TV Westerns

[Briant]

Lorne Green singing 'Ringo' (well telling the tale I mean!)
Walter Brennan singing 'Old Rivers' (ditto the above!)
Robert Mitchum singing 'Ballad of Thunder Road'
Kirk Douglas singing 'A whale of a tale' (from 20,000 Leagues under the sea)
Lee Marvin singing 'Wanderin' Star'
Which actor's musical efforts do you remember fondly or otherwise?

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

Originally Posted by Briant Lorne Green singing 'Ringo' (well telling the tale I mean!) Walter Brennan singing 'Old Rivers' (ditto the above!) Robert Mitchum singing 'Ballad of Thunder Road' Kirk Douglas singing 'A whale of a tale' (from 20,000 Leagues under the sea) Lee Marvin singing 'Wanderin' Star' Which actor's musical efforts do you remember fondly or otherwise?

Not quite within the topic subject heading, but ....

http://users.tpg.com.au/logo/music.mp3

[Frank63]

Wagon Train , GunSmoke and Wells Fargo .

[alan french]

Hi Batman.
I found your comment about the pilot episode of Sugarfoot very interesting. I was not aware that a pilot film was based on a Will Rogers film.

Thanks
Alan French.

[batman]

Originally Posted by alan french Hi Batman. I found your comment about the pilot episode of Sugarfoot very interesting. I was not aware that a pilot film was based on a Will Rogers film. Thanks Alan French.

Hi Alan

I was surprised myself when I first found out. This is a an extract from a piece on IMDB about the two .....

"After about the first ten minutes of this movie, realization dawned - the 1950s television show, "Sugarfoot" was based upon this good-natured Will Rogers, Jr., Michael Curtiz oater of a young lawyer wanna-be attending school via correspondence; the hero's name, Tom Brewster is only the beginning.

The screenplay for this movie and the pilot of "Sugarfoot," titled "Brannigan's Boots" is so close that even the co-stars of "Boy" appear as their same characters in "Brannigan!" For example, Sheb Wooley plays the foreman of the mayor's ranch, Pete Martin, in both movie and TV show. Also doing double duty is Slim Pickens as Shorty!

Some of the dialog is also word for word although the television version is somewhat annotated and a few changes are evident. The movie Tom Brewster doesn't use a gun, instead, he's quick with a rope, as was his father in real life, that wicked twine twirler and American icon, Will Rogers. In fact, this Tom can't use a gun whereas the television Tom as portrayed by Will Hutchins, can and does, when the need arises.

The movie Tom gets the heroine, or at least her promise that she'll wait for him; while the TV Tom must push on, leaving the pretty young thing to pine after what might have been."

[donna]

[quote=Lord Brett;146099]I certanly wouldn't pick a fight with Clint Walker![/QUOTEClint to me always seemed a very soft person , was it the Dirty Dozen he was in .

[john audley]

All great watchable television and remember one great line form Matt Dillon,
'I'm Coming Mr. Dillon! by Chester.
But the greatest westerns for me were the Saturday morning children's cinema with the stamping of the feet to the hooves fabulous fun.

[donna]

oh werent they great all cheeriing for the goodies and booing for the baddies, what great times.

[Briant]

I was the opposite, cheering for the villains like Leo Gordon, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef! LOL!

[bhowells]

Anyone remember an episode of The Viriginian which included a Burt Bacarachesque song with the lyrics "Just A little love."

Also recall a quaint tune in a latter day episode of Bonanza which later became the closing credits music to "Little House On the Prarie.

There was also a typically dramatic western ballad featured on an episode of High Chaperal/

Pernell Roberts sang a song or two when he played Adam in the early days of Bonanza.

[alan french]

Hi Batman.
I use a public computer, so a slightly belated thankyou for the additional information regarding Sugarfoot.

Alan French.

[J. J.]

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[redally300]

Have any of you seen Running gun lindsay shonteff western???

[donna]

no havent but the new ones arent the same nowadays.

[batman]

Originally Posted by redally300 Have any of you seen Running gun lindsay shonteff western???

You definitely have shares in the company.