Posts from The Ringo Kid in thread „Classic TV Westerns- Discussion (Archive)“

Quote from gt12pak

Well, I was one of the ones who grew up without cable tv or satellite so the only ones I got to see by country cable (as we call an antenna here in the sticks) were Gunsmoke and Bonanza. Now I also got to watch Little House on the Prairie as I was growing up but I don't know if you could count that as a western.

Smae here. I was born and raised in the city of Kingsville, TX, about 45 min to 1 hr drive from a "real" city-called: Corpus CHristi. Anyway, cable Tv was originally supposed to show up in Kingsville during the early to mid 1960's. When it FINALLY came, it arrived I think in 1979.

Anyway, we only got the same episodes of The Rifleman and Gunsmoke, that were hashed, and re-hashed time and time again. Cable TV brought home a chance to see many episodes from many other shows. I even remember watching a few Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Jr and Sky King. There are probably many others but I cannot think of their names at this time.

Of the ones I was lucky to watch over the years. Hmmm, I can't exactly pick in order, favorites. But i'll do my best to pick some.

I always came home after school and on channel 10, at 4 PM, they showed: The Rifleman. After that was Hogan's Heroes, Star Trek or Gilligan's Island or something like that.

Channel six had shows like: Leave It To Beaver, McHale's Navy, the Brady Brats er I mean, the Brady Bunch.

Channel 3 had shows like: The Partridge Family, Family Affair and unfortunately garbage shows like: Love America Style - which I resented because my older sister forced us to watch this stupid show.

Anyway, here is what I was fortunate to see over the years.

The Rifleman.
Wagon Train.
Rawhide.
Bonanza.
The Guns of Will Sonnet.
Alias Smith and Jones.
Branded.
Gunsmoke.
The High Chapperral.
F Troop.
Have Gun Will Travel.
The Wild Wild West.

And there are probably several others I saw as a kid but has been too long ago for me to remember the titles.

Now, as for an old series that I never saw but am now seeing as I buy the seasons on DvD, I am now a fan of Daniel Boone. I have 1-2 seasons and want the other four.

Hi Cole, unfortunately for now, that is too true. I am a member of a site caller TV to me and they are very educated on what TV shows are on DVD. I'm thinking that The Virginian has to have a following on Hallmark. I for one am hooked on it. I barely remember seeing a few episodes when I was about 7 yrs old. That till now, was the last time I saw any Virginian episodes.

I like The Virginian as well. I also discovered theat the Hallmark Channel is playing hogan's heroes on Sat and Sun. Only its played too early in the morning for me

Hi IHW, I couldn't look at her another way and, i have a girlfriend who also is VERY cute.

Hi Jay, Very pretty she sure is. I just wish that she knew our branch of the family existed.

Well, we have her beauty and U.S. Grant's ah well......position to choose between.

Hi Jay/Viper,

Jay I agree with you, I hated seeing the Mil and the Astronauts dumbed down as well. I think it was mainly a sigh of the times though--being a program on during part ofthe Vietnam War.

I think that between the final season and her filming of H.V. PTA, Babs had lost a baby and in her depression lasting several years, she could not function--or so I heard.

Viper, nope, I don't have any pics of her. I don't think she even knows we exhist. Since my Mother passed away, nobody in the family has worked on the family tree. Shame Barbara divorced Michael Ansara, because though I owuld not be a blood relation, it would have been interesting to have met another TV star of dozens of Westerns and a few Starring roles in others like Broken Arrow.

Hi Smokey.

My Mother spent several years travelling to Austin and to Oklahoma City (with me tagging along at times) and spent many many hours at the Archives in those cities. My Mother was working on our family tree. Anyway, on one of the trips to Oklahoma, my mother was visiting the archives spending the full day there and came across info on a Cousin we never knew exhisted. I don't recall axactly how she got the info that we were related to her but it had to do with this Cousin of ours.

