Foster Brooks

Louisville, Kentucky born comedian Foster Brooks, superb at playing the quintessential drunkard, died of natural causes in December 2001, at age 89. The son of a county sheriff, Brooks dropped out of school in the 6th grade. Before becoming an entertainer, he worked as a disc jockey, a newscaster, and even a guard at Dodger Stadium.

Brooks twice played a judge on TV’s Bonanza, and also appeared as “Cactus Jack” in Hal Needham’s Comedy-Western The Villain, starring Kirk Douglas, Ann Margret and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was also a frequent guest on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, staggering while slurring his speech and slaughtering the English language. In real life, Brooks was actually a national spokesperson for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD).

Wildest Westerns Magazine Awards!

Western film and television shows helped shape the moral values of many people in this country. Children grew up watching Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and many other heroes of the silver screen following the "Code of the West." The battle of wrong vs. right was the theme of virtually every Western movie and television show, and the right always prevailed.

Wildest Westerns is a Western magazine that is dedicated to revisiting those "thrilling tales of yesteryear" in the articles, interviews, reviews, and photos on our magazine pages. Some of America's most respected and remembered heroes and villains came from these Western genres. It is our hope that this Western magazine will awaken the memories in your heart, and also help bring to light the values of the Western to those who didn't have the benefit of knowing these wonderful heroes and villains. We will always remember them, and would like to say "Thank You" to all the actors, actresses, directors, producers, studios, and all the unsung heroes behind the scenes that brought us the Western.