There have been all kinds of spoof's on the branded song but the best one I ever heard was when the all-star wrestler on our high-school wrestling team was dumped by his girlfriend for a somewhat effeminate male. That night riding in a bus back from a wrestling meet he kept singing "Shafted-shafted by a fem" to the branded theme song. Probably wouldn't be politically correct nowadays but in 1971 it was a hoot. LOL
wow !! what an intro.. I only came across this out of curiosity from the big lebowski when the dude sings this song and from seinfeld when newman rips the post office patch off of jerry's jacket..
"Branded"... A Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production; no kidding! For some reason, the Goodson-Todman credit was removed from the black and white shows when they were syndicated (note the skip on the end credits), but remains on the end credits of the color shows. One of Goodson-Todman's few ventures out of the world of game shows.
@njwater I remember too! My older brother Chris sang the "Stranded" song on the school bus. I thought he made it up! Guess it was popular on school buses all over America. I do remember the show clearly. I was in kindergarten. I felt so bad during the opening theme when he had his insignia torn off and he was banished....
I am certain this series was a spin of from a made in colour cinema film called, Broken Sabre, again with Chuck Conners, and also starring Cesar Romero.
Did he ever prove his innocence or did the show end? At least"The Fugitive" had a conclusion! Does anyone know? I was about 5 or 6 and I only remember this opening not the actual show! As a little kid I felt so bad for him...I wanted to give him a hug! LOL!
Kinda makes u wonder if his C.O. found out about his preference for Marines who give oral and loved being fudgepacked (insert deviously snickering lol here!)!
Seeing this reminds me of an old issue of Mad magazine . They parodied the "branded" opening up to the point where the commanding officer is to break the sword over his leg. He ended up cutting his leg off.
I swear, there was a version of this song that said, "What do you do...........when you're branded?"I first heard it this past X-Mas and I loved the beat and melody.....I can't find it for shit here, though! Does anyone have it? Thanks :-)
This always makes me think of an episode of Married with Children when Al is the security guard but gets disgraced after a trophy is stolen while he was in charge.
What they shoulda done there was when he walksd thru the gate and stands in front of the camera, he shouda said...................''What the fuk was THAT all about''????
I vaguely remember the show. Does anyone know if the truth about what happened finally came out, restoring McCord's good name, before the show was cancelled?
While not knowing much on American Sabres,British ones are designed to flex to a great degrre and breaking it would require a considerble amount of strength,over the knee..i do'nt think so.For any sword to break like that shows very poor craftmanship...I actually have a nice collection of sabres..sadly one of which is broken..broke while i was flexing it (yep,real dumb)..revealed an air bubble in the steel tho.
@wolfsige I believe somewhere there's an outtake where they tried to break the real thing and it only bounced off his leg. They had to cut it almost in two to pull off that shot.
@wolfsige Actually, I was just reading a posting on myArmoury in which someone showed several examples of swords being broken in "degradation ceremonies." Apparently they restitched all the buttons and such to make them easy to tear off, and filed the sword almost in half so it could be broken over the knee (or in one case, the degraded fellow's head--ouch!). So yes, any good sword would have to be weakened to break so easily, and they knew that. Thought you might like to know.
@ruebuscm This is useful information, thank you. For 45 years there's been a tiny corner of my brain wondering about the sword-breaking ceremony in "Branded" and how that old geezer of a CO snapped that thing so easily.
Its quite possible,due to the hardness,it doesnt work of course from the leading edge,try bending,a fish hook,9x out of ten they will snap,thats a small scale comparison. Topazcat1
A saber might just snap without harm to the person doing the breaking.
I deal with swords that are heavier and thicker than a saber.
I have broad swords and if someone tried to snap any of them over their leg like that flat sided, it would do quite some damage to their leg. . but then again, broad swords are designed for that. .. .I do not think sabers are. . .but I am not that familar with sabers.
@1eaNavarre Hello,I was in an Armored unit(Forunner Cavalry) We gave this type of saber away(real ones)with added engraving to departing Officers and first Sargeants. Topazcat1
Almost reluctant to contribute but Texas Version. ~Stranded, Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when your Stranded, without another roll? Wherever you go, for the rest of your life you must uuuuuusssseee,....YOUR HAND!~
Thanks for posting this,This intro really made an impression on me as a little kid,I remembered it exactly,It was a mystery for me over 30 years.Well I behaved and got an honorable discharge in 1985.33rd Armored Regiment.
when I was a little girl the Stranded song went like this. Stranded!.. stranded on the toilet bowl..what do you do when your stranded and need another roll.. to prove your a man.. you wipe it with your hand..stranded!
