560Dennis 641 Posted November 19 I’m bored today so relaxing I’ve been watching Tombstone Territory ! why? It’s got interesting characters ,many when you look at them them went on to bigger things. I like the moto! “ Tombstone a town To tuff to Die” And there’s a Tombstone song at the end. “Whistle Up A Memory ” . Cool 😎 it had Alan Hale in it from Gilliiagans island , it I’ve not seen him yet or missed him 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iowaboy1965 837 Posted November 19 Never heard of that one... i like most i have seen. Gotta say as i kid i rarely missed Maverick and i watch gunsmoke a lot now, tho it was on when i was small and we did watch it then , just not very regularly for some reason. As to why? Well just cause. Lol. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IH766 152 Posted November 19 Watched a lot of Bonanza and Dr. Quinn Medicine woman with Grandpa growing up 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IHhogfarmer 624 Posted November 19 Gunsmoke and The Big Valley for me. And no I was not around when they were new haha but I still like them. I’ve seen other westerns but they would be my top two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oleman 242 Posted November 19 Before woman's lib there was Calamity Jane, way back in 1955, saw in on the Jewish Channel recently. The Lone Ranger has some good scripts also. I have found many good old stores on the backwaters of the current ATT cable connection. Anything old is better than the Crap being produced today! 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
exSW 737 Posted November 19 As a kid growing up we were aGunsmoke household. Seems like now The Rifleman. In College Rawhide. Channel 7 in Jackson reran it every night at midnight. When the bar closed. Gave the theme song new meaning. ll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
560Dennis 641 Posted November 19 3 minutes ago, exSW said: As a kid growing up we were a,Gunsmoke household. Seems like now The Rifleman. I got the rifleman ,toy rifle somewhere , I take a picture of it and post it ? 👀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loadstar 481 Posted November 19 Got into Gunsmoke way back when it was not a re-run. I'll still watch an episode now and then on youtube. Bonanza was a must see on Sunday evenings when I was a kid too. The Roy Rogers show was also a favourite. Rawhide, back when Clint Eastwood was a kid. And I always wanted one of those lever action guns (toy) like "The Rifleman" had. 🙂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1586 Jeff 653 Posted November 19 I am surprised that nobody has said that their favorite Western was 1586, 1486, etc! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjf711 152 Posted November 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_(TV_series) Master, How is it you hear such things? Grasshopper, How is it that you do not? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IH 340 15 Posted November 19 Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Wanted Dead or Alive (I think that is what it is called) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrodyNC 169 Posted November 19 I always liked the Lone Ranger the best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOCTOR EVIL 305 Posted November 19 Have Gun Will Travel was my first favorite western, Richard Boone as Palidin. But we watched Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Maverick, and all the rest mentioned. Roy Roger's was Saturday morning TV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FarmallFan 459 Posted November 19 The Young Riders has always been a favorite of mine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SMOKER 1 297 Posted November 19 Wild, Wild West. Just thought it was entertaining. Jery 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandhiller 6,282 Posted November 19 Was it James Arness and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke, all time favorite. A young Clint Eastwood in Rawhide was always watched.😎 When I was younger,I used to practice the Chuck Conner's "squint" from the Rifleman...................................... oh heck, I still do, way cool😎😄 Laramie and Death Valley Days (sometimes Ronny Reagan introduces the show) on the Grit Channel on Dish like to have it on in the background when eating dinner or snow days, they have a lot of good old western movies too. Amazing how many actors got their start in those old westerns. Like 560dennis says, 'skipper" was usually a blacksmith and/or bad guy, "professor" was always a bad guy😂 I think the later Hopalong Cassidy series the bad guys would be in a car but Hoppy still chased them down on a horse. 🤪 Then bellied up to the bar for a "sasparilla" 😋 Listen to Radio Classics on Sirius when I'm in the truck. Jimmy Stewart in The Six Shooter, John Dehner in Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel, Fort Laramie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wes806 745 Posted November 19 Lonesome Dove and Gunsmoke and all others above. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
560Dennis 641 Posted November 19 I was surfing around came across Gabby Hayes , the guy was from around suburban Wellsville,ny. He did real well for himself retired ,but lost everything in the 1929 stock market crash. started over He never rode a horse till he was forty. was on Roy Rogers , Hopalong Cassidy, others. I was amazed how many movies he was in ,look 👀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atilathehun99 662 Posted November 19 In no particular order - Gunsmoke Have Gun - Will Travel Rawhide Wanted Dead or Alive The Rifleman Maverick 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightninboy 91 Posted November 20 Could watch different series on Inspiration channel, but Gunsmoke seems to have the most octane of any of them. Ever notice they hardly ever work with cattle on Bonanza? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nepoweshiekfarmalls 869 Posted November 20 Lonesome Dove, The Young Riders, Longmire. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atilathehun99 662 Posted November 20 4 minutes ago, lightninboy said: Could watch different series on Inspiration channel, but Gunsmoke seems to have the most octane of any of them. Don't get me wrong I love my Gunsmoke (below general statement applies to many others too) but.... Being Geo-anal I always pay particular attention to the locations and background scenery. We all know Dodge City and far surrounding is pretty much Great Plains w/ broad rolling hills and broad valleys. Roughly pre-1968 or so when out of town often a scene would be shot where in the background sat a pretty good size cuesta (same cuesta every episode, every time). This location was in southern Utah. Later, post 68' and then when in color we start to see a lot of scenes in lush green granitoid terrains. These from southern California. Each a LONG ways from Dodge. Interesting to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cedar farm 135 Posted November 20 5 hours ago, Atilathehun99 said: In no particular order - Gunsmoke Have Gun - Will Travel Rawhide Wanted Dead or Alive The Rifleman Maverick Perfect. Pretty much the great Me-TV Saturday line up. Would add The Big Valley and for shear fun to watch The Wild Wild West to the list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loadstar 481 Posted November 20 4 hours ago, Atilathehun99 said: Don't get me wrong I love my Gunsmoke (below general statement applies to many others too) but.... Being Geo-anal I always pay particular attention to the locations and background scenery. We all know Dodge City and far surrounding is pretty much Great Plains w/ broad rolling hills and broad valleys. Roughly pre-1968 or so when out of town often a scene would be shot where in the background sat a pretty good size cuesta (same cuesta every episode, every time). This location was in southern Utah. Later, post 68' and then when in color we start to see a lot of scenes in lush green granitoid terrains. These from southern California. Each a LONG ways from Dodge. Interesting to me. What used to catch my eye was the "range land" in some of the movies. It looked like semi desert with not enough growth to support any cattle or horses. Yet the ranches had cattle and horses. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
U-C 2,790 Posted November 20 There are so many good old Western Movies that its hard to choose lol, all the John Wayne and James Stewart Westerns are awesome!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites