Cactus Pryor Spoofs and Humorous Ads

Year Published: 1970 1971 1976

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This reel of raw footage contains footage likely shot for news stories, as well as material for several comedic spoofs, and humorous advertisements. Included in the footage are scenes of Cactus Pryor performing “magic tricks”; a tour of the newly reopened Bauer House in Austin in 1971; a spoof of Preston Smith blowing up Ben Barnes’ campaign train, possibly as Barnes was running for governor; a spoof of politicians leaving the infamous Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange; a bikini-clad go-go dancer; Coach Darrell K Royal posing as a waiter at a Mexican restaurant; and former Austin mayor Roy Butler in a humorous advertisement for Coors beer press tab cans after he acquired the Central Texas Coors distribution franchise. Do you recognize any of the other people in this footage? Please let us know!