When i was a little f\girl the Stranded son went like this. Stranded! stranded on the toilet bowl..what do you do when your stranded when you need another roll.. to prove your a man you wipe it with your hand.. stranded.
I never seen this before, got here through "Married with Chilnred, where in one episode- All night security dude, they made a parody of this intro. I must say the idea of a man outcasted from teh army, ashamed etc. looks terrific.
I used to love this show. This opening sequence seemed much more dramatic than the episodes themselves. It sold the show. Roseanne made for great and necessary TV too. A woman's POV is still fairly rare on corporate TV even now.
I remember in the 60's me and all my buddies in the elementary schoolyard singing this song at recess. How I wished I could go bacxk to those wonderful days.
I recently heard someone say that "Branded" has one of the best intros ever. I remember seeing re-runs as a kid. I must agree. After all this time, this show still has one of THE BEST intros!
That opening scene to "Branded" was filmed right by where I grew up...Kanab, Utah!! Has anyone else noticed the strong similarity to the fort from "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again"? That was filmed near Kanab, too! This is AMAZING!! :) Many thanks for posting this!
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
I thought of this intro when I retired. They took my ID badge and cut it in front of me, took my keys, wiped all my stuff out of my office computer.....
The best part of this show was the intro. Come on people let's be real here. Branded was not exactly the best western on TV. It was real campy. But in those days the networks had a monopoly. If they put it on, people would watch it. Today, the best shows on network TV only average about 10 million viewers. Boy, times have changed. That last episode of m.a.s.h. held the record for so long because there was only three networks then. And then came cable.
I remember this show. I used to watch with my dad sometime in the 1980's on reruns of course. I can't remember what channell thouigh. I do remember TBS used to show Cimmaron Strip back then.
Remember seeing reruns of this in the early 70's a local non-affiliated tv station. Always thought it was better than the Rifleman, because of the idea behind it.
I remember the lyrics in Spanish: Solo el quedó, de su battalón, y le gente le gritó: Cobarde! juran que desertó, quien lo sabra con certeza, ya que nadie lo vio. Doquiera que vaya tendrá que probar su valor y su honor. The name of the series was "Marcado" (Branded).
I remember the lyrics in Spanish: Solo el quedó, de su battalón, y le gente le gritó: Cobarde! juran que desertó, quien lo sabra con certeza, ya que nadie lo vio. Doquiera que vaya tendrá que probar su valor y su honor.
When I was a kid, we boys turned the lyrics around on this theme...."Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl, what do you do when your stranded and you can't find a roll?, whatever you do you must make sure to prove you're a man.........use your hand"
Hey, lol I like that it replaces: Jingle Bell Batman smells Robin Laid and egg the batmobile broke his wheel and the joker got away. I still love punch him in the face, kick him in the rear Bonanza, Hit little Joe with a beer, watch him shed a tear, then he runs away. Big brother Hoss shows you who's boss Bonanza. He racks you in the jewels , stuffs you in the stool and flushes you astray. Adams cute Ben is smart Hopsing needs better parts.
You're such a child...catallac whack! Anyway, I can't remember the serious ,I was too busy watch Chuck and not listening to the story plot lol. I rmember the Riffle Man but this show doesn't compute. Why couldn't he prove it. I know why David Banner (Bill Bixby) Couldn't prove his situation by why couldn't Chuck. Unrelated note; I once heard that Chuck let fig newton fly doing a basketball game. It made the air to the chagrin of the sponsers and censors. You can say he is responsable for censors
Jason McCord, played by Chuck Connors was a Captain in a Cavalry unit. In the pilot episode, there was a reporter played by Claude Akins that addressed him as "Captain McCord."
As kids we used to sing this as "Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you can't reach the roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, take a chance....you potty pants!" We really amused ourselves with that one. So glad I can still remember those words 35 years later!
