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Ed Ames Teaches Johnny Carson How to Throw a Tomahawk Carson Tonight Show (Original Post) Goonch Oct 2025 OP
That was One GREAT Moment! calimary Oct 2025 #1
The things television has sold us bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #2
Try To Remember Goonch Oct 2025 #3
Johnny knew how great it was and played it perfectly. twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #4

bucolic_frolic

(55,814 posts)
2. The things television has sold us
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:42 AM
Oct 2025

Presumably he was throwing a tomahawk because of his role as Mingo on the "Daniel Boone" TV series. I recall at the time he considered to be native American, just look at those facial features!

Yet we now know Ed Ames was born in Massachusetts, his parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.

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