Bruce Boxleitner Rides Tall! HOW THE WEST WAS WON Part 2 of 2 A WORD ON WESTERNS
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2024
- James Arness was Bruce Boxleitner's mentor on HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1976-79). The TV superstar was instrumental in Bruce getting the role of Luck Macahan, nephew of Arness' frontiersman, Zeb. It was a huge break for Box. Not only did he quickly take to the saddle, but the expensive series of 24 2-hour movies featured many of the actors and actresses film buff Boxleitner grew up admiring. Besides...it was a WESTERN. He was thrilled!
In this conversation, on Part 2 of our in-depth look at the epic series, Bruce talk's about learning to ride and the life lessons he learned from from 6'7" Arness about what it takes to be a TV star. Bruce even married the actress who portrayed his sister in the series, Kathryn Holcomb. "Kitty" attended the taping and briefly shares the spotlight and some memories of the show with the jam packed audience of western fans.
Following HOW THE WEST WAS WON, 1983 Golden Boot Award winner Boxleitner continued with western roles like "I Married Wyatt Earp" (1983), "The Gambler" series of TV movies (1980-1994), "Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone" (1994), "Aces 'N' Eights" (2008), and two more films with Big Jim Arness: "Red River" (1998) and "Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice" (1994). As the lead in the popular comedy mystery series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983-1987, Bruce got to wear a tux! Then, he ventured into outer space as Tron, in "TRON" (1982" and "TRON: Legacy" (2010), and the "Babylon 5" series (1993-98) and TV movies.
This special episode of A WORD ON WESTERNS also features HOW THE WEST WAS WON series' costumer and actor, Al Fleming, who takes the AWOW mic for a rollicking story of some wild bareback riding in one of director Burt Kennedy's episodes. This is from one of our earliest A WORD ON WESTERNS productions and was recorded Feb 2014 in The Autry Museum's cafe.
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I was born in 1953 my Dad was a huge fan of westerns and I grow up watching Gun Smoke and I still watch it in reruns. We need more westerns today I learned what a man should be watching John Wayne.James Arness, Richard Boone and so many more. Even the new cowboy stars Like Bruce Boxleitner, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are old men now we need more men like t all these guys.
So true..the boys growing up now do not have those kind of role models..its sad.
Man How The West Was Won captivated me the whole time!! I couldn’t wait to watch it!!!! Great show Rob!!! Such a fan of Bruce and James Arness!!
Another reminder of how lucky I was to grow up with these great westerns and the actors who made them so great.
I LOVE all of Bruce's stories, he seems to be a real down to earth person! Nice to see his wife too!! Very interesting! Enjoy your Sunday Rob!
Wow, thank you Rob. These shows just keep getting better and better.
Great interview! Such nice people. Thanks. Adios.
Rob, once again,
I can't begin to find the words to thank you enough for these stories !
These stories would otherwise be lost forever to time Rob !
Thank you SO MUCH ROB !.
Every one of yours guests have a number of little tidbits of
PURE GOLD !
Hearing Bruce speak of hiring a guide for that 10hr. Monument Valley "Bucket List" ride would be nothing short of simply priceless !
Would there be any chance you might be able to locate a name of anyone who might be able to recreate a guided ride anything even close to being that caliber of ride, would be nothing short of amazing Rob !
Looking forward to hearing back from you on this !
Thank you SO MUCH !
Ray & Linda Parsons
Thanks, quadsman. The best group to go with is run by Steve and Marcie Shaw. They are www.Great-American-Adventures.com. I've done the Monument Valley Ride with them. We rode for 6 days and I spoke about movies that were filmed in the area in the evenings. It was TERRIFIC! There's even an episode of AWOW about it, "Clint Eastwood vs Johnny Depp" where I interview Effie Yazzie, the Navajo guide. She has the Coronavirus, which is hitting the area especially terrible! Fortunately, this Fall's ride was cancelled back in April.
@@AWordonWesterns
Thanks Rob,
As always, extremely valued information !
The ride sounds incredible !
But having you do the evening narratives would be absolutely priceless !
Do I remember you mentioning that your dad stopped during a family vacation, and being able to have a picture taken with the Duke ?
Hope my memory is accurate, but can't trust my old brain anymore lol !
