Westerns: Old & New

[zoey1996]

Murry Christmas (Gunsmoke) was on this week, so we watched it again. I never get tired of it.

Starz Westerns afternoon line up now includes Wyatt Earp, two Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, and The Rifleman. I’m enjoying The Rifleman; I haven’t seen any of them before that I recall.

[Raja]

26 minutes ago, zoey1996 said:

Murry Christmas (Gunsmoke) was on this week, so we watched it again. I never get tired of it.

Starz Westerns afternoon line up now includes Wyatt Earp, two Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, and The Rifleman. I’m enjoying The Rifleman; I haven’t seen any of them before that I recall.

I consider The Rifleman as the best in its class of the half hour western or modern, mostly up to the 80s, cop/action shows

[Tom Holmberg]

On 12/24/2021 at 10:53 PM, Raja said:

I consider The Rifleman as the best in its class of the half hour western or modern, mostly up to the 80s, cop/action shows

Despite the improbability of the show, I agree it is top-notch.  They had a lot of very good character actors, who they frequently reused in different roles.  Personally I have a soft spot for half-hour dramas, the writing seems to be tighter.

[Tom Holmberg]

Calling all Dr Loveless fans! A Forum for "The Wild Wild West" was just added, list under Other Genre forums. 

[Madding crowd]

My son and I just started watching the old Daniel Boone show with Fess Parker. We especially like the theme song 🎵 Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man! Lol

[Tom Holmberg]

On 1/15/2024 at 6:42 PM, Madding crowd said:

My son and I just started watching the old Daniel Boone show with Fess Parker. We especially like the theme song 🎵 Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man! Lol

I like Daniel Boone, it had a decent cast and the stories were interesting, even though they jumped around in time from the Seven Years War to the War of 1812, without being chronological.  It's the kind of show that we'll never see again. It is one of the better theme songs, but Car 54 Where Are You? is still the best. "What a Boone, what a doer, what a dream come a truer was he."

[Madding crowd]

Yes, I’ve been telling my son he’s a dream come truer and he thinks it’s hilarious. I notice they took that line out of the theme song in later years. I like the earlier episodes which are more ‘western-like’ rather than the later ones where Daniel is dressed in finery. 

[Tom Holmberg]

On 1/18/2024 at 5:26 PM, Madding crowd said:

Yes, I’ve been telling my son he’s a dream come truer and he thinks it’s hilarious. I notice they took that line out of the theme song in later years. I like the earlier episodes which are more ‘western-like’ rather than the later ones where Daniel is dressed in finery. 

I like the earlier ones because their seemed to be more actual outdoor footage while later they seemed to have the outdoors take place on sets, or the back lot.

[Tom Holmberg]

I also saw the first two episodes of the show last week and Fess Parker sang in both, which I don't recall him doing in later episodes.

[Tom Holmberg]

One of the best "Maverick" episodes ran today on H&I (1/26), "The Cats of Paradise."  Bret becomes a cat wrangler when he's conned into collecting cats to sell to miners in a distant, rat-infested mining town run by evil sheriff Buddy Ebsen.  At one point he meets up with a Paladin parody, who wants to kill him.

[Tom Holmberg]

On April 30th, on H&I, they are supposed to be starting with Season 1, episode 1 of "Maverick."  Finally, James Garner is back.

[Raja]

On 4/26/2024 at 12:17 PM, Tom Holmberg said:

On April 30th, on H&I, they are supposed to be starting with Season 1, episode 1 of "Maverick."  Finally, James Garner is back.

The problem being that it is H&I, after seeing how they cut up and took out content from Star Trek for more ad space. Anything on that network is a last resort for me. I would look for a discount DVD set first.

[Old Lib]

I started watching Grit TV, as an alternative to news shows and my regular watching of true crime and crime dramas (on Charge and ION).

Most of the shows on in the daytime were before my time. I do love seeing newcomers who would later become stars. 
 

The Lone Ranger is not very good with the acting and the sets were bad. Then having the LR have various disguises (old Italian man, generic older man), just bad. The Italian accent was so bad. I guess as a show mainly directed at kids it was ok.

I do enjoy Zorro, as the lead is very charming. Bat Masterson is ok, albeit very liberal in the portrayal of the actual man. Tombstone Territory is ok, and I do enjoy Tales of Wells Fargo. Again, the lead, Dale Robertson has a natural charm. 
 

With the older movies shown, John Wayne seems to play the same character over and over. Same with Eastwood. Some of the western stars, not familiar with before, so interesting to see their movies.

 

 

[Zella]

5 minutes ago, Old Lib said:

Tales of Wells Fargo. Again, the lead, Dale Robertson has a natural charm. 

Started watching that a year or so ago because my grandfather was watching it a lot. I am in my thirties, and though I know a lot of the classic Western shows, I'd never heard of it before and have really enjoyed it. Dale Robertson has no right to be so handsome and charming. LOL 

I was also pleasantly surprised by The Rifleman. I assumed it would be cheesy, but it can be surprisingly hard-hitting. 

Edited December 13 by Zella