Right. SGT RIP Masters and the dog (or a ringer) showed up at the Heart of Texas Fair. Other notibles were the Cisco Kid and Pancho. Duncan Renaldo had them turn the colloseum lights off and touched off a blank. Looked like about 20 feet of flame. " Boys and Girls, never eshoot a gun at anybody even if it is only loaded with blanks!" Duncan got his neck broken by one of the paper machet bolders on the set. Scary but he got over it. My dad sent me over to bug Pancho who was on the telephone at the time. I didn't want to bother him on the phone but he didn't miss a beat. Picked me up with one hand and kept on talking. We also had Johnny Weismuller show up at the monkey wards autographing Jungle Jim pictures and Minnesota Fats showed up to hype the M. Fats official Pool table.
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whipper
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Hi all,
If ya like old westerns checkout Encore Western channel, they play a lot of the old stuff with Brian Keith, Pat Buttram, Gene Autry, Gabby Hayes, Glenn Ford, Tex Ritter, and many, many more. I even saw a one with Allen Hale Sr. forget the name of the movie. And they play all day long with NO COMMERCIALS either.
Just thought I would throw that atya.
If ya like old westerns checkout Encore Western channel, they play a lot of the old stuff with Brian Keith, Pat Buttram, Gene Autry, Gabby Hayes, Glenn Ford, Tex Ritter, and many, many more. I even saw a one with Allen Hale Sr. forget the name of the movie. And they play all day long with NO COMMERCIALS either.
Just thought I would throw that atya.
MCgunner
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I never could figure out how a cowboy could be driving a Jeep (Nellie Belle). I had a peddle powered Nellie Belle, though, when I was a kid.
I liked the modern day cowboy, Sky King, on saturday mornings.
I liked the modern day cowboy, Sky King, on saturday mornings.
mainmech48
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After forty-odd years the details tend to get fuzzy, but I can't recall Yancy wearing one of the belt buckle rigs.
I remember the Mattel item(s) well, as I spent an entire summer doing odd jobs to raise the money to buy a "Shoot-n-Shell" Fanner Fifty and derringer belt buckle. IIRC, it didn't take much more than a week for me to lose or break the minimal supply of the gray plastic bullets that were included with the toys, and it was an ongoing struggle to find and finance replacements.
At the time we lived in a very small town in St. Francois Co., Missouri (where the people from "Deliverance" keep the relatives they don't want to talk about). The closest place that one could find such exotica was in the county seat, Farmington, which was well outside of shank's mare or bicycle range from us. It was a vanishingly-rare occasion when I had both the money and the means to get there.
I remember the Mattel item(s) well, as I spent an entire summer doing odd jobs to raise the money to buy a "Shoot-n-Shell" Fanner Fifty and derringer belt buckle. IIRC, it didn't take much more than a week for me to lose or break the minimal supply of the gray plastic bullets that were included with the toys, and it was an ongoing struggle to find and finance replacements.
At the time we lived in a very small town in St. Francois Co., Missouri (where the people from "Deliverance" keep the relatives they don't want to talk about). The closest place that one could find such exotica was in the county seat, Farmington, which was well outside of shank's mare or bicycle range from us. It was a vanishingly-rare occasion when I had both the money and the means to get there.
Smokin_Gun
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How about "Branded"... all but one man died....! And the "Rifleman" w/ Chuck Conners. Also "Death Valley Days" brought to you by 20 Mule Team Borax.
Old Dragoon
Could that real bad guy have been the actor Bruce Dern by chance Old Dragoon? Seem to remember a scene like that with Bruce playing the evil villian as he alway's did in those day's, but could very easily be wrong. Hey! And how about that Chuck Conners as, The Rifleman? Now there was a rough tough hero for the kid's if ever there was one, eh?
Could that real bad guy have been the actor Bruce Dern by chance Old Dragoon? Seem to remember a scene like that with Bruce playing the evil villian as he alway's did in those day's, but could very easily be wrong. Hey! And how about that Chuck Conners as, The Rifleman? Now there was a rough tough hero for the kid's if ever there was one, eh?
