[marsh2]

Just spent the last two hours mesmerized by old “what's my line” vignettes. Watched a few Steve Allen clips from his show. Cutting edge comedy for the time.

Anybody remember the westerns- wagon train, gun smoke, paladin, Have gun will travel, Maverick, Bonanza, The Virginian, Rawhide?

[Jack Deth]

I remember all of those, marsh2.

I also remember James Garner as Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne, Will Hutchens as Sugarfoot, Ty Hardin as Bronco Lane and Colt .45. The immortal Warner Brothers Westerns.

The Virginian never did much for me. Same with Wagon Train, Bonanza and Rawhide. The secondary characters always seemed more interesting than the headlining stars.


Jack

[prisoner6]

wagon train, gun smoke, paladin, Have gun will travel, Maverick, Bonanza, The Virginian, Rawhide

ALL of them and another. Stagecoach was the syndicated show that I was trying to remember.

FWIW Bonanza still ahs a HUGE following. BonanzaBrand is a fan website I belong to. Some pretty interesing stuff HERE.

Bonanza's creator - David Dortort - passed earlier this year as did the last of the Cartwrights - Pernell Roberts.

Then there's Gunsmoke. A friend of mine and I watched that so many times we knew the dialoge. When we were at The Local Watering HOle we'd sometiems act out a scene from one of our fav episodes. It's the one where Bruce Dern is holding Miss Kitty=, Doc, Louie and a few others hostage at the Long Branch. Louie - the town drunk - is haveing booze withdrawl and Dern forces him to get in a corner, crawl across the floor and beg for a drink. Louie does it but after he gets the booze he reaches indside himself and puts it back. A slap in the face to the outlaw.