Not to keep sounding like a broken record Rob,
but the work that you do is extremely important, and valuable beyond words !
So many of us genuinely appreciate what you do !
@@quadsman11 Yep. I was one lucky cowboy. I'm attaching the link to the episode I talk about meeting Duke. ua-cam.com/video/YkAPfqK0AZo/v-deo.html
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Gosh Rob !
YEP ! THAT'S THE ONE !
What incredible childhood memories !
"CHERISHED" IS THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE DECADE !
Our folks knew how to make memories didn't they !?
Thank you again Rob !
So good of you to share this video again !
This must have been a large budget TV series,everything about it was first class, writing, acting, great backdrop, a good watch every week.
Hello rob, I liked your tribute to john saxon a couple of weeks ago..
very good sir👍
Steve from the UK🐎
Thanks, Stephen.
Another great one, I would just like to say "BOY" I really like a WORD ON WESTERNS!😊👍
BOY howdy, Slick. Thanks!
Looking forward to more Word on Westerns. I love hearing about the directors, make-up people, how the costumes are decided and most of all, the stories from the actors. Thanks Rob.
I laughed and laughed through the whole thing! That was a lot of fun and brought back some really great memories!! Thanks for sharing as always! Really enjoyed this‼️👍❤️
I love these "A Word on Westerns"! I really wish I had known about them when my mom was still alive. For the last 3 years of her life we were watching westerns together every day. To be able to see and hear all the actors, actresses, directors and stuntmen and hear their stories is pure joy! Mom & I always loved all the costuming and locations letting us both travel back in time to the America we loved/love. I'd like to think that mom is here with me enjoying each new show you share. Thank you for all your time and caring in producing these wonderful videos of western movie history with all, including yourself who are still telling their stories.
Thank you, Christine.
Great stories and Bruce is a great guy. It's easy to forget that these guys like Bruce had a beginning when it was a crap shoot whether they would make it in the entertainment business. I'm so glad he did, I don't recall anything I didn't like him in. Thank you Rob.
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Rob, I loved seeing Bruce Boxleitner and his lovely wife talking about one of my favorite westerns How The West Was Won! Great show!
I love these stories.
I want to thank all you guys that put these clips together . Rob, they are so entertaining & educational . Congratulations , this is so well done . cheers AAAA +++++
Thanks, David.
Love these interviews or what u want to call them.... there just great. Gosh, how I miss these actors that have gone on before us. I wish they would put all these great western TV shows back on TV. They just keep playing the same movies over n over n not westerns. We need a good western channel on TV today. Love ur show♥️♥️♥️♥️😊👍
Thanks, Shelly. I'll keep 'em comin' at ya!
Oh my gosh! Really been a long week waiting for this one! Thanks, AGAIN MR ROB WORD!
Thanks for doing these, I sure appreciate it! I love them all.
Another thoroughly enjoyable video, had forgotten how many high profile, veteran actors appeared in the series. Makes we want to unearth my dvd boxset, go into hibernation and binge watch!
Great memories. Great actors
Awesome as always! Love to hear the people tell the behind the scene stories 😊
Always such great videos. Thank you, Rob.
That was awesome. We get to see many great shows and movies from the Golden era now with Grit TV and ME TV. Lots of our favorite actors played on all these shows too. Thanks again for putting this together.
My pleasure, MT.
Cool to hear him talk about it too. Thx for sharing..❤
Once again, Great Job RW!
Thanks, Hoss. Wish I were out riding with Box now!
A Word on Westerns that would be a great time. I haven’t ridden in several years but would love to ride along with y’all.
James Arness and his brother Peter Graves were quite a pair.
Enjoyed the recollections of you're guests. Brings back some great memories.
Loved this interview and the stories.
Guess most of us don't think about the hours of waiting between takes. Bruce graciously gave everyone credit.
Love this one!❤️👍
What a great show 🤠 western how the west Was won fantastic awsome actors i Hope that there Will be made New western shows about 224 episodes i miss these great actors thank you Ward
Thanks much!
I think it was 2015 when james arness died. I remember telling my brother. I had heard it on the radio that morning. HTWWW was so long ago, I was surprised he had been alive for all those 40 years.
Actually 2011
Very nice, thanks!
