His best friends are  Doppio Rhum (Double Rum) and Dottor Salasso (Doctor bloodletting). Doppio Rhum was inspired by the actor Gabby Hayes in many western films of the 1930s and 1940s, and Dottor Salasso by the drunken Doc, portrayed by Thomas Mitchell in the classic western film Stagecoach (1939).
His best friends are Doppio Rhum and Dottor Salasso.  Doppio Rhum was inspired by Gabby Hayes in western films of the 1930s and 1940s, while Dottor Salasso is based on Thomas Mitchell's drunken Doc character from the film Stagecoach (1939).