When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
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Actor: Glenn FordAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Morada Vision
DVD Reviews of When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
DVD Review: when the west was fun
Summary: 2 Stars
Not a real good dvd but at least you got to see some of mthe old starsDVD Review: WHERE ARE HUGH O'BRIAN, CLINT WALKER, AND WILLIAN SMITH?
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this recently since I love the old western series from the
50'sand 60's that I grew up on. I enjoyed seeing the stars I
remembered, but whats with Alan(The Skipper)Hale Jr. and Dan(Grizzly Adams)Haggerty doing in it?? I was disappointed they didn't
touch harder on the western series and its stars. It played more
like a variety show with useless saloon girl numbers, and the few
stars that spoke lines were obviously reading Q cards. This would
have been so much better if say Hugh O'Brian would of hosted and
they had just western stars from that TV western era. Glen Ford is a great western movie star, but Cade's County wasn't really a western from the 50's & 60's. I also saw Tony Young(Gunslinger), Henry Darrow & Mark Slade(High Charparral) who had no lines and nothing to do. William Smith should have been invited, Peter Brown & Neville Brand were there, but not for the Laredo series?? My score is 3 out of 5.
DVD Review: A great look back at TV western stars!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great TV special look back at TV western stars, some who are no longer with us. It was great to see Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger, and Doc and Festus from Gunsmoke. You even get to see people you forgot were in westerns, and Iron Eyes Cody, who also did the great anti-litter commercial in the 70's. I highly recommend this video to people who liked to watch western TV shows from the 50's into the 60's, and those of us who watched the re-runs on TV when we were kids.DVD Review: What a waste of talent
Summary: 2 Stars
This was a once in a life time opportunity that was truly wasted. Supposedly some of the biggest names in Westerns were gathered for a reunion. The problem was that most of the biggest names were not really there. They were there only by having their pictures showed and their names read. Those who at least showed up had nothing to do. They either sat speechless at saloon tables or spent the better part of the hour listening to some ridiculouus saloon girls sing and dance about the west. This was a great opportunity to learn more about the heroes of tv's golden years, yet the producers decided to spend most of the time as if it were a variety show. Oh well, it's probably better than nothing at all.DVD Review: THIS WEST IS FUN, NOT GREAT - worth it for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
This show/DVD is fun, but far from great. On a purely nostalgia level it is fun to see all the old-timers. They don't really do or say much and the clips aren't great for the most part, but it is nice to see them all together. The quality of the DVD also leaves something to be desired. And while some of the actors are "introduced," others, such as Rex Allen, are talked about but never really shown, even though he was there at the reunion.
I believe this is from a TV show in 1980 or thereabouts, so it would be hard to do again as many of these people are no longer with us. So on the basis that that is no longer possible it's fun, though could have been a lot better. Some notable stars who were still alive at the time are either shown only in clips, as opposed to being there live, or some are absent altogether. Still, it was nice to see those who were there and to see Roy and Dale and the rest sing "Happy Trails" at the end. Touching and nostalgic.
Many of the shows mentioned on this DVD are available either in stand-alone DVDs or in sets of classic old TV shows and such.
I'm debating over giving this three or four stars. If I could give it 3½ I would. As it is I will probably give it three. For the price it is certainly worth it for those who like westerns, whether you grew up with them or catch them on Encore Westerns, Turner Classics or TV Land, though here we have mostly TV stars as opposed to film stars, with some crossovers, notably the host, Glenn Ford.
Description of When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
This DVD features all the heroes, villains and sidekicks from just about every Western show that ever ran on television. In addition to live appearances by over 56 cowboys, there are film clips of Clint Eastwood (Rawhide), Steve McQueen (Wanted Dead or Alive), Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel) and Burt Reynolds (Gunsmoke), among others.Track Listings: Broken Arrow
-- Michael Ansara Bonanza, Rawhide, Death Valley Days
-- Neville Brand Gene Autry Show
-- Pat Buttram The High Chaparral
-- Rod Cameron and Linda Cristal How The West Was Won, Bonanza, Maverick, and many more
-- Iron Eyes Cody The Rifleman
-- Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford Gunsmoke
-- Ken Curtis and Milburn Stone The Virginian
-- James Drury and Doug McClure Cades County and over 200 movies
-- Glenn Ford Grizzly Adams
-- Dan Haggerty Wild Wild West
-- Alan Hale, Jr. Bronco Lane
-- Ty Hardin Sugarfoot
-- Will Hutchins Maverick
-- Jack Kelly Wild Bill Hickock
-- Guy Madison The Range Rider and Yancey Derenger
-- Jocko Mahoney (father of Sally Ann Field) The Lone Ranger
-- Clayton Moore Roy Rogers Show
-- Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Sons of the Pioneers and Slim Pickens Lawman
-- John Russell and Peter Brown F Troop
-- Larry Storch Frontier Doctor
-- Rex Allen Branded Rawhide
-- John Ireland The High Chaparral, The Road West
-- Barry Sullivan Lorado, Branded, Laramie
-- Lee Van Cleef
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