Doc Holiday "I'm Your Huckleberry"

[WWFKaneFanXX]

He actually says huckebearer, which means coffin bringer, so you an guess what hes saying.

[montereypopfestiva67]

Ringo knocks over a coffin at the end. Accident or foreshadowing?

[SupportTruthNetwork]

I'm your huckleberry, Jim J.

[MrRucknroll]

most dangerous man is one that is already dead

[shimatetsuo2019]

"I'll put you out of your misery."

Ringo was 100% dead-on with that line.

Any man would pick fights hoping to die than to die slowly (and painfully) of TB.

In fact, isn’t that why Doc had predicted he’d have his shoes on when he died?

Bravery or Suicide? You make the call.

[montereypopfestiva67]

@shimatetsuo2019 Thats why Doc says "I'll be damned, this is funny" at the end in the hospital, while he stares at his feet. He always said he would die with his boots on, and he didn't.

[ArabRider101]

thumbs up to the people who have watched the movie more than a few times to count and actually know what they're talking about in the movie and understand whats truly going on. and pity all of those who just don't understand.

[montereypopfestiva67]

Doc Holliday (the real one from history) was supposidely the fastest draw. His reputation preceeded him everywhere he went, so everyone, including the cowboys, knew he was the fastest. Ringo couldnt beat him normally, and drunk Ringo would have no chance. Curly Bill said "now ain't the time" as a reference to the sneak attacks they pulled later. The real cowards are the cowboys, knowing they can't kill Doc in a fair fight and plan to do it sneakily, from behind, if you will

[almagore1]

@montereypopfestiva67 I believe it was Wyatt Earp who said that Doc Holiday was, "The deadliest man I ever met.".

[mikeyanagita1]

LOL at hucklebearer

[MAnnaconduit1]

wow a diseased douche-bag with a back shooter taking on a heavily topped drunk, yep this sure is the old west

[BeatlesLennonjdi]

what I think why the cowboys held him back was because johnny ringo was no match for doc's speed... so they held them back

[MINIeminemFAN]

1:23 The only reason there wasn't a fight between Holliday and Ringo here is b/c Holliday holds the gun behind his back...take notice...that's why the cowboys grab Ringo since they saw it. Holliday tried to sneak one on the drunk RIngo.

[Zampan0]

You are all idiot's. If you just watch and listen, Doc says: "I'm here huckleberry" twice in the film. Doc is speaking to Ringo both times and he means that if you want trouble, here I am. Doc adds the word huckleberry as an insult. Huckleberrys.

[grimreaper1171]

It's actually hucklebearer which is a term from Georgia where doc came from it is a person who carries a coffin

[lowenklee]

@grimreaper1171

It's actually not, as confirmed by the original script. It's huckleberry...and well established vernacular of the period.

However, the convenient apropos of the two similar sounding words were surely not lost on an educated gentleman gunslinger, making it's use all the more poetic and amusing.

[debzeppeliniv]

@grimreaper1171 New Orleans dude

[Myfairgamer]

I'll be YOUR huckleberry!

[KnivesAndFireArmsUK]

"say when"

[freespadersuggs]

i don't think doc holiday was intending to reference mark twains fucking huckleberry yall. it's hucklebearer. val just made it sound cool yall

[stewart20smoke]

How in the world are you people hearing "huckle bearer?"

[GhostRecon511]

your no daisy hahaha

[GTOBoi21]

Its Huckleberry, it has a double meaning, used ironically for something insignificant and also used for someone who is well suited for a specific job.

[EaStCoAsTCrOoKlYn]

"I'm Your Hucklebearer" is what Doc says in the movie.not Huckleberry

[SixxyFeelgood]

@EaStCoAsTCrOoKlYn wrong.

[LesiureBoy]

I could swear he says hucklebearer.

[anticar]

@CrassHeretic he says ill be your Hucklebearer meaning he will carry him to the grave

[Bravo6Whiskey]

The screenwriter said, when interviewed, that he used the phrase "I'm your huckleberry" because it was a popular slang phrase in the Old West, meaning,

"I'm the man for the job," and thus fit Doc Holliday perfectly in this scene. Kilmer played Holliday exactly as he was described by those who knew him, pure bad motherf******.

