Bonanza’s formula for its success—a western setting, action-packed tales, and sporadic laughter—kept the program at its peak for a long time. William Cox and Theodore and Mathilde Ferro wrote the program’s fifty-seventh episode, The Duke, which aired on March 11, 1961. This episode was also one of the several episodes in the series directed by Robert Altman.

Maxwell Reed played the titular character, Clarence “The Duke of London” Simpson, an egotistical and self-centered professional boxer. When The Duke of London arrives in Virginia City, he challenges everyone to a public fight, provoking locals into brawls by acting up around their women. Hoss eventually joins The Duke in the ring, the ending leaving a significant impact on both the arrogant boxer and his patient manager/brother Limey (J. Pat O’Malley).

Randy Stuart plays Marge, and Jason Evers plays Lambert in the episode.

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Main Cast

Here are the cast members who appeared in this episode, the twenty-fifth episode of Bonanza’s second season:

• Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
• Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright (credit only)
• Dan Blocker as Eric ‘Hoss’ Cartwright
• Michael Landon as Joseph ‘Little Joe’ Cartwright
• Maxwell Reed as Clarence ‘The Duke of London’ Simpson
• Randy Stuart as Marge Fuller
• J. Pat O’Malley as Harry Simpson
• Jason Evers as J.D. Lambert
• Ray Teal as Sheriff Roy Coffee
• Al Christy as Bartender Joe
• Fred Aldrich as Townsman (uncredited)
• John Barton as Townsman (uncredited)
• Jimmie Booth as Townsman (uncredited)
• Bill Clark as Townsman (uncredited)
• Jaye Durkus as Townsman (uncredited)
• Betty Endicott as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
• John George as Townsman (uncredited)
• Joseph Glick as Townsman (uncredited)
• Al Haskell as Townsman (uncredited)
• Chester Hayes as Townsman (uncredited)
• Lars Hensen as Townsman (uncredited)
• Michael Jeffers as Townsman (uncredited)
• Bob LaWandt as Townsman (uncredited)
• Bert Madrid as Townsman (uncredited)
• Martha Manor as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
• Rod McGaughy as Townsman (uncredited)
• Bob Miles as Townsman (uncredited)
• John Rice as Townsman (uncredited)
• John Roy as Townsman (uncredited)
• Cosmo Sardo as Townsman (uncredited)
• Jeffrey Sayre as Townsman (uncredited)
• Sammy Shack as Townsman (uncredited)
• Chick Sheridan as Townsman (uncredited)
• Rudy Sooter as Townsman (uncredited)
• Ray Spiker as Townsman (uncredited)
• George Tracy as Townsman (uncredited)
• Max Wagner as Townsman (uncredited)
• Chalky Williams as Townsman (uncredited)

Full Story Line for The Duke

The saloon girl, Marge, greets J.D. Lambert as he enters the town bar with Hoss and Little Joe. However, J.D. was too shy to continue talking to his girl.

Clarence Simpson, the Duke of London, arrives in Virginia City with his manager. He approaches Marge to kiss her hand, claiming she’s the most beautiful lady in the country. His manager, Harry Simpson, reminds him that ladies take away their wages, then invites him to the town pub to drink.

Harry announces that the Duke challenges all comers to a fight at the town pub. Any man who stands four rounds will win $500.

The Duke believes the citizens in Virginia City and the United States are cowards, deeming themselves lucky to get even a single fight in town. Harry thinks the saloon girl distracted the Duke, causing the other to reprimand his alcoholic tendencies.

The Cartwrights invite Marge to dinner with J.D. Ben asks about the Duke of London, praising his sons for ignoring the prizefighter. Marge reveals that the Duke stopped her in the middle of the lobby and kissed her hand. Hearing this annoyed J.D., but Ben assures him that it’s a typical gesture in Europe. Ben advises them to avoid the professional prizefighter, as they’re no match for him.

Once J.D. and Marge go outside for a walk, the Cartwrights discuss how meek their friend was, wondering how J.D. even started talking to Marge. Hoss and Little Joe don’t think the couple would work out, considering their opposite demeanor. However, Ben believes that love will make it possible.

