DECEMBER 7 EDITION

“Best of 2025” at Salvation South: Andy Fogle and Chuck Reece name their No. 1 poems of the year—Jacqueline Allen Trimble’s blues-soaked elegy and F. Dylan Waguespack’s searing hymn for a homeless father—alongside two deep walks through the Southern verse that moved us most.

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Extranjero — El Magnifico

: Though created for international markets to ride the wave of "Spaghetti Western" fame, it remains a cult item for Clint Eastwood completionists on platforms like IMDb .

: Viewers often note the contrast between Eastwood's later stoic roles and his younger, more vocal performance as the "shy, quiet type" in these early TV episodes. El magnifico extranjero

: Clint Eastwood (as Rowdy Yates), Eric Fleming, and Sheb Wooley. Plot Summary : Though created for international markets to ride

: It consists of two episodes from the Rawhide series—specifically including "Incident of the Running Man" (1961)—spliced together to mimic the feel of a standalone Western feature. more vocal performance as the "shy

: The film was created by Jolly Film, the original producers of A Fistful of Dollars , without authorization from Eastwood or the Rawhide producers.