The Rifleman before Rawhide.Wouldn’t do for me to get the Western Channel,nothing would ever get done.Eastwood Marathon today.
Clint is a real standout in Rawhide. He hardly says anything. Doesn’t need to...
Rawhide was on the Western Channel all last year from the first day of the year to the last. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was on six days a week. When it was over, I thought we would go through another long Rawhide drought but then I happened upon it on AMC.
Before it came on the Western Channel it was on FX during 1996. Hadn’t seen anything till the Western’s Channel and I don’t believe that I ever saw it in reruns after the original showing in the sixties.
Watched the very first 3 or 4 episodes of The Rifleman on Tivo (from AMC) the other day — outstanding. Then they showed the penultimate episode from the last season that was the ultimate stinker. Seemed like a pilot for a new show — Connors had a bit cameo appearance and it seemed like The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres all rolled into a Western.
Never could really get into Rawhide much.