If you can remember watching a black and white television

[Flopper]

Color was well established by the time I was born, but we did have 2 black and white portables when I was young. One even had a UFH channel that would pick up if you played with the knob and the weather was just right. Never crystal clear but good enough to see more image than snow. We always had cable so they were more a novelty for when camping and such.

It's UHF, ultra high frequency. UHF television began in 1952. Before that time there was only VHF, Channels 2-13. UHF was channels 14 thru 83. Of course all of this went away in the US with the digital conversion which completed about 10 years ago. It met a lot of resistance but is now seen as one of best things the FCC has ever done for television.

My dad said little battery power TV's were all the rage when he was in school because they would let students bring them to school during March Madness to watch games during lunch, etc. Of course he also said a lot of the teachers would just check TV's out from the resource center and they would watch them in class while they were doing an "in-class reading assignment" those days.

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictitious they bordered on fantasy.

 

[Flopper]

Prior to the popularity of remotes, viewers would set their TV to a channel to watch their favorite program and would leave it set to that channel. They would often leave it there all evening simply because they hated to get up and walk across the room to change channels.

One of the advantages of having kids...

"Jimmy !! "
"Yeah , Dad what's up ?"
I'll give you a nickel if you go change the television to channel 3.
The Ed Sullivan Show is on in a few minutes. "

A nickel?

We had to do it for free

Up in our NE Ohio middle class neighborhood, I learned how to bribe my parents at an early age. ( 60's and 70's)
Leaf Raking $10
Snow shoveling $10 to $20 (depending on how deep)
Mowing $15
Washing the car $5

The other normal chores my 2 younger brothers and I 'had to do', like cleaning our rooms, picking up toys, helping with dishes ...

I used to get 25 cents a week

like circa 1955? how many baseball packs did you buy>

I remember baseball cards associated with bubble gum. I never collected them but I think they were packaged with double bubble or something like that.

 

[rightwinger]

Color was well established by the time I was born, but we did have 2 black and white portables when I was young. One even had a UFH channel that would pick up if you played with the knob and the weather was just right. Never crystal clear but good enough to see more image than snow. We always had cable so they were more a novelty for when camping and such.

It's UHF, ultra high frequency. UHF television began in 1952. Before that time there was only VHF, Channels 2-13. UHF was channels 14 thru 83. Of course all of this went away in the US with the digital conversion which completed about 10 years ago. It met a lot of resistance but is now seen as one of best things the FCC has ever done for television.

My dad said little battery power TV's were all the rage when he was in school because they would let students bring them to school during March Madness to watch games during lunch, etc. Of course he also said a lot of the teachers would just check TV's out from the resource center and they would watch them in class while they were doing an "in-class reading assignment" those days.

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

 

[Cellblock2429]

Then you're getting old like me.
Did you ever wonder why nobody ever said "white and black" ?
Feel free to share any favorite white and black shows, films, commercials or images from the pre-color days.

/—-/ I sent the home run derby link to my 7 year old grandson- a big baseball fan. I wanted him to see what I watched at his age. Thank you for posting it. I had forgotten about it.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

It was not until the mid-1960s that color sets started selling in large numbers, due in part to the color transition of 1965 in which it was announced that over half of all network prime-time programming would be broadcast in color that autumn. The first all-color prime-time season came just one year later.
Color television - Wikipedia
(The first color sets were expensive so most people still had black and white ones into the 70's.)

The old people in that film may have seen Lincoln or Madison or Jefferson... in the flesh.

My great grandfather was alive when I was young and he remembers shaking hands with Lincoln when he was campaigning for president in 1860.

My great grandfathers brother was in Fords Theater when he was shot

interesting, he would be a great-uncle or grand uncle

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

It was not until the mid-1960s that color sets started selling in large numbers, due in part to the color transition of 1965 in which it was announced that over half of all network prime-time programming would be broadcast in color that autumn. The first all-color prime-time season came just one year later.
Color television - Wikipedia
(The first color sets were expensive so most people still had black and white ones into the 70's.)