Sheriff Roy approaches the Duke to tell him that using his fists on anyone would send him to jail.

Meanwhile, Marge and J.D. have just returned to the pub. The Duke calls J.D. a coward, causing the latter to point his gun at him. The Duke continues to taunt him, and although Marge tries to stop J.D., he eventually punches the Duke in the face. Harry calls it a fight, so the two start fighting. However, since the Duke is a professional prizefighter, J.D. is bruised on the floor. Roy insists on taking the Duke to prison for what happened, but Harry and the bartender admit that J.D. hit the Duke first. The Duke approaches Marge, telling her the man she needs is right before him. However, Marge only slapped him in response.

After learning what happened to J.D., Hoss and Little Joe are eager to avenge their meek friend. However, Ben believes it’s a terrible idea, considering the Duke is a professional prizefighter. Ben thinks it’s best to let another expert fighter, Heenan, the Benicia Boy, deal with the self-centered British prizefighter.

Meanwhile, despite his severe injuries, J.D. only worries about his image, upset that Marge had to see him made a fool of himself for challenging the Duke.

Hoss and Little Joe visit the pub to tell Duke about the Benicia Boy. Marge approaches the two Cartwrights to ask about J.D.’s condition, to which Joe replies bitterly. He excuses themselves for a moment as they have other business to handle. They speak with the drunk Harry, informing him about the Benicia Boy. Harry’s expression changes upon hearing about Benecia Boy Heenan. However, he maintained his arrogance by telling the boys he was excited to tell it to the Duke.

A week passed, and the Cartwrights continued to wait for Heenan to arrive. The townspeople watch the Duke work out. J.D. comes in the hall, and Marge asks if he’s alright. However, J.D. tells her he’s in a hurry, then goes to where Hoss and Joe are standing. Marge exits the hall crying, greatly affected by J.D.’s change of behavior towards her.

The Duke barges into Marge’s room, where he hears the lady crying. Marge reaches for her gun, but the Duke grabs her, forcing her into a kiss. Marge suddenly laughs, confusing the Duke. Annoyed, he assaults her repeatedly. Harry steps in to stop the Duke, but he gets beaten up.

Marge tells J.D. about the Duke and Harry. Hoss and Little Joe rush to Marge’s room while J.D. stays with Marge to keep her company. Hoss and Joe find Harry lying on the floor, then assists him in sitting on the bed. Harry tells them that the Duke doesn’t understand her view on things, then reveals they’re brothers, much to Hoss and Joe’s surprise. Although injured, the Duke’s words hurt so much more for him. Harry only wanted the best of the Duke, but he no longer wanted to stay with him after what happened. Hoss is infuriated by how the Duke treated J.D., Marge, and even his brother. Joe feels the same with him, so he accompanies Hoss as he challenges the Duke once and for all.

Sheriff Roy stood as the referee for the bare-knuckle fight, which Ben organized against his will. The Duke appears to have the upper hand in the first rounds, but Hoss knocks the Duke to the ground in the third round. By the fourth round, the Duke can no longer approach the attacking Hoss, falling to the ground. The Duke and his manager/brother come to terms with the defeat-induced humility after the Duke finally recognizes that he’s no good without his brother.

After the Simpsons settle their account, Ben tells them about the proposed fight with Benicia Boy Heenan in San Francisco. The Duke sincerely apologizes to Marge and J.D. before leaving to confront Heenan.

