FAVORITE WESTERNS (Reminders of Yesteryear) (VANITY)

self | October 8, 2013 | self

[ridesthemiles]

I love The Cisco Kid, but so far, I have found at least 4 different horses that he is riding.

There are even various chase scenes where he is on 2 or even 3 different horses-—without stopping.

Since Diablo was such an unusually marked horse, they sure didn’t respect the audience enough to try & find better matches & to keep continuity correct in the scenes.
But I love the show...

Also Robin Hood.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Forget that, the other poster got it right.

[ridesthemiles]

I am going to swing for the fences with his question.

William Conrad—who later played Cannon...???

[GreenHornet]

Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain: Television’s original “Psycho Dad.”

[Mastador1]

Our favorites so far are “The Big Valley,” “Maverick” (the original), “The Texan” (sponsored by Viceroy Cigarettes!), and “Have Gun-Will Travel.” Next in the line-up: “Bonanza,” “Wagon Train,” and “Cheyenne.”

Those are good also Laredo, Yancy Derringer, The Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, Roy,Rodgers,Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, the Rebel. There were just so many.

[SevenofNine]

ME TV has the right to WWW then they took off the air for the summer not sure if they still have the rights

[SevenofNine]

Speaking of Old western

If you get Cozi TV in your area they have original Lone Ranger and Hopland Cassidey

They took off Tales of Well Fargo give it rest they were play that too

[nathanbedford]

I'm not sure Big Country was the best western ever but it had the best music ever. Plus it had Jean Simmons. Great cast: Bickford, Ives, Heston, Baker, Peck and Simmons. Great exterior photography.

I put it right up there with My Little Chickadee.

3:10 to Yuma?

[day10]

Lonesome Dove is the finest TV miniseries I ever saw. Nothing else has come close to it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Any western before 1968, and especially any western with RANDOLPH SCOTT John Wayne, Joel McCrea, Errol Flynn, Audie Murphy, Jeff Chandler, Jimmy Stewart,Henry Fonda.

My personal favorites are all those made in the 1950s.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

William Conrad.

I had the chance to hear Gunsmoke on the radio as a kid.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***It really had a gritty feel to it in the early days.**

They had good scripts aimed at adults without offending the kids.

All that changed in 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered and TV went into an anti-violence panic. They brought in lots of kids on the show,(even Milburn Stone complained about all the kids now on the show) and dumbed down the scripts.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sgt. Preston of the Yukon...
He always got his man.

And his loyal dog, King, costarred.

[Kartographer]

I have severral of Bellah books. There are old and I;ve had to glue them back together, but they sit on my favorite shelf!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

All that changed in 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered and TV went into an anti-violence panic. They brought in lots of kids on the show,(even Milburn Stone complained about all the kids now on the show) and dumbed down the scripts.

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I wondered what had caused the change. Thanks for the history lesson. I forgot to mention the early episodes also had Burt Reynolds as Quint and he did an excellent job. The show even got into some racial issues (Quint was half Indian)which was surprising considering the day and age the show was made in.

[Fledermaus]

Jared, Heath, Nick: Audrey is in trouble again!! lol

Loved “The Big Valley”. Learned you don’t cross Barbara Stanwyck!

[Fledermaus]

“Just the facts ma’am” and the head nods. Priceless.

[Fledermaus]

The original 4:10 to Yuma, not the remake with Bale and Crowe.

[Fledermaus]

Oh yeah, 3:10. lol

[nanetteclaret]

She was awesome! The epitome of the strong woman who helped her husband establish the family ranch and who raised children who grew up into responsible adults.

One of the most refreshing aspects to this series (and all the others) is the fact that all of the adults act like adults. None of them are childish, petulant, immature, complaining, whining, blaming or have any other Tantrum Boy behaviors.