My serious answer is Bonanza...............
My trouser devil says: F Troop!
I seem to recall Forrest Tucker hitting Larry Storch with his hat alot ;)
Being Germany in 1970 it struck my brother and I as absolutely hilarious that all the local kids just loved "Big Valley", they'd even go inside on a nice day to watch it!
Maverick was "the man"
F Troop! We hosted a dinner party last month where the menfolk remember the theme song lyrics. And we have friends whose "Fugawi Racing Team" is a take-off on "where the Hekawi?"
Other faves: Rifleman, Maverick, Bat Masterson, and Wild Wild West (granted it was more eclectic than a classic western). Does anyone remember Sky King?
F Troop! We hosted a dinner party last month where the menfolk remember the theme song lyrics. And we have friends whose "Fugawi Racing Team" is a take-off on "where the Hekawi?"
Other faves: Rifleman, Maverick, Bat Masterson, and Wild Wild West (granted it was more eclectic than a classic western). Does anyone remember Sky King?
Uwe, as we stoke your interest in all things cowboy, when will you reveal your room full of snakeskin cowboy boots, studded holsters, stetsons, and chuckwagon coffee pots?
How about dodgy series... what was that one starring William Shatner and Doug McClure, sort of western stuff, set in San Fran...?
Well I reckon we're plumb outa ol' tv series Westerns to type about.
Who was that goofy sidekick with the jeep he called Nellybelle?
What show was he in?
Not that I really wanna know, I'd rather forget. lol
Roy Rogers
I'll bet a lot of you guys practice making vocal sounds to emulate the gun sounds from Westerns, and war shows like Combat. My wife says I'm the Jonathan Winters of gun sounds - different types of rifles, machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and so on - but I can't be the only one. We played combat outside (more so than cowboys-indians) and got a weekly dose of sound effects to copy from TV. Our gray plastic German helmets came from Eckerds drug store - times have changed!
what was that 'modern western' that starred bruce campbell back in the 90's. it did not last long.
I did, but I stopped about 55 years ago. :)You must not have to deal with Chicago traffic. >:(
I remember a young Burt Reynolds on Gunsmoke as the half-breed blacksmith Quint.
One of the things I enjoy about watching old westerns - both movie and TV - is how many actors got their start playing bit parts in them. Dennis Hopper did a lot of "B" western movies and TV westerns (Bonanza, Cheyenne, Rifleman), and some memorable movies - like a role in the Burt Lancaster/Kirk Douglas Gunfight At OK Corral (with that memorable Frankie Laine theme song) and a similar role in the John Wayne movie The Sons of Katie Elder.Dennis Hopper was also in Rebel without a cause.
Then of course, there were the career character actors like Jack Elam, Paul Fix, Strother Martin, Dub Taylor, Slim Pickens, Chill Wills, Bruce Cabot, L.Q. Jones, Gabby Hayes, Pat Buttram, Arthur Hunnicutt, Andy Devine, Jay Silverheels, Will Sampson, Ben Johnson, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Farnsworth and of course, Walter Brennan.
Some of the character actors either became leading actors or became so well-known they might as well have been. Ben Johnson, Jack Elam and Walter Brennan come to mind
Dennis Hopper was also in Rebel without a cause.
Slim Pickens too.
Rick
"Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"