Favorite TV Westerns
@just4him (305981)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
August 12, 2018 7:11pm CST
How many of you are old enough to remember when Westerns weren't reruns? Today, I'm going to start a series of my favorite and maybe not so favorite TV Westerns.
First up is Rawhide. Back in the early days of television, when everything was black and white and the color was unknown, and we had only three channels to choose from, comes this first not so favorite, until a few years back.
I was never a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, never understanding the point of his movies, however, even before movies, Clint Eastwood was doing television westerns, namely Rawhide. I have to admit he was young and handsome back then. Me, I didn't notice things like that. I was three years old when I was introduced to Rawhide. At least I think I was three. My parents bought our first television in 1956 when my sister was born. I was three. Whether that's when I first saw Rawhide, not sure.
Fast forward a few decades, and move into the next millennium and I started looking at Rawhide with different eyes and saw an interesting Western with a handsome cowboy named Rowdy.
Any Rawhide fans here? Thanks for reading.
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@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Aug 18
Nope before my time. I was around by Bonanza and Gunsmoke but I was never a fan of westerns. If there was nothing else on I did watch but did something else while watching like coloring.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
@RasmaSandra Westerns aren't for everyone.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts Thank you for that information. I didn't know when Rawhide started. So, I was six rather than three when I saw it for the first time.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
Rawhide started in 1959. Bonanza 1960. Gunsmoke 1955.
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@FourWalls (62090)
• United States
13 Aug 18
By the time I came along we were down to Bonanza and Gunsmoke as original-run westerns. Oh, The Wild, Wild West, too, but I didn’t pay attention to it.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
Time to get with the program and keep them rolling rolling keep them doggies rolling.
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@FourWalls (62090)
• United States
13 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts -- with Jake Blues on whip!
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@marguicha (215345)
• Chile
13 Aug 18
Being some years older that you, I remember several TV westerns. Bonanza was one of them. But before, my brother was fond of Gene Autry. In movies, I always liked all spaghetti westerns. I found (and find) Clint Eastwood very attractive. But I specially liked the music of them. My husband was fan of John Wayne, but he did not do anything for TV that I know.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
@marguicha No, John Wayne was strictly movies. I didn't see any Gene Autry TV or movies, so don't know really anything about him, other than his name. Yes, Clint Eastwood always was a handsome man.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
No, John Wayne never did a TV series. Too huge a movie star. You liked the Ennio Morricone scores to Clint's spaghetti westerns.
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts we got them all I think. There was very little Australian content in the early days of our TV. It was either American or English but mostly American.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
Did you get many of the old American shows downs under?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
13 Aug 18
i watch these old westerns all the time.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
The old westerns are timeless.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
It might be on the Western channel if you have cable.
@LeaPea2417 (36431)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Oct 18
I never watched Rawhide. But, there was one western that Clint Eastwood was in that I like. It is "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Did you ever see that movie?
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Aug 18
Good old Rowdy Yates. Yes, he's the man. I loved those Western black N white shows. I am really fond of them and sometimes I will actually look for some on YouTube like the Rifleman or Gunsmoke. 
Wagon Train and Branded were two I really enjoyed. Actually I liked most all of them.
Wagon Train and Branded were two I really enjoyed. Actually I liked most all of them.2 people like this
@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
14 Aug 18
@just4him , Yes, and here is a Wikipedia link for you to take a look at.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Aug 18
@lookatdesktop I thought that was the one. I liked that one too.
@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
@lookatdesktop All those you mentioned are good Westerns. I didn't know they were on YouTube. Forgot about Branded, another one starring Chuck Connors, right?
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
14 Aug 18
I never seen Rawhide. But heard the song. I saw a few episodes of Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
I remember it was my mother who watched it. Dad was probably at work.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Aug 18
I watched Bonanza with my grandpa when I was growing up and maybe a little Rawhide. The other halfs grandma was obsessed with the reruns of The Rifleman and it's become a constant joke to the both of us because we can't stand the show.
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@just4him (305981)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns I'll be getting to Bonanza and Rifleman in the favorites.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
They are still playing The Rifleman on Me-TV. I saw a bunch of them as a kid.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts unfortunately I know that . She would watch it every single day, for however many episodes they showed. I hated it. Still do.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
13 Aug 18
I haven't seen the film, but he is really handsome.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 18
Rawhide is a great western! ME-TV shows Rawhide every Saturday and I have seen just about all the epsiodes. The ladies do appreciate "Rowdy Yates."
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
13 Aug 18
I liked the Lone Ranger, Bonanza and Gunsmoke.
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