Duck, You Sucker! Also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution

By Sergio Leone, with Rod Steiger and James Coburn.
Music by Ennio Morricone, of course.

I agree with that, except the every possible angle part of it. I think most of the Westerns I've enjoyed have been from the last few decades, and it seems like the story lines were fairly original. I could be mistaken, as I'm sure I haven't even seen 5% of the Westerns that have been made.

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speaking of western history, this plaque is on the wall in Las Vegas, NM. Have to love the sentiment, "...for shooting Jesse James in the back.." Not just shot Jesse James

That's pretty cool Rocketman - the event has been represented by quite a few movies including that coward Bob Ford getting his! :mad:

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If you are ever in NE NM, a stop in Las Vegas is worth your time. Lots of history. They say at one time it was the largest city west of the Mississippi. Hard to believe, but that is what the say.

I stayed in a hotel right downtown, thinking the Plaza Hotel, that is said to be haunted. Apparently the itialian owner died in the building and prefers to bother only single women in their rooms, tries to get in bed with them. You can read the journals by asking the front desk. Go figure, never heard of a ghost like that.

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2005/10/16/plaza-hotel-has-rooms-with-a-boo/118097782/

here's a link

OK thanks - very interesting!

Lone Ranger story; the supreme fighter for Truth, Justice, and the American way.

When I worked @ Rockwell I went to the Santa Susana facility often.
Hidden back in the hills is a pond and a natural cave.
Clayton Moore had a cabin built in front of the cave and would go there in the summer to swim.
Iverson ranch is a famous spot for western films and it butted up against the facility.
We would eat lunch by the cave & pond and tell Lone Ranger stories,
Hi O Silver Away.

Here is a link
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/reel-cowboys-of-santa-susanas-clayton.html

Great story, Ted - thanks!

For me a large part of what makes a western enjoyable is the actors and actresses.

Been watching this one from 1969 tonight while sorting through new motorcycle parts. Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch....and Fernando Llamas!

And an exceptional soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith!

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One of the funniest things ever said to me was in 1980 in Times Square McDonald's. The server said I talked funny and asked where I was from. I said "Oregon." He said "Ohio?" I said "Oregon." Then he asked "Is that Indian problem solved yet."

Funny as hell.

glad I didn't have a drink in my mouth when I read that!

Perhaps equally as funny...Ron Madaio was mailing a T shirt from a Long Beach, NY bar to me. Postal clerk told hm he needed to fill out a customs form.

There's a lot of people who don't realize there's anything west of the Hudson River.

If you think you know a lot about westerns....but have never heard of Dick's Powell's Zane Grey Theater.....then you don't know squat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Powell%27s_Zane_Grey_Theatre

TV Guide called the show "an educated 20th century view of the Old West".

Five television Westerns began as episodes of Zane Grey Theatre: Trackdown, starring Robert Culp ("Badge of Honor"), The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors ("Sharpshooter"), Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durrant ("The Loner"), The Westerner, starring Brian Keith ("Trouble at Tres Cruces"), and Black Saddle, starring Chris Alcaide ("A Threat of Violence"). Alcaide was replaced by Peter Breck in the principal role when Black Saddle was sold as a series. The "lineage" of Zane Grey Theatre also includes the NBC series, Law of the Plainsman, which originated from a February 17, 1959 episode of The Rifleman starring Michael Ansara as Marshal Sam Buckhart (The Indian).

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This was a good one!

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Gotta love Kitty. She don't take crap off no one....lol!!!

"I seen you use that gun. You're pretty good wit it. But so am I".

Famous last words......:D

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Why did Festus walk so funny when he would announce Miss Kitty is coming to town?

"Colonel" was supposed to be a Border Collie but the dog in this episode of Death Valley Days looks (and acts) more like a Cattle Dog to me!

The actual dog, named "Dorsey", delivered mail between Calico and Bismarck, California, for his owner, a postmaster, from 1883 to 1886

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And that's the way it happened. In the town too tough to die!