[ansel12]

Rawhide is where Eastwood really made it with a fan base, and Gil Favor was perhaps the most masculine character ever in a TV series, it is a great series.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I remember Rawhide. Maybe I’ll watch that next.

So many great westerns in that era. The nation was proud of its westward expansion and defeat of Japan and Germany. Strong, masculine men facing danger were revered, not reviled. Justice usually prevailed, often in ambiguous circumstances. Those were sure different times.

I remember my favorites (without looking them up, either):
* Sugarfoot
* Maverick
* Cheyenne
* Have Gun, Will Travel
* Wanted, Dad or Alive (loved the “Mare’s Leg” rifle)
* Wagon Train
* The Rifleman (loved Lucas McCain’s rifle, too)
* Gunsmoke (themes were too adult for this kid, so it really wasn’t a favorite of mine)

[Col Freeper]

Rowdy Yates -— Head Em Up, Rawhide!

[OneVike]

Rawhide is where Eastwood really made it with a fan base, and Gil Favor was perhaps the most masculine character ever in a TV series, it is a great series.

The trail boss on Rawhide, Eric Fleming, died while making a movie some place in the Amazon, and drowned when a canoe capsized and piranhas attacked him. They didn't eat him to death, but they contributed to his inability to keep from drowning.

I remember the headlines claiming he was devoured by piranhas. For years I though how horrible to die. yet it was a false report, but the media played it up big time. years later I learned the truth. They did help to kill him though.