This used to air on my local CBS affiliate between 7 and 8PM, Sat. nights, when I was a kid. It was a "grayer" Western than THE RIFLEMAN, so I never understood (then) why most of the supporting characters in each episode treated Chuck like a Bad Guy. It was a different story, though, when reruns started airing Saturday mornings on TNT, during the Eighties. The stories were actually pretty thought-provoking. Almost like a Western version of THE PRISONER (TOS)!
We had "What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll? You think like a man and wipe it with your hand..." I still remember that too. :)
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
@sgtscruffy56 Stranded On the edge of the toilet bowl What will you do when you're stranded And you don't have a roll? To prove you're a man You must use your hand You know it won't be fun But the job must be done Stranded. On the edge of the toilet bowl What will you do when you're stranded And you don't have a roll? ; )
@sgtscruffy56@sgtscruffy56 Stranded On the edge of the toilet bowl What will you do when you're stranded And you don't have a roll? To prove you're a man You must use your hand You know it won't be fun But the job must be done Stranded. On the edge of the toilet bowl What will you do when you're stranded And you don't have a roll? ; )
Ha! Loved the ditty you made up about this theme song when you were a kid! When I was a kid in the 60's (when TV still had cigarette advertising), we sang "Winston taste bad....like the last one I had...no filter...no flavor...tastes just like toilet paper"! I recall watching "Branded" as a kid back then. I think it came on Friday nights. Thanks for your comment...you've MADE my day & my weekend!
@sgtscruffy56 LMAO That's exactly why I'm here at this video! I'm sending a friend this to get a feel for the "Stranded" song! Your version has the same beginning and slightly different than mine where my version goes "what do you do when your stranded and there's nothing on the roll"! "You know you're a man and you must use your hand"! LMAO! This aired in 1965 - 66 when I was about 9 years old. That was 45 years ago! OMG! Were you born in 56 too? lol
@sgtscruffy56 . . . No, it's what do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll. To proooove, that you're a man, . . . wipe it, wipe it, wipe it with your hand. That's the way we sang it in Boston.
Believe it or not, this Larry Cohen-created series was "A Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production." Yes, it was those game show folks! For some reason, in syndication, the Goodson-Todman credit was edited and cut our of the first season blacl-and-white shows, but still appears in the second season color episodes. (MmnnI wonder if Milton Bradley made a home game versionlol)
I remember seeing a couple of episodes of this show, but it wasn't really something to keep the interest of a 6-year old girl. But I've always remembered the theme song! Those were the days when a show's theme song told you what the show was about, and it was great if you were tuning in having not known about a show beforehand. Today's tv theme songs or music often don't even relate to the show at all. Thanks for uploading this :)
It was an Indian battle, a few episodes in the series referred to it. In one episode, a group of Indians from that battle befriended the main character and testified to his bravery that day.
Hulkmeister23...I also was introduced to "Branded" in a roundabout way by that "Married With Children" episode. They did a very good job of spoofing "Branded's" opening in that one (Al's trophy gets stolen & he, as the security guard gets "Branded.") Hilarious! I wonder if anyone has posted that on YouTube? As for the real show, "Branded" was a definite classic.
The opening of this series was striking and is about all I really remember of it from when I was a kid. I misremembered the title as "Brandon" and that it must have been the character's name.
It's possible. The swords they used were thin and you break it at the weakest point with the thick part of your leg. I've seen people break baseball bats over their knees. It takes strength, but if you do it right you won't injure yourself.
This is called "cashiering" and it was a real practice.
arthur. digby. sellers.
curvin420 5 days ago
Did they get his sword from Harbor Freight?
billt460 1 month ago
There have been all kinds of spoof's on the branded song but the best one I ever heard was when the all-star wrestler on our high-school wrestling team was dumped by his girlfriend for a somewhat effeminate male. That night riding in a bus back from a wrestling meet he kept singing "Shafted-shafted by a fem" to the branded theme song. Probably wouldn't be politically correct nowadays but in 1971 it was a hoot. LOL
chuckbuckbobuck 1 month ago
wow !! what an intro.. I only came across this out of curiosity from the big lebowski when the dude sings this song and from seinfeld when newman rips the post office patch off of jerry's jacket..
RickRomo 1 month ago
"Branded"... A Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production; no kidding! For some reason, the Goodson-Todman credit was removed from the black and white shows when they were syndicated (note the skip on the end credits), but remains on the end credits of the color shows. One of Goodson-Todman's few ventures out of the world of game shows.
