Or Perry Mason. It's on twice a day on MeTV. I love Perry Mason. If Dabbs Greer didn't do it, then Denver Pyle did.
Then there's Gunsmoke that you can catch at least five hours' worth every day ... B&W episodes (both 1/2 hour and 1 hour) on MeTV and INSP. And an hour of Riflemen (Lucas McCain and his Model '92 in the late 1880's!). Another career for Dabbs and Denver!
I just found Tales of Wells Fargo (one of my favorites) on GRIT in the late afternoon. Originally brought to you by Plymouth: "Lowest priced of the 'Low Price Three'."
Livin' in the past.
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Awesome Kung Fu movies on Saturday afternoons
Sneaking upstairs and adjusting the rabbit ears to catch my first episode of Miami Vice. The snow miraculously cleared at the end just in time to watch Crockett blast a dude to Phil Collin's "I Don't Care Anymore" in glorious analog TV.
When I was five years old (circa 1955-56), missing Mighty Mouse on Saturday mornings in Chicago was genuinely an occasion for mourning and tears.
"Therefore, since the world has still... Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure,
I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good." -- A.E. Housman
Captain Video, Tom Corbett - Space Cadet (Venus was a jungle planet with dinosaurs).
Trick Gun Cowboy Shows:
1. Johnny Ringo - LeMat
2. Paladin - custom six gun and Remington Derringer behind his belt buckle
3. Wanted Dead or Alive - cut down Winchester
4. Yancy Derringer - 4 barrel 32 cal Sharps in sleeves, vest pocket, hat
5. Rifleman - that loop
6. Wyatt Earp - with the Freudian Special
Others?
Highway Patrol
Whirlybirds
Rescue 8
Everglades
Sea Hunt
Reruns of the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon movies from the 1930s
Super Car
Fireball XL-5
Space Angel
Johnny Quest
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (first two seasons)
Wild, Wild West
The Rat Patrol
The Green Hornet
Mission: Impossible
Star Trek
Hogan’s Heroes
Adam 12
The earliest thing I recall watching on TV: Nixon's resignation! I was 3 years old; my dad told me to sit down and watch it, because it was important...I had no idea who or what I was seeing.
Did no one mention "Tales of Texas Rangers," or did I miss it??
Mid-'50s. Alternated between contemporary and Old West settings. The latter, of course, had the Rangers armed with twin Colt Single Actions, and the "modern" with S&W revolvers. (I seem to remember N-frame fixed sights, .38/44 heavy duties or .44 Specials.)