This photo was taken on our terrace in Naples around the summer of 1955.
I have always been a bit of an Italian cowboy! But the woman with the binoculars in the background has always fascinated me. Is she a member of the liturgical mafia?
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She is the official spotter for when you shot both thrown aspirin tablets with both guns at the same time. It was unfortunate she blinked, or your record would still stand today.
Pierre, that is the article title. He is part Italian and part Scot, so he could title it Mac Attack, too, and still be free of 3rd degree inappropriate cultural appropriation. However, we could tag him on the cowboy stuff for culture rustling.
I think Sergio was eyeing him for a movie role, he has the squinty eyed look of someone spending years peering into the harsh light of the plains. But, they decided his eyes were too close together.
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She is the official spotter for when you shot both thrown aspirin tablets with both guns at the same time. It was unfortunate she blinked, or your record would still stand today.
They used to call them “Spaghetti Westerns!” I trust I can say that here!
It is Sergio Leone’s talent scout.
Pierre, that is the article title. He is part Italian and part Scot, so he could title it Mac Attack, too, and still be free of 3rd degree inappropriate cultural appropriation. However, we could tag him on the cowboy stuff for culture rustling.
I think Sergio was eyeing him for a movie role, he has the squinty eyed look of someone spending years peering into the harsh light of the plains. But, they decided his eyes were too close together.
Then he would be playing Cowboys and Indians, rather than Cowpersons and Native Americans.
I did not think the picture was from Naples, Florida!
It is sunny Naples but definitely not Florida! My love of the sun began there!
Father, you were not dirty and sweaty enough for an Italian western.
Maybe if I could hear Eli Wallach shouting, "Hijo de una gran..."
Sophia here: Really cute little cowboy! You are a pretty good adult cowboy also-you have sometimes had to herd a few cattle on this blog!
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