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What are your all time favorite TV westerns?
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Posted on 08/23/2015 9:51:27 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050
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
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:03:48 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Kirkwood
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.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:04:56 AM PDT
by
discostu
(It always comes down to cortexiphan)
To: miss marmelstein; ken5050
With the advent of the WE cable channel...it is possible to watch "The Rifleman' 10-14 times any given day.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:05:11 AM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
To: ken5050
My late father watched them all — Bonanza, Gunsmoke, the Virginian, the Rifleman, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Laramie, Have Gun Will Travel, and probably several dozen others I've forgotten. One he didn't like was The Big Valley. Said the characters were too highfalutin or something.
I was close to my Dad, so I would watch these series with him, rather than those sappy women's shows my Mom liked.
To: ken5050
Remember the rotating Cheyenne, Bronco Lane, Sugarfoot series
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:09:10 AM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
To: ken5050
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:12:40 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: miss marmelstein
All of the above.
“Good Day for a Hangin” is a good movie. And of course the always popular “True Grit.”
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:13:07 AM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: ken5050
Judge Roy Bean, Zorro and Have Gun Will Travel.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:15:00 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
To: ken5050
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.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:19:16 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Before it can get any better it has to stop getting worse - vote 4 most conservative available)
To: ken5050
To: ken5050
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.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:20:44 AM PDT
by
greene66
To: miss marmelstein
I wanted his amazing bullet.
That guy would load ONE bullet into his rifle and it would shoot 20 times.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:21:19 AM PDT
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: ken5050
Wagon Train, especially the first three seasons with Ward Bond.
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08/23/2015 10:22:19 AM PDT
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mware
To: ken5050
Awwww, that’s easy. Just look at my tagline!
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:22:56 AM PDT
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Rona Badger
(Heeds the calling wind.)
To: mware
Flint McCullough was good, too.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:24:00 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: ken5050
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.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:24:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:25:24 AM PDT
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MUDDOG
To: Dr. Sivana
And don't forget the Crisco Kid.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:25:44 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: ken5050
Cisco Kid [last lines of each episode]
The Cisco Kid: Oh, Pancho!
Pancho: Oh, Cisco!
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:30:43 AM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
To: Let's Roll
Jock Mahoney also stared in the TV western 'Yancy Derringer'.
He also played 'Tarzan' in two feature films.
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posted on
08/23/2015 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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