Things that I have learned about the Wild, Wild Old West (hereafter known as the W-Wow) from watching Dr. Quinn and The Young Riders.

1. Townspeople will turn on you without a second's notice. They are very wishy-washy. One day they are starting a new gentleman's club (affectionately known as the KKK) and the next day they are fighting against racial oppression.

2. People hated Indians. That's probably because they have long hair and have a slow, staggered speech.

3. There is always one person in the town who likes Indians. He has either spent his adult life following their ways or grown up with them as a "half-breed".

4. Even though surgery was a developing science, if you have enough resolve, you can remove any organ without ever harming the patient. No one ever dies from a serious illness in the W-wow. There is always someone around who believes that they can cure any ailment given the right scalpel.

5. If a girl wanted to pretend she was a boy in the W-wow, all she had to do was put on a pair of pants and cut her hair short. That's it. Men were that clueless.

6. Pony Express Riders lived the most exciting lives imaginable. I don't know how they found to deliver the mail with all of the adventures that they were having.