 | Gunsmoke - 50th Anniversary Collection, Volumes 1 & 2
Buy new: $49.49 / Used from: $44.99 The definitive American TV western, with James Arness as Matt Dillon.
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 | The Lone Ranger - The Original Series, Vol. 1
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $7.46 An iconic albeit racially tinged view of the classic American TV western.
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 | The Best of Bonanza, Vol. 1
Buy used from: $49.96 Hoss, Little Joe, the entire gang, in that big house, in that big land, under that big sky.
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 | Kung Fu - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.87 The first of the alternative TV westerns, with the American west merely a backdrop to a larger narrative.
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 | The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - The Complete Series
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $41.00 A TV western for the X-Files generation, with a mystical orb, multi-dimensional encounters, possible time travel, and hats n' spurs n' fistfights n' shootouts n' stuff.
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 | Deadwood - HBO Miniseries, 2 Episodes: Deadwood (Pilot), Here Was a Man
Buy used from: $15.00 HBO's highly original and starkly portrayed story of life on the leading edge of civilization.
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 | The Wild Wild West - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $23.00 Secret agents in the old West--outstanding concept.
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 | F Troop - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $19.99 The wacky side of the ol' West.
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 | The Rifleman, Boxed Set 1
Buy used from: $68.99 Despite this being in black and white, I thought Chuck Connors--even though he looked like he'd bite the head off a porcupine--was the coolest dad in the world.
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 | Big Valley - Season 1
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $12.98 The Barkleys find that the valley isn't quite big enough to shield them from that neverending deluge of weekly adventure-causing visitors and events.
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 | The Cisco Kid - Collection 1
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $6.38 More touchstone American TV western, but again with that highly skewed racial and cultural problems.
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 | Rawhide - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $38.49 / Used from: $32.64 Paid homage to by the Blues Brothers, with a pre-spaghetti western Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates.
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 | Wanted: Dead or Alive - Season One
Buy used from: $4.26 Steve McQueen--post-"Blob" and pre-"Magninficent Seven"--turns a simple bounty hunter role into something much more developed.
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 | Lonesome Dove
Buy used from: $5.57 The mini-series takes on--and completely dominates--the American TV western.
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 | Maverick (Television Favorites)
Buy used from: $110.00 Cards, adventure, and lovely ladies out there west of the Pecos.
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| Death Valley Days (2 Episodes) (B&W) [VHS]
Buy used from: $3.49 Rolling up on out of 1930s radio, later powered by 40-Mule Team Borax, this was one of the driest, thinnest, and generally dustiest TV western ever to air. I needed a drink of water after watching.
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 | Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $23.99 Such is the life of the hired gun.
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 | Branded - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $13.95 Is he a coward or not? All he knows is that he's got to keep a-fightin'.
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 | Bat Masterson TV Show, Vol. 1
The sartorially superior Bat is more than willing to put a lickin' on any galoot that wants to cause some trubble.
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 | The Guns of Will Sonnett: Season 1
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $17.41 An underappreciated and overlooked early westernn, one of travel, adventure, and seeking after a thing.
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 | Cheyenne - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $23.75 Cheyenne Bodie walked out of the Civil War, and kept on a-walkin' right on out into the wild west.
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 | Little House on the Prairie - The Complete Season 1
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $19.29 Domestic issues and challenges there at the creeping edge of US civilization.
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 | The Magnificent Seven - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $5.49 A short-lived late 90s attempt to revive the TV western.
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 | The Young Riders - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $37.49 / Used from: $22.99 An attempt to take the Young Guns cinema success to the goggle box, with less than stellar results.
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 | The Ponderosa: Season 1: Vol. 1 - Prequel to the TV Classic Bonanza
Buy used from: $17.25 A very recently done prequel to the Bonanza series, and just as lame as you'd think it would be.
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