Afternoon TV

[lara.1973]

Originally Posted by FATHER TED2

robert maxwell?

y aint you working??

[NUB40]

Originally Posted by JB40

It's all about personal taste and genre film making marg. My 18 year old might like westerns and footy but my 14 year old loves chick-lit and romantic comedies. Scary.

You can send the 14yr old over to mine,we will have a blast

My 14yr old son loves westerns/all real life and wildlife programmes/and all the old programmes such as porridge,steptoe and son them fishing programmes and loads of other crap

[Nizzy]

The Red-Headed Stranger with Willie Nelson was good and never seems to be on telly very often. Willie's a big-hearted rebel who comes to the rescue of the lovely Katherine Ross. Plus he wrote the feem toon, sang the feem toon. Nice film.

[littlecrow]

NES....
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Originally Posted by Waltjo
Ooooh Kim so many memories there lol I used to like Laramie, I thought Robert, can't remember his surname was lovely

Robert Shaw,
Robert Mitchum,
Robert ??? whatever is name is lol, proberly the one you was thinking off but gone straight outa mi head lol.

Robert Fuller ? I think thats him ... Mmmmmmm hunk of the day.

[Starshine007]

I must have watched westerns as a kid, with 3 channels of tv it's quite likely, but I can only really remember the series mentioned previously - High Chaparal, Bonanza and Alias Smith and Jones. That one really was a passion of mine (as we've alluded to before on this board), but it was even less about cowboys or anything resembling a "true" western than the other 2 shows. Westerns really are more my dad's favourite film genre (along with war films). Often I'll pop down and catch him watching one of an evening.

[JB40]

I liked the high Chaparel. The scripts and acting were uneven. And it was very 'talky', like most of those old series. But the thing I remember the most is how it LOOKED. The vivid outdoor photography under the Arizona sun. The desert, and the cloudless skies. The sweat and dust on the cowboys. And the plushy interior of the ranchouse. And blue boys weird eyes. It left a deep impression, and goes to show that for good westerns the landscape is a major character.

[Starshine007]

Blue's blue eyes used to mesmerise both me and my mum. Not sure if we watched the show for the scripts or the eyes. Other than that its just a vague memory now, can't remember the cinematography or the scenery too much, unfortunately.

[kate13]

Originally Posted by rhondda rudie

What about school holidays tv in the 70s.2 episodes of Flash Gordon that were so old that my dad used to watch them at the cinema as a small boy (he would have 86 this year) followed by Why Don't You then Robinson Crusoe/White Horses/Champion The Wonder Horse/Zorro/Belle And Sebastian.Exactly the same schedule for 10 years.Utter cack!!!

Flash gordon i don't remember that on telly, We had it every week at the sat morning pictures it was rubbish, Champion the wonder horse i remember on telly as kids and the western movies, when little boys were allowed to play with guns.

[San Diego]

Did someone mention sweaty cowboys????? Yes please, I'll take two

[rhondda rudie]

Originally Posted by kate13

Flash gordon i don't remember that on telly, We had it every week at the sat morning pictures it was rubbish, Champion the wonder horse i remember on telly as kids and the western movies, when little boys were allowed to play with guns.

Remember the spaceships Kathie.About 3 sparks coming out the back.They made a soft porn version in the early 80s called Flesh Gordon.