he made a play on words "I'm your Huckleberry (Finn) referencing Mark Twain, "Fin" in Spanish means "end". ..."I'm your End". Later I researched that the novel appeared 4-5 years after the incidents at Tombstone but that's where my mind went to.

I'm sure he meant "I'm your huckleberry." in like an insultingly polite kind of way.

Damsels in distresses. Lol.

It was all pretty clear to me at the time. Guess I grew up hearing these phrases.

Cheers for that 👍

Casablanca is my favorite movie of all time, But Tombstone is fighting and clawing all the way. Both can be watched multiple times, wonderful balance of comedy and drama, have quotable lines, have honorable antiheros, great villain's, great performances by great and small, great endings, there are no dead stretches', you hate to see them end, and are just fun to watch, especially with good friends who have never seen the films.

Daisy meaning best in class makes sense considering the other shoot out where the cowboy says I got you now and doc replies your daisy if you do.

I thought it was "I'm here Huckleberry".lol

As others here have already pointed it, it's not "huckleberry", it's "huckle bearer"... as in "I will deliver you to your grave".

Huckles are the handles on a coffin.

So appreciate the explanation!

Someone said, tombstone had the reminisce of the book of revelations, the 4 horseman, and the evil going after the bride and groom in the beginning then the 4 horseman wiping out the evildoers in the end

This is a much simpler answer imo.

In the 1800's the handles on caskets were called huckles. And of course the men who carried the caskets were pall bearers. When Doc says Huckleberry it's just slang for I'm your huckle bearer. He's telling him he's going to put him in a box.

IT'S NOT HUCKLE BERRY IT"S HUCKLE BARER means i'll carry your coffin

I disagree with your research. When Val Kilmer says I'm your huckleberry he is using it in the way to tell Johnny Ringo and he's willing to play for blood which means he's willing to play the game that Johnny Ringo wants to play. I thought it was Huckleberry Finn that he was referencing as someone that is willing to play any game I'd recommend you check that because that makes more sense. Daisy if you do oh, and the other saying you're no Daisy is reference to Johnny Ringo lifting his gun again to try to shoot Doc Holliday before he dies. In a duel as you can see Doc Holliday was waiting for Johnny Ringo to lift his gun up one more time and the gentleman's rule was that Johnny if he lifted his hand up with the gun pointing at Doc Holliday then doc could shoot him again. A perfect example of this was actually at the okay Corral when Doc Holliday said Daisy if you do and the guy lifted his gun to point at dock again after being shot once and that gave permission for Doc to shoot the man dead. You're right about the daisies being tough but not the reasoning for Daisy if you do

I grew up in the country , and get'n a huckleberry attached to your clothing was a pain in the ass , an aggravation , and something you had to address . So when I saw the film I took it as ..." I'm the pain in your ass . what are you gonna do about it ?"

Did Val ever win an Oscar? I hope he did...

Doc Holliday was up for Ringo’s game. When he said I’m your Huckleberry. Awesome! Great Western and fantastically follows the original novels.

Johnny Ringo ended up "Pushing up Daisy's " ⚰️🪦😂

So... what did it mean?

He is actually saying , I’m your huckel bearer , which used to designate I’m your pall bearer !

VAL HAD A BIG MOLE ON RT LOWER CHEEK LATER HAD THROAT CANCER MOLES LIKE THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED AND BIOPSIED MAYBE COULD HAVE AVOIDED CANCER

GREAT LINE DOC SAYS POOR SOUL HE WAS TO HIGH STRUNG TO WYATT AFTER KILLING RINGO I LAUGHED HARD AT THAT COMMENT

HANDLES ON CASKET CALLED HUCKLES IM YOUR HUCKLEBERRY OR HUCKLE BEARER

VAL KILMER AS DOC WAS THE BEST ACTING IN THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE OSCARS

Thanks 😊 really enjoyed this

I came from a large family with many live e into their 90’s and 100’s. They had lots of old time sayings and phrases including that concerning huckleberries and daisies. The daisy meant youth and vitality. Huckleberry meant a special relationship existed.

That explains what the line in the song Moon River means ...my huckleberry friend.

It should be (I’ll be your hackle berry)it’s an old southern term that means I’ll be your pall bearer.

What a load of crap about a GREAT movie

I think the “daisy” in that he said, “your No Daisy” is it only took Doc ONE shot and lights out for ol’ Ringo, meaning, he wasn’t long lasting at all, absolutely no competition, like in a long lasting daisy in a Vase.

You wouldn't Hornswoggle me would you ?

Historically, there was no armed confrontation between Johnny Ringo and Doc Holiday. In reality, Johnny Ringo hired Briggs Goodrich, the first attorney in Tombstone, to go and tell the various factions that he, Johnny Ringo, did not want to be involved. He left Tombstone the day before the showdown in the OK Corral.

Can't agree with the analysis of "you're no daisy". What it actually refers to is that antique phrase "a daisy in a field of roses", indicating something truly unique, one in a million. The phrase is used earlier in the film as well, with the same meaning. Doc asks Johny if he's a daisy, meaning are you the one in a million who can outdraw me? At that time, there is no answer to the question, it remains unresolved. But here, we finally see the answer. Johny is NOT that unique individual who can end Doc's life. There is a certain implication of a death wish, or maybe of a man who knows his fate is dark and is always watching for that end to arrive.

Dude. You suck.

They start with the wrong clip. Its the part when Ringo is asking "Don't any of you have the guts to play for blood?" and Doc Holiday replies from aside "I'm your Huckleberry. Why that's just my game". This is the coolest line. The later repeat of the line shown here is just a reference to before. Also I'm your Huckleberry is an obvious clear reference to the adventures of Mark Twain and Hickleberry Finn. Meaning he is down for the game and will join him in it. Which is why he would follow the line with "That's just my game."

Oh man! The comments on this will be glorious!

It's not the samexas I'm your dingleberry

You forgot “you’re a daisy if you do”