Random TV Week: Have Gun Will Travel

Back again sports fans and welcome to Day 4 of Random TV Week This time we move towards San Francisco to a professional gunfighter, a trouble shooter if you will. The Enigmatic Paladin has his own calling card. So saddle up, have an ace in the hole and have your wits about you. This is Have Gun Will Travel.

Yikes that was a rough range.

Former West Point graduate and Civil War Veteran Paladin (Richard Boone of Halls of Montezuma, Call Me Mister, Return of the Texan, Pony Soldier, Medic, Hombre and Big Jake) has emerged from the war in favor of the finer things in life with his care free hotel room in the Carlton. When he wasn’t enjoying a series of poker or a bottle of Dom Perignon and seats at the opera; a professional gunslinger with his business card over a picture of a chess knight piece that reads: Have Gun, Will Travel…Wire Paladin, San Francisco. This man was characterized as an anti-hero. I assume this is due to the fact he is constituted as a bounty hunter, gunfighter and everyman’s hero. Traveling from town to town on horseback or by train he found his mission objectives and earned his money.

To me, he came across as a necessary evil. The final justice in a land that had no real law was at the barrel of his balanced and weighed .45 revolver, his derringer and a lever-action Marlin rifle. His marksmanship was second to none. His training, intelligence and tactical analysis gave him a massive edge.

So you like dangerous men, eh?

The only other reoccurring character is handy boy and bellhop Hey Boy (Kam Tong of The Hunters, Who Was That Lady, Walk Like a Dragon, The Virginian, Women of the Prehistoric Planet and Dimension 5) who Paladin harassed but it was good natured ribbing.

Now we discuss a few interesting notions of the show. Most of the character Paladin is shrouded in mystery. You get the concept that he is not proud of being a soldier in the Civil War and his personal honor is greatly tarnished from this.

So many TV actors cut their teeth under this show and many other have furthered their existing careers such as: Ken Curtis of Gunsmoke, Charles Bronson of The Dirty Dozen and the Mechanic, Jacqueline Scott of Gunsmoke and Ironside, character actor George Kennedy of Gunsmoke, Dr. Kildare and the Naked Gun trilogy and Norma Crane of Fiddler on the Roof and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Once again Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Iverson Ranch and Bronson Canyon Griffith Park were being used as background trails from horse thieves and bushwhackers. The series was filmed in 35mm Spherical and recorded in mono for audio. Paramount once again is the production for the CBS entertainment as it was with Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Program and The Red Skelton Show. A darker storyline but justice always prevailed in one form or another.

Cripes another white Native American escaped from F Troop again.

Wild West TV Week: The Big Valley

Day 3 of Wild West TV is upon us and we journey to California in Calaveras County, not to be confused with Calaveras Big Trees State Park.  This frontier land deals with the usual issues of cattle rustlers, bandits, revolutionaries and robber barons.  Only one woman can hold this family and ranch together.  This is The Big Valley.

Horse's killing my bionic butt.

Heath: Boy Howdy! I've got spoilers in places I didn't even know I had places.






Wealthy widow Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck of Meet John Doe, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity, Sorry, Wrong Number, Crime of Passion, Wagon Train, Dynasty and The Colbys) owner of the Barkley Ranch is a stubborn, tough as nails yet refined lady in an uncivilized land.  Head of the household has to keep her land and family in order with a hybrid grace and guts. Her eldest son Jarrod (Richard Long of Matinee Theatre, House on Haunted Hill, Maverick, Bourbon Street Beat, 77 Sunset Strip and Nanny and the Professor) is a reknown and respected attorney who manages all the family's legal and business affairs and while prefers to side with the law on disputes was not above frontier law and drawing a gun when needed.  Audra the only daughter in this sea of testosterone (Linda Evans of Those Calloways,  Beach Blanket Bingo, Hunter, North and South, Book II and Dynasty) is pretty as a picture, a bit self-involved and a bit of a tomboy.

Ahh disembodied floaty hot head!!!

