[bigbob]

Not long ago I was speculating with a buddy about how long would it be before we’d see the TV Western return?

Audio only accompaniment to this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJG2Z_WFZg

(The original theme is on Youtube too, but Johnny Cash’s version is better)

[TomGuy]

I have been watching the late 80s TV series, The Young Riders, via Netflix.

I guess I was doing other things or it wasn’t on the station where I lived at the time it was originally broadcast.

It is okay. Not the greatest scripts or acting, but it certainly beats another CSI or Law & Order.

Hell on Wheels (AMC) is a pretty good new western series.

[elcid1970]

I watched “The Rebel” as a kid when the Civil War centennial had just begun. Agree, the later intro by Johnny Cash was much better than the first. Loved that galloping downbeat.

TV western stars carried some neat weaponry; Lucas McCain’s select fire Winchester, Josh Randall’s `mare’s laig’ (quite a story about ATF harassment), Johnny Yuma’s shotgun pistol, Yancy Derringer concealed at least five hideout guns & his sidekick Pahoo carried a sawed-off, Paladin’s derringer in his gunbelt, Johnny Ringo’s LeMat revolver with the shotgun barrel, plus all those cowboys with their Colt sixguns which fired eighteen to twenty times between reloadings.

Back to topic, the Rebel episode I remember most is about a small town dedicating a statue to a fallen Civil War hero and when it’s over Johnny Yuma has revealed to the townsfolk that their `hero’ was executed for cowardice in the face of the enemy.

Anyway, no TV western would be complete without the original cigarette ads. Just sayin’.

[djone]

I agree with you. You might try this unexpectedly good western made in of all places Korea, its called- "The Good, the Bad, the Weird"-. I watched it on Netflix and enjoyed it alot...