Thank you for this wonderful video. Those stories about Jim Arness are a real treasure. Monument Valley horseback ride is on my bucket list, as well, and I came thisclose to doing it...just before everything got shut down. I hope to try again this fall, though. :)
Enjoyed this very much. Thank you.👍
Glad you enjoyed it, Joeseph.
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In the summer of 1976 I drove the family station wagon from Florida to Tucson with a younger sister and her friend to pick up our older sister who had recently graduated from the University of AZ. We toured Old Tucson before heading north to California to visit our foster brother in San Francisco. Along the way the girls insisted we see the Grand Canyon and spend a night in Monument Valley. We didn't have the time or funds to take the Grand Canyon trail ride or helicopter tour, so our stop there lasted about as long as that scene in National Lampoon's Vacation. Next came Monument Valley, which was the most desolate place on Earth I had experienced up to that point (prior to touring the Mid East). At first I couldn't convince them that the oppressive heat, lack of vegetation, and nonexistent amenities was sufficient reason to depart immediately. After a couple of hours their attitudes changed and we were back on the road again winging west to the coast. Monument Valley looks impressive on the big screen but it is not for the faint of heart in the heat of summer. Of course, I wasn't tracking down any lost relatives, so my motivation may have been a bit lacking.
Great story, Col. I've done Mon Valley in all seasons and the best time to go is in the Fall.
@@AWordonWesterns Next time I'll bring my horse.
I noticed that you showed a picture of L.Q Jones. I saw him recently in the movie Lone Wolf Mcquade
Awesome Rob!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, Diane.
"And that's how he learned to ride bareback!" 😆
Somebody buy that man a drink!
Wow that was a good show thanks
That was great thanks so much
Another thought I just had, is when we look at these actors/actresses, you see really GOOD people.
Today’s actors contribute nothing to society except virtue sending BS!
I think that’s why appreciate these people so much.
Wes McGee: Thank you.
Ohhh Captain Scarecrow Sheridan my forever man crush
I liked this series that's underrated in Westerns . The guest stars were golden. I also was a fan of another genre series of Bruce's Babylon 5 .
when those Indians got hold of Jack Elam, that was the bloodiest scene in any TV western I ever saw ,up until that point, maybe ever.
Rob, Thank you so much for doing these
interviews! I have been a fan of westerns all my life.
Being born in 1956, I have seen as many movies and series as I could, and still do. Some I can watch over and over again like El Dorado.
You're bringing the backgrounds of the process, and especially the personalities of the actors, on and off the screen, the staff involved, is wonderful. I can say that certain bad person actors that I just hated on the screen are just the nicest people off screen as you have interviewed that I have a whole new attitude about them.
I watch all the channels that feature westerns, and it seems they play the same ones over and over for years. I loved "Hombre", but someday I will throw my remote at the TV if they play it again. Oops, there goes my remote.
There just has to be many more movies that are sitting in vaults just waiting to be shown. Is there, or have I seen most of them. It's rare, but every once in a while I will find one like this spaghetti western with Telly Savalas.
Any comments?
Thanks for your thoughts, tom. Certain films always get viewers and are repeated and repeated as they are licensed to the growing list of available channels. I've been discovering lots of "new" old westerns by scrolling though the grid and watching them. I'm always amazed when I see one that I've missed. I, too, stop every time HOMBRE is running.
That is how I felt when I was lucky to be on the set on "Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone"
Glad you were there, atwater!
Riding in Monument Valley and sitting in the shade of a wagon listening to Slim Pickens? Oh lord... Would not get much better than that... This puts me in mind somebody I would really love to see you talk with.... Peter Sherayko and his Caravan West Productions...
We've attempted to have Peter but he's always so busy. It will happen, though!
@@AWordonWesterns That would be GREAT! Thanks!
Another WOW!
Thanks, Mr SAG President. Did you spot yourself in the photos?
@@AWordonWesterns Of course I did. My vanity would not let me rest otherwise. Thanks for including that shot.
Loved the West was won..didnt watch it though until recently..didnt know of it back when it came out. Great show..loved BB in Westerns..suits him i think..
what a great video.
Thank you
That story about the Indians falling off their horses, was hilarious!
Will it ever come back to TV. Would love to see it again.
Nina Maurer It’s airing RIGHT NOW, Sunday’s on getTV. It also airs on INSP.