Last but certainly not least is the illegitimate son of the late Thomas Barkley, Heath (Lee Majors of Will Penny, The Virginian, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy, Tour of Duty, Raven, Trojan War and The Protector) a young man that claims on his mother's deathbed, she never bothered to tell his father of his existence (Thanks mom!) and he has to stake his claim in this family to be recognized as a Barkley.  With more than 30,000 acres to watch over you almost get the same feel as Bonanza but it does have enough episodes to stand alone if not a bit similar and Stanwyck is the glue of this show from her demure performance one minute to ironclad and hard hitting the next.

A few comments about the show now.  Apparently it is Hell being a Sheriff in this region as they went through more than 5 sheriffs in 4 seasons.  Originally there was a fourth Barkley son Eugene played by Charles Briles who was in 8 episodes for season 1 but in real life he was drafted by the U.S. Army and his character was written off as he went to college and was never mentioned again.  Not even a postcard or a drop-by with dirty laundry?

Lee Majors' portrayal of Heath is to this day deemed one of the most likable characters in TV history. For his level headed attitude to his steadfast loyalty to family and friends, Heath was a stand-up guy that you could depend on in a clinch.

With guest stars of Joe Don Baker, John Carradine, Claude Akins, Judy Carne, Charles Bronson, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Oates, Jack Lord, Kathleen Nolan and William Shatner, the popularity of this show had some of the highest Nielsen ratings.
In spite of those ratings, the show was canceled after 4 seasons due to network trying to steer away from Westerns and move to a more modern TV era.  Smooth move, CBS.  Bunch of dinks.

Oh great, clutch is stuck!

Wild West TV Week: The Rifleman

Day 2 of Wild West TV Week is upon us!!!  Soon the white eye will know the agony of...  okay so I wanted to change it up now and again.   This day I thought we would focus our attention on a show that became a bit of a cliche with widow/widower with a child.  What could be more interesting than Father Knows Best with a 1892 .30-30 or a .44-40 Winchester with a custom action.  This is The Rifleman.

Pa, I'm slipping off the horse again.

Mark McCain: You hit him pretty hard, pa.
Lucas McCain: Well, he was pretty spoiled, son.






Our series is focused around Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors of Geroninmo, Flipper, Arrest and Trial, Branded, Cowboy in Africa, Support Your Local Gunfighter, The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Soylent Green, Roots and Airplane II: The Sequel) a veteran officer of the Union who received more than a few battlefield in the 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment buys a ranch out in the New Mexico Territory in the fictitious town North Fork.  He and his son Mark (Johnny Crawford of Branded, Indian Paint, Village of the Giants, El Dorado, The Naked Ape, The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, William Tell and The Thirteenth Floor).  Trying to avoid trouble and just raise his son as best as possible but this wild territory needs a firm hand and not unlike Wanted: Dead or Alive has the same 1892 rifle with a modified large ring lever allowing him rapid fire as was shown in in the opening credits and standing at 6'5"  and square jawed he cut an imposing figure.

Ladies, I know I'm your type.  I will even take my monthly bath early.

The town U.S. Marshall Micah Torrance (Paul Fix of The Big Valley, Land of the Giants, Death Valley Days, The Undefeated, Young Billy Young, El Dorado, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, The City and The Rebels) a recovering alcoholic is on and off the wagon throughout the series.  A broken man filled with tragedy and hurt, you see this secondary character evolve as he goes through his trials and tribulations.  Worried for his son's safety, McCain considers selling the ranch and moving on but sees the benefits to the growing expansion of this territory in spite of the bandits, irritated Native Americans and cattle rustlers, his son feels like they belong here and this could be a true home for them.

A few interesting notions of the series now.  More than 500 actors and celebrities made guest spots on the show such as: John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr.,  Jack Elam, Agnes Moorehead, Denver Pyle, Lee Van Cleef, Robert Culp, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dennis Hopper.  Hell, Buddy Hackett managed to stay G rated on this show as well.     Director Sam Peckinpah's directorial debut is due to The Rifleman before expanding to the realistic violence of The Wild Bunch.

Shot in sound stage Fox Western Studio for Season 1 they moved out to Paramount Ranch in Agoura California.  Connors turned down the role prior due to the low salary and producers Arthur H. Nadel and Jules V. Levy kicked around sweeting  the pot to keep Connors in the game.  Smart investment for 5 years.

Charles Atlas diet!

Wild West TV Week

Hey there! Now before you roll your eyes and groan, "Jake, you have already done a Western TV spot before."  I would point out that the 50's and the 60's produced a slew of Western TV shows and I covered some of the most popular but I did not cover every Western I wanted to.   I also made mention that I would eventually get back to it and give it some life to the readers that are not familiar with these particular shows.

Heeeeeeere's..... Steve McQueen?

The basis of the week is to touch (not bad touch) on a few that were beloved but some barely reside in DVD land and are still relegated to piss poor VHS copies that have had anything from being in the direct sun too long or the VCR chew the tape something fierce and cannot be replaced.  Most of the series I will be reviewing this week can be found on the Encore channel so set the DVR up and record those bad boys.

Chuck Connors for the NRA.

So relax in the easy chair or couch and try to take in some of these classics and don't spoil it by counting how many rounds from each six shooter or rifle have been fired.  Just accept they are on God Mode and they have Infinite ammo.

Larson 80s TV Week

Howdy kiddies and this week I thought we would tackle shows of yesteryear again.  The 1970s to 1990s series with the development of multiple titles and pilots by Glen A. Larson (writer and producer of It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith and Jones, McCloud, Battlestar Galactica, Switch and Buck Rogers in the 25^th Century) in order to bring quality shows…of course he did try to subject us to Automan (an AI creation that created constructs i.e. vehicles and physical presence to fight crime with) and Manimal (a professor able to transform into any kind of animal in order to fight crime alongside a cop and his Vietnam war buddy) so I cannot guarantee you will love every series Larson produced and written but dammit we will take a peek!  

Enjoy the beefcake, ladies.

From such memorial TV shows such as: Magnum P.I. to more obscure shows you may have forgotten like Cover Up and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. 

Ranging series from Westerns, Action and Science Fiction to offer a stimulus to the imagination to what was marketable for children and adults.  

22 TV movies had Larson at the helm producing it with what funds were allotted or what he brought to the table.  He has amazed us as equally baffled us so let us take time to review a smattering of series this week via the 1980s collection. 

I hope as always it informs and entertains.

Western TV Week: Gunsmoke

Howdy buckaroos and welcome to the finale of Western TV Week.  Now given I had not seen this series prior to this write-up I got to find out all sorts of facts.  Placed in the surrounding area of Dodge City Kansas this is the first of the TV Westerns to be shown in the Midwestern states rather than the West coast.   So get your daisy suits cleaned, polish them spurs and prep for one mighty fine shindig.  This is Gunsmoke.

Hmm wonder how Peter Graves is doing.

Festus: Spoiler Dillon!!!!

Right off the first episode you get a feeling this show is going to have a sense of style to it.  It gets introduced by the Duke himself, John Wayne.  Giving praises to both the show and cast members.  Not too shabby for right out of the gate and was adapted from the same name titled radio show to television.

Deputy US Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness of The Thing from Another World, Iron Man, Hellgate, Hondo, Them! And McClain’s Law) dispenses justice in Dodge City and the surrounding areas.   Having two regular deputies Festus Haggen (Ken Curtis of Rio Grande, The Searchers, The Killer Shrews, The Giant Gila Monster and Ripcord) a cantankerous grump and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver of Touch of Evil, Kentucky Jones, Gentle Ben, Duel and McCloud) a scrappy fellow with a good gun hand, Dillon had the authority to deputize anyone of use and wanting to serve the good folk of Dodge City and the surrounding territories.   Keeping the peace with compassion but backed up with six shooters and rifles.

Low down horse thieving...Hey is that Scotty?!!

One of notoriety in my opinion is the half breed Indian blacksmith, Quint (Burt Reynolds of Dan August, Deliverance, Shamus, White Lighting, The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit and Malone) whose main role was to go into a residing town and apparently get the crap wailed out of him.  Granted Quint gave as well as he got but still lay off the poor guy.    

