As also noted by Leslie, Fess Parker has died. I don’t remember seeing the other two things for which he was known, though I am familiar with the Davy Crockett tune and suspect I must have seen some of them. I frequently sing the first part, changing the name to that of one of my kids, and maybe changing other lyrics situationally.

Be that as it may, I have vivid memories of watching Daniel Boone when I was little, right down to specific scenes and plots from some of the episodes. And I wasn’t fanatical about it the way I remember my older sister being. She always had what she considered an inexplicable love of westerns, and while that was not exactly a western as we think of the genre, it bordered on it.

Outside the show, I remember being fascinated by and learning about Daniel Boone, in and out of school, all out of proportion to his historical significance.

Here’s the video of the intro to the show:

Rest in peace.