If you can remember watching a black and white television

[peach174]

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

"I ain't had my breh-fish yet"

 

[rightwinger]

I remember getting up at 6 AM and the test pattern would still be on
Then they would show some farmer short followed by Crusader Rabbit and eventually Captain Kangaroo

Okay, here's the money question and I want you to think long and hard before you answer. This is serious.

Underdog or Super Chicken?
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Get it wrong and you'll have to go down on Hobo Kelly.

Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, ba
Super Chicken

But I did love Wally Cox

 

[rightwinger]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

 

[Billo_Really]

Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, Buck-a, ba
Super Chicken

But I did love Wally Cox

How 'bout Foghorn Leghorn?

I say I say I say...

 

[rightwinger]

I'm watching the 1st color TV show. Very 1st one broadcast in color.

It's not Lucy..

I know this! Darnitallrohel!!

Happy Days? Green Acres? PettiCoat Junction?

It's "Green Acres".

Did you know Eddie Albert tooled around in a motorboat, hauling wounded out of the water and transporting them to the ship on D-Day? He did that.

Green Acres was around 1964
Walt Disney Wonderful World of Color was 1961

 

[Flopper]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

 

[rightwinger]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

I think Lucas McCain killed like 113 in his five years

The Casualty List for The Rifleman

 

[beautress]

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[Wyatt earp]

Adam-12 is a television police procedural drama that follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they ride the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

My all time favorite television show, after MASH and LA law

 

[beautress]

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[Wyatt earp]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

I think Lucas McCain killed like 113 in his five years

The Casualty List for The Rifleman

Not that good as a First baseman with the 51' Cubs though.

 

[beautress]

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[beautress]

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[beautress]

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[Flopper]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

I think Lucas McCain killed like 113 in his five years

The Casualty List for The Rifleman

I read a history of western lawmen and outlaws and I remember a couple of interest facts that kind of destroys our image of these brave lawmen.
There is no record of two gunmen ever facing off in the street in a fast draw duel.

Gunfights were rare. There have been far more gunfights on TV and movies than there were in the Old West.

In an interview with Wyatt Earp,
A reporter ask Earp, "What is best method to catch a killer?".
Earp replied, "You sneak up behind him and club in the head or shoot him."
The reporters ask Earp, "You mean you wouldn't get him a fair chance."
Earp replied, "Fair chance? Hell, I might get shot".
Later in the interview Earp was asked about having a fast draw. He said, he practically never had to a draw pistol in a fight because any time he suspected trouble he had his gun in his hand. Drawing a gun in a fight is a good way to get shot.

 

[Wyatt earp]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

I think Lucas McCain killed like 113 in his five years

The Casualty List for The Rifleman

I read a history of western lawmen and outlaws and I remember a couple of interest facts that kind of destroys our image of these brave lawmen.
There is no record of two gunmen ever facing off in the street in a fast draw duel.

Gunfights were rare. There have been far more gunfights on TV and movies than there were in the Old West.

In an interview with Wyatt Earp,
A reporter ask Earp, "What is best method to catch a killer?".
Earp replied, "You sneak up behind him and club in the head or shoot him."
The reporters ask Earp, "You mean you wouldn't get him a fair chance."
Earp replied, "Fair chance? Hell, I might get shot".
Later in the interview Earp was asked about having a fast draw. He said, he practically never had to a draw pistol in a fight because any time he suspected trouble he had his gun in his hand. Drawing a gun in a fight is a good way to get shot.

Yes their was buffalo bill, was just reading it a few days ago

 

[anynameyouwish]

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.

When I was just old enough to remember (1960?) we would visit the grandparents in Maine where my father and my grandfather would watch boxing on friday nights. The thing is; reception was so bad all we actually saw were fuzzy images of what appeared to be 2 guys engaging in fisticuffs.

 

[Flopper]

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.

When I was just old enough to remember (1960?) we would visit the grandparents in Maine where my father and my grandfather would watch boxing on friday nights. The thing is; reception was so bad all we actually saw were fuzzy images of what appeared to be 2 guys engaging in fisticuffs.

Yes, and in those days we thought it was great. Of course sometimes the snow was so bad we couldn't tell the referee from the contestants.

 

[rightwinger]

One of my favorite shows, ever!

The major problem with Westerns like this is 30 mins less 8 mins for commercials is not long enough to produce and effective western drama. After Gunsmoke changed to a 1 hr format in season 7, the quality of the stories, the acting, and their ratings improved.

Rifleman was good
He could kill a lot of bad guys in 22 min

Yeah it was pretty good. I preferred "Have Gun Will Travel" and of course good old Marshall Dillon, who killed 303 people in his 20 years as a lawman, more than all the city marshals who wore a badge.

I think Lucas McCain killed like 113 in his five years

The Casualty List for The Rifleman

Not that good as a First baseman with the 51' Cubs though.

Also the first NBA player to shatter a backboard