They said Stuart, we've got it narrowed down. We've gone through about 600 other young men.

Wow. We've narrowed it down to four. And you're one of those four. I said, oh, well cool.

On this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast, we're on part two of our look into the cultural impact of the book

where the red fern grows by Wilson Rawls. He drove the bus to the game where the Kuhn Hunters showed pop culture what was up and made us all proud.

We'll talk with the childhood actor Stuart Peterson who starred in the original 1974 Walt Disney movie and learn how he got into acting and why he got out.

His reason might surprise and challenge you. And he'll tell us if that mountain line fighting the dog in the movie was real.

We'll again talk with a red bone Kuhn Hun man Ronnie Smith and we'll have a discussion with Dr. Sean Tutan about the key emphasis of the book, which is that period of life when an adolescent boy becomes a man.

And we'll talk about crying boys. If you haven't watched the original movie or read the book, you ought to check it out.

But regardless, you're not going to want to miss this one.

And the irony is that his lack of education actually makes him a better person. He can get his education from the woods itself.

It's mythologized in the life of Abraham Lincoln. This is what Teddy Roosevelt thought. That's why he went west and re-invented himself.

He really wanted to reinvigorate his masculinity in the practice of, you know, frontier life.

And that is really an American thing. It is.

My name is Clay Nukem and this is the Bear Grease podcast where we'll explore things forgotten but relevant search for inside and unlikely places.

And where will tell the story of Americans who live their lives close to the land presented by F H F gear.

American made purpose built hunting and fishing gear as designed to be as rugged as the places we explore.

Makes me mad folks like that getting such a fine hunt. As soon as I'm alive, it'll wind up being as mean as they are.

Billion's grandfather are watching the pritchard brothers ride away with a hound pup.

Sure wouldn't like to bought it for you, Billy. I had much better off than your part. So, the shucks, you'll have your own hounds before long.

I don't know grandpa. Sometimes I think God don't want me to have any.

That's all? Why?

Well, I've been asking him for dogs as long as I can remember. Nothing's happened yet.

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