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Leonard
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posted April 16, 2005 10:26 PM
BTW, all those (*) are BS.
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Cal Taylor
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posted April 17, 2005 06:37 AM
sorry Tim,
I just like to see the right equipment for time period etc. in a western. Remember the movie where Clint Eastwood painted a town red to scare the bad guys? I don't remember the name. Your saying that was a good movie?
The guy that I think has made a couple good westerns lately is Tom Selleck. He's had a couple out in the last few years that were made for tv and he really did his homework as far as saddles and guns representing the authentic for the time period, and were entertaining movies to boot.
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Rob
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posted April 17, 2005 06:54 AM
The Rounders with Glen Ford and Henry Fonda..Cal would even like that one..Casey Tibbs has a small part.
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Melvin
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posted April 17, 2005 07:18 AM
I don't see "once upon a time in the west"mentioned above..i personaly rate it up there as one of the best western movies..Charles bronson made a lot of good movies.
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted April 17, 2005 07:27 AM
Starting this thread I completely overlooked western movies. Specifically I was curious about old-time western television series i.e. Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Bonanza, etc.
Giving this thread a kick in the leg to walk down a slightly different trail -- what was your favorite old-time western television series, and why?
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Melvin
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posted April 17, 2005 07:35 AM
I don't see"Once upon a time in the west" posted but rate it right up there with the best westerns. Charles bronson i think is a damn good actor and played in many good movies.
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted April 17, 2005 07:47 AM
As long as I'm asking for favorite old-time western television series, I thought finally giving mine might be appropriate?
Cheyenne and Bonanza are my favorites by far. The open country of the West were a huge draw as a kid. Guess I got them both ingrained in my blood because as an adult I still love 'em.
Just wish Cheyenne was on somewhere in re-runs or DVD.
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Melvin
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posted April 17, 2005 07:50 AM
The Lone Ranger...wonderd when one of those bad guys would pull his mask off..Keema Subby..Good ole Tonto.
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posted April 17, 2005 07:51 AM
Tripp, I remember a lot of TV westerns from back when. I liked Maverick, Cheyenne, Bronco Lane, Sugarfoot, The Restless Gun, Have Gun Will Travel, Lancer.
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Locohead
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posted April 17, 2005 10:21 AM
Tim,
I'm guilty too. Try renting Open Range its a new release I think (a year or so old). It is a really nice Western with Robert Duvall, the handsome guy.....uh what's his name??? Oh Kevin Costner and Annette Benning I think. I really don't remember the movie real well but I liked it and my chick really loved it. And she hates Westerns!!!! There must me an element of "chick-flickedness" to it! ![[Wink]](wink.gif) Good Luck!!
Anyway,
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Cdog911
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posted April 17, 2005 11:22 AM
Tripp,
In that case, Gunsmoke. If my memory serves me right, Monday nights at 7 on CBS. I was about eight at the time so I may be wrong. In any event, if you're surfing thru the channels and come across TV Land and it's on, I always know it. The cinematography was unique in some way and made it stand out from the rest. What has always perturbed me about it, though, is no place in Kansas looks like that, especially down around Dodge.
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Leonard
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posted April 17, 2005 12:21 PM
Ward Bond could make any TV show look legit. Wagontrain.
Good hunting. LB
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Locohead
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posted April 17, 2005 02:38 PM
Dukes of Hazard
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posted April 17, 2005 03:45 PM
rawhide;;;
Open range is a good movie for a newer western;
Quigley down under is also good...
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Cdog911
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posted April 17, 2005 03:51 PM
Dang it, Danny, Dukes was east of you!!!
How 'bout Blazing Saddles. That one was accurate enough, wasn't it?!?
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Locohead
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posted April 17, 2005 06:15 PM
Ooops. My bad. I keep mixing up cowboys and rednecks.
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Cdog911
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posted April 17, 2005 06:29 PM
Common mistake. Just remember - cowboys don't marry their cousins, and most of them have more than one tooth.
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posted April 17, 2005 07:18 PM
How about.....Shane and Spencers Mountian? Maybe they were average, but I liked them :)I almost forgot about Judge Roy Bean, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidd? Hell, most older folks could name 100 great Westerns.
[ April 17, 2005, 09:03 PM: Message edited by: onecoyote ]
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GUTPILE
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posted April 17, 2005 07:55 PM
My best old western was when I was growing up. In the 50's. I used to pact 2 colts in holsters embroidered on my tiny PJ's. I sported a Black 1 1/2 gallon hat, tilted, on my little noggin. Mom says I never, never left the place without my guns. Still don't. That's the best western I've ever seen.
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Leonard
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posted April 17, 2005 08:29 PM
SHANE how stupid! How could we forget that one? Thanks, Danny.
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posted April 17, 2005 09:13 PM
Seeing as how we only got 2 channels to watch and were kicked out of the house whenever possible the only one I remember that I liked was The Rifleman. BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!
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Jack Roberts
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posted April 17, 2005 10:32 PM
I must be older than sin because my first cowboys were on the radio.
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Cdog911
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posted April 18, 2005 04:37 AM
Jack, you must be closer to my dad's age. he was always gabbing about some Gabby character... Gabby Hayes or something like that. Simpler, and better times.
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posted April 18, 2005 06:47 AM
Jack, your not alone. The lone Ranger and Red Rider are the only two I can remember right now. Wow, that was a long time ago lol.
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Leonard
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posted April 18, 2005 11:16 AM
Yeah, I used to keep my ear glued to a radio the size of a small refrigerator, listening to the Lone Ranger. I met the guy that did the voice, William Conrad, who played Cannon on TV, down at Marina del Ray, a couple times. My folks were in B Basin, just down a ways from him. Other notables along the same dock were Wink Martindale, Bobby Darin, Peter Fonda, and another old guy that played in Wagontrain, but I can't think of his name, at the moment? Last name started with a "C".
Anyway, a lot of people don't realize that the TV Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore?) was not the original actor, on the radio.
Good hunting. LB
edit: John McIntyre, not a C?
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