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crims40
The Rifleman...Chuck Connors. Tonight on the western channel. 24 hr marathon starting at midnight pacific time. Yeee Haw...!! I love it.
The Tivo is set.....[:D][:D]
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  • crims40
    So How did he get off so many shots in the Opening scene.
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  • crims40
    Any of you old timers ever see this show! Its not bad, in this episode there having a shooting contest for a Model 12 shotgun.
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  • fastcarsgofast
    Wasn't he also a major league pitcher?
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  • plains scout
    He wasn't a switch hitter was he?
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  • crims40
    Yep. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in '49, I believe. Then, he played briefly for someone else before starting to act. [:)][:)]
    That was just before he borrowed my Model 92 Winchester for the "Rifleman" series and didn't bring it back......[;)][;)]
    crims40
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  • gun_runner
    Watching it now, I love this show. I wish I could do that with a rifle.
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  • Frogbert
    quote:Originally posted by plains scout
    He wasn't a switch hitter was he?



    [:D]
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  • EVILDR235
    I remember watching the show and noticed he fired the rifle both right and left handed in the opening of the show depending the time period.I read a story a few years ago about him.He once brought a horse into his house for someone to look at.Owned a bunch of guns also.
    EvilDr235
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  • abcguns2
    Yes , I spent two (2) hours early this a.m. after work up watching this ...Wasnt ever my favorite western , but was watchable ... I do like watching the older shows and seeing who else is on them ....
    Thanks !!!
    d.a.stearns
    Gunsmith / LEO
    Niota , Tn
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  • thunderbolt
    Old Chuck was also a card carrying Communist. No joke.
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  • allen griggs
    Johnny Crawford was a real "rock star" during the heyday of the show. I remember all the little girls in 5th grade had a picture of him. He even had a hit song, "Round and Round it Goes," which was about the names of boyfriends/girlfriends that kids write on their desks at school.
    After The Rifleman, Crawford's career tanked. He was in one John Wayne movie, then, Adios.
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  • Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    Johnny Crawford was a real "rock star" during the heyday of the show. I remember all the little girls in 5th grade had a picture of him. He even had a hit song, "Round and Round it Goes," which was about the names of boyfriends/girlfriends that kids write on their desks at school.
    After The Rifleman, Crawford's career tanked. He was in one John Wayne movie, then, Adios.

    I've never heard of "Round and round it goes" but "Cindy's Birthday" was a big hit when I was a kid.
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  • allen griggs
    Was that by Johnny Crawford? He really was a rock star.
    Come to think of it, the name was not "Round and round it goes."
    That was the chorus. The title was "So Goes the Story."
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  • Colonel Plink
    quote:Originally posted by crims40
    The Rifleman...Chuck Connors. Tonight on the western channel. 24 hr marathon starting at midnight pacific time. Yeee Haw...!! I love it.
    The Tivo is set.....[:D][:D]
    crims40
    rifleman.jpg


    And my G&A came in the mail yesterday. Guess what they feature in this issue?
    Yup. his rifle. I haven't read it yet (chasing the toddler, ya know).
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  • Lowrider
    Watched it until 2am this morning and fired it up again at 8am. They showed all the episodes of the first season.

    I get a kick out of all the young "nobody" actors who appeared on that show and went on to be big names. I saw Warren Oates last night at about 21 years old and this morning I saw Dennis Hopper at about the same age.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    I met Johnny Crawford at the End Of Trail Cowboy shoot a couple of years ago. Nice guy, but shorter than I expected.
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  • PJ
    Connors played for the Cubs for some time. I saw him playing First Base for the LA Angels vs the Hollywood Stars in the old AAA Pacific Coast League in 1955 or 1956.
    Pete
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  • gun_runner
    Still on at my house, I only slept 4 hours last night. Its gonna start coming on every week after this.


    Yippeeeeee!
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  • oldgunner
    Got them recording for my brother. I have Comcast, so I expect to see them at least fifty eight times each in the next year.
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  • Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    Was that by Johnny Crawford? He really was a rock star.
    Come to think of it, the name was not "Round and round it goes."
    That was the chorus. The title was "So Goes the Story."

    OK, the flipside was "Daydreams".
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  • JamesRK
    I haven't watched any of it yet, but I've been recording it since midnight last night. Thanks for letting me know. I probably would have missed it. [8D] [:)]
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