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.
Tombstone Territory
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Red River
It begins and ends with Audra on “The Big Valley.”
For cowboys,
James Garner on “Maverick.”
I think THE RIFLEMAN made it’s debut on Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater. I remember seeing it there.
(I had the Yancy Derringer belt-buckle derringer.)
The Real McCoys?
Mark must have surely suffered from PTSD caused by his dad.
My favorite westerns were those featuring unusual firearms:
Yancy Derringer - well named since he carried six of them including one in his hat. His sidekick Pahoo had a sawed off shotgun under his blanket.
The Rifleman - 1892 Winchester modified into 20 round slow cyclic rate machine gun. Count the # of rounds fired in the intro. Lucas McCain took out a bad guy who was terrorizing the land with a Sharps rifle which had a full length telescope sight.
Johnny Ringo - Le Mat revolver with its seven shot cylinder & shotgun barrel left many a bad guy dead with a surprised look on his face.
Shotgun Slade - sawed off over/under rifle-shotgun. A one season wonder.
Wanted Dead or Alive - “mare’s leg” cut down Winchester 92. Fired as many shots as full length model. Oversize rounds carried in cartridge belt for effect. Harassed by BATF during filming.
Have Gun Will Travel - Remington derringer in addition to sixgun.
Bat Masterson - short barrelled “Sheriff’s Model” sixgun.
The Rebel - Johnny Yuma sported a sawed off shotgun plus a cap & ball revolver which fired & reloaded just as fast as a cartridge sixgun.
Wild Wild West must have had some anachronistic firearms but I can’t think of any offhand. Maybe a broomhandle Mauser.
Like Scott Evil.
“Lash LaRue”
15 minutes on Saturday morning, sponsored by Reemer’s Blend.
The name and the fact that the hero’s main prop was a whip raises all kinds of questions now ;)
Wanted: Dead or Alive.
If you’re going to bring up Saturday morning, can’t leave out Sky King and Fury.
Set in the modern-day West.
Rawhide - Clint Eastwood (all time favorite)
Maverick - James Garner
Laredo - Neville Brand
Magnificent 7 (1990’s) Eric Close
Brisco County Jr. - Bruce Campbell
Firefly - space western (cancelled way too soon)
Neville Brand was awesome.
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Hopalong Cassidy
The Cisco Kid
The Roy Rogers Show
Death Valley Days
The Gabby Hayes Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Lone Ranger
Maverick
Sky King
Zorro
Gunsmoke
I watched all of them. My brother and I got in trouble for running around the neighborhood scratching “Z” on all the side of people’s houses.
Fury was on at 11:30am in NYC and Sky King on at 12:00pm. Then we were kicked out of the house to play.
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