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"One thing we gotta get . . . . out of this business"
Just finished watching "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" an episode from a later season with Michele Lee and Robert Middleton. What a great series with a great many stars....in this same episode Walter Brennan appeared. One of my favorite recurring actors was J.D. Cannon, the conniving detective. I have many of the series shows on several VHS from cable, but nothing can compare to the DVD.
It's hard to believe the first season of Smith & Jones goes back to 1971, a much younger me watched them on TV. Much later I began to watch and tape them on Encore Westerns. Now, finally, they are out on DVD and I have at long last received my own copy of the First Season. Goodbye VHS copies!
Though I enjoy more 'serious' western fare too, this series due to the interplay between the actors and the relatively good scripts has always captured my attention. Even after the original twosome ended due to Duel's death, the new partnership took on a life of its own and it is impossible for me to say which set of two actors did best. I liked them both and I suppose that contributed to the longer running of the series.
Well, here's to many more sets of their DVDs being released. What a great series. Now if Warner Bros. will only release a few more Cheyenne DVDs, hmmmm.
Listed below are the entire contents of this 1st season:
Disc 1
The McCreedy Bust-Exit from Wickenburg
Disc 2
Wrong Train to Brimstone-The Girl in Boxcar #3-The Great Shell Game-Return to Devil's Hole
Disc 3
A Fistful of Diamonds-Stagecoach Seven-The Man Who Murdered Himself-The Root of it All
Disc 4
The 5th Victim-Journey from San Juan-Never Trust an Honest Man-The legacy of Charlie Ol'Rourke
If you are anything like me having seen these shows over-and-over, some of the above info may help you remember certain episodes.
Semper Fi.
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The 70's were full of great TV shows like 'Kung Fu' and this forgotten classic! The show was obviously inspired by the classic film
'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and the two leads have excellent chemistry. Sadly, Peter Duel took his own life at the height of the series popularity.
The first season includes the pilot TV movie and the first 14 episodes. The shows look very good with minimal wear and tear. The opening sequence is more battered than the shows themselves, so don't get your "chaps" in a bunch when you start to watch this great series.
Extras include commentary and not too much else, but the show is worth owning if your a fan of the series and 70's TV. I don't remember much of the show when Mr. Peter Duel had to be replaced, but it's sad to think of the gifted actor having such a tragic and brief life! R.I.P. Mr. Duel.
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Alias Smith and Jones is a clever precursor to the genius of Glen A.Larson. The casting of Duel and Murphy works with great comradery and chemistry. The scripts are written with humor and enough of a plot to keep your interest over the 30 some years since they were on prime time. It is a shame that due to the times in the early 70's and the death of Pete Duel that the series wasn't produced for more seasons. One of the joys in watching season one was again seeing many of my favorite stars from my childhood performing again, reminding me why I liked to watch them, and how much I miss seeing them on screen.
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I'd give this six stars if I could. I was fourteen years of age when Alias Smith and Jones first hit BBC2 (major terrestrial channel here in the UK) and the memory has stayed with me ever since. It was an instant success and the cheerful, self-effacing style of AS&J was irresistable. At its height the British Broadcasting Corporation was receiving 5,000 letters a week demanding more episodes and rapid re-runs.
For the first time we had a Western series that featured two amiable rogues as the lead characters. The level of scripting and the storylines were, for the most part, very original and highly intelligent, but what carried the series was the free-wheeling approach of the late Pete Duel (as Hannibal Heyes) and Ben Murphy (Kid Curry). Some of the stories involved quite sophisticated "stings", making it almost a Western version of the present-day Hustle, and clearly AS&J was closely modelled on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (and a good premise at that).
Watching the pilot episode is just so uplifting and reminded me just how good some classic television can be; it's not all about designer suits and hairstyles. And essentially, unlike many old TV series, AS&J has not dated. It looks great, it's funny, uplifting and so refreshing in its approach. I'm not sure that anything's come near it since. The only negative point is that the sad and untimely death of Pete Duel cost the series a key player after he'd filmed around 32 episodes. The dozen or so that followed were of a similar quality but it wasn't easy to replace him, although Roger Davis made a gallant effort.
I could start quoting memorable one-liners or dialogues from the series. I'll resist the temptation and just affirm that this is, without reservation, an excellent series. Buy it and enjoy it! Oh, and roll on Season 2 please.....
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I have been waiting what seems like forever for this series to be released. My only complaint, other than the length of time it has taken, is I wish it was the whole series available now as I like my collections to be complete. (Which is why I was so disappointed that only the first season of Murphy Brown was released but none of the rest.) I hope the others come out soon.
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