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Belt Buckle Derringer
This was part of the Paladin rig. In the show Boone always carried a derringer behind his belt buckle, but Mattel chose to make it a pop-out. I also remember when Mattel started branching out a little and making .357 snubby Pythons and Tommy Guns for some of the police shows of the day. I got one of the .357's and couldn't get the darn thing away from my Dad and his friends in Army Intelligence who kept comparing it to "real ones" and shooting each other with all my little gray bullets all Christmas Day!
Paladin was always my favorite, followed closely by the Maverick boys. There's a great Paladin website that gives a synopsis of every episode including the famous missing 1st one that established where Boone got his name and why he dressed in black. Just do a Google on "Paladin" or "Have Gun Will Travel" to find it. I also loved the way James Garner and Jack Kelly as the Maverick brothers could talk their way out of trouble, but really draw down if they had to.
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This was part of the Paladin rig. In the show Boone always carried a derringer behind his belt buckle, but Mattel chose to make it a pop-out. I also remember when Mattel started branching out a little and making .357 snubby Pythons and Tommy Guns for some of the police shows of the day. I got one of the .357's and couldn't get the darn thing away from my Dad and his friends in Army Intelligence who kept comparing it to "real ones" and shooting each other with all my little gray bullets all Christmas Day!
Paladin was always my favorite, followed closely by the Maverick boys. There's a great Paladin website that gives a synopsis of every episode including the famous missing 1st one that established where Boone got his name and why he dressed in black. Just do a Google on "Paladin" or "Have Gun Will Travel" to find it. I also loved the way James Garner and Jack Kelly as the Maverick brothers could talk their way out of trouble, but really draw down if they had to.
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I always favored Paladin also, but in watching the DVDs of the shows recently I discovered two minor problems I did not know about in my youth. The first was when he described his revolver's trigger as responding to one ounce of pressure. Talk about a light trigger pull! The other was when he made the point that his revolver had a rifled barrel. I thought they all (Colt SAAs) were manufactured as such.
But these are very small errors in an otherwise terrific series.
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I heard that it had been restored but haven't seen it. Boone is a "Gentleman of honor" who has lost his honor and is having to pay off a gambling debt by killing this gunfighter who is protecting some small ranchers. Boone actually played both roles. He ended up liking the guy, and it was the older gunfighter who christened him "Paladin - a Knight with no Master". In the end "young" Boone had to kill "old" Boone, but he took his black outfit and immediately went and killed the evil rancher/gambler who had forced him to do it. After that he frequently took contracts from people who he refused to accept payment from after he helped them out. Always wondered how a guy that worked for free so much could live in a nice Hotel, smoke Cubans and drink the best brandy, always win at poker, and always have the best women! I'm still looking for that job!!!
Interesting bit of trivia - Boone could barely stay on a horse's back! He finally got to where he could ride a very gentle horse at a walk or slow canter, but any other scenes required a double. If you ever saw any of the "Richard Boone Theater" TV shows that he did later, or some of his movie roles, the man was one Hell of an actor, but apparently very hard to work with. Duke Wayne liked him and liked to cast him because he was so professional and believable, and because they got roaring drunk during filming.
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I heard that it had been restored but haven't seen it. Boone is a "Gentleman of honor" who has lost his honor and is having to pay off a gambling debt by killing this gunfighter who is protecting some small ranchers. Boone actually played both roles. He ended up liking the guy, and it was the older gunfighter who christened him "Paladin - a Knight with no Master". In the end "young" Boone had to kill "old" Boone, but he took his black outfit and immediately went and killed the evil rancher/gambler who had forced him to do it. After that he frequently took contracts from people who he refused to accept payment from after he helped them out. Always wondered how a guy that worked for free so much could live in a nice Hotel, smoke Cubans and drink the best brandy, always win at poker, and always have the best women! I'm still looking for that job!!!
Interesting bit of trivia - Boone could barely stay on a horse's back! He finally got to where he could ride a very gentle horse at a walk or slow canter, but any other scenes required a double. If you ever saw any of the "Richard Boone Theater" TV shows that he did later, or some of his movie roles, the man was one Hell of an actor, but apparently very hard to work with. Duke Wayne liked him and liked to cast him because he was so professional and believable, and because they got roaring drunk during filming.
Bill
Anyone 'member BRANDED?
When i was a kid we sang that one! 'STRANDED, standed ona toilet bowl, what do ya do when your'e stranded, and ya aint gotta roll? You must take it like a man you must wipe it with yer
Well, ya get tha idea!
