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How the West Was Pop-Cultured with HICKOK Director Timothy Woodward Jr

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Meanwhile…Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we’re going straight to the wild wild west to celebrate the first comic book hero (or “dime novel” hero if you want to be a dick about it): cowboys and the emergence of the American Western hero in pop-culture. When did it start, where did it go & how does it still influence the pop culture that we celebrate today? To help us hop-a-long this old western train of thought is director, Timothy Woodward Jr (Traded, Weaponized) to discuss the release of his latest old west hero pic Hickok (Available NOW on Amazon & UltraHD) staring Luke Hemsworth. James Butler Hickok, better known as “Wild Bill” Hickok, was a real life folk hero of the American Old West. Best known as a gambler & gunfighter, something happened to W