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Post by taylorfirst1 on Feb 27, 2018 21:39:10 GMT
Perhaps the first "rural" sitcom ran for 6 seasons and 225 episodes (wow) and is the grandaddy of shows like Andy Griffith, The Beverly Hillbillies, Pettycoat Junction, and Green Acres. The best part of the show was the fact that it starred the great Walter Brennan. Like so many long running series', the final season was a disaster in which many of the cast members left the show early but that doesn't take away from it's well deserved earlier success. www.imdb.com/title/tt0050053/?ref_=nv_sr_1I've started watching it again on ROKU. Thoughts? |
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Post by wanton87 on Mar 1, 2018 15:59:22 GMT
I’ve seen a few episodes before taylorfirst1 and it’s been a while, but I liked the show. As I recall, the daughter was rather cute. This one also featured a young Richard Crenna, probably not too many years out of his squeaky voiced Walter Denton role in Our Miss Brooks (radio version). The rural sitcoms had a good run up until the great rural purge of 1970-71. Too bad, because they were still quite popular with many. Strange when you think that up until not too many years back, you could still talk to living person that lived in the 19th century, and could remember it well enough to tell you some stories. I can still remember the last time that I saw my great grandmother (born 1880) when I was about 6 years old. She passed away later that year at the age of 90. |
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Post by telegonus on Mar 17, 2018 0:47:28 GMT
Fun show. The Real McCoys was popular with kids, maybe more so than the later rural comedies. It featured a large family, the children were featured prominently. Walter Brennan owned it (literally, I believe), and it was very funny. I remember it running for several years on weekday afternoons.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Mar 17, 2018 6:39:20 GMT
Grandpappy Amos and the Girls and the Boys
And the Family Known as the Real McCoys
Also including two Lukes
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