When the fellas are not out keeping the peace, they are taking in a show at the Long Branch Saloon to catch Miss Kathleen “Kitty” Russel (Amanda Blake of Sunny Side of the Street, Lili, A Star is Born, The Red Skelton Hour and Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge) who is quite the eyeful.  Miss Kitty is the sole proprietor of the saloon/hotel/brothel and yet was never viewed as a madam in the town’s eye but a business woman.

 

Gator McKlusky??!!!

A few points of interest I thought I would bring up.  While the story takes place in Dodge City; there are more than a few locations that look awfully familiar.  Such as Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Paramount Ranch, Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth California and Simi Valley.  For most of the interior shots from anything to a gunfight to a bar room brawl we can surmise these shots took place in the CBS Studio Center as well as California Studios for the in-depth rafter lighting for the bar’s interior shots.

Miss Kitty takes no guff.

Also the barrage of guest stars of the show such as Claude Akins, Ed Asner, James Doohan, Barbara Eden, Leif Garrett, Beverly Garland, Jodie Foster and Dennis Hopper  just to name a handful.  Lasting for 20 years this Western truly gripped the imagination.

Western TV Week: Rawhide

Welcome back folks to Day 4 of Western TV Week and boy I sure do hope I haven’t caught you lot at the other end of the cracker barrel!  Yeah I can’t do old west colloquiums so sue me.  This fine day I thought we would saunter into a cattle drive with a stern but fair trail boss Gil Favor.  So throw a blanket on that horse before you saddle it, keep your gunpowder and your pants dry.  This is Rawhide.

 

Jeepers I hates this neckerchief!

 Gil Favor: It’s not the roundin’ up and the ropin’ and the branding of the spoiler that’s the big problem for ranchers. It’s getting’ ‘em to market-  fifteen hundred bone weary miles from the the southern tip of Texas to the railhead at Sedalia.

You know you are in good company with a fella name of Gil Favor (Eric Fleming of Joan of Arc. Conquest of Space, Fright, Queen of Outer Space and Curse of the Undead) one of the best dangnabbit trail bosses this side of the Ponderosa.   Carnswallot I can manage these comments!

Give us your lupines!!!

 With Gil is his trusted ranch hand and dead shot Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood of Ambush of Cimarron Pass, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Hang ‘Em High, Where Eagles Dare, Kelly’s Heroes, Dirty Harry and City Heat) and Yates’ sidekick the cantankerous Wishbone (Paul Brinegar of Hell on Devil’s Island, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Vampire, Copper Sky, How to Make a Monster and Country Boy). As their new herds get in and across the lands, trouble always seems a brewing.  Plenty of cattle rustlers, card sharks and crooked politicians as much as the Cartwrights…the difference being our beef cattle hands were in a new location every episode.    Not to be sticklers on a tight schedule our riders would stop to help settlers from an Indian attack, farm folk that got jumped by raiders and the occasional silver miner that was flogged away from his claim.  

 

Here are just a few notes I made about the series.   This was the competition of Paramount as a Universal Studios production and it lasted 8 years and was the fifth longest running Western show next to exceeded only by 8 years of Wagon Train, 9 years of The Virginian, 14 years of Bonanza and 20 years of Gunsmoke.     The first 3 years of Rawhide were in glorious black and white and then Technicolor reared its evil head and ensnared the show.   Locations had to vary from the standard studio lots of Universal Studios as well as Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park and Simi Valley California for most of the trail shots.  Red Rock Canyon State Park got a fair amount of use during Indian raids against the cattle hands.  Yeah the portrayals of Native Americans from 1935 to 1975 are not the most flattering.    

Well cow, did I fire 6 times or only 5?

CBS Studio Center had a fair amount of sound stages for the local towns but just watch a few episodes and you will notice more than a few similar sets per town.   This is was a big career changer for Eastwood as at the time in question he was better known for Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns.

Western TV Week : Bonanza

Hey cowpokes and welcome back for Day 3 of Western TV Week.  I thought we would check in on a family homestead that touched America’s heart and tickled its fancy.  A family that more fist fights than Ike and Tina yet always knew how to connect. Ranching can be a difficult undertaking, and in the Ponderosa you could be dealing with anything from cattle rustlers to die hard gunfighters.  It is always best to be on the sheriff’s side when that happens, however I am here to tell you it’s alright when you pick a fight.  This is Bonanza.

