“Even Ed Sullivan and Lawrence Welk, fixtures in our lives. Westerns were the best, IMHO. Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Wanted Dead or Alive....”
To me, the best Western was “Gunsmoke” starring James Arness.
Right, Gunsmoke was there too. Luv’d Kitty and Doc Adams.
For me the westerns were Bonanza, Big Valley, High Chaparral, The Rifleman ... something about families. Something I never had.
Somehow it could be family viewable and not obnoxious, objectionable or dirty.
Can’t really same the same always today.