Actually, I have always considered myself king of my castle http://i.imgur.com/5nRkWdG.gif

:smug:

It would seem apparent a log or stump would (or 'wood') be a good source of fiber...

All this talk about logs brought to mind a sort of Xmas tradition observed by a pair of morning FM radio personalities here in Los Angeles. They played this bit of audio to officially inaugurate each Xmas season all during their many years on air. A bit of background: the audio is from a long-ago Disney Xmas record album; the speculation has long been whether the persons recording this ambiguous track did so deliberately or was it just a coincidence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0F349E2dXE


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Rare footage of Jimbuna being King:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8BrYoDq8qM



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Pretty much close to the truth :):)

I can quite believe that Jim, a man is happy when his wife is happy!:yep:

Keep the bride happy and your life has a lot fewer headaches to contend with.

The Honeymooners, I used to enjoy watching that, many years ago.
My son recently purchased the entire box set of Rawhide, kinda corny in parts but really enjoying it!:yep:
I think they should put some of these old black and white shows back on tv.:up:

Heads would spin with the sudden, extreme increase in the quality of programming.

There are about a half-dozen or so OTA networks here in the US specializing in showing those old programs from the 50s and 60s; I enjoy them because they didn't look so clear and sound so great when I used to watch them on the old Philco tube TV with the rabbit ears back when I was a kid. Its nice to see them in such good quality, and, yes, the quality of the content more often than not is better than the new, "better" programs on the air now...

What wonderful times they were, like watching Happy Days, also better morals imo!:yep:

^happier daze
 

I'm usually glued to 'the western channel' watching Wyatt Earp, the Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, and Wagon Train etc; I simply love the old westerns. The wrangler for many of those shows, himself (Allegedly)a Golden Boot' recipient, has a riding ranch nearby where my daughter and I used to go every weekend. Of course he's not up there with Jane Russell (1984):o imho http://www.goldenbootawards.com/imag...84jrussell.jpg <Westerns are actually miniature morality plays: RULE 1: Hay is always for horses...not horsin' around...:damn:

Correctamundo

Currently, a couple of the OTA retro networks are showing "Have Gun, Will Travel", in my opinion one of the best shows, western or otherwise, to come out of that era. The character of Paladin was more complex than the usual cowboy shows on at the same time. Richard Boone, with his craggy, worn face, wasn't the same as the handsome heroes of other programs. His character was neither good or bad, he just 'was', almost a sort of Zen identity. In a way, Paladin, and the way Boone portrayed him, was the precursor to the 'anti-heroes' of the later "spaghetti westerns". When the show was on the air originally, I would always make an effort to watch. There was a long period of time where the show could not be aired: there was a western movie star named Lash LaRue who also dressed in all black and his family and estate claimed the Paladin character was a lift of LaRue's image and fought to obtain royalties based on this claim. As a result, there was a great reluctance to air the show lest there be involvement in the litigation(s). (Incidentally, LaRue's family also sought to claim royalties from the creators and publishers of the "Rick O'Shea" newspaper comic strip contending a strip character, "Hipshot Percussion", also infringed on the image of Lash LaRue.) I did a bit of digging to find this episode, my favorite of the series, where the origins of Paladin are shown; the acting abilities of Richard Boone are showcased in this program:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKL2-dqLWg



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Wow! That was a good episode! I saw most of the show when it first aired, but I don't remember anything. A friend loaned me the first season several years ago, but again I don't remember much.

William Conrad, who directed the episode and played the true bad guy, was the voice of Matt Dillon in the original Gunsmoke radio show.

Thanks for the link.

Unfortunately they don't air the old westerns here, the only way we get to watch them is buy the DVD sets but these are way over priced, for example:
Bonanza and Gunsmoke are both over $500, a little over the top for old shows imo, most of the others are also too pricy!!:doh::wah: The only 2 I could afford was Cimarron City and The Tall Man, loved them though!!:yep: