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What are your all time favorite TV westerns?
one man's opinion...

Posted on 08/23/2015 9:51:27 AM PDT by ken5050

The other day, as a change from endless talk about Hillary and Trump I posted a thread asking FReepers what were their favorite TV westerns. (FYI...the link is below) It generated a lot of comments...everyone seemed to be enjoying the trip down memory lane..so I thought I'd do it again..this time asking about your favorite TV westerns.


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To: ken5050

Star Trek.

Oh, and Gunsmoke hasn’t been the longest-running TV series in years. Let’s just say it was the longest-running scripted TV series of the 3-network era. Simpsons has been running since 1989.


41 posted on 08/23/2015 10:36:27 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Stand Watch Listen

It was “Paw...”


42 posted on 08/23/2015 10:36:42 AM PDT by ken5050 ("Hillary Clinton is the NY Jets of American politics"......Salena Zito)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Where the heck are we? I can’t believe nobody seconded F Troop.


43 posted on 08/23/2015 10:37:17 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Stand Watch Listen
How could I forget Cheyenne? Great theme

BTW..all episodes are on YouTube

44 posted on 08/23/2015 10:38:50 AM PDT by ken5050 ("Hillary Clinton is the NY Jets of American politics"......Salena Zito)
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To: ken5050

It’s impossible to pick ONE favorite,but my current fave is “Hell on Wheels”


45 posted on 08/23/2015 10:39:30 AM PDT by oldsalt (There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
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To: mware

I remember watching the news one night when Ward Bond died of a heart attack and that Johnny HORTON also died in a car crash. At first I thought it was Flint!


46 posted on 08/23/2015 10:41:41 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ken5050

Maverick for its comedy value.

Gunsmoke for its good story telling.

I wish that they would make westerns today. the closest we have is Longmire. good news is that Netflix is going to do a third season of it.


47 posted on 08/23/2015 10:44:49 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: ken5050

Lonesome Dove.......end of thread!


48 posted on 08/23/2015 10:46:29 AM PDT by chasio649
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To: Mariner
Yep, Paladin!
49 posted on 08/23/2015 10:46:45 AM PDT by apostoli (Time to thump the nose of the parrots.)
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To: greene66

***two short-lived mid-1960s westerns, ***

Some of those short lived westerns were merely summer replacements, done away with when the regular TV season started up again in the fall. Anyone remember TATE, The one armed gunman?


50 posted on 08/23/2015 10:46:57 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Never trust anyone who promotes "sensible" gun control laws!)
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To: Karl Spooner
I was just a kid when Ward Bond died. I was so confused because he kept on showing up on episodes of WT. Didn't know they taped episodes during the summer for the fall season.

A shame he never got an Emmy for his role, but he was blacklisted in Hollywood because of his anti communist leanings.

51 posted on 08/23/2015 10:48:08 AM PDT by mware
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To: Let's Roll

***Range Rider - starring Jock Mahoney, ***

I remember him as Yancy Derringer.

Anyone remember the shows JIM BOWIE or SKY KING, FURY?


52 posted on 08/23/2015 10:50:29 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Never trust anyone who promotes "sensible" gun control laws!)
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To: ken5050

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NAAqn5dWM

Lots of old theme songs.


53 posted on 08/23/2015 10:53:08 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“Tate” is a terrific little short-lived series. Starred the dude who was the Marlboro Man. Had a number of scripts by Harry Julian Fink, who also wrote some of the best “Have Gun Will Travel” episodes. An official DVD set came out of it, released by a company named Timeless, which seemed to specialize in tv-western fare for a while there.

Another extremely good but short-lived western series, “The Dakotas,” from 1963, just recently came out. Probably one of the harshest and most violent of the 1960s westerns.


54 posted on 08/23/2015 10:56:14 AM PDT by greene66
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To: ken5050

Yes indeedy, I stand corrected Lucas...


55 posted on 08/23/2015 10:56:47 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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To: ken5050

I know it wasn’t on very long and I am mostly younger than some of you. I really liked

alias smith and jones. Ptobably would have lasted longer if Pete Duel had not died.


56 posted on 08/23/2015 10:56:55 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ken5050

High Chaparral, Gun Smoke, and The Rifleman. Kinda stopped watching Bonanza because every time Hoss, Adam, or Little Joe fell in love, the poor woman died some kind of horrible death or couldn’t make up her mind to settle down. I stopped watching The Big Valley because Mrs. Barkley was always being kidnapped for some reason.

BUT...
As for Bonanza, I always loved watching Hop Sing getting hostile whenever any of the Cartwrights decided to critique Sing’s culinary prowess, and it was actually really laughable when Victoria Barkley got kidnapped YET AGAIN because she was such an easy prey—never was packing any heat.


57 posted on 08/23/2015 10:58:09 AM PDT by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: Radagast the Fool

“Wanted—known as the man who ran. Wanted—but you know you’re a man.”


58 posted on 08/23/2015 10:59:45 AM PDT by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: Kirkwood

From Wikipedai:

“The television series (Gunsmoke) ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and stands as the United States’ longest-running prime time, live-action drama with 635 episodes.


59 posted on 08/23/2015 11:00:03 AM PDT by odawg
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To: ken5050

Lawman
Colt .45
Broken Arrow


60 posted on 08/23/2015 11:00:45 AM PDT by Zman516 (Truth is the new hate speech -- Thought-Criminal #1)
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