One of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid was Yancy Derringer. Mr. Derringer, played by Jock Mahoney, was a gentleman in New Orleans in 1868, shortly after the end of the Civil War. To maintain peace in town, he worked as an unpaid special agent of the City Administrator, handling delicate matters and criminal investigations. Accompanied by his silent Indian companion, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah, Yancy had a knack for running into folks with problems and solving those problems before the half-hour was up. The show ran on CBS for two seasons, 1958-1959, but I think I discovered it in syndicated reruns right after it left the network. Here, in case you have a half-hour to spare, is an episode…