The old people in that film may have seen Lincoln or Madison or Jefferson... in the flesh.

My great grandfather was alive when I was young and he remembers shaking hands with Lincoln when he was campaigning for president in 1860.

My great grandfathers brother was in Fords Theater when he was shot

I saw Ruth Ginsberg crossing the street in that film

 

[Flopper]

It's UHF, ultra high frequency. UHF television began in 1952. Before that time there was only VHF, Channels 2-13. UHF was channels 14 thru 83. Of course all of this went away in the US with the digital conversion which completed about 10 years ago. It met a lot of resistance but is now seen as one of best things the FCC has ever done for television.

My dad said little battery power TV's were all the rage when he was in school because they would let students bring them to school during March Madness to watch games during lunch, etc. Of course he also said a lot of the teachers would just check TV's out from the resource center and they would watch them in class while they were doing an "in-class reading assignment" those days.

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

 

[Cellblock2429]

My dad said little battery power TV's were all the rage when he was in school because they would let students bring them to school during March Madness to watch games during lunch, etc. Of course he also said a lot of the teachers would just check TV's out from the resource center and they would watch them in class while they were doing an "in-class reading assignment" those days.

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Color was well established by the time I was born, but we did have 2 black and white portables when I was young. One even had a UFH channel that would pick up if you played with the knob and the weather was just right. Never crystal clear but good enough to see more image than snow. We always had cable so they were more a novelty for when camping and such.

It's UHF, ultra high frequency. UHF television began in 1952. Before that time there was only VHF, Channels 2-13. UHF was channels 14 thru 83. Of course all of this went away in the US with the digital conversion which completed about 10 years ago. It met a lot of resistance but is now seen as one of best things the FCC has ever done for television.

My dad said little battery power TV's were all the rage when he was in school because they would let students bring them to school during March Madness to watch games during lunch, etc. Of course he also said a lot of the teachers would just check TV's out from the resource center and they would watch them in class while they were doing an "in-class reading assignment" those days.

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictitious they bordered on fantasy.

/——/ The 1950s hairstyles and pearly white teeth were a give away. Any even then folks knew cowboys didn’t wear their pistols slung low on their hips.

 

[Flopper]

I remember they used to wheel TVs into the classroom so we could watch the 69 Mets during day games
That was before the games went on till midnight

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

 

[Cellblock2429]

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

/——/ Hey, it wasn’t my thinking, I was a young teen and didn’t know what a whore house was. All the women in saloons dresses that way. It’s what the ministers told their congregation.

 

[the other mike]

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictitious they bordered on fantasy.

Marlon Brando was one of the first to talk about that openly wasn't he ?

 

[Cellblock2429]

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictitious they bordered on fantasy.

Marlon Brando was one of the first to talk about that openly wasn't he ?

/——/ And you can tell he meant it because he was speaking in his natural voice - not reciting an actor’s script someone handed him to memorize.

 

[irosie91]

Prior to the popularity of remotes, viewers would set their TV to a channel to watch their favorite program and would leave it set to that channel. They would often leave it there all evening simply because they hated to get up and walk across the room to change channels.

One of the advantages of having kids...

"Jimmy !! "
"Yeah , Dad what's up ?"
I'll give you a nickel if you go change the television to channel 3.
The Ed Sullivan Show is on in a few minutes. "

A nickel?

We had to do it for free

We see figures on heart attacks due to smoking. I wonder how many are due to tv remotes?

I get palpatations WHEN I CAN'T FIND IT

 

[irosie91]

One of the advantages of having kids...

"Jimmy !! "
"Yeah , Dad what's up ?"
I'll give you a nickel if you go change the television to channel 3.
The Ed Sullivan Show is on in a few minutes. "

A nickel?

