@pendragonshall What's with a couple random youtube commenters going around saying it's hucklebearer? It's obvious he says huckleberry if you listen, huckleberry makes perfect sense(huckleberry: man for the job), and huckleberry is in the movie's script. Quit being an idiot.
Lol, What a debate: I reviewed the orginal manuscript by Kevin Jarre, the written words are "I'm your Huckleberry" meaning blood for blood, Huckle bearer is termed to carry the dead. I asked, the debated question of Val, via his humored answer to the question: "I'm your huckleberry!" Kevin's reply: read it as its written, "I'm your Huckleberry!" No debating the written intent by me, Published WesternAuthor/Researcher/Script/Historial Writer R.S.Wells
I once named my pure bred Choc Lab AKC Registered dog.. Kilmer's Doc Holiday.. We called him Kilmer.. Then I had a pure bred ankle biter named Missy Morrison Pitt-Kilmer.. lol
The expression "I'm your huckleberry" spoken by Doc means "I'm the perfect man for the job." It is not a reference to Mark Twain's Huck Finn, as that book was published in 1885 and this movie takes place in 1881. And it ain't "huckle bearer" either. The whole phrase is "I'm a huckleberry to your persimmon". The trivia section on IMDB for Tombstone is your friend y'all. :)
I’m going to have to side with the script. If the script says “huckleberry,” then huckleberry it is. Although I have my doubts about what I hear Holiday/Kilmer say, I’m going to have to side with the script writers and at least say that they meant for him to say “huckleberry,” regardless of what Holiday/Kilmer actually says.
"I'll be your Huckleberry" was used most recently in the movie Tombstone. Doc Holiday told Johnny Ringo, "I'm your Huckleberry", meaning he would play his game, whatever it was.
It all started with Tom Sawyer who had a friend named Huckleberry Finn.
Huck was Tom's buddy and would do anything for, or with, him; from life threatening to fun. So wear it with pride. Let everyone know you are a sporting fellow
Christ almighty how many people are going to keep saying it’s “I’m your hucklebearer”??? It’s HUCKLEBERRY — the script says it, Val Kilmer says it, it’s been noted that the real Doc Holliday said it, hell they even sell Tombstone t-shirts on Amazon that have the phrase “I’m Your Huckleberry” on them. You people need a to take a hearing test.
such a complete badass. completely owns this scene without blinking an eye. Best line is at the end when he so casually tells the barber to proceed as if he just went to grab a beer or something.
It is 100% huckle bearer ...i.e. i am the man to bury you/i am the man for the job. Huckle bearer was what was used back in 1800s down south. Before i came this term, I too, thought Doc mean't I am your huckleberry. Any scripts floating around on the internet are reproduced versions of the original script so these aren't the authentic proof of what the actual script carries. Listen this clip assuming he says huckle bearer and you'd actually hear the difference between "bearer" and "berry"
I think Doc purposely flirted with death so much because he didn't want to suffer when his disease got the best of him. That's why he was the only one who was a match for Ringo--he was looking for death too, only he was dishing out justice on the way.
Too bad he didn't get his wish. His death couldn't have been a pleasant one. RIP Doc.
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.[1] A similar saying was used by the American dentist, gambler and gunfighter of the American Old West, Doc Holliday who would regularly use the term "I'll be your huckleberry." This may have been merely slang of the period for "I'm your best gun/man."
doc is not saying huckle berry, hes saying huckle bearer . huckle was name of the handled coffin that was used back then so him saying huckle bearer meant doc was the one that was going to put him in his grave..listen carefully...
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Apparently, the script says “huckleberry” and that's the biggest argument in favor of “huckleberry” over “huckle bearer. The Close Caption also says HuckleBerry
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Actually in this film Doc IS and was intended to say "Huckleberry". Whether that is historically accurate or not is pointless as it is what it is.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It was originally hucklebearer, but huckleberry became the 'nickname'. and besides, it was written in the script as Huckleberry. That should settle it.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 I would fervently disagree. Here's why: "A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose. 1936: "Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney." Tully, "Bruiser," 37. Since 1880, archaic.
The "Historical Dictionary of American Slang" which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.
So "I'm your huckleberry" means "I'm just the man you're looking for!"
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It IS a subject of debate. With the accent it can go either way, but the script said "huckleberry", and there are pictures autographed by kilmer with the word "huckleberry" written on the pic he signed, by his own hand.
