TOMBSTONE GANG K.O.’d AT THE O.K.


If'n you remember from a previous posting about The Tombstone Gang consisting of Frankie “You Lookin at Me?” Barone, Rocky “Taco Rocco” Barone, Sonny “Corleone” Barone, and Ken “Mad Dog aka Doc aka Smiley” Rowell, it is reported that they were aprehended at the Birdcage Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona. Now contrary to previous legends about the historic fight, things was brought to a surprising end thanks to Sheriff Keith “Big Dawgy”Barone. Witnesses said it all started in the Birdcage Saloon and went something like this:

“After sidleing up to the bar, Sheriff Keith was helped up on a barstool (w/childseat of course) and ordered a sasparilla. (root beer). After being served his usual “sippie cup”of frothy sodee, he took a long sip, turned and glared down the bar at the 4some known as the Tombstone Gang who were milling around generally upsetting the patrons. It was Frankie who noticed the staring of the Sheriff….”

Frankie: “You lookin at ME???”
Sheriff Keith: “yup, I’m lookin at you.”
Sonny: “Hey, Taco Rocco, he’s lookin at Frankie!”
Taco Rocco: “Uh Oh!”
Mad Dog: (without smiling) “yup, yer in trouble now Sheriff!”
Frankie: “alright little guy, why are you lookin at me?”
Sheriff Keith: “cause y’all are meanies and y’all been makin people sad and I’m here to ask you nicely, to stop.”
After a long stare and pause…..
Frankie: “he axed us nicely guys!”
Sonny: “yea, we ain’t never been axed nicely before…”
Taco Rocco: “nope, never axed us”
Mad Dog: (slight smile) “excuse their bad use of the English grammar Sheriff; they mean, “no one has ever ASKED us before.”

This caused the Gang to reflect about how badly they’ve acted and after sharing a sasparilla together(yea, through a sippie cup) they all went out back and helped turn the dusty ol’ O.K Corral into a playground for Sheriff Keith and his friends to play stickball & bocce ball. There they decided to change their ways for good!

The end