The Meaning of Friendship, Part II 

Despite his numerous misadventures in "The Frisco Kid," Rabbi Avram, persevered in the pursuit of his assigned destination. He was befriended along the way by a rough and tumble, gunslinging cowboy, Tommy Lillard, played by Harrison Ford. Tommy became his reluctant yet ultimately close friend. He saved Avram a number of times, threatening to leave him on several occasions but never quite abandoning him.

In one scene, Tommy rescued Avram from being further accosted in a saloon where they had stopped for refreshment. Apparently, having just begun relations with an attractive woman upstairs, he descends the stairs in his union suit with gun drawn. Humiliating the bad guys, he first threatens then chases them out and away from his new, naive friend. This sets up a future run-in with the outlaws who later take advantage of the two unlikely buddies, taking them unawares in their underwear.

By the way, this is the same saloon, where I featured a drunk who had been escorted out the front door in just his hat and long underwear. (See my postings of September 16 and 22, 2020.)

Making their way finally to the Pacific Ocean but short of arriving in San Francisco, the boys stopped to cool off. Having stripped down to their union suits they excitedly frolicked in the surf and sand like a couple of little boys. Their hard luck destination was in sight!

To Be Continued ......