The High Chapparal
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I watch Laredo because I always liked Reese.
Nevada Smith with Paul Newman & Carl Malden..Great show
I am still waiting for COMBAT to return.
I also hope SKY KING returns.
If Bonanza is on, I watch it. Same with all others from my good ole days. I raised all of my children to watch B&W shows and they love them as adults.
Jagerdad
Nevada Smith with Paul Newman & Carl Malden..Great show
I am still waiting for COMBAT to return.
I also hope SKY KING returns.
If Bonanza is on, I watch it. Same with all others from my good ole days. I raised all of my children to watch B&W shows and they love them as adults.
Jagerdad
Oh no :-( NVPete.... In my day (early 60's) it was:
Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Mathews barking rapid-fire dialogue into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Mathews growls "21-50 to headquarters" and the invariable response is "Headquarters by" (as in, standing by).
Ziv Television Productions was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948. 21 years later. Ziv TV was a major producer of 1950s and early 1960s first-run syndicated series, including Bat Masterson, The Cisco Kid, Science Fiction Theater, Lock-Up, Sea Hunt and Ripcord.
Highway Patrol was created by Ziv in response to California Highway Patrol (CHP) wanting to be featured in a TV series. However, because ZIV felt the show needed to have a broader police scope than the real CHP, the generic show name was adopted. In the four years of its run, Highway Patrol would feature many actors who would later become successful stars in their own right, among them Stuart Whitman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Conrad, Larry Hagman, Barbara Eden, Paul Burke and Leonard Nimoy.
Highway Patrol premiered October 3, 1955 with "Prison Break", an episode filmed April 11?13, 1955. Ziv Television Programs produced 156 episodes spanning four TV seasons, 1955?1959. Episodes are generally fast-paced?notable considering how a typical episode was filmed: two days on location and one day at the studio. The budget for an episode ranged from $20,000 to $25,000, somewhat higher when a Bell 47 helicopter was used. Producer Frederic W. Ziv said the show moved fast to match Broderick Crawford's acting pace. Ziv said Highway Patrol introduced quick cutting to television, which started a new trend.
Highway Patrol is famous for its location shooting around the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley, then mostly rural. Other notable Los Angeles area locations include Griffith Park, and Bronson Canyon just above Hollywood.[1] The show also filmed at railroad stations at Glendale, California, identified by a large sign, Santa Susana, California, and Chatsworth, California.
Unlike the California Highway Patrol, the agency featured in the TV series was more concerned with chasing criminals than enforcing driving laws. Local and county police officers were seldom if ever in evidence, only the Highway Patrol. With such a limited budget, there were very few car chases, crashes, and other motor mayhem that is more common in modern police dramas; scenes were often filmed on rural two-lane paved or dirt roads to save money and because Crawford's own driver's license was suspended for drunk driving. Excitement was mainly generated by Crawford's own rapid-fire, staccato delivery of his lines, frequent shootouts, and numerous plot contrivances in which time was a critical factor, such as a hostage death threat, the escape of a violent criminal, a train derailment, or other imminent catastrophe.
In the first two seasons the series received technical assistance from the California Highway Patrol. The patrol cars in early episodes are actual CHP vehicles with the show's car door emblem covering the CHP emblem (sometimes a real CHP star is briefly visible). For instance, the 1955 Buick Century two-door patrol car seen in early episodes was built exclusively for CHP. Eventually California Highway Patrol dropped its support, reportedly dissatisfied with how the show had evolved. At that point the show had to create its own patrol cars using non-police models, but still outfitted in CHP-style, distinctly subdued compared with many police agencies.
Officer uniforms are the CHP style of the day. In seasons one to three, the shoulder patch is essentially the CHP patch with "California" and "Eureka" (state motto) removed; the California bear and other California state seal elements are retained. In season four the show adopted a uniform patch that matches its patrol car emblem. Highway Patrol chief Dan Mathews usually wears a suit and fedora, but not to be undercover?he generally drives a black-and-white patrol car.
Art Gilmore's narration gives Highway Patrol a documentary feel, but several details are never mentioned. While described as a state police agency, the actual state is never stated. It is said to be a western state, and borders on Mexico, but only eastern state Rhode Island is small enough to allow Dan Mathews to regularly drive from headquarters to every crime scene in just minutes. Towns have simple names like "Midvale", though sometimes a real place name is used because of a prominent sign. In some episodes Mathews uses an unlabeled wall map that appears to be central-east Oregon, with the towns of Bend and Redmond on the map's left. Cars in the show are always described by color and model, but never by brand name: "blue coupe", "gray sedan". Cars have the black-on-yellow California license plate of the time, but with a piece of tape covering the name of the state (usually, but sometimes "California" is briefly visible). Episode "Mistaken Identity" did show a 1957 Illinois license plate in the opening scene.
