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Dick Van Dyke Show in color!

Posted on 12/11/2016 5:12:48 PM PST by Chengdu54

Anyone else watching this? So cool!


TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: dickvandyke; tv; tvprograms
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To: Lucas McCain
Nothing excessive about the Rifleman’s gunplay.

I think he was the inspiration for Al Bundy's favorite TV show, "Psycho Dad."

41 posted on 12/11/2016 6:52:26 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: gogeo

Yippers the tonite show died when Carson retired


42 posted on 12/11/2016 6:56:13 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: capt. norm

Don Knotts once asked Carl Reiner what Dick Van Dyke was like.

“You’re a real nice guy, Don. Dick is nicer.”


43 posted on 12/11/2016 7:00:49 PM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: GreenHornet

I think it was a different Chuck Connors show. Branded


44 posted on 12/11/2016 7:03:11 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Freestate316

I always wondered who Lucas was blasting with those twelve shots on Main Street. Then the sly, small grin that follows...did he dispatch twelve to their maker? Or did the citizens of North Fork simply pay him for an exhibition?

The opening sequence has been controversial since the show came out:

“The 1892 Winchester in .44/.40 caliber used on the show only holds eleven bullets. The audio track was dubbed over the video track. They are not entirely in sync. You may hear 12 or 13 shots fired in the audio portion, and you may watch him pull the lever back on the rifle a different number of times.”


45 posted on 12/11/2016 7:09:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I always wondered who Lucas was blasting with those twelve shots on Main Street. Then the sly, small grin that follows.

Al Bundy had a theory about that. In a conversation with his neighbor Jefferson, Al noted that Lucas McCain was a widower. He then states that it's his belief Lucas was blowing away his wife during the opening credits.

46 posted on 12/11/2016 7:50:46 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

Who’s that riding in the sun?
Who’s the man with the itchy gun?
Who’s the man who kills for fun?
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad.

He sleeps with a gun
but he loves his son
Killed his wife ‘cos she weighed a ton.
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad.

A little touched or so we’re told
Killed his wife ‘cos she had a cold
Might as well she was gettin’ old
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad.


47 posted on 12/11/2016 7:54:33 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
The gif maker doesn't do the sound in slow motion, but to me it looks like he pulled the lever back 12 times and it sounds like 12 shots at the video link. The sync seems a little off in the beginning, but looks good after the sixth shot. What do you think?

Rifleman opening scene

48 posted on 12/11/2016 8:23:59 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

I used to play it slo-mo on my TiVo. Looked like the sound sync was off. Also, where are the ejected cartridges?

The quote I posted says this was noticed from the very beginning of the show. It says they stuffed as much sound as they could into the time slot without worrying about sync of pic and sound!


49 posted on 12/11/2016 9:46:43 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Chengdu54

Wow, I just watched these two episodes! What excellent writing! I hope they bring back this show. I saw it in reruns when I was a kid and the wit was clearly over my head. Very funny indeed. A real Jewish sensibility. Reminds me of the older adults around when I was a kid.


50 posted on 12/11/2016 10:20:50 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: be-baw

and Mary Tyler Moore - 79


51 posted on 12/12/2016 4:54:41 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Karl Spooner

How come there are no shells being ejected from the gun? :-)


52 posted on 12/12/2016 5:01:58 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: gogeo; hattend

I thought Mary Tyler Moore had died. Glad to know I was mistaken.


53 posted on 12/12/2016 5:14:14 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Freestate316

“Bonanza (heterosexual men)”

You must have missed the episode with Wayne Newton.


54 posted on 12/12/2016 5:16:44 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: capt. norm
I always thought “B-Movies” were those films produced independent of the “studio system” prevalent back in the golden era of Hollywood. It was kind of a class-conscious way of labeling films, but really had nothing to do with the quality of the product, because as we all know the big studios were just as capable of producing stink bombs as independent producers.
55 posted on 12/12/2016 5:32:40 AM PST by chimera
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To: Karl Spooner
Rifleman episode casulty list
56 posted on 12/12/2016 5:38:31 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (ELITE IMMUNITY: how the puppetmasters / puppets continue to function)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That is one of the great show intros of all time.


57 posted on 12/12/2016 5:42:28 AM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Karl Spooner
YOUTUBE:Rifleman all episode complete massacre count
58 posted on 12/12/2016 5:49:40 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (ELITE IMMUNITY: how the puppetmasters / puppets continue to function)
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To: Freestate316

Yes, it is. A lot of people say it is the very best of all time...and I have to agree. There is nothing as memorable.


59 posted on 12/12/2016 5:52:43 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: gundog
Rifleman yesterday featured a new teacher that lectured Lucas on bringing loaded firearms to school.

If that was the one where Mark's friend puts the jujube in the teacher's book, the teacher was the same actor who later played Kodos the Executioner in the Star Trek season 1 episode "Conscience of the King."

I love watching the old TV shows that feature actors before I first saw them as a kid. Earlier on Saturday was the episode of The Big Valley where the old gypsy grandmother was played by the actress who later played the Vulcan Priestess T'Pau in the episode "Amok Time."

-PJ

60 posted on 12/12/2016 6:02:52 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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