I watched the entire weekly series when I was pregnant with our first daughter when It started on TV , and EVERY time someone brings it BACK!
As Rob said below, GetTv has it on currently - Saturday, 9:30 am -12 noon, and the next episode on Sunday 9:30 am -12 noon. I record and watch it every week ANY time I catch the series on. Love ALL the actors and the writing. Once in awhile they show it back to back for a whole WEEKEND.
When it started, I noticed that my reproduction (inexpensive) of one of C.M. Russell's was used in the closing credits!! I about DIED and went to heaven! I also LOVE buffalo and native american culture/photos/items, and the picture i have is of buffalo being rounded up on the plains. My husband thought I was nuts, until NEXT week when it was on I SHOWED him MY PICTURE on the wall when it came on the screen! It was easy to pick out, as the "distinctive buffalo in the middle has his tail up (ahem) in the air almost in a question mark. ha ha.
The Gene Autry Museum where they shot these two segments with the cast and crew is fabulous, if you're anywhere near Glendale, CA ever. They re-named it The Autry Museum of the American West.
The painting is titled "When The Land Belonged To God".
@@dianecollins5337 Thanks, Diane. I'll be watching for "your" Russell!
I always really enjoy a word on westerns and look forward to it every Sunday morning. However last Sunday this Sunday there was no Video from rob. Hope that he is doing well and it was just some kind of a scheduling glitch
Somehow you must have missed it, Bob. We were up with Part 1 of our HOW THE WEST WAS WON tribute; "How Matt Dillon Became Zeb Macahan."
@@AWordonWesterns As long as you and your WOW Team are OK, that's great. All the best. Please keep up the great work and know that many of us appreciate the wonderful interviews you do. Be Safe, Stay Well.
Loved the Westerns .made back then..
Bruce Boxleitner,,, Very Special,,, He's No,,, Bogie,,, Bobby Duvall, or James Arnes,,, But Still Very Special,,,, He's a Great Actor
Hello to Bruce. Coffee?
GOOD VIDEO-P
Glad you enjoyed it, Pat. Thanks.
John Wayne and many more are my ildols april hartman from oxford ohio
Damm he looks great! How old is he now?
Several years younger than me!
Vorrei tanto sentire la traduzione in italiano,come sono sicura più del 50% degli italiani che ascoltano questi video e non capiscono niente......!!!!!!
Where do I find part 1? Is Bruce interviewed in that segment as well?
ua-cam.com/video/YOkFW55HKoE/v-deo.html. Here's Part 1. Box is in the audience laughing.
@@AWordonWesterns Thanks so much. I LOVE his laugh!
Bruce Boxleitner was one of my chidlhood heroes.
I grew up watching him gunfight through one episode after the other sometimes together with James Arness (Rest his soul).
8:54 Hey that's from the Sacket's mini series. Also a kick ass book series.
One of my favorite people on this movie series was Aunt Molly. Great movie series. I would love to have the hole thing. L Q Jack Elem If you could tell me where to get it ?
I would greatly appreciate it.
Howdy, Wild Bill. All episodes are available from Amazon on DVD
A Word on Westerns Thanks Pard.
He still married to Melissa Gilbert? Little House On The Praire 👍great show
She is married to timothy Busfield since 2013. The guy from thirty something and revenge of the nerds.
Her betraying him by going to work for the Shadows on B5 was the last straw 😎
Where is part 1? Is Bruce in it as well?
Part 1 is on page and features creator producer Jim Byrnes and agent Steve Stevens who describes how Bruce was discovered and cast. Very funny. Bruce is in the audience.
@@AWordonWesterns I'm confused -- which page?
I love how the west was won and all the castaprilhartman from oxford ohio
Here’s a question. Why does part two always pop up before part one on these UA-cam videos? That makes no damn sense whatsoever.
Talk to UA-cam. I have no idea. We post them chronologically and that's the way they appear on our page. One a week for about 7 years now. Yikes!! Lemme out of here!
@@AWordonWesterns - Talking to UA-cam is impossible. Society, especially in business, is getting to the point where people don't want to talk to their customers anymore. And I am not going to send them a request or question, because they just ignore it. No use. It's really sad.
what about Jessi, Vicki Schrek
I would like to se a series Who starts in europé and you coole se hos Theo travelld over the Atlantis to northamerica