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Photograph of Captain Petty. From San Marcos Record: "Captain Floyd Petty was a contestant on the game show "Price Is Right Game" in mid-January of 1959. Captain Petty was a winner of an $11,200 home in Florida. The photo of Captain Petty was only the second time the San Marcos Record took a picture of an event as it occurred on live television for publication in its newspaper." From February 5, 1959 issue.

Photograph of the remnants of a crashed airplane.

Photograph of the remnants of a crashed airplane with cows at the crash site.

Photograph of the remnants of a crashed airplane.

Photograph of the remnants of a crashed airplane.

Photograph of the remnants of a crashed airplane with cows in the background.

Sam and Johnny talk about rugged individualism, luck and circumstances as factors of success and achievement. They try to define rugged and come to the conclusion that it is a false concept. They also briefly talk about the movie “The Right Stuff” and various things about it. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

Sam and Johnny continue their discussion on rugged individualism, what the rugged individual would posses as far as material things, knowing whether you have ruggedness or not and having the “right stuff”. They also make a list of people throughout history who have had the “right stuff”. Sam also discusses filming The Right Stuff and how hard it was to film yet everyone worked as a team and how writing letters are a more personal way of communication. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

Cover story on Chris Holzhaus