Posts from chester7777 in thread „Classic TV Westerns- Discussion (Archive)“

Quote from Stumpy

I'm having second thoughts about ordering from these folks. The site may be just a gimmick to steal credit card numbers.

I'm sure you're familiar with the old saying "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". That may apply in this case.

That's why I wondered if anyone on the board had done business with them - so I could get a prior reading on their legitimacy.

Sounds like your 'second thoughts' will serve you well. Here are a few sites I found when I did a Google search of "ClickDVDShows".

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I would say that unless someone here has successfully ordered from them and was pleased with what they received, I would personally 'pass on the opportunity.'

Mrs. C

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If I remember right, I think I had started thread like this a while back,

You were quite right, although it was farther back than I would have imagined. In any case, I merged the two threads into one. Thanks for mentioning it.

I also see you are definitely quite the Western fan - 198 of your 297 posts are in the What Was the Last Western You Watched? thread!

Chester

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Originally posted by Hondo Duke Lane@Mar 23 2005, 05:42 PM
Well,

If you want me to pick one, just one favorite TV Western, I'd have to say The Rifleman.* Always liked the show as a kid who saw the show syndicated (it was before my time).*

Even though I like many, this one has a place in my heart.* When I was a child, 30 minutes was all I could stand before I had to go out to play, and Chuck Conners handling that rifle was totally cool.* I guess the story was alright, but that rifle and the way he twirled it.* What can I say?

Cheers*

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I tend to agree with Hondo on this one - it was a favorite of mine (it wasn't ahead of my time ).

I would say that in the 8 to about 15 years old range, kids were pretty impressed with the way he handled that rifle.

In retrospect, after having watched the show on recent DVD release, it seems there was an agenda there that I didn't "see" when I was kid, but is different from my perspective as an adult (of course there were only two episodes on the DVD, so maybe that wouldn't be true if I saw a bunch more). In addition, Chuck Conners seemed to have kind of a grumpy attitude in general. Maybe it's best to not watch some of our old favorites . . . there is the possibility of being disillusioned. On the other side of that coin, I still enjoy the Little Rascals and the Three Stooges (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk ).

Chester

Well, just thinking about some of these older TV Westerns brings back a lot of memories. I remember as a young kid watching many of them. In particular -

Hopalong Cassidy
The Lone Ranger
The Cisco Kid
Sky King (and his daughter, Penny)
Rin Tin Tin
The Rifleman (having not seen any John Wayne movies at that time, thinking the big loop on the rifle was quite a new invention)
Gunsmoke
Maverick
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bonanza

Anything newer than 1966 I pretty much missed out on, as I was riding around in a little gray boat in the western Pacific, and when I got back in 1970, I wasn't into westerns at the time.

The Mrs. remembers specifically watching and enjoying Sky King and Rin Tin Tin.

Hm-m-m-m, does Dallas count? The two of us definitely watched that in the 80s. I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Kanaly (played Ray Krebs in the show) while at the Dean Smith Rodeo last month.

Chester