When I was a child, 60 years ago, there was a radio series about the adventures of Rick O'Shay. Another radio Western I listened to avidly around the same time was Dick Grayson Rides the Range.
I have just recently subscribed ta' ya'lls western programming. And I've just gotta ta say Keep up the AMAZING work. My family thought I was Weird because all I watch are western movies but, little by little they've Truly come to appreciate these GREAT classics. Peace-Prayers@Jesus.
This led to some very pleasant childhood memories of when I was a kid spending time in the summer with my Aunt Bess and Uncle Clifton. back in the 60s. Their small town local paper carried Rick O' Shay daily and on Sundays, loved reading it. Bob, to you and your family and all those at WOTW, I want to wish y'all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Thanks for sharing all the great Westerns.
Nice you mention the comic Rick O'Shay. Having grown up in Montana, I was a big fan of the strip. In fact, I wrote a fan letter to Stan Lynde from Navy boot camp in 1967 after seeing a strip in the San Diego paper. He answered the letter which I still have as well as that particular strip. Years later, I visited his studio in Red Lodge and bought several printed strips meant to frame them for my house. I still have those as well. As I type this, I have a copy of Grass Roots, 1985, on my book shelf, a mere four feet away!!
At first sight I thought I was watching an old Sunset Carson western as the lead actor was tall, wore black and rose a white horse. It still was a good trip back to yesterday. Thanks and please keep them coming.
"the Adventures of Rick O'Shay at tv pilot for a proposed series that never made it to series form; the cast i had never heard of with the exception of Lewis Wilson who i had seen in a Bat Man serial I believe he was Bat Man/Bruce Wayne and supporting roles in several films and other tv shows; the acting was not very great and the dialog could've been better;great action scenes however; based on a comic strip that ran in syndication for years and in the 70's and 80's there was a series of commercials about an art school i believe and the O'Shay character was shown with the comic strip and voices were used kind of a semi cartoon in away can't remember much else other than that."-🤠🐴🖥🌐..
I can see why this didn't get picked up. Besides the cool name, we don't know much about Rick for the first ten minutes of the program, except him trailing through a wash. Production values are below expectations in the stage scenes. You have to hook the audience, and this doesn't. Mind you, I prefer it to most other television produced today, but that really not saying much.
it seems no one proof reads their COMMMENTS! Sometimes you can't figure out what they're trying to say. (simply click on the 3 little dots at the bottom right of yr comment, then click 'edit', & you can go back & fix yr mistakes.) Even those who try to do a full critique of the movie.....
Pretty interesting how the movie \tv industry changed the Look of the cowboys over the years . Ill have to go with the first ones as original as far as pretending to be from the 1800s . Thank god jeans caught on out east or we may be wearing Corduroy pants
Just came across these channel recently and have been enjoying each and every show. Thanks for each and every one of them❤❤❤❤
When I was a child, 60 years ago, there was a radio series about the adventures of Rick O'Shay. Another radio Western I listened to avidly around the same time was Dick Grayson Rides the Range.
Good movie thank you
I just plain love the old time westerns.
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I have just recently subscribed ta' ya'lls western programming. And I've just gotta ta say Keep up the AMAZING work. My family thought I was Weird because all I watch are western movies but, little by little they've Truly come to appreciate these GREAT classics. Peace-Prayers@Jesus.
Thank you
This led to some very pleasant childhood memories of when I was a kid spending time in the summer with my Aunt Bess and Uncle Clifton. back in the 60s.
Their small town local paper carried Rick O' Shay daily and on Sundays, loved reading it.
Bob, to you and your family and all those at WOTW, I want to wish y'all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Thanks for sharing all the great Westerns.
Thank you Brian. Merry Christmas to you as well.
Nice you mention the comic Rick O'Shay. Having grown up in Montana, I was a big fan of the strip. In fact, I wrote a fan letter to Stan Lynde from Navy boot camp in 1967 after seeing a strip in the San Diego paper. He answered the letter which I still have as well as that particular strip. Years later, I visited his studio in Red Lodge and bought several printed strips meant to frame them for my house. I still have those as well. As I type this, I have a copy of Grass Roots, 1985, on my book shelf, a mere four feet away!!
Thank you made an old man feel comfortable.
At first sight I thought I was watching an old Sunset Carson western as the lead actor was tall, wore black and rose a white horse. It still was a good trip back to yesterday. Thanks and please keep them coming.
Another good show 👏
Thanks for sharing.
THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING
Love this
With a name like gopher something had to go awry, thank you Mr Terry
My favorite part was the 5-second repeating sound clip for all the scenes were there was a stagecoach rolling
Somebody made a TV pilot from that old comic strip? I didn't know that! :D
Esta es la epoca de oro del western
Seriously, some of your outfits should be in a cowboy hall of fame, Seriously !
They are probably pilot episodes of t.v. shows that never went to air.
Another kids western tv show: the babysitter of the 50s. I ought to know; I was one of those cowboy-crazy baby boomer boys.
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"the Adventures of Rick O'Shay at tv pilot for a proposed series that never made it to series form;
the cast i had never heard of with the exception of Lewis Wilson who i had seen in a Bat Man serial
I believe he was Bat Man/Bruce Wayne and supporting roles in several films and other tv shows;
the acting was not very great and the dialog could've been better;great action scenes however;
based on a comic strip that ran in syndication for years and in the 70's and 80's there was a series
of commercials about an art school i believe and the O'Shay character was shown with the comic
strip and voices were used kind of a semi cartoon in away can't remember much else other than that."-🤠🐴🖥🌐..
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I can see why this didn't get picked up. Besides the cool name, we don't know much about Rick for the first ten minutes of the program, except him trailing through a wash. Production values are below expectations in the stage scenes. You have to hook the audience, and this doesn't. Mind you, I prefer it to most other television produced today, but that really not saying much.
David Taylor Can't say a whole lot for the acting, either. A notch or two above a high school play, maybe, but that's about it imho.
well this was 1951..and no doubt a small budget but just be thankful you get to see the oldies
David Taylor ...and the scenes are filmed from too far away.
TV Exec: Nah, I'll pass on that one.
Isn't Daggett Mattie Ross's lawyer in True Grit?
it seems no one proof reads their COMMMENTS! Sometimes you can't figure out what they're trying to say. (simply click on the 3 little dots at the bottom right of yr comment, then click 'edit', & you can go back & fix yr mistakes.)
Even those who try to do a full critique of the movie.....
Pretty interesting how the movie \tv industry changed the Look of the cowboys over the years . Ill have to go with the first ones as original as far as pretending to be from the 1800s . Thank god jeans caught on out east or we may be wearing Corduroy pants
if that happened today they would have been shot 19 times
I like the concept of showing little known westerns, but this one was pretty rotten...! (I enjoyed it anyway)
The outdoor scenes are good, but the indoor are kinda cheesy.
Rick is definitely dressed as B-Western as prescribed by S.A.S.S. rules..
T. Curran ...!?
Think span ranch
Lots are awesome but this one not so much!
This might be one of the worse acting shows I can recall watching. The sets were made of plywood and the sidekick made Gabby Hayes look like Einstein.
POS.