Television from your youth.

C.Hound Fri May 28, 2010 6:49 am

While this was way before my time, there was a station that ran the reruns of this show when I was a kid in the afternoons. There are members of this forum...ugggm OT, that probably remember when the radio program started long before TV was a twinkle in somebody's eye. hehehe....

Ladies and gents, I present you The Lone Ranger: The Legion of Old Timers! affraid

OT Fri May 28, 2010 10:17 am

Long before the popular TV program GunSmoke was made there was the radio program.

Now this should qualify me for the title of OT.

1952-1961 Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 480 episodes broadcast in the 9 years it had spanned. The opening of the show left little doubt that Dillon was the law; “Around Dodge City, and into the territory on the west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a US Marshall and the smell of gunsmoke! Gunsmoke! … Starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man … Matt Dillon. United States marshal … the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet … it’s a chancy job, and it makes man watchful … and a little lonely.”

C.Hound Fri May 28, 2010 5:48 pm

I grew up laughing at this fella too. I feel sorry for him, and all children who are famous before they really have the maturaty to handle it. So long Arnold. Crying or Very sad

Television from your youth. Gary-coleman

'Diff'rent Strokes' star Gary Coleman dies

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.

Life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. MDT with family and friends at his side, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said.

Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became a star after "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted in 1978. He played Arnold Jackson, the younger of a pair of African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white man.

His popularity faded when the show ended after six seasons on NBC and two on ABC.

Coleman suffered continuing ill health from the kidney disease that stunted his growth and had a host of legal problems in recent years.

He suffered the brain hemorrhage Wednesday at his Santaquin home, 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Photos: Gary Coleman through the years

A statement from the family said he was conscious and lucid until midday Thursday, when his condition worsened and he slipped into unconsciousness. Coleman was then placed on life support.

"The world's going to be a little less happy place without Gary," Randy Kester, Coleman's attorney, told The Associated Press. "For being a small guy, he sure had a big impact on the world."

more..... http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=502820&GT1=28101

night-reaper Fri May 28, 2010 6:33 pm

The A-Team was one of my favorites.
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C.Hound Fri May 28, 2010 8:47 pm

night-reaper wrote:
The A-Team was one of my favorites.

I used to love the A-Team too. There's a A-Team movie coming out next month. I hope they did'nt do the same thing they do with all the TV remakes and make it cheesy as heck. I hate that, the shows were cheesy enough as they were, no need to try and make them worse.