What is "boone"

Boone \Boone\ n. Daniel Boone, a noted American frontiersman, 1734-1820.

Syn: Daniel Boone.

Boone may refer to:

Boone is a dramatic television series which was broadcast on NBC from 1983 to 1984. It starred Tom Byrd and Barry Corbin. Byrd played teenager Boone Sawyer, who aspires to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, played by Corbin, who wants Boone to join him in the automobile repair business. The setting of the series is Tennessee in the early 1950s, when great changes began to occur in popular music, with the rise of Elvis Presley.

Ten weekly episodes began airing on September 26, 1983, and three remaining segments were broadcast in the summer of 1984, the last on August 11. The series was created by Earl Hamner, Jr.

Ronnie Claire Edwards, an Oklahoma City native who played Corabeth Godsey, the bossy wife of storekeeper Ike Godsey ( Joe Conley) in The Waltons, portrayed Aunt Dolly Sawyer in Boone. William Edward Phipps played her husband Link Sawyer, the owner of Link's Orchid Lounge, where Boone and his friend, Rome Hawley (played by Greg Webb), sometimes performed.

Other stars included Elizabeth Huddle as Boone's mother, Faye, who wanted Boone to commit to the ministry, as his older brother, Dwight, had done prior to Dwight's death in World War II. Julie Anne Haddock was cast as Amanda; Robyn Lively, Banjo; and Amanda Peterson, Boone's young sister, Squirt Sawyer.

Because Boone had such a large cast, there were few guest stars, seven of which were James Hampton, Chris Hebert, Marlyn Mason, Andrew Prine, Janine Turner, Gary Vinson, and the singer Bobby Vinton.

A critic described Boone as "an excellent show that didn't get a chance" in the fierce competition of network television, and the series was soon replaced by TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes in NBC's Monday 8 pm Eastern slot. In 1987, reruns of Boone were shown late nights on The Disney Channel.

Boone is a surname. Originally de Bohun, variants are Boon, Boone, de Bohun, La Boon, Bohun, Bohon, Bohn and Bown. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Boone, professional baseball player, ESPN Analyst
• Bob Boone, former baseball player, coach and manager
• Bret Boone, baseball player
• Daneen Boone, Canadian actress
• Daniel Boone (disambiguation), Dan or Daniel, multiple uses
• David Boone, Canadian Football League player
• David Sheldon Boone, American-born Soviet spy
• Debby Boone, singer and daughter of Pat Boone
• Fernand Boone (1934–2013), Belgian footballer
• Herman Boone, football coach
• Ilsley Boone, former head of the first naturist organization in the U.S.
• Jack Boone (1918–1984), American college sports coach
• Joel Thompson Boone, World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• John William Boone, American ragtime musician
• Josh Boone, basketball player
• Levi Boone, Daniel's nephew and a mayor of Chicago in the 1850s
• Mark Boone Junior, American actor
• Megan Boone, American actress
• Pat Boone (born 1934), American singer, actor and writer
• Pete Boone (living), the former athletics director for the University of Mississippi
• Richard Boone, American actor
• Richard Bently Boone, American jazz musician
• Squire Boone, Daniel's brother and an important figure in American history