Knott's Berry Farm

KBF on GDB! Let's go. This is a random selection of slide scans. First up is this shot of Seldom Seen Slim, who used to be sort of an unofficial mascot of Knott's. The prospector with his trusty burro, wandering the west looking for gold. Gooooooold! It makes me sad that Slim and his burro (I call him "Biscuit") have been removed, it seems unbelievable that there wasn't room for this statue anymore. Slim was based on a real person named Charles Ferge. I'm unclear as to when the SSS statue (sculpted by Claude Bell) was installed, though it appears to be on souvenir maps going back to the mid-1950s.Seeing that statue reminded me of an email exchange I had with TokyoMagic! a few years back, when I'd seen this screen grab from the Wim Wenders film "Paris, Texas". Right next to Harry Dean Stanton is another "miner and burro" statue that looks nearly identical to the one at Knott's! Here's what TM said: I'll tell ya... that door in the background has "Wheel Inn" on it. That was the…