Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Bonanza for me as well. I still record the reruns and watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wapaloosie73 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I don't recall either being played much in our house, but I was fairly young at the time. I tend to recall Bonanza being played a bit more, simply from the theme music. Having watched both a bit more in recent years, I have to lean toward Gunsmoke, although I won't say I drop everything to see it. Watching Adam Cartwright explain the "recent" Dred Scott Scott decision with a Colt Single Action Army on his hip pushes believability more for me than John Wayne's ever present '92. The westerns I remember most fondly growing up were the Wild, Wild West, which I caught in re-runs; The Big Valley, which again I caught mostly in re-reruns; and The High Chaparral, which I have some memories of in prime time, and much more in re-runs. Linda Cristal was probably my first big celebrity crush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Another vote for Gunsmoke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Gunsmoke was an event at our house on Saturday nights! My parents both loved that show!!! Popcorn or some other snacks and Gunsmoke! Those were the days alright!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 As I was sitting here reviewing the thread, something clicked, and I do recall the one show my dad made sure to watch and enjoyed during it's couple of seasons on the air was Hec Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Willie Nelson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 7:08 PM, Brett Black said: I liked them both . And watch them both every day . With that said Gunsmoke With Festus ! +1 I too liked 'em both but Gunsmoke was better and had a better variety of "Guest star" character actors. Another trivia item... Ken Curtis ( Festus) was originally a singer in the old school country band Sons of the Pioneers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoky Pistols Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Another notch fer Gunsmoke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Unfortunately I never got to see either, but I know my dad was into Gunsmoke big-time during the 1960s which is why he bought his Colt Single Action Army. When I was going though his things after he died I found an old magazine advertisement he had kept for a holster just like the one James Arness used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Gunsmoke, especially the first 3 seasons which used many of the radio scripts and were really gritty. Also many changes to Mats costume until the one we're all familiar was worn. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Spurlock Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 High Chaparral. Dang, that's not a choice? Well then, I guess it would have to be Gunsmoke. The two Snow Train episodes are still my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Carpenter Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Gun Smoke for sure! When I lived in Ft Worth in the late 90s. I met Bick Taylor (Nooley) (sp) at the 'Ft Worth Stock show. He is a great guy and a terrific artist. I acquired several of his prints and he signed them for me . Most are framed and in my home today. He was impressed that I remembered his Dad, Dub Taylor, who was a second tier actor in may Western movies. Cheers, Hoss C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I remember watching Gunsmoke every Monday night after supper. Dad or I would make popcorn and the whole family would be in the living room watching it. No cell phone, no TV remote, nobody complaining and we all watched it together. After Gunsmoke was All in the Family and then the 4 of us kids were sent to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Land Baron, SASS 5250L Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Gunsmoke. Who wouldn't like Festus? And why the heck did Little Joe always go into town when warned against it, and get the #$@*&^ kicked out of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I liked both, but Gunsmoke was the better of the two. I hated Wanted Dead or Alive. Even as a child It was obvious to me that they ruined a perfectly good Saddle carbine to make that piece of junk he shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Steele Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 And just to throw a little twist in, how many of you watched (and liked), The Wild Wild West with Robert Conrad as James T. West? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcase Hardin Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 MATT! BEHIND YOU! Behind the feed store or up on a balcony or roof, the man NEVER missed! Thank God for Miss Kitty. Gunsmoke with Festus, hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Rich Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Gunsmoke I liked the black & white shows better than the color ones. story lines changes,and did not seem as good in the later part of the series . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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