Noveltooner 2 months ago
If Swords in the cavalry were as shitty as the one in the show, the whole U.S army would have run and never stopped.LOL
Nightsurf59 2 months ago
Badass.
bdruckus 3 months ago
...in german : 'Geächtet !' best intro ever !!! LES ('remember each detail, 'saw this 1st time since 40 years !!!)
lesleypaul59 3 months ago
How do you write 150 episodes for a show that lasted at most two seasons?
dtedfontenot 3 months ago
Chuck norris learned everything from chuck connors.
19thSFGA 4 months ago
I love this THEME SONG!
inkenyo 5 months ago
Little known fact: Chuck Conners could deflect bullets with his chin. This came in handy far more often then you'd expect...
dudeman1456 5 months ago
Used to watch this show in Berlin Germany back in the day. Good times.
Good show.
mygad 5 months ago
Stranded...stranded on the toilet bowl
what do you do when your stranded without a tissue roll
to prove your a man
wipe it with your hand
to prove your a woman
wipe it with your bosum
to prove your a thief
chew it with your teeth...
Bigalrev 5 months ago
@Bigalrev the way I remember it as a kid was close:
stranded, stuck on the toilet bowl
what do you do when you're stranded
and you need another roll
to prove you're a man
you must wipe with your hand
on the can.................
stranded, stuck on the toilet bowl!
:D
njwater 3 months ago
@njwater LOL! I think I remember that too!
63gstone 3 months ago
@njwater I remember too! My older brother Chris sang the "Stranded" song on the school bus. I thought he made it up! Guess it was popular on school buses all over America. I do remember the show clearly. I was in kindergarten. I felt so bad during the opening theme when he had his insignia torn off and he was banished....
MarthaMartian 2 months ago
And they say he ran awaaaaaaay BRANDED.
Benoka 5 months ago 2
I have to agree, the only part of the show that I remember well is the intro and yes I felt sorry for the man. And thanks "Wanderer1955" LOL!!
icub4ucme1st 6 months ago
He wrote the first 150 episodes, not exactly a light weight, yet his son is a dunce.
eshum86 7 months ago 22
@eshum86 We'll beat it out of him, should be a pushover...
RoccoRyg 5 months ago
@eshum86 ...bulk of the series dude
judeseamus 3 months ago
Chuck Connors was Chuck Norris's dad
deepfriedking 7 months ago
Chuck Norris stole his act from Chuck Connors.
OBIT3 8 months ago
I was missing a few of the lyrics, thanks for completing me
sneezy1007 8 months ago
I am certain this series was a spin of from a made in colour cinema film called, Broken Sabre, again with Chuck Conners, and also starring Cesar Romero.
joliphantful 8 months ago
I was born in 1960. Had a HUGE crush on Chuck Connors. I used to run in when I heard either theme song from the Rifleman or Branded.
dsj110360 8 months ago
A MARK GOODSON BILL TODMAN PRODUCTION!!
MrWilliamtom 9 months ago
Did he ever prove his innocence or did the show end? At least"The Fugitive" had a conclusion! Does anyone know? I was about 5 or 6 and I only remember this opening not the actual show! As a little kid I felt so bad for him...I wanted to give him a hug! LOL!
jlomax 9 months ago
@jlomax It wasn't so much about him proving that he hadn't run, it was about the way people treated him because they thought he HAD run.
SoloPilot6 7 months ago
Kinda makes u wonder if his C.O. found out about his preference for Marines who give oral and loved being fudgepacked (insert deviously snickering lol here!)!
hcjc57 9 months ago
Chuck Connors was so cool!
SonofThor73 10 months ago 2
he definately looks guilty to me
FotoNathan1 10 months ago
Seeing this reminds me of an old issue of Mad magazine . They parodied the "branded" opening up to the point where the commanding officer is to break the sword over his leg. He ended up cutting his leg off.
unclaimedtreas 10 months ago
@unclaimedtreas LOL!
thishereguitar 8 months ago
"Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl
What do you do when you're stranded
and you can't reach the roll!"
finnemccool 10 months ago
i loved this show when i was kid it was syndicated with wagon train and wyatt earp
vbostick73 11 months ago
stranded....stranded on the toiled bowl what do you do when your stranded and you cant reach the roll......
