Which was a better Western........Gunsmoke or Bonanza?

[Bush92]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

"The Wild, Wild, West" was also cool. 007 meets the Old West.

 

[Bush92]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Best opening for a TV Western...

 

[Tehon]

I prefer the spaghetti western myself.

 

[Compost]

I liked Gunsmoke. Marshall Dillon didn't take any nonsense from bad guys. I found Bonanza tiresome and rather like the Brady Bunch boys playing cowboy.

 

[rightwinger]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Festus was worth watching Gunsmoke.

The character of Festus had more depth than just they typical Western sidekick (Andy Devine, Slim Pickens)

 

[OffensivelyOpenMinded]

I might catch some friendly fire over this, but neither one really were all that interesting to me.

What was your favorite TV Western?

Don't have one. Have never really been into westerns honestly.

 

[Skull Pilot]

I used to watch Kung Fu because it was just cool
The Rifleman because I was a kid who grew up without a father and
The Big Valley because Linda Evans was ******* HOT

 

[OldLady]

I used to watch Kung Fu because it was just cool
The Rifleman because I was a kid who grew up without a father and
The Big Valley because Linda Evans was ******* HOT

I LOVED Kung Fu.
The Rifleman kinda scared me--harsh, stoic, deadly. You sure picked a father figure!

 

[OldLady]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

 

[jon_berzerk]

gunsmoke

 

[rightwinger]

I used to watch Kung Fu because it was just cool
The Rifleman because I was a kid who grew up without a father and
The Big Valley because Linda Evans was ******* HOT

I LOVED Kung Fu.
The Rifleman kinda scared me--harsh, stoic, deadly. You sure picked a father figure!

The relationship between Lucas and Mark was touching
They seemed to have a real love for each other

 

[rightwinger]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

There were TWO...and she was really a hooker

 

[Ringel05]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

Two Mules for Sister Sarah, it was okay but nothing to write home about.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

For me Bonanza if that is my only two choices. I liked Wild Wild West and Kung Fu more than Gun Smoke or Bonanza and also Wanted: Dead or Alive was good to me along with Maverick.

 

[OldLady]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

There were TWO...and she was really a hooker

I KNOW. I saw it several times, and loved it every time. Can still hear that funky music.

 

[jon_berzerk]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

two mules for sister sara

the theme song btw is called

" the cool mule"

 

[OldLady]

I used to love Bonanza but watching it now it seems the writing and acting was kind of corny. Can you get any more racist than Hop Sing?

Gunsmoke has held up well. Good acting and good screenwriting. They also covered more socially relevant issues

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

Two Mules for Sister Sarah, it was okay but nothing to write home about.

No, but in comparison to the rest of Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, it was a BIG improvement.

 

[OldLady]

I used to watch Kung Fu because it was just cool
The Rifleman because I was a kid who grew up without a father and
The Big Valley because Linda Evans was ******* HOT

I LOVED Kung Fu.
The Rifleman kinda scared me--harsh, stoic, deadly. You sure picked a father figure!

The relationship between Lucas and Mark was touching
They seemed to have a real love for each other

Aw, c'mon Grasshopper.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

There were TWO...and she was really a hooker

I KNOW. I saw it several times, and loved it every time. Can still hear that funky music.

i have it as one of my ring tones

the other one i have

is "the ecstasy of gold"

 

[Ringel05]

Eh, wasn't really big on either one. Now F Troop on the other hand.........

F Troop was like a mini-documentary on the Old West

Never figured out the relationship between Capt Parmenter and Jane though

I was never very big on any of the TV western series I preferred western movies, to a degree besides I still don't watch much TV even now. I'm probably one of the very few who truly hated the spaghetti westerns with a passion, yes that includes the Clint Eastwood ones. Loved the old John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart ones but laugh at most of them now.

Even * Mules for Sister Sarah? (Can't remember the number)

Two Mules for Sister Sarah, it was okay but nothing to write home about.

No, but in comparison to the rest of Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, it was a BIG improvement.

He and his movies improved considerably as he aged, in my opinion Unforgiven was a masterpiece probably the best western he ever did.