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John Wayne or Clint Eastwood ?
7-4-14 | kingattax

Posted on 07/04/2014 2:16:48 AM PDT by kingattax

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are probably the greatest western stars and are the greatest American movie heroes for many people. Vote for your favorite.



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To: twister881

And of course, throughout movie & TV history, Zorro rode Tornado.


121 posted on 07/04/2014 2:46:58 PM PDT by twister881
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To: twister881

Also, Tex Ritter’s horse was named “White Flash.”


122 posted on 07/04/2014 3:59:45 PM PDT by greene66
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To: twister881

Festus’s mule was Ruth.


123 posted on 07/04/2014 4:18:22 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: greene66

Yes, good!


124 posted on 07/04/2014 4:19:09 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Yes-Hee Haw!


125 posted on 07/04/2014 4:20:24 PM PDT by twister881
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To: twister881

When I was a kid we watched Bonanza and Gun smoke religiously. It didn’t matter what new show the kids at school were talking about if it was opposite from them we never got to see it.


126 posted on 07/04/2014 4:29:03 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Was allowed to watch two TV programs as a youngster, Ed Sullivan and Gunsmoke. Would strap on my six shooter over my PJs (holster made by my very handy Dad) and act out the gunfight at the opening credits. Marshal Dillon always would manage to outdraw me, and I would writhe in agony on the floor, to the amusement of family members.

Now, to touch off a debate: I agree with the Western Novel Writers Association that “Shane” is the greatest Western movie ever made.


127 posted on 07/04/2014 4:52:24 PM PDT by twister881
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To: knarf

You would not have survived my father’s upbringing....EVERY time She Wore a Yellow ribbon was on he hauled us out of bed to watch it.

I love the McClintock movies and The Quiet Man. Clint will always be Rowdy of Rawhide in my eyes


128 posted on 07/04/2014 4:53:05 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: twister881

*** Ed Sullivan and Gunsmoke.**

Back in the olden days of the early 1950s a local town here had quite a night life on Saturday night. The cafes stayed open, barber shops open till midnight, and the theater, all to escape the murderous heat of summer.

It all came to an end when the locals got TV and decided to stay home on Saturday night and patrol the streets of Dodge with Matt Dillon at 9:00 PM.

The town began to slowly die. The barber shop closed at night, so did all the other stores, and the theater closed permanently.
The only thing open was an ice cream and burger drive-in and it closed in winter.


129 posted on 07/04/2014 5:02:35 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: Nifster

I have really tried to watch yellow ribbon ... and it just don’t happen.


130 posted on 07/04/2014 5:04:40 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: morphing libertarian

My wife also ... and amen.


131 posted on 07/04/2014 5:07:08 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What you describe was a better America (even without the AC). Simpler, friendlier, more neighborly times-wish we could move “back to the future.”


132 posted on 07/04/2014 5:18:49 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I’m glad you happened to mention all that. Although I’m a fan of a lot of early-tv fare and the americana represented within it, there were also certain cultural implications and a fragmenting of the immediate social fabric that came with the introduction of television. Something I don’t think gets referenced very often.


133 posted on 07/04/2014 5:29:26 PM PDT by greene66
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To: kingattax

Clint Eastwood.

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134 posted on 07/04/2014 5:37:12 PM PDT by Mears
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To: knarf

Salamat!


135 posted on 07/04/2014 7:10:29 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Taliban, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
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To: knarf

You must be under 60


136 posted on 07/05/2014 8:36:03 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: knarf

and definitely not from the West


137 posted on 07/05/2014 8:36:28 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster

1/2 credit ... 66 ... Boston


138 posted on 07/06/2014 2:18:09 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: kingattax

The Duke. Hands down.


139 posted on 07/06/2014 3:13:30 AM PDT by WhirlwindAttack (Shiny. Let's be bad guys. They are seriously beginning to damage my calm.)
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To: knarf

Then you aren’t used to seeing Oaters which are to my liking and still some of the best movies ever made


140 posted on 07/06/2014 3:10:15 PM PDT by Nifster
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