Davy Crockett - "Davy Crockett," television series from 1954-1955. "Davy Crockett" was the most successful of all Disney televison shows, starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. The three Crockett episodes unleashed a Crockett craze across the country that had millions of youngsters clamoring for coonskin caps and other Crockett merchandise. The shows were so popular that when they were re-run, the ratings actually increased, a very rare event, indeed. Then, Walt astonished his critics and thrilled audiences by editing the episodes together and releasing them as a theatrical film, the first time this had ever been done. People who had watched Davy for free on television lined up by the thousands to see Davy in the theaters, for now they could see him in color. The show won an Emmy Award for Best Action or Adventure Series in 1956.
