Posted on 08/23/2015 9:51:27 AM PDT by ken5050
The other day, as a change from endless talk about Hillary and Trump I posted a thread asking FReepers what were their favorite TV westerns. (FYI...the link is below) It generated a lot of comments...everyone seemed to be enjoying the trip down memory lane..so I thought I'd do it again..this time asking about your favorite TV westerns.
The Big Valley (great stuff)
Cheyenne (a mini-movie in each episode)
Magnificent Seven (the TV version from the 90s)
The Young Riders (loved it during the 80s)
all available on DVD
Death Valley Days only made 18 years on TV of new episodes being produced (stayed in reruns for 5 more). Gunsmoke owns it for Westerns, and prime time drama. The Simpsons own it for scripted, prime time, animated, and sitcoms. Then there’s various sports and news programs that own the “serious” records.
I was close to my Dad, so I would watch these series with him, rather than those sappy women's shows my Mom liked.
Remember the rotating Cheyenne, Bronco Lane, Sugarfoot series
All of the above.
“Good Day for a Hangin” is a good movie. And of course the always popular “True Grit.”
Judge Roy Bean, Zorro and Have Gun Will Travel.
Maverick
Rawhide
Range Rider - starring Jock Mahoney, who was stunt man to John Wayne, Gregory Peck and Errol Flynn. That background was obvious in the physicality he displayed.
A one season show called “Stony Burke” about the modern (1960s) rodeo circuit starring Jack Lord, much better as Burke than he was in “Hawaii 5-0”, Bruce Dern and Warren Oates.
Bonanza!
I always found the CBS trio of “Gunsmoke,” “Have Gun Will Travel” and “Rawhide” to be the strongest. I have dvd-sets of just about every tv-western that has been officially released. Only missing a handful, like “Restless Gun” with John Payne, and “Cimarron City” with George Montgomery, but I hope to get around to them shortly.
A hefty percentage of tv-westerns are indeed available on dvd. Still some missing-in-action, though. Not available are some of the Four Star Productions items like “Black Saddle,” “Law of the Plainsman,” “Johnny Ringo” and such. Also, two short-lived mid-1960s westerns, “The Loner” with Lloyd Bridges, and “A Man Called Shenandoah” with Robert Horton, have yet to come out. Ditto for a few early kid-oriented westerns from the early-1950s, like “Wild Bill Hickok” and “Kit Carson.” Or, “Steve Donovan, Western Marhsal,” which is particuarly rare, even amongst the bootleg circuit.
But if I’ve grown keen on anything, it’s actually the silent westerns. Recently picked up “Wagon Tracks” (1919) with William S. Hart, along with some similar oldies of Tom Mix, Jack Hoxie, Bob Custer, and such.
That guy would load ONE bullet into his rifle and it would shoot 20 times.
Wagon Train, especially the first three seasons with Ward Bond.
Awwww, that’s easy. Just look at my tagline!
Flint McCullough was good, too.
Let’s not forget The Cisco Kid. I remember watching it with my four year old daughter; bad guys get shot dead, ho -hum. But in the last scene a disobedient Noel Neill gets a spanking from Cisco, and her eyes opened wide.
Hey Cisco! Hey Pancho!
[last lines of each episode]
The Cisco Kid: Oh, Pancho!
Pancho: Oh, Cisco!
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