Posted on 07/04/2014 2:16:48 AM PDT by kingattax
And of course, throughout movie & TV history, Zorro rode Tornado.
Also, Tex Ritter’s horse was named “White Flash.”
Festus’s mule was Ruth.
Yes, good!
Yes-Hee Haw!
When I was a kid we watched Bonanza and Gun smoke religiously. It didn’t matter what new show the kids at school were talking about if it was opposite from them we never got to see it.
Was allowed to watch two TV programs as a youngster, Ed Sullivan and Gunsmoke. Would strap on my six shooter over my PJs (holster made by my very handy Dad) and act out the gunfight at the opening credits. Marshal Dillon always would manage to outdraw me, and I would writhe in agony on the floor, to the amusement of family members.
Now, to touch off a debate: I agree with the Western Novel Writers Association that “Shane” is the greatest Western movie ever made.
You would not have survived my father’s upbringing....EVERY time She Wore a Yellow ribbon was on he hauled us out of bed to watch it.
I love the McClintock movies and The Quiet Man. Clint will always be Rowdy of Rawhide in my eyes
*** Ed Sullivan and Gunsmoke.**
Back in the olden days of the early 1950s a local town here had quite a night life on Saturday night. The cafes stayed open, barber shops open till midnight, and the theater, all to escape the murderous heat of summer.
It all came to an end when the locals got TV and decided to stay home on Saturday night and patrol the streets of Dodge with Matt Dillon at 9:00 PM.
The town began to slowly die. The barber shop closed at night, so did all the other stores, and the theater closed permanently.
The only thing open was an ice cream and burger drive-in and it closed in winter.
I have really tried to watch yellow ribbon ... and it just don’t happen.
My wife also ... and amen.
What you describe was a better America (even without the AC). Simpler, friendlier, more neighborly times-wish we could move “back to the future.”
I’m glad you happened to mention all that. Although I’m a fan of a lot of early-tv fare and the americana represented within it, there were also certain cultural implications and a fragmenting of the immediate social fabric that came with the introduction of television. Something I don’t think gets referenced very often.
Clint Eastwood.
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Salamat!
You must be under 60
and definitely not from the West
1/2 credit ... 66 ... Boston
The Duke. Hands down.
Then you aren’t used to seeing Oaters which are to my liking and still some of the best movies ever made
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