Old TV Westerns (Page 3 of 4)

Angela:
Gunsmoke was definitely on Sunday at one time.  Kiddies watched Disney.  Then the adults sent us to bed and changed the channel.  Until I opened my big mouth. 

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BigJeff

Bonanza was indeed on Sun nights. We kids watched a lot of that one with the parents. I thought I saw where Pernell Roberts died last week or week before (Adam Cartwright). Never will forget the episode where Hoss was charged with murder, and Hop Sing the cook got him off with a brilliant defense using an old Chinese technique called comparing fingerprints. Hop Sing called the fingerprint a "Chop", and his statement in court (no racial slight here, don't even start) was "everee chop deefeerent". I loved it, a real cliffhanger.

More coinkydinks...Peter Graves died yesterday .."Don't call me Shirley"..He won an Emmy for Mission Impossible, co-starring Barbara Stanwick (sp?), who starred in "The Big Valley" and, his brother was James Arness, better known as Marshall Dillion. If you google Gunsmoke, there's a very active subculture out there. Burt Reynolds is listed in the cast, but I don't remember him.   

As for Sunday night..Wasn't that Ed Sullivan night? I remember losing it over the Beatles!! Ah, puberty 
                                                                                                   Cowboy up!       C

Barbara Bain played the role of Cinnamon Carter (1966 to 1969), not Barbara Stanwyck.  Burt came on board Gunsmoke around the time Dennis Weaver was leaving.  Ed Sullivan and Bonanza both aired Sunday in prime time.

It was because of this topic that Cathy and I watched an episode of Gunsmoke tonight! 

We reckoned that it was about half a century since either of us had actually seen Chester, Doc, Miss Kitty and 'Mr' Dillon, so we sat there giggling like kids at the awful ham-ishness* of some of the scenes. Those sure were different times.

* Can I claim a new word here? 

Bill,

That may have been a movie my uncle invested in. Years ago he told me that he and a number of investers bought into a Western. He said when they screened the movie, he saw a plane fly over in one scene. In addition, he told me that during some gunfights, guys would get shot and then get up and run of scene. I want to say the name of the movie was "The Gatling Gun", but I might be wrong. I'm pretty sure he lost most of his investment on that dog. 

Here was one of my cowboy heros when I was young in addition to Chuck Connors in "The Rifleman":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIuIxqo2So 

Roy

Say what!?!?  Festus Hagan is my hero.  He could mangle the colloquial gooderna citified greenhorn.

"Why Doc,  *insert foolishness here* that's why I'm a deppitee, by Matthew hisself..."      

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Funky Dr of Language

Amen!  Clint... Eastwood.  Woohoo!  Sorry -- I just had to stop and fan myself too, 'cuz I started thinking about the ever-popular chick flick "Bridges of Madison County."  Clint still has it.

p.s.  Just so you don't go "ewww" here in this male-dominated thread, my name is Chris, and I'm probably the only girl "Chris" you will ever "meet."  BTW, Hombre, thinking of your other thread, perhaps I should have made my userID Ms._ChrisM???  Live & learn!