Full Script and Dialogue of The Duke

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see you later boys
hi hon can i have my key
jd hi hon i thought you were coming into
town the middle of the week
uh afternoon ma'am
well what do you think i think we need
to have a beer no no no i mean
i mean about her about who what are you
talking about
my girl
you mean that was your girl mm-hmm boy
ain't she wonderful
that that's margie the one you're gonna
bring out to supper
you didn't even act like in your yeah
yeah i know it
sometimes happens to me when i get
around her i don't know i just kind of
get all
tied up inside boy ain't she something
though
uh joel uh better give us three beers
i'll come over here come on now that's
gonna move up with that
oh thank you
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oh there you are my man you have uh
reservations for the duke of london
and his entourage let's have a little
service now
oh madam your hand
hmm i kiss the hand of the most
beautiful
lady i've seen since i've been in this
beastly country
hold your horses now dookie it's the men
what pays our wages and it's the ladies
what takes them away you understand come
on let's go in the pub
miguel is fair crying out for a nip
joe set up some drinks for the boys did
adam come in with you no left a couple
days ago we're all you had to make a
little trip to san francisco
make way for the duke of london
all right your bloke's now out of the
way give the duke some elbow room
drinks for the house you'll have to get
in line stranger drinks are bought for
this round
the duke of london waits for no one come
follow a bottle
you a drink on the duke of london
i'm sorry mister but uh little joe
already bought me a drink
gentlemen may i have your attention
please
the duke of london champion of the
british empire
on a world tour challenges all covers
any man who stands four rounds will be
paid
500 american money
do you dare yankees
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so
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yank is a nation of adults and cowards
ah knock it bobo we'll take a pound or
two from them don't you worry
you know you really showed that crowd
something down there
you was real prime look at this filthy
place
virginia city nothing but a foul pig pen
ah come off it we seem worse although i
must say i have never tasted such bad
whiskey oh
what i wouldn't give for some good old
london
and your liquor well can't you stop
guzzling even for a moment
why should i every man to his own sin i
say
well you could hardly call yourself a
man
like the rest of these dunkirs around
here who have to wear guns to protect
themselves
we'll have to be extremely lucky to get
a fight in this town uh
you just keep on playing the game bobo
we'll get our fight
you know you've got a knack you have i
have never known of any one man who
could get so many other men aiding him
in such a short time
you're a marvel that's what you are and
you know
when they ate you enough that's where we
get our fight
so you go on being your own natural self
you drunken
sot ah you can call me names bobo but
you can't escape me
oh will you shut up ah i know you too
well
every time you get like this is because
of some skirt
it wouldn't be the little bar made you
took a fancy two now would it
you don't suppose she's out playing a
little slap and tickle with one of these
ear american cowboys while the end sub
duke of london is pacing up and down the
floor now do you
now you leave the women to me because i
handle them a lot better than you
handle this filthy rubbish you are
drinking
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that's gee you know this is this is just
great i mean
it's just wonderful of you mr cartwright
to to go to all this trouble invite me
out for supper and everything
well we're very happy to have the
opportunity of making your acquaintance
miss fuller
jd talks so much about you uh
will you have some dessert oh uh yeah
thanks
uh oh and and just call me marge
um everybody does
uh honey do you want some pie no thanks
sir i mean
ma'am well you boys had quite a time in
town didn't you
this surprise fighter uh what did you
say his name was
uh the duke of london paul i ain't never
seen a duke before but
they're all like gut feller i don't ever
care nothing about seeing another i wish
you'd been along with this bob this man
makes more enemies just walking into a
room anybody ever saw in my life
well you boys did right to ignore him
well you should have seen what he did to
me mr cartwright he stopped me right in
the middle of the lobby
and grabbed my hand and kissed it well
if i'd have known that i'd have taken a
wallop at him
well jd hand kissing in europe is uh
quite common probably just a gesture
not the way he did it it wasn't he
looked at me like he owned me or
something
yeah i should have walloped him i'm
afraid you wouldn't have stood much of a
chance j.d
the man is a professional prize fighter
you know his fists
are considered lethal weapons by law
well i got a
couple of lethal weapons of my own you
hold on there
don't you get any big ideas just because
you're big and strong doesn't mean that
you're a match for a professional prize
fighter
just stay away from this duke or
whatever it is that he calls himself no
amateur can stand up to a professional
just keep out of his way i'm afraid
we're not being very polite to our guest
oh that's all right don't mind me i kind
of enjoyed talking about him i sure
never met a man like him before and i've
met a lot of them
you sure got a nice place here you know
i
i never lived in a house in all my life
not me neither
you will jd whenever you get married
uh we'll take over the house down by the
forks
jd wanted to take marge outside show
around the place
could we jd i'd love to see it well it's
pretty dark out there i don't know what
you could see
well there's a full moon she ought to be
able to see enough
you go ahead uh the boys will clean up
the dishes clean up the dishes
oh oh yeah yeah you you glad jd
well uh okay
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i thought i was going to bust that laven
right in front of the boat something me
too joel
ojd's collar was tired i thought his
eyes are gonna pop out yeah
the thing i can't figure out is how jd
ever got up enough nerf to talk to her
in the first place
the galactic usually starts a
conversation herself huh
a girl like what no i don't mean she's a
well she's a dancehall girl i thought
she was very nice
what did you think hoss i i thought she
was very nice
hello wait a minute i didn't say i
didn't think she was very nice
yeah boy it's just that old jd and her
just
don't seem to go together for some
reason otherwise i don't know
yeah that's right that's all i meant by
it pa look you know how jd is he's
he's so shy and everything and i just
don't think it'll ever work out
it'll work out if he loves her
jd huh honey are you afraid of me
no ma'am of course not
uh now over there that's the smokehouse
anyway
uh you can just see the smoke there
coming out of the smokehouse
well if you're not afraid of me then why
did you look at me when you talked to me
well i was looking at the smoke house
it's right over right
turn around yes ma'am no that's better
you know i um i like what you said in
there i mean about uh
being willing to fight the englishman
over me it was a real nice thing to say
well i don't think fellas ought to go
around kissing girls
well i mean if they're not you know
sometimes a girl doesn't mind being
kissed
well if you liked it that's that's your
business
but those flashy guys always seem to
fool the women but he don't fool me
i wasn't talking about him jd but at
least he wasn't afraid
who do you think i am i'm willing to try
and find out
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well i may not be as fancy as that big
bag of wind but i ain't afraid of
anything including him
i bet you're afraid to kiss a girl
well are you no i'm not
i mean when i find a girl i want to kiss
she's
gonna get good and kissed oh
i'll get the buggy ah
i guess paul was right j.d is in love
with her
how do you know oh if he wasn't he would
have kissed her
you know that won't make sense the lacos
i know you're older than i am but
there's certain things i have a little
more experience in than you have
and this just happens to be one of them
yeah
i bet you he kisses her on the way home
ah hey he'll he'll try to kiss her
she's not gonna let him
dad bernie joe that just don't make
sense
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mr duke one does not address a duke
as mister now does one well i'm not
anxious to address you in any way shape
or form i just want to warn you that
about what i am perfectly capable of
taking care of myself
constable now we don't address a sheriff
as a constable now do we
i just want to point out that as a
professional fighter if you use your
fists on anyone i'm going to jail you
for assault with a deadly weapon
oh then in the event that i am attacked
i will not even be allowed to defend
myself now you know better than that
besides i have a feeling that nobody
around here is going to be foolish
enough to try a thing like that
so i suggest you just move on your way
is there anything else before you leave
i think that'll be enough
maybe she ain't coming home tonight
oh now you're giving me the silent
treatment
first you knock me about then you act as
if it wasn't here
well i am here bobo and you know i'm
here
and when you need me i'll be working
late in the office
in other words in the pub
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marge i i don't know what
what came over me i'm just i'm i'm sorry
it happened it's all right mr lambert
it's forgotten but look look i
i don't blame you for slapping me i i
had it coming but
well you look so so pretty there with
the moonlight in your hair i
just all of a sudden have to kiss you
marge i'm you
clumsy fool you stupid oaf
how dare you even address this lady come
on jb
come on scum you coward you yellow belly
how very brave you are with a gun
pointed at someone who is completely
unarmed
your bravery overwhelms me to such a
point
i can no longer tolerate the sight of
you
well come my good fellow are you not
going to pull the trigger
jd don't don't get mixed up with him go
on home