 

Lorne Greene's duh face.

Ben Cartwright: Look at it, Adam. Feast thine eyes on a spoiler that approacheth Heaven itself.

Unlucky in love but lucky at cards thrice widowed Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene of Sailor of Fortune, The Buccaneer, Griff and Battlestar Galactica) tends to his 600,000 acre ranch in Lake Tahoe.  A fine place to raise your kids and boy howdy if Ben doesn’t have the politest boys around like his eldest Adam (Pernell Roberts of The Silent Gun, Four Rode Out, Mission: Impossible, Vega$ and The Love Boat) the architect that designed the ranch house, His biggin’ beasty of a boy Eric a.k.a. Hoss (Dan Blocker of Cheyenne, Gunsmoke, The Restless Gun, Cimarron City and Lady in Cement) who built the ranch by knocking over trees with his bare hands(my guess) and youngest boy and a bit of a heart throb, Joseph ‘ Little Joe’ (Michael Landon of Crossroads, Telephone Time, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, High School Confidential!, Luke and the Tenderfoot and Little House on the Prairie) and each son in question is from these different mothers.

You touching me Steve.

Apparently in the 50’s the mother was not allowed to live.   From week to week the Cartwrights got in typical western shenanigans consisting of horse thieves, irate Indians, gunfighters with too much rye in their belly and more than a few bank robbers.  The MacGuffin device of this series was they went into town, it got robbed.  They went to a neighborly farm, Apaches attempt to burn it to the ground and ravage the women. 

And now I have just a few points of observation of the show.  

This is one of the few American shows that managed to go to 14 seasons.   While the show was to take place in Lake Tahoe, primarily the show was filmed on both Stage 17 and Stage 18 in Paramount Studios and Chavez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles.  Amazingly enough this is one of the few Western TV series that was not shot in Vasquez Rocks for their fist and gun fights as well as long drawn horseback chases.   Holcomb Valley was more for the range warfare and drawn out gun battles.  

Hehe, not a thought in her little head.

Apparently any female even remotely interested in the Cartwrights seem to do die around them.  All kidding aside this was a pretty common reoccurrence.   They are just death to all that hold internal sexual organs.  My theory is some family curse that was thrust upon Ben Cartwright and all of his kin.

Western TV Week: Have Gun, Will Travel

Bueno dias campers and welcome to Day 2 of Western TV Week so let’s saunter on through.  This time we move towards San Francisco to a professional gunfighter, a trouble shooter if you will.  The Enigmatic Paladin has his own calling card.  So saddle up, have an ace in the hole and have your wits about you.  This is Have Gun Will Travel.

hmm methinks this young lady is from the F-Troop tribe.

Paladin: I don’t think you got a good look at this spoiler while you had it. The balance is perfect.  This trigger responds to a pressure of one ounce.

Former West Point graduate and Civil War Veteran Paladin (Richard Boone of Halls of Montezuma, Call Me Mister, Return of the Texan, Pony Soldier, Medic, Hombre and Big Jake) has emerged from the war in favor of the finer things in life with his care free hotel room in the Carlton.  When he wasn’t enjoying a series of poker or a bottle of Dom Perignon and seats at the opera; a professional gunslinger with his business card over a picture of a chess knight piece that reads: Have Gun, Will Travel…Wire Paladin, San Francisco.   

Brisco's got nothing on Paladin!

This man was characterized as an anti-hero. I assume this is due to the fact he is constituted as a bounty hunter, gunfighter and everyman’s hero.  Traveling from town to town on horseback or by train he found his mission objectives and earned his money.  To me, he came across as a necessary evil. The final justice in a land that had no real law was at the barrel of his balanced and weighed .45 revolver, his derringer and a lever-action Marlin rifle. His marksmanship was second to none.  His training, intelligence and tactical analysis gave him a massive edge.

The only other reoccurring character is handy boy and bellhop Hey Boy (Kam Tong of The Hunters, Who Was That Lady, Walk Like a Dragon, The Virginian, Women of the Prehistoric Planet and Dimension 5) who Paladin harassed but it was good natured ribbing.