120446219 1 year ago
@120446219 To prove you're a man, you must wipe it with your hand. If Not, you stay on the pot!!
savgal1211 11 months ago
Yes indeed..Roseann is just a fat jew ass..
120446219 1 year ago
no one messes with chuck connors.
pinboyjorf 1 year ago 5
I swear, there was a version of this song that said, "What do you do...........when you're branded?"I first heard it this past X-Mas and I loved the beat and melody.....I can't find it for shit here, though! Does anyone have it? Thanks :-)
themostrandomchick24 1 year ago
MaceMn...couldn't agree more! it's because our dumb asses keep watching no matter how banal the shows.
misfitstranger 1 year ago
I like this one as much as the rifleman.
fantorjhs 1 year ago
This always makes me think of an episode of Married with Children when Al is the security guard but gets disgraced after a trophy is stolen while he was in charge.
ElFino013 1 year ago 2
@ElFino013
I found this video thinking of that episode. I loved that ending with Bubba Smith!
Al: I'm hurt bad!
Bubba: Me too!
Al: Sleepy time now?
Bubba: Oh, yes!
katey1dog 1 year ago
What they shoulda done there was when he walksd thru the gate and stands in front of the camera, he shouda said...................''What the fuk was THAT all about''????
wanderer1955 1 year ago
I vaguely remember the show. Does anyone know if the truth about what happened finally came out, restoring McCord's good name, before the show was cancelled?
edybeast 1 year ago
@edybeast I belive the show was up and cancelled without a happy out come.
Lockbar 6 months ago
@edybeast I don't remember the details, but he was cleared in the final episode.
MrPirstel 6 months ago
Incidentally..does anyone know if a copy of the movie they made of Branded exists anywhere.?
wolfsige 1 year ago
While not knowing much on American Sabres,British ones are designed to flex to a great degrre and breaking it would require a considerble amount of strength,over the knee..i do'nt think so.For any sword to break like that shows very poor craftmanship...I actually have a nice collection of sabres..sadly one of which is broken..broke while i was flexing it (yep,real dumb)..revealed an air bubble in the steel tho.
wolfsige 1 year ago
@wolfsige I believe somewhere there's an outtake where they tried to break the real thing and it only bounced off his leg. They had to cut it almost in two to pull off that shot.
roadstarman58 1 year ago
@roadstarman58 I find that incredibly easy to beleive...cheers
wolfsige 1 year ago
@wolfsige Actually, I was just reading a posting on myArmoury in which someone showed several examples of swords being broken in "degradation ceremonies." Apparently they restitched all the buttons and such to make them easy to tear off, and filed the sword almost in half so it could be broken over the knee (or in one case, the degraded fellow's head--ouch!). So yes, any good sword would have to be weakened to break so easily, and they knew that. Thought you might like to know.
ruebuscm 11 months ago
@ruebuscm ..Cheers...You would not want to trust a sword that breaks so easily in battle would you.
wolfsige 11 months ago
@wolfsige Hah. :) Hell no. Peace.
ruebuscm 11 months ago
@ruebuscm This is useful information, thank you. For 45 years there's been a tiny corner of my brain wondering about the sword-breaking ceremony in "Branded" and how that old geezer of a CO snapped that thing so easily.
thishereguitar 8 months ago
That sword was probably made out of plastic. I think a real one would have just bent a little.
brerrabbit77 7 months ago
I would like to see someone break a real sword over their knee like that.
1eaNavarre 1 year ago
Its quite possible,due to the hardness,it doesnt work of course from the leading edge,try bending,a fish hook,9x out of ten they will snap,thats a small scale comparison. Topazcat1
topazcat1 1 year ago
@topazcat1
Hello Topazcat1
Never thought of it like that.
A saber might just snap without harm to the person doing the breaking.
I deal with swords that are heavier and thicker than a saber.
I have broad swords and if someone tried to snap any of them over their leg like that flat sided, it would do quite some damage to their leg. . but then again, broad swords are designed for that. .. .I do not think sabers are. . .but I am not that familar with sabers.
Thanks for the input.
1eaNavarre 1 year ago
@1eaNavarre Hello,I was in an Armored unit(Forunner Cavalry) We gave this type of saber away(real ones)with added engraving to departing Officers and first Sargeants. Topazcat1
topazcat1 1 year ago
@topazcat1
Hello Topazcat1
Thank you for your service.
