Well! Seems this one was a bit of a challenge. 😀 Not surprised since it wasn’t on long at all, which I STILL can’t figure out. Be that as it may, the show was…
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Lewis Taylor, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters featured Kurt Russell as Jaimie, Dan O’Herlihy as his father, “Doc” Sardius McPheeters, and Michael Witney and Charles Bronson as the wagon masters, Buck Coulter and Linc Murdock, respectively.
Taylor’s realistic novel with its Tom-Sawyer-like characters, was aimed at an adult audience and contained narratives that would have kept it off any school list at the time. In the series, the young Jaimie (spelled with two “i”s ’cause it’s French or Scottish) accompanies a wagon train headed from St. Louis, Missouri, to California after the 1849 Gold Rush. It chronicles his journey by wagon train with commentary by his father, a Scottish doctor with an gregarious personality whose judgment is often clouded by his weakness for gambling and strong drink. (Wonder what happened to the women? Oh wait! This was SUPPOSED to be a family show!)
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Bit of trivia for your enjoyment: In nine episodes of the television series, four of The Osmond Brothers were cast as the singing sons of the Kissel family on the wagon train.
So were you able to figure it out??? 😀
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And so the countdown begins! Day six and counting down of the April A to Z Challenge is the letter U. Now if you had a hard time with Jaimie up there, I DARE you to remember THIS series!
Another western that ran from 1958-1959, it was inspired by a 1939 film. The action starts in Nebraska and heads for Utah. It was a pretty realistic picture of life in the mid-west at the time and how hard it is for people to accept change. It was filmed at the Iverson’s Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California where Boots and Saddles and Pony Express were also filmed.
Good luck! What do you think? Can you…
(Btw, if you know the answer, please keep it to yourself so as not to give it away. Stick a smiley face on your comment instead. Thank you so much!)
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(Just a quick note. If the title of the show is preceded with the word “The”, it will NOT be included in the name.)
Picture Sources:
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — ShareTV
Kurt Russell and Dan O’Herlihy — Hollywood.com
The Osmond Brothers — Osmondmania
Letter U — http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/to-z-badges-and-banners.html
Name That TV Show — Pinterest
jazzfeathers said:
Ok, fine, I raise my white flag. I can’t possibly guess these shows. I mean, a kind of western with a very young Kurt Russell? Wherever di you find that???????
But I’m enjoying your spotlights on these shows. So, after all, I’ll keep reading 😉
@JazzFeathers
The Old Shelter – 1940s Film Noir
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calensariel said:
LOL. Well you probably didn’t get much American TV where you are, did you?
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jazzfeathers said:
Well, a lot of what we see on tv here in Italy comes from the US, though I’ve heard that’s still only 10% of what’s actually produced in the US.
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elenasquareeyes said:
I haven’t managed to guess a single TV show during the A-Z Challenge but I do enjoy reading your posts and learning about different shows 🙂
Today on my A-Z of Favourite Things, V is for the wonderful actor, Viggo Mortensen!
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calensariel said:
Oh! Be still my heart! Aragorn, for that is how I’ll always see him. 😀 I’ll have to stop by. I guess I’ve missed your blog. I tried to hit a variety of them but there are so many. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, Elena. 🙂
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Arlee Bird said:
I’m stumped with this one. Other than a period when I was in high school from 1966 to 1969 I didn’t watch many westerns at all. Have no idea what this one would be.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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calensariel said:
Only one person that I know of has figured it out. And they had to do some digging! 😀
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christineocheallaigh said:
Nope, had no clue about yesterday’s, or today’s either. That means you’re making them challenging enough! 😀
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calensariel said:
😀 Makes me feel “powerful” (hear wicked laugh about now) that I can drive folks to their computers to find the answers! LOL These two, yesterday’s and today’s were probably the hardest ones on my list.
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aruralgirl1 said:
The “T” show was actually difficult to find, though we finally found it. Now I will have to get Hubs looking it up tonight when he gets home. Maybe that will be my competition, to see who finds the answer first. 😉
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calensariel said:
😀 I have a friend who is not blogging at the moment but got such a kick out of this theme that she made up a game of it for her hubby for April. 🙂 They’re having a lot of fun.
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Denise said:
Jaimie ran in the same time slot as Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. Explains a lot. Now to dwell on U.
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calensariel said:
I’d say! How in the world did you find that info? What an amazing sleuth you are, Denise!
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Denise said:
Google. You just keep rephrasing the question and eventually you get an answer. Took me forever to find U. I never heard of it but the info said it was syndicated, so maybe it never aired in Detroit?
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calensariel said:
Your comment made me curious about syndication. Here’s what I found:
Syndicated programs are programs that were first shown on a television network. Later, that network sold the program to other networks or stations so that they can also show it. These programs are also called re-runs… Most full-run seasons of TV shows are 22 episodes long. So 88 episodes would be at least 4 full seasons. And actually, most of the time, 100 episodes is the magic number for syndication. Airing for at least four seasons signals quality.
I noticed that in the sidebar info on wikipedia it said Original Network: syndication, which may mean it was put out there on the open market to begin with and not picked up for all areas of the country, just as you said. Perhaps they did TEST markets back then?
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Akilah said:
Omg, look at baby Kurt Russell!
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calensariel said:
LOL! He’s always been a looker, eh?
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thebookblogger2014 said:
I’m not sure I’ve got much chance with many of these! It’s interesting to hear about the shows regardless though.
Best wishes, Matt
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calensariel said:
Hey Matt! It’s so good to see you back for no matter HOW long we get to keep you! {{{Matt}}}
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calensariel said:
And hey! You probably weren’t even a twinkle in your folks’ eyes when these were on TV! 😀
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thebookblogger2014 said:
Haha that’s probably true! Although it’s interesting to hear about regardless
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