This has absolutely no relevance to anything. Nobody remembers any of them except the baby boomers and we’re dying out. Soon,these memories will all be forgotten, replaced by violent, profane, politically-correct pap. So be it.
These are the shows I rushed home from school to see. The good guys (mostly) never killed anybody. They respected women, never made a mess, and we all pretended to be them when we played. There is no real purpose for this post… I just needed to do it.
GUY MADISON AND ANDY DEVINE AS WILD BILL HICKOK AND JINGLES
I LAST SAW HIM ON O’REILLY. I WEPT WHEN HE DIED.
WHAT BOY DIDN’T WANT TO BE ROY ROGERS?
(REAL NAME LEONARD SLY, BUT YOU WOULDN’T KNOW THAT)
RICHARD BOONE
NICK ADAMS AS THE REBEL
The Johnny Yuma scattergun made by Remco is one of the rarest toy guns to find. I collected for almost 20 years and never saw one.
STEVE MCQUEEN AS JOSH RANDALL
His modified 45/70 Winchester was nicknamed the “Mares Laig’.
Marx Toy Co. made this in 3 different sizes.I got one for Christmas in 1960.
CLAYTON MOORE AND JAY SILVERHEELS
HUGH O’BRIAN AS WYATT EARP AND HIS BUNTLINE SPECIAL
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW. I’VE PROBABLY SEEN EVERY EPISODE DOZENS OF TIMES.
I KNOW WAY MORE ABOUT THIS SHOW THAN I SHOULD.
CHUCK CONNORS USED HIS WINCHESTER MODEL 92,CAL. 44/40 TO RACK UP SOME BIG BODY COUNTS
Sorry for wasting so much bandwidth. I never learned to have manners as a kid.
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I love your cultural posts, Pete. Even this one, which is saying something since I was never a fan of Westerns. My dad loved to watch them and a lot of his paperbacks were in the genre also. 🙂
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I think my granddad had every Louis L’Amour novel ever written.He read them in bed.
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Love it, Pete!
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I remember most of these shows, :).
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I remember it was a big deal when I was old enough to stay up for “Gunsmoke”. Lots of good memories!
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I loved “Gunsmoke”!
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Pete, my 9 year old daughter loves Westerns. The Rifleman is her favorite. I bought her a boxset for Christmas, she’s watched it so many times. She knows when all her favorite Westerns come on MeTV. You can not tear her away from the tv when Gunsmoke and Big Valley are on.
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I can just see her watching Gunsmoke and Big Valley. That’s so cool.
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It’s a whole lot better than the crap that passes for entertainment on regular TV.Except for football games I haven’t watched any of the networks in many years.There are Gunsmoke episodes on TVland,but they’re the 70’a episodes in color.I prefer the black and white shows myself.
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