I liked "Gunsmoke" much better than "Rawhide", especially after Festus (Ken Curtis) became Dillon's deputy.
Posts from Stumpy in thread „Rawhide (1959-1966)“
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I'm glad you're enjoying some of the eps, Keith.
I bought about four seasons, so as to see if my original poor opinion of the series was justified. And sho 'nuff, old buddy, it was.
All my life (75 years, so far), Western movies and TV series have been my favorite form of entertainment. But I remember when "Rawhide" became a new TV show, I stopped watching after about the first season because I thought the series stunk. And 45-50 years later, I haven't changed my mind.
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Jim, you'll be pleased to know, I just watched a half decent episode,
featuring Richard Basehart
The Black Sheep
Hi Keith,
I can't remember if I have that episode or not. Do you know offhand which season it's in? -
My gosh, I can't believe it. This afternoon I watched another episode of "Rawhide", a series that many of us agree was one of the worst TV Westerns ever made. And who should appear in it as the guest lead but Barbara Stanwyck, a lady who I personally thought was a wonderful actress. I couldn't believe it, seeing Ms. Stanwyck in this lousy series. The name of the episode was "The Captain's Wife" and it was in the 4th season of the series.
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Ha ha, it's fun Jim and me suffering you think
glad you're enjoying our woes!!
However, forever a glutton for more punishment,
I promise I am going to watch one more and that's it!!
And I'm not gonna waste the 100 dollars plus I spent for those DVDs. -
Haha maybe it's time you guys give up on Rawhide, I tried it a few years ago on TCM and once you get over seeing a young Clint there's very little left to stay for. Amuses me seeing consistently bad reviews for them from you both though!
I may be wrong but I'm beginning to think that "Rawhide" was probably the beginning of the broadcast movement to indoctrinate people with political correctness. I just about stopped watching television in the Seventies because practically every single show we watched was trying to brainwash us into adopting the Hollywood (read liberal) point of view. "Rawhide" had not yet become so explicitly left-wing and politically correct but hints were there. Nowadays it's almost impossible to find a show that's NOT politically correct. -
Couldn't believe it - this afternoon I watched an episode which featured one of Duke's oldest saddle pals. He played a stage driver.
Mushy (Wishbone's helper) had center stage in the episode. His mother had tracked her little boy down and wanted to take him home with her. Naturally, she didn't succeed.
The episode wasn't great but was considerably better than most others. -
Rawhide will live forever because of Clint
Very true, ID. Old Rowdy has turned out to be pretty talented in features other than "Rawhide".
a lot of it is montages of people herding cattle
Believe it or not, I prefer to watch the drive itself rather than some of the other plot lines. Many of the stories are unbearably stupid.
watching an episode of Maverick and then an episode of Rawhide would seem like two different eras.
Another truthful observation. The writers of "Maverick" could at least conjure up a believable story.
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I'm still watching episodes of that lousy Western "Rawhide".
I paid more than a hundred dollars a few weeks ago for what was supposed to be "first four seasons" of this show. In realty, the package only had the first full season and then segments of the next three seasons. Occasionally, I watch an episode that's not half-bad but mostly the episodes stink.
I would have stopped watching it much sooner but didn't want to think that the money had been wasted. lol -
Practically every time I watch an episode of this show, I'm reminded again of why I didn't like the show originally. Almost all the stories are lousy - it's hard to believe the producers swallowed such crap back then. Why in the devil didn't they hire better writers?
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I've begun to regard Sheb Wooley's character as Pete, the trail drive's scout, as one of my favorites.
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Thanks, Keith.
The writers and/or directors of this show sure don't have much to recommend them. Practically every time I watch an episode, I'm reminded of the fact I never liked it back then and I don't like it now. -
Well, baloney, we've returned to the area of rotten "Rawhide" episodes. Thought we were finished with that.
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One thing that amazes me is the size of that herd of cattle. I swear, sometimes the scenes look as if they're driving 10,000 head across the plains and hills.
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Thank goodness I finished Season 1 and have begun watching episodes from Season 2, which so far are considerably better than those from Season 1. Every single one of the performances, regulars as well as guests, have been far better than those in the first season. Not only that but the stories are much better written and more interesting. Maybe I didn't waste my money after all. Just hope I didn't judge too soon.
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Can't believe it - I watched an episode this evening that was pretty durned good. The title was "Incident of the Night Horse". Both the story and acting were considerably better than 99.9% of the "Rawhide" episodes I've watched so far.
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Can't believe it - I actually watched an episode of "Rawhide" this evening that wasn't half-bad. Title was "Incident of the Dog Days". Hopefully, it's an example of better days ahead.
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I'm beginning to wish I had never ordered the "Rawhide" series. That show has some of the worst writing I've ever seen, for ANY TV series.
According to IMDB, the series lasted for 8 years which, considering how lousy the individual episodes were, amazes me no end.
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I watched what was without a doubt one of the stupidest TV episodes, of ANY series, that ever aired. It was about the 5th or 6th episode of "Rawhide" and the title was "Incident on the Edge of Madness" or something like that. Guest stars were Lon Chaney Jr. and Virginia Mayo. I swear, if that had been the first episode of "Rawhide", the series would probably have been canceled immediately following that particular show, and Clint's career would have been nipped in the bud. It was truly terrible.
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Like you Jim, I watched a Rawhide
Incident of the Peyote Cup
In which Gil Favor and Wishbone only appeared for a few minutes,
and Rowdy Yates, not at all
In fact it had nothing to do with the cattle either!!
Watched it here
Westerns on the Web- Rawhide
Scroll down the page for the film
I don't know what they have going with this "incident" thing but all the eps I've watched so far (4) are titled "Incident" this and "Incident" that. Kinda silly, I think.
Man, listening to old Frankie Laine sing "Rawhide" sure brings back memories. The show itself was not one of my favorite television Westerns but I always liked Frankie Laine's singing. And, considering the fact there are no Westerns at all on TV these days, I 'm even enjoying the adventures of Rowdy, Gil, Wishbone and the rest of the gang.
