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Johnny Crawford, Young Star of 'The Rifleman,' Dies at 75
hollywoodreporter.com ^ | April 29, 2021 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 04/30/2021 2:45:02 AM PDT by lowbridge

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To: HighSierra5

I watch TCM movies (about the only thing worth watching) and I’ve felt ancient for a long time. Time zips like the speed of light.


41 posted on 04/30/2021 6:14:03 AM PDT by BipolarBob (RIP Howard Beale, the countries last honest TV commentator.)
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To: waterhill
Alzheimer’s sucks. For everyone. I am in line for it.

I've told my kids: when my mind is gone, please just let me go.

Of course, they believe this is already the case.

42 posted on 04/30/2021 6:17:23 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: lowbridge

Oh. Sad. I loved him. (My first boyfriend looked quite a bit like him.)


43 posted on 04/30/2021 6:19:58 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Hambone 1934

In the early ‘90s I was dating a guy quite a bit younger. He got to work one day and said that he’d just heard a really good new group on the radio. Three Dog Night. I had to move on.


44 posted on 04/30/2021 6:27:59 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: stylecouncilor

One of my favorites.


45 posted on 04/30/2021 6:29:17 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Hambone 1934
I officially felt old a couple of years ago,when a young bunch of college students were interviewed about music groups...They all knew who the rolling stones were and none of them knew who the Beatles or Beach Boys were......

In the 80s the joke went "Did you know Paul McCartney was in a group before Wings?

46 posted on 04/30/2021 6:29:38 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The avg 911 response time is 23 mins; the response time of a .357 is 1400 ft/sec)
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To: Old Yeller

But we kids loved it when Lucas was in a gunfight, then went semi-lever full auto and blasted..”BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!” filling the air with lead!

But he never hit anyone in that mode. Only one or two shots put the bad guy down.

If I remember, the first RIFLEMAN episode I saw was the pilot and was shown on Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater.


47 posted on 04/30/2021 6:32:37 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Chuck Conners was one of few men that played two sports at the major league level. Baseball and basketball for him.


48 posted on 04/30/2021 6:38:32 AM PDT by waredbird
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To: Jolla

The Rifleman and Gunsmoke are my absolute all time favorites. The acting, especially James Arness, is magnificent.


49 posted on 04/30/2021 7:00:34 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: waredbird

I can think of two, right off the bat.

Gene Conley (Red Sox and Celtics),

and

Dave DeBuschere (Tigers and Pistons).

That was a different world.

CA....


50 posted on 04/30/2021 7:37:20 AM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: lowbridge

Cue the Happy Trails to You song.

Roy nods


51 posted on 04/30/2021 9:02:34 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Chances Are

I was pretty shocked to learn that John Havlicek (Celtics) was drafted by the Cleveland Browns


52 posted on 04/30/2021 1:33:22 PM PDT by smalltownslick (a)
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To: newfreep

Chuck Conners was also the first pro basketball player to smash a backboard.


53 posted on 04/30/2021 1:41:27 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: newfreep

Brezhnev was a big fan.

54 posted on 04/30/2021 1:43:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lowbridge

The Lucas McCain Character killed over 120 Bad Guys in the five Years the Show ran.

I think the other McCain lost five Jet Fighters during his stint in the Military.


55 posted on 04/30/2021 1:52:50 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: waredbird

Bo Jackson... Raiders and Royals


56 posted on 04/30/2021 1:55:42 PM PDT by dmzTahoe
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To: gloryblaze

How about Have Gun Will Travel? Richard Boone.


57 posted on 04/30/2021 2:00:05 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: lowbridge

RIP.


58 posted on 04/30/2021 3:37:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: Leaning Right
"‘The Rifleman’ was more than just an action western. Every episode also taught a morality lesson. RIP Johnny, Chuck, and Paul (Paul Fix, the marshal)."

Indeed, and with a manly moralistic father and son, which today is very non-PC.

59 posted on 04/30/2021 6:45:52 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Old Yeller
"And Lucas kept his extra ammo in his shirt pocket. Never saw him reloading except during the intro of the show. Fired off 8 shots, replaced with 2."

That was before someone decided shirts did not need shirt pockets!

60 posted on 04/30/2021 6:55:38 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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