One of my favorites as a kid and, with episodes being re-run on Encore, delighted how well it holds up. Prefer Boone precisely because he is literate, intelligent, humane as well as humanistic as well as being understatedly masculine. I'd use the word 'Macho', which was current at the time and often used to describe Wayne, Boone and even Roy Rogers but the word's been corrupted by it's own origin - Latin swagger. American Macho, Wayne, Boone, et al was, and is, above all classy. Latin Macho is just silly, like queens (not a put-down) pantomiming ultra-masculinity.
Back to the show, I was almost shocked by how intelligent and well written the scripts were. The writers defined the little world each episode took place in and kept to that world tightly, very much like very short short stories. Another surprise was the frequent, also understated, humor.
Just finished reading all of the other reviews and really pleased to see how much everyone respects and enjoys this classic. We all seem to be echoing one another; delightful.
A final comment: I was surprised by how modern the values were. The episode I recorded today, Don't Shot the Piano Player, is a beautiful mix of the show's elements and highlights its values; Pallidan refuses to speak for his client, and repeated declines a wager until she speaks up to accept it. At the end of the show, having won, there was a dance between him, his client and the guy they were trying to rescue that screamed out, the Individual makes his or her decision and every other Individual has to respect that decision, no matter what they think of it or the Individual making it.
A Classic American value whose observance has waxed and waned since Colonial times.
Back to the show, I was almost shocked by how intelligent and well written the scripts were. The writers defined the little world each episode took place in and kept to that world tightly, very much like very short short stories. Another surprise was the frequent, also understated, humor.
Just finished reading all of the other reviews and really pleased to see how much everyone respects and enjoys this classic. We all seem to be echoing one another; delightful.
A final comment: I was surprised by how modern the values were. The episode I recorded today, Don't Shot the Piano Player, is a beautiful mix of the show's elements and highlights its values; Pallidan refuses to speak for his client, and repeated declines a wager until she speaks up to accept it. At the end of the show, having won, there was a dance between him, his client and the guy they were trying to rescue that screamed out, the Individual makes his or her decision and every other Individual has to respect that decision, no matter what they think of it or the Individual making it.
A Classic American value whose observance has waxed and waned since Colonial times.