A key element of the show is two-way radio communication among patrol cars and headquarters, with heavy use of police code "10-4" (meaning "acknowledged"). While 10-4 adds a feeling of authenticity, real police use many radio codes for brevity and clarity. The Highway Patrol show radio call signs are CHP-style, except California Highway Patrol uses the first part to indicate the geographic region/office. Dan Mathews unit "21-50" would be a CHP unit at office 21, which is in Napa County, California.
The show's theme is credited to Ray Llewellyn, a pseudonym for composer/conductor David Rose.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wrote five episodes, sometimes using the pseudonym "Robert Wesley". Future producer Quinn Martin is sound supervisor in the show's early years; style elements of "Highway Patrol" are evident in his later productions: (The Untouchables, The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, The Invaders, The FBI and The Streets of San Francisco).
When asked why the popular show ended, Crawford said, "We ran out of crimes". Crawford reportedly had had his fill of the show's hectic TV schedule (two shows per week), which had caused him to drink more heavily than ever, and he had decided to leave Highway Patrol to make films in Europe.[2] ZIV held up Crawford's ten per cent share of the show's gross (some 2 million dollars) until Crawford agreed to sign for a new ZIV pilot and TV show, King of Diamonds. After returning from Europe, Crawford signed his new contract with ZIV and would later star in King of Diamonds playing diamond insurance investigator John King.[2] King of Diamonds lasted only one season before being cancelled in 1962.
Like most Ziv series, Highway Patrol repeats were syndicated for many years, sometimes with name Ten-4. In 2010, ThisTV began airing the series.
Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Mathews barking rapid-fire dialogue into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Mathews growls "21-50 to headquarters" and the invariable response is "Headquarters by" (as in, standing by).
Ziv Television Productions was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948. 21 years later. Ziv TV was a major producer of 1950s and early 1960s first-run syndicated series, including Bat Masterson, The Cisco Kid, Science Fiction Theater, Lock-Up, Sea Hunt and Ripcord.
Highway Patrol was created by Ziv in response to California Highway Patrol (CHP) wanting to be featured in a TV series. However, because ZIV felt the show needed to have a broader police scope than the real CHP, the generic show name was adopted. In the four years of its run, Highway Patrol would feature many actors who would later become successful stars in their own right, among them Stuart Whitman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Conrad, Larry Hagman, Barbara Eden, Paul Burke and Leonard Nimoy.
Highway Patrol premiered October 3, 1955 with "Prison Break", an episode filmed April 11?13, 1955. Ziv Television Programs produced 156 episodes spanning four TV seasons, 1955?1959. Episodes are generally fast-paced?notable considering how a typical episode was filmed: two days on location and one day at the studio. The budget for an episode ranged from $20,000 to $25,000, somewhat higher when a Bell 47 helicopter was used. Producer Frederic W. Ziv said the show moved fast to match Broderick Crawford's acting pace. Ziv said Highway Patrol introduced quick cutting to television, which started a new trend.
Highway Patrol is famous for its location shooting around the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley, then mostly rural. Other notable Los Angeles area locations include Griffith Park, and Bronson Canyon just above Hollywood.[1] The show also filmed at railroad stations at Glendale, California, identified by a large sign, Santa Susana, California, and Chatsworth, California.
Unlike the California Highway Patrol, the agency featured in the TV series was more concerned with chasing criminals than enforcing driving laws. Local and county police officers were seldom if ever in evidence, only the Highway Patrol. With such a limited budget, there were very few car chases, crashes, and other motor mayhem that is more common in modern police dramas; scenes were often filmed on rural two-lane paved or dirt roads to save money and because Crawford's own driver's license was suspended for drunk driving. Excitement was mainly generated by Crawford's own rapid-fire, staccato delivery of his lines, frequent shootouts, and numerous plot contrivances in which time was a critical factor, such as a hostage death threat, the escape of a violent criminal, a train derailment, or other imminent catastrophe.
In the first two seasons the series received technical assistance from the California Highway Patrol. The patrol cars in early episodes are actual CHP vehicles with the show's car door emblem covering the CHP emblem (sometimes a real CHP star is briefly visible). For instance, the 1955 Buick Century two-door patrol car seen in early episodes was built exclusively for CHP. Eventually California Highway Patrol dropped its support, reportedly dissatisfied with how the show had evolved. At that point the show had to create its own patrol cars using non-police models, but still outfitted in CHP-style, distinctly subdued compared with many police agencies.
Officer uniforms are the CHP style of the day. In seasons one to three, the shoulder patch is essentially the CHP patch with "California" and "Eureka" (state motto) removed; the California bear and other California state seal elements are retained. In season four the show adopted a uniform patch that matches its patrol car emblem. Highway Patrol chief Dan Mathews usually wears a suit and fedora, but not to be undercover?he generally drives a black-and-white patrol car.