[voidergary]

WELL YOU GOT TROUBLE!

hahaha

[Iluvbuckethead1]

'Proceed, sir'. AWESOME

[CrassHeretic]

He actually says "I'm your hucklebearer", which was a southern term for pallbearer.

[sarahsoflyassaphire]

@CrassHeretic 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. :)

[crazedbabe1121]

I've been to tombstone. It's pretty cool there (:

[100sups]

doc the bad mother fuC@@@

[ed2kou1]

Damn Holiday is a BAD ASS!!

[robertrichards777]

Love the line at clps end when Doc says:

"Barber? Proceed, sir.......

[kyleross09]

It actually says "I'm your huckle bearer"

[legofreak247]

@kyleross09 Yeah I know why people say that, as in pall bearer, but the script says 'huckleberry', as in the right man for the job.

[ShatterPt]

@kyleross09 It actually doesn't.

[WWFKaneFanXX]

i think he actually says hucklebearer, which means coffin bringer,hes saying hes gunna put him down in so many words

[LarS1963]

Powers Boothe as Curly Bill Brocius is fantastic. I love the way he says: Don't mind him, he's just drunk." followed by that evil snigger. Cracks me up everytime. :D

Not to take away from Biehn, Russell and Kilmer, but I don't think Boothe gets credit enough for this film.

[dline888]

The subtitles even say huckleberry.... it's a less common saying meaning... "I'll do it."

[ZenCatcher]

Listen closely, I think Doc Holiday is saying, "Anyone who thinks I'm saying Hucklebearer is a complete idiot."

[Swigzabrewski]

youre both wrong, it's "i'm your'e huckle-bearer"

[AperioOculus]

listen closely he says hucklebearer

[AperioOculus]

He actually says "I'm your hucklebearer"

[AMCityWatch]

@AperioOculus Nah, says Huckleberry. "I'm the one you're lookin for" basically.

[GamerEly]

this is one of the best deliveries ever

[Araknophobik]

doc holiday is the baddest muther fucker to ever live

[santanajuelz]

youre soo drunk youre prally seein double!! i got 2 guns one for both of you!!!!!!!!! lmao! my fav doc holiday line no doubt!

[WORLDARYANREVIVAL]

i love youtube i thought i was only one who obsessed with this scene! lol

ANYONE ELSE LOVE THE WAY DOC WEARS HIS GUNS ALL LOP SIDED AND SHIT!??

[SuperAnonymoususer12]

Hucklebearer*

[GelandnaleG]

2:38

[wingsofdrkness]

I love how ALL of the baddies run up to hold Ringo back. I think my brother voiced it perfectly.

"DON'T DO IT, MAN! HOLIDAY'LL FUCK YOU UP!"

[WyattWhiteberry]

I thought he said "I'm here Huckleberry."

Though now that I think of it, makes little to no sense.

[boston121923]

Great movie one of my top 3 of allllltime no doubt

[Cscottrun53]

Say whEN

[N1k1mon]

@1hbackhand

I don't think Huckleberry Finn was the first time the word Huckleberry was used, I'm going to do some digging to sort this all out.....

[1hbackhand]

hucklebearer. huckleberry is incorrect. huck finn wasnt even made at this time. no offense to the maker of this youtube post or anyone.

[ZenCatcher]

@1hbackhand

The phrase "I'm your huckleberry" has nothing to do with Huckleberry Finn. It's means "I'm your man for the job," which is exactly what Holliday tells Ringo when he asks who's willing to fight him.

[1hbackhand]

@ZenCatcher agreed.

[ShelterDogs]

@ZenCatcher Thanks for clarifying that. I wonder how this line became to be so highly regarded as a classic movie line. It happens so quickly, and it's not a necessarily pivotal moment in the film. I agree, it's really cool when he says it, though. It's a funny line. Maybe that's just it... because it sounds funny.

[ZenCatcher]

@ShelterDogs

I think the first scene in which you hear it, you kind of disregard it as just another one of Doc's colorful sayings. However, during the climax the line carries more weight because Doc has to point out to Ringo that he's not screwing around; he really wants to play for blood and that he's the right man for the job.