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 What's with a couple random youtube commenters going around saying it's hucklebearer? It's obvious he says huckleberry if you listen, huckleberry makes perfect sense, and huckleberry is in the movie's script. Quit being an idiot.
For all the huckle bearer comments... it's not Huckle bearer.. it's actually Huckleberry, The actor is speaking with an accent, keep that in mind when you listen to it. The saying "I'm your huckleberry" was a common slang back between 1870 and 1920 it basically meant "I'm the man for the job." Or "I'll do it." look up the saying sometime. Plus it's been recorded that the words "I'm your huckleberry" were commonly used by Doc Holliday.
Fearless due to the constant knowledge that his days were numbered anyway. Ringo could never take what the consumption had already determined for Doc. Living each minute like it was his last. He knew he could kill Ringo even if he was wounded in the process. If Doc had more to live for perhaps this confrontation would not have happened. Val's portrayal of Doc was clearly a man living every moment of his remaining days to the absolute fullest,,with no concern for the consequences.
"I'm your huckleberry" and I'll be your huckleberry" were very famous sayings back in those times. It meant "I am your man," meaning I am the right person for the job.
Doc Holliday was known for using these terms a lot, so it got put in the movie.
@bkdowney100 This may be true (I am not confirming or refuting it). However, the term "I'm your Huckleberry" also meant 'I'm your man' or I'm the right guy. In the context of this scene of the movie, I would argue that he's saying, "I'm your Huckleberry," as he is answering the question, "Don't any of you have guts to play for blood?" In other words, he's answering such question with: "I've got the guts to play for blood"; he is not answering with: "I will carry your coffin."
@richiz748 Its huckleberry. Doc Holliday had a southern accent so it sounded like he was saying Huckle Bearer. And he is reffering to "Im your man" makes sense? And to make sense a little bit more is you pick HuckleBerries. So he wanted Ringo to pick him.
@highwind8124 it wasnt just fearlessness. Holiday had a bit of a death wish. knowing the fact that he had a terminal disease, he was more willing to put himself in harm's way.
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.
kenjohnson47 1 week ago
That's a peach of a clip.
RigidPenis 1 week ago
"I'm your huckleberry" is an Old West term. A Huckleberry is the last nail in the coffin, therefore Doc is saying he will out Ringo in a coffin.
JBird1964 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
It's Hucklebearer, as in Paul Bearer in the old manner of speaking.
Damn post-modernist ears can't even fucking hear shit ^_^
HumaneAnon 3 weeks ago
@HumaneAnon Damn post modernist writer. I think you are talking about a pallbearer.
mbendon1 2 weeks ago
He is saying "I'm your Huckleberry" and it means, im the man you are looking for.
Chespyth 3 weeks ago
IMDB memorable quotes has Doc saying "I'm your Huckleberry.."
beeville73 1 month ago
Yea, it's Huckle Bearer guys.. Unless Doc was telling Ringo to eat me.
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@pendragonshall What's with a couple random youtube commenters going around saying it's hucklebearer? It's obvious he says huckleberry if you listen, huckleberry makes perfect sense(huckleberry: man for the job), and huckleberry is in the movie's script. Quit being an idiot.
radkerson 3 weeks ago
And i aint shout about this one j.kidding... This one could bust a slug in the keester with one eye i bet 1000 yards away.
3jessesc 1 month ago
I love this. Tombstone is one of my favorite westerns of all time and that is one of my favorite lines.
MsAppassionata 1 month ago
this is one of best scenes IMO. I think this may be the greatest western again IMO. I love this movie
310taylor 1 month ago
well well well johnny ringo
doublecherubagent 3 months ago
why johnny ringo u just look like someone walked over your grave
catperson720 3 months ago
Powers Boothe. Bad boy.
elliethousand 3 months ago
he actually says humperdinck...referring to the guy who sang the song spanish eyes.....:^p
ryan49er1 4 months ago
Lol, What a debate: I reviewed the orginal manuscript by Kevin Jarre, the written words are "I'm your Huckleberry" meaning blood for blood, Huckle bearer is termed to carry the dead. I asked, the debated question of Val, via his humored answer to the question: "I'm your huckleberry!" Kevin's reply: read it as its written, "I'm your Huckleberry!" No debating the written intent by me, Published WesternAuthor/Researcher/Script/Historial Writer R.S.Wells
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1:08 "say wheeennnnammmmmm" love this fuckin' accent... hugs from Brazil!
