Let’s return to those days that never were and the TV Western.
Remember Frankie Laine’s voice introducing the programs over the credits, “Head ’em up, Move ’em out, Rawhide!”?
“Rawhide” was the CBS answer to NBC’s “Wagon Train.”
The show’s format followed an ensemble cast on a journey across the western landscape; the difference being that these guys were driving cattle from San Antonio, Texas to Sedalia, Kansas and the railroad.
Eric Fleming played the trail boss, Gil Favor, aided by his trail scout, Rowdy Yates, a role for Clint Eastwood that led to his “spaghetti westerns” and his ultimate stardom.
The drovers included Pete Nolan, played by Sheb Wooley.
Sheb had an interesting background. He was Frank Miller’s brother in “High Noon,” and also the writer and singer of “The Purple People Eater,” a 1950s novelty song.
The cranky cook, Wishbone, was played by veteran character actor Paul Brinegar. The core group for the hour-long episodes stayed together from the premier date in January of 1959 to September of 1965.
At that juncture, Rowdy Yates took over as trail boss and organized his own crew. That formula didn’t play out as well and the series was canceled after six more months.
The concept played out well for most of the series as the continued movement of the cattle on the trail and from town to town allowed for adventures with outlaws, Indians, townspeople and on occasion, women. Elements of the shows carried a ring of reality not present in many Westerns of the era.
Clint Eastwood’s career blossomed into Academy Awards and directing opportunities that would not necessarily have been foreseen from the character Rowdy Yates.
Eric Fleming drowned filming a movie in Africa a year after “Rawhide” was canceled.
Frankie Laine’s recording of the theme remains one of the most recognizable Western themes of all time, “Through rain, wind and weather …”
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