[y3ll4b0i]

I'm your Huckleberry = I'm the right man for the job #LOL @ Sissy Boy

[1000NENITO]

WHAT DOES HUCKLEBERRY MEAN? I DON´´T GET IT!

[kendog4570]

@1000NENITO

He actually says "I'M YOUR HUCKLE BEARER". Huckles are the handles on a casket.

Listen to the phrase real closely.

[ZenCatcher]

@1000NENITO

Ringo asks Wyatt and his brothers if they have the guts to fight him, to which Doc says, "I'm your huckleberry", which is an old phrase that means something along the lines of, "I'm your man for the job". It's NOT HUCKLEBEARER, I don't understand why people keep stating that is. The screenplay reads "huckleberry" the real Doc Holliday has been noted as using "I'm your huckleberry" and amazon sells t-shirts that read "I'm your hucklberry."

[1000NENITO]

@ZenCatcher thanks for the info, I saw the movie back in ´99, it was closed captioned and it says "huckleberry".

[Dablkwid0w2008]

Ringo done knocked thehand made coffins over and everything with his foolish behavior

[Dablkwid0w2008]

I thought when a showdown happened everybody cowered an ran back in the saloon, the piano man closes the lid and runs away and the bartender ducks behind the bar

I'm kiddin

[XxGuardian337xX]

2:02 gets me every time

[blkgtrdiva]

What's a girl gotta do to shave her some Doc Holliday?

[whatsmyname252]

i love this guy he reminds me of me

[loydbank33]

Man they can really wear those handlebars well.

[loydbank33]

@bmor22

He says it also when he kills Johnny ringo who was just too high strung.

[goten1shadow]

OMG when doc said "I'm your huckleberry" I can't imagine anyone saying that better

[ws4lyfe]

bahbuh..

[igualteca77011]

...I want your blood...and I want your soul....and I wanted right now

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@igualteca77011

I'm yo huckleberreh

[peazythatsmeazy]

One of the all-time great movie lines

[timhartis]

happy birthday.

[LowStuff]

"proceed sir!"

[cherryclairy1]

yup wat he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[07969683040]

why did he not get an Oscar for his role in tombstone......????

Val Kilmer's a great actor soo underrate though

[igualteca77011]

@07969683040 all of them where excellent, ringo's role was sooooo good

and well as all the others

[amoskowitz0103]

@07969683040 Val Kilmer should have gotten an Oscar for a LOT of films. He is an incredible actor.

[beholdthecakola]

@07969683040 His role in The Salton Sea is amazing.

[TIAN13308]

before i thought he said "i'm here huckleberry"

[FCUKoffBIMBO]

he says ill be your huckelberry later in the film

[bmor22]

@FCUKoffBIMBO what part i can only remember him saying i'm your huckleberry

[cantu012]

"Say when" i bet if they didnt get him that would have been the end of Ringo early in the film.....DONT FUCK with Doc Holliday!!!

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@cantu012

Now those are real friends...Aw sh!t Ringo talkin smack to Doc bout get his arse handed to him...go get im

[warduke]

@Dablkwid0w2008

Just hope if I ever go back in time, get drunk and decide to talk smack to Doc Holiday my friends are quick to jump in before I get a bullet in my head.

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@warduke

I'll try but probably by the time I grab u away, Doc been done gotcha tween the eyes

[RickySeeVendetta]

no he said " i'm your huckleberry" i had to look it up.. it means "i'm the man for the job" or "i'm your man"

its quoted that he said that often in his life...

[monsterracer150cC]

Just watched this movie and i love it this was my favorite part haha

[jacobsjam1]

Say When!!

[Sipong79]

He said I'm your huckleberry....Not I'll be your huckleberry.

[MCTVFury]

Yeah, I know.... I realized that after I posted it. My bad...

[spikebritland]

yeah your right

[n8tureboy]

@Sipong79

He said," I'm your Hucklebearer, not Huckelberry!

[tatorsalad1955]

@Sipong79 It has been proven many times and by the writer that it was scripted Huckleberry, which means I'm the man for theh job. It's well known in the south were Doc was from. Do your homework.

[andrewsanders1984]

@Sipong79 He actually said I'm your huckle-bearer, today you would say I'm your pall-bearer.

[TheJeffman1983]

thats just my game