blusismylife 4 months ago
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blusismylife 4 months ago
Sam born and raised in Sacrament, California. Why he speaks like a hillbilly cowboy?
blusismylife 4 months ago
I'm your Huckleberry
cutandshoottx 4 months ago
i LOVE how everyone is scared of him when billy saw Ringo ready to fight doc he lost it! LOL
silverdragon147 5 months ago
I once named my pure bred Choc Lab AKC Registered dog.. Kilmer's Doc Holiday.. We called him Kilmer.. Then I had a pure bred ankle biter named Missy Morrison Pitt-Kilmer.. lol
No1wrestler96 5 months ago
For all of you fans out there I named my first born Doc Holliday Kelley. My mother is still pissed at me.
Love2Scissor 5 months ago
The expression "I'm your huckleberry" spoken by Doc means "I'm the perfect man for the job." It is not a reference to Mark Twain's Huck Finn, as that book was published in 1885 and this movie takes place in 1881. And it ain't "huckle bearer" either. The whole phrase is "I'm a huckleberry to your persimmon". The trivia section on IMDB for Tombstone is your friend y'all. :)
sarahsoflyassaphire 5 months ago 17
Ringo-Hoffa
charityGSHS 6 months ago
I’m going to have to side with the script. If the script says “huckleberry,” then huckleberry it is. Although I have my doubts about what I hear Holiday/Kilmer say, I’m going to have to side with the script writers and at least say that they meant for him to say “huckleberry,” regardless of what Holiday/Kilmer actually says.
rlouie 7 months ago
"I'll be your Huckleberry" was used most recently in the movie Tombstone. Doc Holiday told Johnny Ringo, "I'm your Huckleberry", meaning he would play his game, whatever it was.
It all started with Tom Sawyer who had a friend named Huckleberry Finn.
Huck was Tom's buddy and would do anything for, or with, him; from life threatening to fun. So wear it with pride. Let everyone know you are a sporting fellow
rockercat91 7 months ago
Christ almighty how many people are going to keep saying it’s “I’m your hucklebearer”??? It’s HUCKLEBERRY — the script says it, Val Kilmer says it, it’s been noted that the real Doc Holliday said it, hell they even sell Tombstone t-shirts on Amazon that have the phrase “I’m Your Huckleberry” on them. You people need a to take a hearing test.
madouc1 7 months ago 3
such a complete badass. completely owns this scene without blinking an eye. Best line is at the end when he so casually tells the barber to proceed as if he just went to grab a beer or something.
dbossmx 8 months ago
It is 100% huckle bearer ...i.e. i am the man to bury you/i am the man for the job. Huckle bearer was what was used back in 1800s down south. Before i came this term, I too, thought Doc mean't I am your huckleberry. Any scripts floating around on the internet are reproduced versions of the original script so these aren't the authentic proof of what the actual script carries. Listen this clip assuming he says huckle bearer and you'd actually hear the difference between "bearer" and "berry"
m1st3rh 8 months ago
@m1st3rh --- it's "huckleberry" Einstein. Clean your ears.
WildBill6942 6 months ago
@WildBill6942 kid -whatever makes you show us your stained teeth !
m1st3rh 6 months ago
ringo would have died
MrBQ2010 8 months ago
@MrBQ2010 He had no shot drunk, which is proven by the fact that he lost at the end sober when Doc was feeling the effects of TB and the opiates.
djking2d 7 months ago
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MrBQ2010 8 months ago
Yes, Willow was a great flick!
Qtrademark 9 months ago
Fuckin' best gunfightin' movie I EVER seen!!
That includes CLINT (and John)!
HardcoreHalalHater 9 months ago
This was a great scene. Val Kilmer killed it as Doc Holiday.
Qtrademark 9 months ago 3
@Qtrademark One of my very favorite roles of his! (this and "Madmartigan" in Willow)
TaraCynara 9 months ago
why clintsbaker!! you look as if somebody danced all over your grave! lol!
PONTIACDIEDIN1981 10 months ago
I think Doc purposely flirted with death so much because he didn't want to suffer when his disease got the best of him. That's why he was the only one who was a match for Ringo--he was looking for death too, only he was dishing out justice on the way.