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transfer
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all right all right you saw what
happened
surely you have a better man in virginia
city and if you want
well i suggest you send for one because
the champion here
expects to ever fight in this fair town
of yours
somebody got a doctor he's hurt bad hank
you and mike take him over the dock will
he
so you found one eh after i told you the
law
well you're going to the caliber oh no
he ain't the yankee dim first
every bloke here saw it
is that right joe yeah that's right jd
hit him first
you had better get these laundered
no i'd feel you sheriff come on in i'll
buy you a drink
i'm sorry you couldn't have seen me up
against a more worthy opponent
one could hardly call it a fight could
one
of course i could uh tell from the
outset that you were a woman who
needed a man not a boy
well now you've found one
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the doctor said he never saw so much
damage done by a man's fist
and you know the funny thing the boys
that saw it said it looked like he was
just tapping him
i'll tell you something else too jd
ain't the easiest man in the world to
take
i've seen him take three minors one
night in virginia city single-handed
roy what started it well from what i
understand it was that girl marge
man's a professional he ought to be
jailed but jd took the first swing
i was good at that very nice girl to let
him get his head knocked off on her
behalf
i don't care if jd did swing first i'll
guarantee he didn't start it
come on joe all right you boys stay
right where you are stay right here look
at jd
just look at him you want us to stand
here and do nothing that's exactly what
i want you to do stand there and do
nothing you can't gun down a man
for defending himself now jd was warned
he was warned that's my
my fault mr car right
don't nobody tackle him it's my fault
i know he's going to do that to a friend
of ours i agree with joel paul i don't
care who you agree with you're staying
out of it
oh marge oh marge saw it she
he saw me make a fool of myself i
i could never see her again paul i can
hurt that man
no i can get one hand on him i said no
what they say he strikes faster than
rattlesnake
yeah well you just wait till i get my
hands on him just a point he won't hold
still long enough
yeah well the horse can't catch him the
two of us can't right
just be quiet listen to me now first as
i said
jd was warned not to mix with a duke
second i've seen professional fighters
at work
when i was young and that wasn't so long
ago i thought i was pretty good too
well one of them showed me how good i
was that's when this was broken for the
first time i couldn't think straight for
a week
but paul i'm bigger than you you may be
bigger than i am but you know tougher
than i was in those days
a man just wasn't designed to be beaten
up the way a price fighter can do it
there's another way and a better way
yeah like what
if he's so anxious to have a fight we'll
get him another professional prize
fighter to fight with
paul there ain't no professional prize
fighters around here nowhere no
but i know where there is one i'll send
a wire to adam
in san francisco there's a fighter there
a great fighter he and the minister boy
we'll pay him to get here as fast as he
can roy yeah
if i write out the why would you take it
into town i'll take it to san francisco
myself i have to
still like to get my hands on that duke
all right you hear that jd i'm gonna get
that venetia boy to take care of the
duke
yeah he's a real champ jd he'll take
care of that duke right side
marge marge saw him make a fool of me
he ain't hearing nothing we're saying
i'd still like get my hands on that duke
now i'm gonna have to do what pause said
cause that don't mean we can't ride into
town tomorrow and
sort of break the news about the benicio
boy i kind of like to see the look on
the duke's face when we tell them that
yeah i sort of like to see that duke
follow myself
hey wait a minute i said we're gonna
break the news to him not his neck
agreed
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my what you're a dart board
hello how is he how's jesus
a little late to be asking him is he all
right oh yeah he's fine
he's got a busted nose lost a few teeth
otherwise he's feeling just fine
he he ain't too pretty it's gonna be a
while before he
feels like doing any courting again too
i know everybody thinks that it's my
fault
would you take a message to him would
you tell him that i want to see him
well i don't think he's going to want to
see anybody for a while especially you
actually excuse us man we have some
business to take care of
he'll line you up and take you on to the
time he will the old blanket down
because there ain't a man god or demon
could whip the duke
i trained him from a little
whippersnapper i did and he's the
greatest
got a fist like a rock and i like it all
so bring on your finest and well that's
exactly what we intend to do
bring on the finest you
you're funnier than that bloke last
night
no no not me little man i'm talking
about the benicia boy
venetia boy