My Cousin was then 88 yrs, which was about 1980 or 1981-not sure. Her Father (Sam Cooper) had been a Colonel in command of a Confederate Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. He was originally from Tennessee. Half or more, of my Mother's family came from there. I'm also related to Cordell Hull on my Mom's side. Anyway, Barbara Eden's relation to us was because I think it was her mother or an Aunt, was Sisters with someone in Cordell Hulls family, who was also related to my Grandmother somehow.

Anyway, it turns out that our newly discovered Cousin was also related to Barbara Eden. How? I do not recall. Anyway, some other famous people we are related to are: U.S.Grant, Eric the Red, King Haakon the VII, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Robert Evans (killed at The Alamo) There are probably others who I have left out but not on purpose.

I don't know if this is even more confusing or not but, that's about all I know except that Sam Cooper had lost one of his legs at the Battle of Shiloh due to a cannon ball, and that after the Civil War, he was a Sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas. Other than that, I don't know anything on them and since my mon passed away, I don't know who has all the info she found out in doing our family tree.

One thing I remember from one of our trips to Austin, was that I found it amazing that I and every member of my family born here in Texas, was listed in a book by our birthdate, name etc.

Best regards--TRK.

Oh, I almost forgot, our relative who still live in Tennessee, still own part of the Lookout Mountain battlefield. My mother stayed with them for a month back in the late 1970's and said that going into their house was like being in a museum, as they had many many artifacts from the Lookout Mountain battlefield on display on walls and shelves. I have never met with these relatives before but would like to do so some year.

I can't say anything about i Dream of Jeannie because I am related to Barbara Eden

Jay, I fully agree with you. I'd thought that Eddie Albert would have picked a better show to be in. After all, he did a pretty good job as a WWI Doughboy in an episode of COMBAT.

I wonder if we will ever get lucky and get a chance to see episodes from Twelve O'Clock High? I have never seen that show here and only saw any because a friend from Canada sent me a tape with a few recorded episodes.

The mere thought of being forced to watch green acres makes me

I'm stunned!! You mean TV Land is actually changing their schedule a bit? (W o W). At any rate, i'll be looking forward to that change. I hope they are dropping Green Acres from their line up. Also, they are probably going to try to compete a bit with teh Hallmark Channel since they have a full day of Westerns on the weekends. That's where I get my dosage of The Virginian.

And thanks for bringing this to our attention

Hi Jay, quite welcome I THINK I recently found a site that discussed the Gunsmoke radio show and showed soem interesting photo's as well. I'll see if I can find it and post a link for you if I do locate it.

Hi Jay, i'm not sure but, I think only the radio show was only 30 minutes long, but I do not know for sure.

Best regards--TRK.

Speaking about Gunsmoke.

I was cruising through IMDB (thanks to Stumpy posting the link for me) and I was looking at all the non-regular guest stars there. I was surprised at some of the names I saw there. John Banner who played Sergeant Schultz in Hogan's Heroes. He was in I think 2-3 episodes. Werner Klemperer was in at least one episode. Deforest Kelley (Dr. McCoy of Star Trek) was in only one episode to my surprise. He guested on at least 20 Western TV series since 1949. I had expected more than one appearance for him in Gunsmoke though.

One that really shocked me as appearing in Western TV series was Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock on Star Trek) He guested on 16 different Western TV shows including four times on Gunsmoke. THAT was a shocker to me.

To continue with Gunsmoke. There were appx 640 Gunsmoke episodes!

Best regards--TRK.

Thank you Arthur. I KNEW I had heard his name from somewhere before. I guess he was that Confederate Lance Corporal Bidey in Rio Lobo. I had not known he was in The Alamo though. I wonder what part he played?

Best regards-TRK.

Dean Smith...Dean Smith...Why is that name so familiar? Was he the guy who played "Bidey LaCombody" in Rio Lobo? or am I going around the bend on this one?

Best regards--TRK.

Heres a few of the ones I remember.

Wagon Train (The ones w/ Ward Bond in them)
Rawhide.
Gunsmoke (The olders ones)
Texas Rangers.
The Lone Ranger.
The Cisco Kid.
Rin Tin Tin.
Sky Kiing.