(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  The craze inspired by this TV hero in the '50s took Walt by surprise; he'd killed him off at the Alamo in episode 3, so he had to film prequels in order to bring him back
Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona, developed at 
the height of ... Claude gave him a red tricycle on the boy's fourth birthday that 
McQueen later said ...