We had to do it for free

Up in our NE Ohio middle class neighborhood, I learned how to bribe my parents at an early age. ( 60's and 70's)
Leaf Raking $10
Snow shoveling $10 to $20 (depending on how deep)
Mowing $15
Washing the car $5

The other normal chores my 2 younger brothers and I 'had to do', like cleaning our rooms, picking up toys, helping with dishes ...

I used to get 25 cents a week

like circa 1955? how many baseball packs did you buy>

I remember baseball cards associated with bubble gum. I never collected them but I think they were packaged with double bubble or something like that.

VIVIDLY----something like 4 or 5 cards and a
pink rectangle of---BAZOOKA like bubble gum----5 cents. All the boys bought them---now they are worth a FORTUNE----my mom threw them away------even the Mickey Mantle card

 

[irosie91]

The only thing I remember seeing on TV in the classroom were the early Mercury launches like Shepard. Later launches became so common they'd just barely rate a mention in the 6 oclock evening news broadcasts. The moon landing didn't happen until I was in the Air Force and married the first time.

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

wrong---not all bar girls were whores. The issue was something like GEISHA-----

 

[irosie91]

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

/——/ Hey, it wasn’t my thinking, I was a young teen and didn’t know what a whore house was. All the women in saloons dresses that way. It’s what the ministers told their congregation.

sheeeesh----I was among the DIMEST of teens and even I knew what a whore house was in my TEENS------I just did not quite grasp why anyone wanted to DO THAT....

 

[Flopper]

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictions they bordered on fantasy.

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

/——/ Hey, it wasn’t my thinking, I was a young teen and didn’t know what a whore house was. All the women in saloons dresses that way. It’s what the ministers told their congregation.

I understand. Baptist ministers had a way of turning every human activity into sin. Most of what you thought, did and didn't do was sinful.

 

[Flopper]

Same goes for the movies

It wasn’t till Blazing Saddles that we got an accurate depiction of the west

I was reading a book not long ago that said in the entire history of the old west, there is no record of a duel on main street in any western town, probably due to the fact that most of these people were the scum of earth and had no interest in giving the other guy a fair chance. They shot'em in the back, beat their brains with clubs, run them down wagons and horses. The real Wyatt Earp in an interview when he was an old man was asked what method did you prefer for taking down a killer. He told the reporter he like to sneak up behind them and club them in the head.

With all that, I have to admit Gunsmoke remains one of my favorite western series.

James Arness in his Matt Dillion role killed 407 people, more than all lawmen in the west combined during that period.

/——/ My Baptist friends in school weren’t allowed to watch Gun Smoke because Miss Kitty ran a whore house. Some watched anyway.

In those days, the 1950's nobody ran a whorehouse in a TV program. They did not exist. Miss Kitty's girls were all there just there to encourage the cowboys to drink. In the real west they certainly would have been prostitutes. However, Gunsmoke was not about the real west. The reason Gunsmoke got bad press was the violence. It was one of the targets of a congressional committee investigating violence on TV.

/——/ Hey, it wasn’t my thinking, I was a young teen and didn’t know what a whore house was. All the women in saloons dresses that way. It’s what the ministers told their congregation.

sheeeesh----I was among the DIMEST of teens and even I knew what a whore house was in my TEENS------I just did not quite grasp why anyone wanted to DO THAT....

My one and only visit to a house of Ill repute occurred when I was 16. It was one of the worst memories in my life. Let's go back to Gunsmoke.

 

[Flopper]

I find the TV Western era which ran from the late 40's to the mid 60's interesting. It peaked in 1959 with an incredible number 30 western series running every week. By the end of the 60's they were almost all gone with the exception of some modern day series set in the west.

Almost all these westerns were set during the Indian Wars from the 1860 to 1880. They had such an impact on our culture that millions of American grew up believing that they accurately portrayed the "old west." when in fact most of them were so fictitious they bordered on fantasy.

Marlon Brando was one of the first to talk about that openly wasn't he ?

I couldn't have said it better. What we see in the older movies and TV programs about Indians is so far from the true. Our treatment of the American Indians and the Blacks was shameful.