Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: Cimarron Strip

Apparently, this was a ninety-minute Western series set in the Oklahoma Panhandle which was created by the makers of Gunsmoke and aired during the 1967-1968 TV season. Although it was produced at the height of the big TV Western craze, it did not last longer than one season.

Hey, I Remember This Show: The Lone Ranger (1966)

The more I learn about the real-life Texas Rangers, the more I regret spending so many hours watching this show as a child. If only more real-life Rangers had lived up to the ideal expressed in this show, I might feel less guilty.

Hey, I Remember This Show: Gunsmoke

In honor of the late James Arness, actor John Wayne's famous introduction to the first episode of Mr. Arness's most famous TV series.

Hey, I Remember This Show: F Troop

It was one of the most popular Western comedies of the 1960s as well as being a TV show which I suspect every member of my generation knew from years of syndicated reruns. I could not help being reminded of it during the Pistols 'N' Petticoats intro -- which may be the reason why that particular show failed to last more than a year -- it reminded viewers too much of then-current hit F Troop. Of course, that is just my theory. And if you do not like that theory -- I got others.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: Pistols 'N' Petticoats

Hey, Ann Sheridan, star of 1942's George Washington Slept Here, had a TV show. She didn't have it for very long apparently but she did have one.

I must confess that the title made me expect something different than what the opening credits actually delivered but I guess that says more about me than it does the show.

Update: According to Ivan G. Shreve, Jr., of Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, the reason the show didn't last so long is because Ann Sheridan literally died during the first season. So please ignore any theorizing I might have done on another post. I did not mean to make light of such a serious subject.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: The High Chaparral

According to the IMDB, this series was one of the first Western TV shows to feature Hispanic actors actually playing Hispanic characters -- apart from, of course, The Cisco Kid -- so naturally I never watched it.

Okay, to be fair, I was not a big fan of Westerns when I was growing up and while I would not have minded seeing a TV show with Hispanic characters when I was growing up, the only such show I remember watching on a regular basis when this show was on the air (1967-1971) was I Love Lucy.

I suspect such a failing is my loss since Argentine-born actress Linda Cristal -- who played Victoria -- was quite the looker in her day and the rest of the cast does not seem so bad either.

If I was more politically correct, I could say something snarky about the fact that the show was set in 19th century Arizona but then some of my favorite celebrities -- Linda Ronstadt, for example -- hail from Arizona -- and anyway, it is not fair to blame a show made in the late 1960s for the politics of the 21st century. Especially when the politics of so many TV shows of the 21st century leave much to be desired.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

They made a TV show like this in the 1950s? It almost seems too good to be true -- especially if you consider the real-life person who inspired this show.