Too bad he didn't get his wish. His death couldn't have been a pleasant one. RIP Doc.
Lndmk227 10 months ago
i want all their blood!
bloodthirstygal 10 months ago
say WHEN !?
evoloner26 10 months ago
i went to imsdb.com and it says "huckleberry." (meaning 'i'm the right man for the job.')
onlyarno 11 months ago
"I'm your huckleberry" is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job.[1] A similar saying was used by the American dentist, gambler and gunfighter of the American Old West, Doc Holliday who would regularly use the term "I'll be your huckleberry." This may have been merely slang of the period for "I'm your best gun/man."
gatersaw 11 months ago
@gatersaw dude h
kilfcobain 11 months ago
He blatantly says "huckleberry". You can hear it.
sec0ndevolution 11 months ago
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1viewer6 11 months ago
doc is not saying huckle berry, hes saying huckle bearer . huckle was name of the handled coffin that was used back then so him saying huckle bearer meant doc was the one that was going to put him in his grave..listen carefully...
PONTIACDIEDIN1981 1 year ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 this is argued below too...either way - I love the scene!!
Neauvienne 1 year ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Im your huckle bearer
redneck500 1 year ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Val Kilmer is on-the-record saying the line in the script was "Huckleberry"
Fabiolean 1 year ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Huckleberry is slang for hucklebearer which is a Southern paulbearer
1viewer6 11 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981
Find the script online at imsdb.com it says huckleberry
fatherjustice26 11 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 thank you
kilfcobain 11 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981
"I'm your huckelberry" or "I'll be your huckleberry" was slang for "I'm your man" or "I'll be your best gun/man"
MasterOfKthulu 11 months ago 2
@MasterOfKthulu correct!
smashedflatt 9 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Read the script..you're wrong. I'm your Huckleberry : willing executor of some commission.
clintsbaker 10 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Apparently, the script says “huckleberry” and that's the biggest argument in favor of “huckleberry” over “huckle bearer. The Close Caption also says HuckleBerry
GregQzag 9 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 Actually in this film Doc IS and was intended to say "Huckleberry". Whether that is historically accurate or not is pointless as it is what it is.
SaraTGinMD 9 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It's Huckleberry, check the script.
ShatterPt 8 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It's Huckleberry...per screenplay
nolmeister1 7 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It was originally hucklebearer, but huckleberry became the 'nickname'. and besides, it was written in the script as Huckleberry. That should settle it.
RhodenOutdoors 6 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 yep it says huckle bearer
anthonygerman23 5 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 I would fervently disagree. Here's why: "A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose. 1936: "Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney." Tully, "Bruiser," 37. Since 1880, archaic.
The "Historical Dictionary of American Slang" which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.
So "I'm your huckleberry" means "I'm just the man you're looking for!"
Wrestlefox 5 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 It IS a subject of debate. With the accent it can go either way, but the script said "huckleberry", and there are pictures autographed by kilmer with the word "huckleberry" written on the pic he signed, by his own hand.
brivanas 4 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 no he said huckleberry.sorry
KeithWasHere1 3 months ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 no. if you google the phrase "I'm your huckle berry, i was an expression at the time which meant, I am the man for the job
mariomanningfan 1 month ago
@PONTIACDIEDIN1981 What's with a couple random youtube commenters going around saying it's hucklebearer? It's obvious he says huckleberry if you listen, huckleberry makes perfect sense, and huckleberry is in the movie's script. Quit being an idiot.
radkerson 3 weeks ago
Thats just my Game!
TheMusicallday 1 year ago
Bring it. One of the best Western's ever!!!
HouseTwin6 1 year ago
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im your huckleberry
TylerDurden2100 1 year ago
Say when!!!
ldraheim 1 year ago
Say when!
EddardStark102 1 year ago
That was also what they were talking about in Latin earlier in the movie.
Andyrulesitall1 1 year ago
For all the huckle bearer comments... it's not Huckle bearer.. it's actually Huckleberry, The actor is speaking with an accent, keep that in mind when you listen to it. The saying "I'm your huckleberry" was a common slang back between 1870 and 1920 it basically meant "I'm the man for the job." Or "I'll do it." look up the saying sometime. Plus it's been recorded that the words "I'm your huckleberry" were commonly used by Doc Holliday.
