Which were your favorite 60s Western series?
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rj-27 — 11 years ago(June 26, 2014 11:53 AM)
Never missed "
Have Gun, Will Travel
" if I could help it.
I also liked "
Stoney Burke
" with Jack Lord.
"
Rin Tin Tin
" was another good one. That dog could get anyone out of trouble.
Honorable mention also goes to "
Johnny Yuma
" and "
Cheyenne
".
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rj-27 — 11 years ago(June 27, 2014 06:39 AM)
Here's one more. It was unusual in that a Native American was the protagonist and hero - "
Brave Eagle
". It only ran for two seasons but I remember looking forward to watching that as well.
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GSPdude — 11 years ago(July 02, 2014 05:39 AM)
Encore Westerns just picked up Cheyenne (actually more 50s than 60s). Yesterday they had sea.1, ep.1. Outlaws, Indians, Calvary, James Garner as Lt.. Good stuff. Cheyenne even had a sidekick who I had no recollection of. I checked, and he only lasted 3 episodes.
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srklondie — 11 years ago(December 21, 2014 09:43 AM)
I'm amazed that it took so long for someone to mention ' HG-WT '. For my money, that's the best western tv series that I've ever seen. I've always been amazed at how much they could put into a 30-minute episode. Of course, the 30 minutes wasn't destroyed with so much commercial time back then.
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binapiraeus — 11 years ago(June 30, 2014 12:48 AM)
Oh yeah, "Gunsmoke" sure was one of the very classic western series; and I must admit I quite liked James Arness - although his 'little' brother Peter Graves was more in my line
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jazzgirl1920s — 11 years ago(July 16, 2014 10:17 PM)
My favorite all time Tv show is The Wild Wild West. But it is not really a western like Bonanza, or High Chaparral. Wild Wild West is a unique show in a genre by itself.
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binapiraeus — 11 years ago(July 17, 2014 12:00 AM)
Yeah, you're absolutely right, "Wild Wild West" is really a unique 'show' which is just set in a Western atmosphere, it uses the 'Wild West' scenery for depicting stories that could have happened (almost) anywhere, at any time - and it was very good, too!
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jazzgirl1920s — 11 years ago(July 17, 2014 09:49 AM)
Thanks for your comment. I would like to add that unfortunately there are far too few unique TV shows out there. Wild Wild West was definitely one of them. Ross Martin was superb playing all those different characters. I read here that he spoke multiple languages so that was definitely an advantage in playing his character on the show. Additionally Robert Conrad IS James West. He was great in that part.
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binapiraeus — 11 years ago(July 17, 2014 10:48 AM)
Oh yes, you're absolutely right, there are VERY little TV shows with have got their very own, unmistakable 'character' - and unfortunately, in recent years the number has gone down to about zero
Robert Conrad is a REALLY great actor, yes; I also liked him a lot as 'Pappy Boyington' in "Black Sheep Squadron", where he was like a real 'father' for his 'black sheep' during the difficult days of War in the Pacific And Ross Martin was immensely versatile - like a kind of latter-day Chester Morris, who'd surprised us all so many times in his so many different 'roles' in the "Boston Blackie" movie series!
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