you're trying to fool old limey you
think i'm drunk so you're playing jokes
on me
yeah this ain't no joke little man
huh i can't believe it oh you can
believe it
benicia boy heyman hey
uh joe it looks like a little man who
did all that loud bragging insured
himself now don't it
yeah hey it couldn't be that you and uh
and the duke are a little afraid of the
benicia boy
could it a fried
oh that's a rick what a fright the duke
of london afraid of benicio boy
you know what we've been chasing him all
across the country
and now he gets delivered to us on a
silver tray
oh wait on the duke is this for the news
he'll be please fit to bust
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how about a beer the left again
i shouldn't see all one two now
all right now come in a little
sure nates is around pretty don't he
yeah
whatever you do don't charm the big
wallop we gotta
make them bet on bonita boy remember
that's it all right now jab
all right another jab
all right okay
you didn't get a telegram from adam yet
did you nope
it's been a week could be the wires are
down again
oh no no i checked that
what happens if the benicio boy don't
show up please
will you fight him yourself well the
time was when you would
yeah well this isn't the time i just
have to give him that thousand dollar
purse
a thousand dollars that's what i had to
guarantee him for the fight
get those knuckles in there bobo
kind of hold this just fancy like too
get those knuckles in there
and i could really slice a man of pieces
there's one two he might slice some in
pieces but he'd have to hit a whole lot
harder than that cut me up
yeah maybe so but not after a few rounds
and sure give her pretty to try him in
here now when they can come in with a
short punch
hey look who came to watch the duke
jd honey are you all right
i'm uh i'm fine uh
excuse me i'm i'm in a hurry
jd how you doing
marge excuse me boy
much what's wrong what's right all you
want to do is reach out for something
better
everybody says no you stay in your place
oh my goodness doesn't matter what
people think
nothing mattered until j.d
looks like that's over two doesn't it
she sure looked pretty didn't she
come on don't tell me you're still sweet
on her after what happened
it wasn't her fault well i think it's
enough for one day
i've got something better to do yeah
and i know what it is and it's fair
asking for trouble
women it'll be the death of both of us
oh come on let's get a beer huh
that seller's just plain ordinary mean
for two cents
come on
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foreign
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a
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uh
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no more tears huh what do you want
always no need to be coy with me
i saw you watching a workout you get out
of here
oh come my dear you might fool the
majority of these clods around here
but you don't fool me i know you
and your kind and i know what's
bothering you
guns like all the men in this
god-forsaken
country the first thing they turn to his
gun
there's no need to lie to me i know you
and your kind only too well
you're trying to be better than you
really are but you can't
deep down inside your heart you know you
can't
and you know you never will
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hey
what are you laughing at oh come on
don't tell me that you've never been
laughed at by a woman before hold your
tongue
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you won't be laughing when i get through
with you
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gotta go bobo
oh it's you yes and it'll always be me
it happened again didn't it another one
laughed at you i told you it would
happen again
yes through i've taken all i'm gonna
take from you
you despicable little gutter snipe
jd marge
well what happened it's duke he's
beating that poor little man he's gonna
kill him where are they
they're in my room he broke into my room
come on jill
i'll be right back j.d don't leave me
don't ever leave me i need you so much
you need me i need you
why am i blimey yeah
you want to make it lonely oh take it
easy now
ah i want to sit real easy now in the
bed i'll be all right
see it's just the duke's way of doing
things
my brother don't always see matters my
way yeah
yeah you wouldn't have guessed it would
you
me and the duke brothers brothers
yes you see his real name's clarence
simpson
mine's arri simpson when he was a
little tyke i called him bobo the baby
was then they put us in one of them
homes
but i got us out of there
oh you've no idea how i worked and slave
to
put that boy through school see i
i wanted to make a gentleman out of him
hey
here maybe you just take it easy you
might be hurt serious and don't even
know it
now what he said but it's much more on
what he done
he can do without me he says just don't
seem possible that a
man could treat his own brother like
that he's always been the same
i taught him you know it was going to
the dogs he was i made him a boxer
you see that that's how i earned the
money to pay for his schooling
then when i got too old to fight i i
taught him the trade
