Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

take away the rifle
and luke mccain ain't shit
big guy though
son's a twirp
awful purdy
the little faggot
but that's his problem
fuck em both
the sheriff's a candy ass
and north fork's in black and white
kind of creeps me out
now the barber's getting into the act
he's going to get whomped
don't do anything foolish...
BAM!
holy shit!
saddle punks take a hard-ass fall
he's good with a rifle - i'll give him that

http://www.tvrage.com/The_Rifleman/episodes/204627

wow, dino, where do you find these treasures?
annotated - thank you!

thanks judih. tv is an endless source of inspiration.

yeah, that Johnny Crawford was not only wimpy, but a goody-two-shoes.....and he sang goofy songs when he wasn't "acting".......

hey remember Dennis Hopper was in the first episode ?......

and I guess Sam Peckinpah's career must have been on the decline if he had turned to TV......although TV was hot then.......

thanx for the memories, dino

i saw the hopper episode just the other day - luke slapped some sense into him.
i think peckinpah started in tv and then got into films - perhaps both at the same time. the episode upon which the poem is derived is episode one of the second season - i've posted a link to it under the poem. i'm just that kind of guy! the poem tries to blur the distinction between the rifleman and the viewer - much as tv seems to do in many ways. we grew up watching this crazy shit and it has influenced us - individually and collectively.

My mind went to Green uniform, black buttons and bread cakes.
Thinking of Riffleman Dodd...lol

you sad, yet funny, luck dame. i can never anticipate what you may say!

So because of your poem
I dug out my copy of Rifleman Dodd by Forrester
and read it yesterday. It is just a small, easy to read book and I finished the last chapter this A.M. on waking.

Oh man! what a treat. You'd like it.
Thanks for getting me there.

i'll check it out - sounds like fun