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Pappy's Pearls
of Wisdom
One of the most
popular characters of the original Maverick was always heard from, but rarely ever seen: Bret and
Bart’s dear old “Pappy,” whose uniquely irreverent philosophy of life was
frequently evoked by our two heroes throughout the series.
Roy Huggins, Maverick’s
creator, saw Pappy as a means of
providing a buffer for some of Bret and Bart's more outrageous attitudes.
"The things that were attributed to Pappy were much more emphatic
than Maverick usually was," said
Huggins. "I decided that there
were some attitudes that I wanted, that I knew Maverick had -- and I say
'Maverick,' meaning both Bret and Bart -- that I might want to express through a
third person. That was the original
reason for Pappy, to say outrageous things that were a part of the Maverick
philosophy. For example, something
like 'If either of you comes back with a medal, I'll beat you to death' invited
them to act cautiously, or possibly even cowardly."
Here are a few of Pappy’s pearls of wisdom:
"Faint
heart never filled a flush."
"Man is the only animal you can skin more than once."
"Hell has no fury
like a man who loses with a four of a kind."
"Love your fellow man,
and stay out of his troubles if you can."
"Marriage is the only game of chance I know of
where both people can
lose."
"He who plays and runs away lives to run another day."
"Work is fine for killing time,
but it's a shaky way to make a
living."
"Never play in a rigged game,
unless you rig it yourself."
"If you haven't got something nice to say about a man,
it's time to change
the subject."
"Never cry over spilled milk...
it could've been whiskey."
“’Early to bed and early to
rise’
is the curse of the working class.”
"A coward dies a thousand deaths,
a brave man only once.
A thousand to one...
that's a pretty good advantage."
"If
the Lord had more respect for money,
he would have given it to a higher class of
people."
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