Whatever Happened to Westerns on Telly - ?

[Dogtrousers]

High Chaparral is on one of the Freeview channels now.

Is it by golly. I don't think I've watched it since I first saw it but I can remember all the characters: Big John, Victoria, Buck, Manolito, Blue, Victoria's dad - whose name escapes me ... Senor somebody.

I'm not going to bother watching it again though.

 

[Pblakeney]

Currently watching 1883 on Netflix. Rather enjoying it.

 

[fossyant]

There are loads of crap Westerns on crappy Freeview all day long. Take your pick, my MIL did. All free too.

 

[si_c]

Yellowstone and it's spin offs have passed some time for me but are not what I would class as good. The last good western themed TV show I watched was Deadwood. Although with the cast it had it was hard for it to be bad.

 

[Dave7]

Them were the days -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFGyhSifqzA

I /we saw Frankie Laine live once, wonderful voice.

 

[Vantage]

Yellowstone and it's predecessor 1883 are brilliant.
Godless was another goodun.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I /we saw Frankie Laine live once, wonderful voice.

Early seventies I worked with a guy called Albert Frost who was a Frankie Laine fanatic. He was having an affair with a co worker by the name of June. About ten years back on some radio show a request came in for a Frankie Laine record for her husband, Albert, by a June Frost.

Made me smile at the memory, he was a lovely guy.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I must say, I do miss Deputy 'Dawg'!!! 🤔 🧐

 

[Accy cyclist]

And The Milky Bar Kid!! 🧐

 

[MichaelW2]

The tv westerns of 1970s were more antihero rewriting of the American myth: Kung Fu, Alias Smith & Jones, Branded.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Branded.

Friday evenings in the 1960's/early 70's where in the opening credits they ripped the applets off his shoulders and the sergeant snapped his sword in half over his knee. If I remember rightly. 🤔

 

[Mike Ayling]

Always wondered why if the good guys were able to cut off the baddies at "the pass" the baddies never worked out the short cut to the pass.

 

[Drago]

Yellowstone and it's predecessor 1883 are brilliant.
Godless was another goodun.

I'm about to embark on 1923.

 

[FrankCrank]

Stretching the definition of westerns, but I'll proffer Casey Jones and Cowboy in Africa, firm favourites during the school hols.
Casey was based on a real character from those pioneering railroad days out west, not sure how the other one came about.

 

[Seevio]

I've not seen it but are you trying to tell me that the Cisco kid isn't about the adventures of a young network engineer?