A Tall Tale of Prater Beasley

Season 5, Episode 14, Aired
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Prater Beasly is a wandering minstrel and teller of tall tales who travels with an invisible bear. Prater and his invisible bear try to help a crippled boy learn self-reliance.
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      • Patricia Blair only appears in the closing scene of this episode. Edit
      • Guest star Burl Ives won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1959 for his role in The Big Country. Ives was also a noted folksinger. This episode marked the first of two appearances for Ives as wandering minstrel Prater Beasley. Edit

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      • Montgomery: Nursemaid for a horse. What a way for human beings to live. Edit
      • Montgomery: Mr. Boone, you wouldn't last very long at sea. Beasley: I think he just might. Edit
      • Beasley (to Montgomery): Mister, you live under a lucky star. Edit

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