Jaqlyn 1 year ago 3
@Jaqlyn
gotta love those southern dandys lol, proper and uppity til the end =)
jfuya2000 1 year ago
@jfuya2000
Aint that the truth! Personally I'm a fan of the uppity side of them boys, gives 'em character.
Jaqlyn 1 year ago
I've never seen this movie. Is the entire premise of the movie just three guys walking around acting like badasses?
ninjajesus81 1 year ago
@ninjajesus81 no. this movie is called Tombstone dumb ass
paiik 1 year ago 7
Fearless due to the constant knowledge that his days were numbered anyway. Ringo could never take what the consumption had already determined for Doc. Living each minute like it was his last. He knew he could kill Ringo even if he was wounded in the process. If Doc had more to live for perhaps this confrontation would not have happened. Val's portrayal of Doc was clearly a man living every moment of his remaining days to the absolute fullest,,with no concern for the consequences.
mphandel 1 year ago 2
doc holiday is a badass
ComicBookFan97 1 year ago
Val Kilmer was such a great actor in the 90s.
The Doors, Thunderheart, Tombstone, Heat, The Ghost and the Darkness...
This is his best role by far.
senube 1 year ago
Man Val Kilmer was so perfect in this role. After him, nobody could play Doc Holliday or Jim Morrison. Talent and good looks! mmm!
pdoll96 1 year ago
"I'm your huckleberry" and I'll be your huckleberry" were very famous sayings back in those times. It meant "I am your man," meaning I am the right person for the job.
Doc Holliday was known for using these terms a lot, so it got put in the movie.
bartender70715 1 year ago
I always thought it was a reference to the Mark Twain characters
yungb254 1 year ago
@yungb254 huckles are the handles on a coffin, bearer= carrier, Huckle bearer= coffin carrier.
richiz748 1 year ago
Its actually Huckle Bearer! or coffin carrier.
richiz748 1 year ago
@richiz748
huckleberry was slang for hucklebearer
bkdowney100 1 year ago
@bkdowney100 This may be true (I am not confirming or refuting it). However, the term "I'm your Huckleberry" also meant 'I'm your man' or I'm the right guy. In the context of this scene of the movie, I would argue that he's saying, "I'm your Huckleberry," as he is answering the question, "Don't any of you have guts to play for blood?" In other words, he's answering such question with: "I've got the guts to play for blood"; he is not answering with: "I will carry your coffin."
dozermydog 1 year ago 4
why could it not be he would carry his coffin sense the game was for blood
NEIT2012 1 year ago
@richiz748 Its huckleberry. Doc Holliday had a southern accent so it sounded like he was saying Huckle Bearer. And he is reffering to "Im your man" makes sense? And to make sense a little bit more is you pick HuckleBerries. So he wanted Ringo to pick him.
Mrmeatandfish1 1 year ago
Love this scene. Ringo wouldn't have stood a chance as Doc would have just shot him with the pistol he had behind is back.
duaneyo1 1 year ago
Ringo:I'll put you out your misery Doc: SAY WHEN !. LOL this movie would not have been the same without Doc Holiday.
Lamb00FGoD 1 year ago
great fucking movie
ian3754 1 year ago
love it val really deserved an oscar 4 his role!
names5000 1 year ago 26
@names5000 He was totally robbed...
Gorbachenko 5 months ago
I'm your huckleberry
THAT'S JUST MY GAME!!
ferrarimike23 1 year ago
Say When!
alphaeffect 1 year ago
michael bein is a tremendous actor, val kilmer can be....
mikebott 1 year ago
I love this scene! I wish I lived back in those days.
redneck500 1 year ago
Doc Holiday is the devil. My kind of devil.
There's just no men like him. Absolute and total fearlessness. Pure comfort in a tense situation.
highwind8124 2 years ago 29
FACT!!!
slobnoxious 2 years ago
@highwind8124 Because he was already dying of tuberculosis. It was only a question of dying fast or slow.
You can have total fearlessness, and all you have to trade in is anything to live for.
CoryTheRaven 1 year ago
@highwind8124 I read somewhere that in real life he was nothing like this. Movies always add a bunch of it LOL
redneck500 1 year ago
@highwind8124 it wasnt just fearlessness. Holiday had a bit of a death wish. knowing the fact that he had a terminal disease, he was more willing to put himself in harm's way.
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