Art Gilmore's narration gives Highway Patrol a documentary feel, but several details are never mentioned. While described as a state police agency, the actual state is never stated. It is said to be a western state, and borders on Mexico, but only eastern state Rhode Island is small enough to allow Dan Mathews to regularly drive from headquarters to every crime scene in just minutes. Towns have simple names like "Midvale", though sometimes a real place name is used because of a prominent sign. In some episodes Mathews uses an unlabeled wall map that appears to be central-east Oregon, with the towns of Bend and Redmond on the map's left. Cars in the show are always described by color and model, but never by brand name: "blue coupe", "gray sedan". Cars have the black-on-yellow California license plate of the time, but with a piece of tape covering the name of the state (usually, but sometimes "California" is briefly visible). Episode "Mistaken Identity" did show a 1957 Illinois license plate in the opening scene.
A key element of the show is two-way radio communication among patrol cars and headquarters, with heavy use of police code "10-4" (meaning "acknowledged"). While 10-4 adds a feeling of authenticity, real police use many radio codes for brevity and clarity. The Highway Patrol show radio call signs are CHP-style, except California Highway Patrol uses the first part to indicate the geographic region/office. Dan Mathews unit "21-50" would be a CHP unit at office 21, which is in Napa County, California.
The show's theme is credited to Ray Llewellyn, a pseudonym for composer/conductor David Rose.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wrote five episodes, sometimes using the pseudonym "Robert Wesley". Future producer Quinn Martin is sound supervisor in the show's early years; style elements of "Highway Patrol" are evident in his later productions: (The Untouchables, The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, The Invaders, The FBI and The Streets of San Francisco).
When asked why the popular show ended, Crawford said, "We ran out of crimes". Crawford reportedly had had his fill of the show's hectic TV schedule (two shows per week), which had caused him to drink more heavily than ever, and he had decided to leave Highway Patrol to make films in Europe.[2] ZIV held up Crawford's ten per cent share of the show's gross (some 2 million dollars) until Crawford agreed to sign for a new ZIV pilot and TV show, King of Diamonds. After returning from Europe, Crawford signed his new contract with ZIV and would later star in King of Diamonds playing diamond insurance investigator John King.[2] King of Diamonds lasted only one season before being cancelled in 1962.
Like most Ziv series, Highway Patrol repeats were syndicated for many years, sometimes with name Ten-4. In 2010, ThisTV began airing the series.
I was starting to feel that very few folks are online with us. Yet Feddoc shines through with knowing Sky King...Yes 1911, you ARE tooo Young)
I watched Rat Patrol every episode when young. Remembering My & OUR Youth wiggles my insides often. My Daughters Boy Friend drives me to all Dr Appointments and spends every one of his days off (Tue & Thur) with me. He has no clue about President Kennedy & the Cuban Missile Crisis or Sonny & Cher or near ANYTHING prior to 1996-2000.
I must always: "Check myself before I wreck myself" when talking to such age group + never "EXPECTING" knowledge during ones life. AND he is extremely intelligent in History during his life. I asked him one day if he knew about the terrorist & Blowing up Harrah's (My friend was the FBI Helo Pilot) and he (Daughters Boy friend) knew zero. CRAP :-(
Come on the rest of you, "ELKASSASSIN" Jump in or, are you a youngster...? Where has eel been...? BIGJOHNT, 2lumpy, 1911...Nah, you're to young..... or...some of YOU who read but seldom Post...Now'zzz YOUR TIME.
Jagerdad
I watched Rat Patrol every episode when young. Remembering My & OUR Youth wiggles my insides often. My Daughters Boy Friend drives me to all Dr Appointments and spends every one of his days off (Tue & Thur) with me. He has no clue about President Kennedy & the Cuban Missile Crisis or Sonny & Cher or near ANYTHING prior to 1996-2000.
I must always: "Check myself before I wreck myself" when talking to such age group + never "EXPECTING" knowledge during ones life. AND he is extremely intelligent in History during his life. I asked him one day if he knew about the terrorist & Blowing up Harrah's (My friend was the FBI Helo Pilot) and he (Daughters Boy friend) knew zero. CRAP :-(
Come on the rest of you, "ELKASSASSIN" Jump in or, are you a youngster...? Where has eel been...? BIGJOHNT, 2lumpy, 1911...Nah, you're to young..... or...some of YOU who read but seldom Post...Now'zzz YOUR TIME.
Jagerdad
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whatever you do ,,,, do not marry little joe,,,, you will die in a fire
SlinginLead
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Loved the old TV westerns as a kid. I used to see the likes of Chuck Conners (The Rifleman), Richard Boone (Have Gun, Will Travel), Steve McQueen (Wanted: Dead or Alive), James Arness (Gunsmoke), James Garner (Maverick), all around town while growing up. They were larger than life back then.