I too served.
I understand now why you knew a bit about the sabers. . .
Giving one to departing Officers and first Sargeants is an ongoing tradition of honor.
1eaNavarre 1 year ago
Notice that he was drummed out, but not branded! When I saw the show I was expecting to see a big gnarly 'C' shaped scar on his cheek.
YTRulesFromNM 1 year ago
After he was kicked out of the cavalry he went to be a cowboy in Africa.
RedlandsRodge 1 year ago
Almost reluctant to contribute but Texas Version. ~Stranded, Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when your Stranded, without another roll? Wherever you go, for the rest of your life you must uuuuuusssseee,....YOUR HAND!~
Hemlat 1 year ago
Word about his cowardice sure got around fast in 1870 - did they telegraph it to every town? LOL
luridplanet 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this,This intro really made an impression on me as a little kid,I remembered it exactly,It was a mystery for me over 30 years.Well I behaved and got an honorable discharge in 1985.33rd Armored Regiment.
topazcat1 1 year ago
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when I was a little girl the Stranded song went like this. Stranded!.. stranded on the toilet bowl..what do you do when your stranded and need another roll.. to prove your a man.. you wipe it with your hand..stranded!
msmelanin1 1 year ago
When i was a little f\girl the Stranded son went like this. Stranded! stranded on the toilet bowl..what do you do when your stranded when you need another roll.. to prove your a man you wipe it with your hand.. stranded.
msmelanin1 1 year ago
@msmelanin1 lol....i remember that take...almost as good as our riffs on daniel boone
brabon1 1 year ago
I never seen this before, got here through "Married with Chilnred, where in one episode- All night security dude, they made a parody of this intro. I must say the idea of a man outcasted from teh army, ashamed etc. looks terrific.
5B0YAKASHA5 1 year ago
I used to love this show. This opening sequence seemed much more dramatic than the episodes themselves. It sold the show. Roseanne made for great and necessary TV too. A woman's POV is still fairly rare on corporate TV even now.
By the way, great boots on Chuck.
Now its off to Frankie Laine's "3:10 to Yuma."
rdw7300 1 year ago
...and yet his son is a fucking dunse.
maxbirnbaum 1 year ago
@maxbirnbaum I was waiting for someone to make that reference. Nice work.
jobjat 1 year ago
I remember in the 60's me and all my buddies in the elementary schoolyard singing this song at recess. How I wished I could go bacxk to those wonderful days.
OldMrMemories 1 year ago
It really bummed me out when I heard Chuck was a HOMO! I used to like this show too!
Halftrac 1 year ago
@Halftrac WHERE did you get that info???? I've never heard this before.....
CJurasin 1 year ago
@CJurasin So I'm guessing you did not know Rock Hudson was Light in the Loafers too? Where have you been living for the past 30 years?
Halftrac 1 year ago
@Halftrac Rock Hudson I've heard about, but never Chuck Conners. You haven't told me how you know this???
CJurasin 1 year ago
I recently heard someone say that "Branded" has one of the best intros ever. I remember seeing re-runs as a kid. I must agree. After all this time, this show still has one of THE BEST intros!
tension1906 1 year ago
Oh, Lord ... my childhood: "Bonanza", "Branded" and "Brady`s" - Fine Memos! :)
TheApacus 1 year ago
STRANDED!, Stranded on the toilet bowl !!! , What,(*wtf), do you do when you're stranded , ... and Can't Find the roll!!!?
Grade School song, lol. srry..
Sorroque 1 year ago
What do you do when you are branded?
gerkins1 1 year ago
That opening scene to "Branded" was filmed right by where I grew up...Kanab, Utah!! Has anyone else noticed the strong similarity to the fort from "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again"? That was filmed near Kanab, too! This is AMAZING!! :) Many thanks for posting this!
wlbaz 1 year ago
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Our version was
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
windswords2 1 year ago
This was the last time I saw Chuck Conners as a good guy.
