[mystery-ak]

...LOL..another Duke fan...can't forget that Lassie was in Hondo too.

[LS]

Then there is this story told in "John Wayne, American": a reporter went to Hollywood to interview Wayne on the set. He arrived quite late, about 10:00 am, whem much moviemaking has already been completed, yet he walked onto a set where people were sitting around, drinking coffee, playing cards, and reading papers.

"What's going on?" asked the reporter.

A stagehand explained, "Well, we don't do any work around here until the Duke takes his daily 'constitutional'."

Suddenly red lights started flashing, a horn went off, and a young boy came running out of the back as the actors and key grips ran to their places.

The boy was shouting, "The Duke has taken a dump! The Duke has taken a dump!"

Or this one, from the same book: Wayne was filming "The Alamo" on location when the extras and stunt people messed up a scene for the third or fourth time.

Wayne let out a string of profanity, when he was tapped on the shoulder by an executive.

"You have some visitors, John," the exec said.

Still red-faced and angry over the blown scene, Wayne turned to find a gaggle of Nuns beaming, waiting for autographs. They had heard the entire exchange. Wayne vowed to never cuss on a set again.