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-07-17 AT 12:12PM (MST)[p]I never had electricity in my home until I was in the third grade. My folks bought a television when I was a senior in high school, the reception was so poor where I lived, even with a 60 foot high antenna most of what you could see on the black and white screen was electronic interference we called "snow".
After high school I was off to college. No time for television. Work, study and worry! ??
The only TV westerns I saw as a kid where when I was visiting a relative, in town.
I don't watch them now, I read MM and history books, or watch the news. As bad a TV is now days I envy fhiose of you who enjoy the old westerns.
DC
After high school I was off to college. No time for television. Work, study and worry! ??
The only TV westerns I saw as a kid where when I was visiting a relative, in town.
I don't watch them now, I read MM and history books, or watch the news. As bad a TV is now days I envy fhiose of you who enjoy the old westerns.
DC
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I had a free ride on Sky Kings plane in 1965. I was 7 years old. It was a publicity event in Quincy Wash.
A couple years ago I found Combat on You Tube and was glued to my computer watching every episode.
I have a question for everyone. I have a Dish Hopper III that has a You Tube Channel. I have not yet clicked on it. What happens if I do..?
Will I eat up all the data allowed...?
My Daughter gave me her Verizon Hot Spot device with unlimited data. I don't know how I could use it via the TV.
Do any of you use Dish's You Tube Channel...? Good...Bad...experience...?
I have a question for everyone. I have a Dish Hopper III that has a You Tube Channel. I have not yet clicked on it. What happens if I do..?
Will I eat up all the data allowed...?
My Daughter gave me her Verizon Hot Spot device with unlimited data. I don't know how I could use it via the TV.
Do any of you use Dish's You Tube Channel...? Good...Bad...experience...?
SlinginLead
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Anthony Caruso, who played the bandito "El Lobo", was a family friend who lived down the street from us. We would often see Alan Ladd, who starred in the movie "Shane", at Mr. Caruso's house. Mr. Caruso was a full blooded Italian, but often played an Indian in movies. He drove a Pontiac Firebird
with a license plate that said "Wapahoe". It's what Alan Ladd used to call him. Great memories.
with a license plate that said "Wapahoe". It's what Alan Ladd used to call him. Great memories.
The name Alan Ladd always throws me and I had to look him up. As I did I saw another HERO of mine who, I think should be a greater hero than John Wayne...due to accomplishments and roles in Life.
That being BEN JOHNSON: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424565/?ref_=tt_cl_t6
This Man has done everything "In His Time". His Time sure seemed to be long and I am grateful for being exposed to him via a TV. After all, my age vs his and locations = without TV, I never would have seen him or heard his nice voice.
I lean to thinking all of you, will agree.
Jagerdad
That being BEN JOHNSON: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424565/?ref_=tt_cl_t6
This Man has done everything "In His Time". His Time sure seemed to be long and I am grateful for being exposed to him via a TV. After all, my age vs his and locations = without TV, I never would have seen him or heard his nice voice.
I lean to thinking all of you, will agree.
Jagerdad
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I always enjoyed watching Ben Johnson. He was a very accomplished character actor in western movies. He was in a number of movies with John Wayne. I remember him as Mr. Pepper in "Chisum". He pretty much lived his life as a cowboy.
Ben Johnson was a real life "cowboy" that's how he got his start in the old westerns.
Here's a trivia question for you "who was the leader of a gang of Outlaws" in the start of the Lone Ranger movies series? He shot the Texas Ranger and left him dead or he thought so anyway that became the Lone Ranger and his side kick Tonto.
Brian
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Here's a trivia question for you "who was the leader of a gang of Outlaws" in the start of the Lone Ranger movies series? He shot the Texas Ranger and left him dead or he thought so anyway that became the Lone Ranger and his side kick Tonto.
Brian
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That's a tough one! I do remember a little about the opening scene, riding up towards a big rock and Trigger would rear up.
I must have kept flicking it back to "Felix the Cat"!!!
I must have kept flicking it back to "Felix the Cat"!!!
2Lumpy....that is correct Glenn Strange was the leader of the gang who shot and left for dead the lone Texas Ranger. Tonto came along and found the Ranger and helped him out. The ranger had saved or helped Tonto out years earlier.
Now for Glenn Strange he later became SAM the bartender on GUNSMOKE worked for MISS Kitty. Some more info Sam was older in real life than DOC ADAMS.
Brian
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Now for Glenn Strange he later became SAM the bartender on GUNSMOKE worked for MISS Kitty. Some more info Sam was older in real life than DOC ADAMS.
Brian
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