Now we discuss a few interesting notions of the show. Most of the character Paladin is shrouded in mystery.  You get the concept that he is not proud of being a soldier in the Civil War and his personal honor is greatly tarnished from this. 

 So many TV actors cut their teeth under this show and many other have furthered their existing careers such as: Ken Curtis of Gunsmoke, Charles Bronson of The Dirty Dozen and the Mechanic, Jacqueline Scott of Gunsmoke and Ironside, character actor George Kennedy of Gunsmoke, Dr. Kildare and the Naked Gun trilogy and Norma Crane of Fiddler on the Roof and They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 

Ow landed on my keys!

Once again Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Iverson Ranch and Bronson Canyon Griffith Park were being used as background trails from horse thieves and bushwhackers.   The series was filmed in 35mm Spherical and recorded in mono for audio. Paramount once again is the production for the CBS entertainment as it was with Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Program and The Red Skelton Show.  A darker storyline but justice always prevailed in one form or another.

Western TV Week: The Wild Wild West

Back again kids and welcome to Western TV Week and let’s kick off this shindig right with embracing right after the Civil War we still have dangers to the country so President Grant enlisted some deep cover operatives for a long term operation.  So let’s dust off your spurs, grab your Stetson and your six-shooter.  This is The Wild Wild West.

 

Yes ladies I am a bit sweaty.

James T. West: It wasn’t your spoiler.

Lydia Monteran: It was…until you made me give it back.

Under the order of President Grant, James T. West (Robert Conrad of Sea Hunt, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Young Dillinger, The Bandits, The D.A., Assignment Vienna, Black Sheep Squadron, Centennial and The Lady in Red) a Civil War veteran and military intelligence officer is assigned to a long term deep undercover agent as well as his partner who is a master of disguise and tinkerer Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin of Geronimo, The Ceremony, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, The Return of Charlie Chan, Vega$ and Jana of the Jungle).  West is decked out as an East Coast dandy with a private train and more than a few bucks to spare for the expansion.   

Snap out of it, West! You've been playing 8 ball all day!

With no back up, no real cavalry to speak of these two men are outfitted with the true sense of steampunk based weapons.  Hidden blades, unusual firearms and a few odds and ends stave off warlords, privateers and banditos.    During the midst of this madcap tales there were plenty of reoccurring villains such as; Doctor Loveless (Michael Dunn of Ship of Fools, Get Smart, Burke’s Law, You’re a Big Boy Now and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) and Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi (Victor Buono of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Batman and Target: Harry) both note worthy rogues in this den of thieves.  When West and Gordon are not trading punches and bullets they are wooing the ladies and let’s face it, a private train is the cat’s meow fellas.  Methinks that pool table got more than a few things racked on it.

And now I have just a few points to make about the show itself.  Primarily shot around Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth California as well as many horseback chases and gunfights found in a popular Paramount shooting location known as the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, commonly used for Gunsmoke, Star Trek and The Planet of the Apes films.   Another very popular location for filming was Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park for its more hilly terrain and greenery as it has been shot for TV show such as: Bonanza, Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Knight Rider and MacGyver. 

Mmm...hope she comes with the house.

This show is a conglomerate of Ian Fleming’s James Bond savvy, the hard hitting western era and a smidgeon of Jules Vernes science fiction.  Our villains could double for the 1930’s serials or comic book characters.  You commonly saw anything from a secret society in the wings to mad scientists, revolutionaries of the Mexican Army, former Confederates to corrupt politicians feathering their own nest of ill repute.   I always got a kick out of the newest invention or mad scientist weapon of mass destruction every other week.

Western TV Week

Howdy pardners and welcome to the mass conglomerate that is TV Westerns.  And boy howdy we have more than a few to get through this week and I hope yer six guns and spurs are clean and ready for action. So I will meet you in the tavern for a boilermaker and a round of cards.  Remember there is a no tolerance for cheaters.

I hope you all enjoy and again feel free to drop suggestions, comments and complaints so I know how I am doing.

I crap bigger than you!