and now he he says he could do without
me
if you're better off without him miami i
taught him good too
i wanted him to be the champ and he
might be if he if he'd only leave the
skirts alone
but he hurt marge well he would have yes
he would have
he's done it before oh i
might as well face up to it he's just no
good
so now i'm through with him you
understand i'm through with him
he thinks he don't need me he'll find
out
just let him find out
joe i don't care what paul says this is
too much
yeah first jd then marge and others
joel i'm with you
let's go
well well well the card right clan have
you got the benicio boy with you
no we brought a message
then deliver it and be on your way all
right
you wanted to fight when i buster you
got it
i'll take you home from money and
marvel's you just name it
[Music]
ben i don't like this one a little bit
well neither do i
but haas challenged him so the only
thing we can do now is to see that
everything is conducted properly
you think horse can handle them in a
match like this
well i hope it doesn't get hurt badly
yeah you better study these london prize
ring rules
yeah are you feeling us i feel great
brother good just lean back take it easy
[Music]
no i said i was through with him and i
mean it i ain't going near his corner so
help me
but i gotta warn you you're gonna get
hurt mortal bad boy
i've been hurt before
don't you worry horse can take care of
himself
give me some of that four to one money
on house card right here 100
on hearts against 400
you know you've been very kind to me my
lad take a dip from me you're gonna try
and cover that bet because you're gonna
lose
yeah well don't you worry my brother
knows just what he's doing
your brother yes
hurry up come on darren all right
yeah yeah okay let's go you put some of
my money on that bed
50 bucks i'm only half stupid
[Music]
hey
darius
ladies and gentlemen as you all know
this match is being held against my will
however since it
has been joined it will be conducted
fairly
and properly according to the london
prize ring rules round shall continue
until one or both of contestants are
down
when a man is down his seconds may
conduct him to his corner
for the rest period
would you like uh a second assigned to
your corner sir
at the end of 30 seconds the referee
will call time
and the contestants must rise and come
to the mark
either man failing to toe the mark
at the end of eight seconds after the
referee calls
time shall be deemed defeated
the judgment of the referee will be
final
and absolute now ladies and gentlemen
you all know the referee
your sheriff roy coffee
[Applause]
now you man i've heard the rules
timekeepers ready
the contestants will tow that mark
ready
time all right get it right
[Applause]
[Applause]
[Applause]
get him back joe get him back to the
corner
[Music]
he's hitting me that funny little left
i'm gonna get him first with it this
time
[Applause]
time
straight away
[Applause]
[Applause]
i stay away from it
[Applause]
just come up
i think you had enough if i was right
you can't stay in there with a
professional
uh he's gonna get a bunch of me john i'm
gonna get some of him
i don't know if that's what he wanted
[Applause]
[Music]
can you see one
two three
five six
[Applause]
sure did knock him down
i said is that you harry it's me bubbo
it's me all right he's a fair ball
like it in the brick wall well he's too
strong for you
you've got to move around stay away from
him
oh i don't know anymore oh
just sticking out there keep the old
flag flying
i missed you you did
i'm no good without you
go get him
one to the line three
and give them the best you thought five
six fifty
a new chair hush honey for you
good going on i know you can do it i
flipped them
you beat that champ what are you driving
at sir
he was he was all alone
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
we are here to settle our account sir
harry will you please pay the gentleman
yes
here you are governor 1 000
american dollars wow
thank you gentlemen uh paul if you're
gonna sean the uh
you know oh yes well i almost forgot
i received a uh telegram from my son in
san francisco
says uh benicia boy will not
fight you in virginia city
but he would be happy to meet you in san
francisco
yeah that bobo we got the big one gold
blobby
cartwright oh mr cartwright i i was just
showing
my oh
pardon me that's all right jd go ahead
what were you going to say
oh well i was just going to say that
marge
loves the house it's wonderful mr
cartwright
i will not ask you to shake hands but uh
i would like you both to know how really
sorry i am
oh that's uh that's all right
come on bobo san francisco and the
benicio boy and you'll
murder him well i don't know about that
but we'll have a good bash at it won't
we
it we will and all ta-dah
you know when your little ones come
along
i hope they're a little smarter than uh
than those two
you know as i was just thinking there's
a there's a fighter in saint louis sort
of an up-and-coming heavyweights going
out on the road
i was just wondering if we worked on
that left hook of yours a little bit
[Music]
man
[Music]
you

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