October 9, 20205 yr Landon to Carson on the Tonight Show: "No, John. None of the Cartwrights was gay. But we sure were glad Hop Sing was."
October 13, 20205 yr The High Chaparral was another great western. From the same producer as Bonanza.
November 1, 20205 yr These were never missed when I was growing up. Dad would have lit us up if we suggested something else when they were on.
November 2, 20205 yr Saw Bonanza in color for the first time a few years back. The Ponderosa looked fake.
November 2, 20205 yr A not insignificant chunk of my youth was spent watching a shitton of The Big Valley/Gunsmoke/Lone Ranger/Bonanza/Rawhide reruns on Channel 39 with my dad.
November 2, 20205 yr 44 minutes ago, Continental Op said: A not insignificant chunk of my youth was spent watching a shitton of The Big Valley/Gunsmoke/Lone Ranger/Bonanza/Rawhide reruns on Channel 39 with my dad. Add in The Rifleman for me onto that list.
November 2, 20205 yr 18 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said: Add in The Rifleman for me onto that list. Ahhh shit. How did I leave Rifleman out? That was my favorite. Usually 2 episodes at 2 on Sundays.
November 2, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Continental Op said: Ahhh shit. How did I leave Rifleman out? That was my favorite. Usually 2 episodes at 2 on Sundays. PA! PA!
November 2, 20205 yr Watched plenty of Bonanza, Big Valley, Lone Ranger, and even some Hopalong Cassidy reruns when I was growing up, but my favorite was The Wild Wild West.
November 2, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said: my favorite was The Wild Wild West. I got a strange vibe from Artemis, iykwimnttawwt.
November 3, 20205 yr On 11/1/2020 at 8:16 PM, tantric superman said: Saw Bonanza in color for the first time a few years back. The Ponderosa looked fake. Finally upgraded your black and white tv?
November 3, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: they need to show more wild, wild, west It comes on DirecTV channel 323 (FETV) at various times. Noon on the 3rd. Edited November 3, 20205 yr by mininghorn88
November 3, 20205 yr 9 hours ago, formermav43 said: Finally upgraded your black and white tv? Stuck with the Emerson 28" cabinet style. Don't like color for nothing.
November 3, 20205 yr Maverick was good/greatness during the James Garner years. Really slid after that.
November 3, 20205 yr Have you ever heard of a little show called Branded, Dude? All but one man died? There at Bitter Creek? Fucking Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes, Dude.Bulk of the series. Not exactly a lightweight. And yet his son is a fucking dunce.
November 3, 20205 yr Branded, scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
November 3, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, HenryJames said: Have you ever heard of a little show called Branded, Dude? All but one man died? There at Bitter Creek? Fucking Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes, Dude.Bulk of the series. Not exactly a lightweight. And yet his son is a fucking dunce. Branded was great, but I was always more of a Bounty Law guy.
November 5, 20205 yr I started watching a lot of gunsmoke two or three years ago. I was never a huge fan of the late in-color years when I saw it as a kid. The early ones are kick ass. The best era was that period where early Festus overlapped with Quint and Chester. At least once or twice they were all in the same episode.
November 5, 20205 yr High Chaparal was so underrated and too short-lived. Best characters and best theme song of all TV westerns. I was glad to be able to start watching it again recently when I was able to dial in the H&I Channel just barely in my range. I had lost it for a good while when one of the local poors channels switched formats.
November 5, 20205 yr On 11/1/2020 at 9:26 PM, mininghorn88 said: Add in The Rifleman for me onto that list. Chuck Connors. That's a life well lived. In addition to his acting career, he played in both the NBA (Celtics) and MLB (Dodgers and Cubs, briefly). One of the funniest quips I ever heard was he went from the worst shot in the East (Celtics) to the best shot in the West (Rifleman).
November 5, 20205 yr Give me some miss kitty. And every rando Landon was banging on bonanza. And hoss was the best.
November 6, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, DougO said: I started watching a lot of gunsmoke two or three years ago. I was never a huge fan of the late in-color years when I saw it as a kid. The early ones are kick ass. The best era was that period where early Festus overlapped with Quint and Chester. At least once or twice they were all in the same episode. The old radio series with William Conrad as Matt Dillon was even better. He was a lot meaner than the James Arness version.
November 6, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, RPM said: The old radio series with William Conrad as Matt Dillon was even better. He was a lot meaner than the James Arness version. i watched the first season last fall and Matt's character was much darker and not very friendly.
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