YESSIR BOSS!!!!! Jus entertainen tha customers!!!!!!
When i was a kid we sang that one! 'STRANDED, standed ona toilet bowl, what do ya do when your'e stranded, and ya aint gotta roll? You must take it like a man you must wipe it with yer
Well, ya get tha idea!
YESSIR BOSS!!!!! Jus entertainen tha customers!!!!!!
I like that one- remember the show, like the song.
Richard boone was in another one called Heck Ramsey. supposed to have happened in the late 90s or early 1900s. they had things like electric chairs and stuff. since it was the 70s, the screen writers included anti-gun agit-prop like the time somebody noticed that a colt sheriff's model didn't have much rifling in the barrel. Boone orates, " You can hunt meat with a rifle but a handgun ANY HANDGUN is for one thing only- KILLING PEOPLE"
they did that a lot. there was a police show with Richard Mantooth where everybody was a Los Angeles Police. Two kids found a revolver in a dumpster..." Do you knows whut dis is??? Dis is a SATTIDY NITE SPECIAL!!!"
Kennedy's bill to outlaw any handgun with less than a 14 inch barrel was about to come up in the Senate.
Richard boone was in another one called Heck Ramsey. supposed to have happened in the late 90s or early 1900s. they had things like electric chairs and stuff. since it was the 70s, the screen writers included anti-gun agit-prop like the time somebody noticed that a colt sheriff's model didn't have much rifling in the barrel. Boone orates, " You can hunt meat with a rifle but a handgun ANY HANDGUN is for one thing only- KILLING PEOPLE"
they did that a lot. there was a police show with Richard Mantooth where everybody was a Los Angeles Police. Two kids found a revolver in a dumpster..." Do you knows whut dis is??? Dis is a SATTIDY NITE SPECIAL!!!"
Kennedy's bill to outlaw any handgun with less than a 14 inch barrel was about to come up in the Senate.
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Okay, that makes sense, the buckle/derringer was on the Paladin rig. I was 5 years old when I got that gun/belt. I remember because I had just under-gone an eye operation and my dad was visiting, wanted to know what I wanted for a get well present and it was the paladin holster/gun.
Yeah, them little grey bullets didn't last long. But, I was more of a "play like" kid anyway. LOL
Gotta go now, town is under a tornado warning. Hmmm.
Yeah, them little grey bullets didn't last long. But, I was more of a "play like" kid anyway. LOL
Gotta go now, town is under a tornado warning. Hmmm.
joab
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No that was the other Barkley, Peter Breck. He played Nick Barkley half brother to Lee Majors' Heath Barkley
Nice to see that some guys remember the old westerns. I watched them all. Do you remember Shotgun Slade with his two barrel gun? It was an over and under shotgun cut down. Scott Brady played shotgun slade. How about Yancy Derringer who had a derringer on a hinge up his sleeve and jacket. How about Sugar Foot or Bronco Lane and Cheyanne. I could go on and on. I saw them all, that's why I just love guns of the old west. Great topic.
MCgunner
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Here's another one someone might have already mentioned in this thread, but I just thought of. There was a show in the early 60s about a guy that carried a 7 shot revolver. He'd always be getting into gun fights, fire off his six, and of course the BG would walk out laughing he was out of ammo and get shot with the seventh. Yeah, it was kinda dumb even back then and only lasted a couple of seasons.
Anyone remember it?
Yeah, it was kinda dumb even back then and only lasted a couple of seasons.Anyone remember it?
joab
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Could that have been Johnny Ringos 9 shot Lematt
MCgunner
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No, I specifically remember the guy had this special 7 shot revolver made for him and that was his big catch. You'd wait to the end of the show each week for him to pull off the same deal, fire his six, bad guy walks out laughing "You're out of bullets!", bang, bad guy's dead. It was rather predictable. LOL!
Just thinkin', it coulda been a Lematt I guess. Wasn't like I knew much back then. But, I seem to remember it was a seven shooter custom 1873.
Just thinkin', it coulda been a Lematt I guess. Wasn't like I knew much back then. But, I seem to remember it was a seven shooter custom 1873.
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Peter Breck starred in Black saddle in the 50's. Byron
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/black-saddle.htm
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/black-saddle.htm
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