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Introduction to the track answers some often asked questions about Hopalong Cassidy and William Boyd, who portrayed the western here for 40 years on television, in motion pictures and on the radio. One sidenote, William Boyd was an accomplished business man. He licensed everything he could about Hopalong Cassidy. From cowboy hats, to toy pistols, gun belts, lunch boxes and thermos bottles and everything in between. He made a lot of money in a process that was really before its time. Think about how any new movie, especially if it is for children, markets the film through the release of toys... The movie "Toy Story" is a perfect example. Boyd truly was on top of the process and it paid off big for him. it was reported that his net worth was 12 million dollars when he died in 1977... that is 80.5 million in today's money. This track will of course be stored in the "Westerns" Playlist on Soundcloud.com.