TheChiwhiz 1 year ago
I thought of this intro when I retired. They took my ID badge and cut it in front of me, took my keys, wiped all my stuff out of my office computer.....
jln55 1 year ago
The best part of this show was the intro. Come on people let's be real here. Branded was not exactly the best western on TV. It was real campy. But in those days the networks had a monopoly. If they put it on, people would watch it. Today, the best shows on network TV only average about 10 million viewers. Boy, times have changed. That last episode of m.a.s.h. held the record for so long because there was only three networks then. And then came cable.
mindeloman 1 year ago
It's too bad the full episodes aren't on YouTube
gabbydeb 1 year ago
belive it or not this was a goodson-todman series
gameshow1241 1 year ago
@gameshow1241 Long before they made their names with game shows.
StukInBuf 1 year ago
another line for the toilet bowl version was...what can ya do when your stranded ....and phew you stink lol
zardozqq 1 year ago
I remember this show. I used to watch with my dad sometime in the 1980's on reruns of course. I can't remember what channell thouigh. I do remember TBS used to show Cimmaron Strip back then.
TheModok 1 year ago
Remember seeing reruns of this in the early 70's a local non-affiliated tv station. Always thought it was better than the Rifleman, because of the idea behind it.
ryoushii 1 year ago
Chuck Conners was so handsome!
AudieAsquared 1 year ago
I remember the lyrics in Spanish: Solo el quedó, de su battalón, y le gente le gritó: Cobarde! juran que desertó, quien lo sabra con certeza, ya que nadie lo vio. Doquiera que vaya tendrá que probar su valor y su honor. The name of the series was "Marcado" (Branded).
Mile66 1 year ago
I remember the lyrics in Spanish: Solo el quedó, de su battalón, y le gente le gritó: Cobarde! juran que desertó, quien lo sabra con certeza, ya que nadie lo vio. Doquiera que vaya tendrá que probar su valor y su honor.
Mile66 1 year ago
Arthur Digby Sellars wrote 156 episodes of this show. He lives near the In & Out Burger.
kokothemonkeyy 1 year ago 2
@kokothemonkeyy this is what happens larry
butheadVSbevus 1 year ago
bulk of the series.
augdog18 1 year ago
AND THEY SAY HE RAN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY
UnholyTancred 1 year ago
Ooops, I paged down......looks like we weren't the only ones.
jmf257 1 year ago
When I was a kid, we boys turned the lyrics around on this theme...."Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl, what do you do when your stranded and you can't find a roll?, whatever you do you must make sure to prove you're a man.........use your hand"
jmf257 1 year ago 7
Hey, lol I like that it replaces: Jingle Bell Batman smells Robin Laid and egg the batmobile broke his wheel and the joker got away. I still love punch him in the face, kick him in the rear Bonanza, Hit little Joe with a beer, watch him shed a tear, then he runs away. Big brother Hoss shows you who's boss Bonanza. He racks you in the jewels , stuffs you in the stool and flushes you astray. Adams cute Ben is smart Hopsing needs better parts.
TheMidnightBell07 1 year ago
You're such a child...catallac whack! Anyway, I can't remember the serious ,I was too busy watch Chuck and not listening to the story plot lol. I rmember the Riffle Man but this show doesn't compute. Why couldn't he prove it. I know why David Banner (Bill Bixby) Couldn't prove his situation by why couldn't Chuck. Unrelated note; I once heard that Chuck let fig newton fly doing a basketball game. It made the air to the chagrin of the sponsers and censors. You can say he is responsable for censors
Bellfire05 1 year ago
@Bellfire05 David Banner had nothing to fear from Jack McGee. Just The Military Government & The raging green beast that dwells within him.
Diakron79 5 months ago
poor nick adams, coulda been a great star, was a great star. very sad. he was in a lot of great stuff--rebel without a cause for example
readbeowulfnow 1 year ago
2 bad hes dead
hercules520 1 year ago
Does he still write?
MrJealcala 1 year ago
Oh No he has hand problems
ToxicMayo9 1 year ago
Oh No he has Hand Problems lol
ToxicMayo9 1 year ago
great shows like these ya never see on tv anymore and they got Roseannes fat ass on 3 diff channels....wtf!?
MaceMn 2 years ago 35
i agree but there are some good shows on
i really agree with you about roseannes fat ass cant stand the sight of her never could
keno8spot 2 years ago
@MaceMn I agree there's way to much of Roseanne's fat butt on tv even in reruns. Another I think they really drove into the ground was Seinfeld.
gotch09 1 year ago
@MaceMn rosanne is great comedy
branded yes great show so
19624291a 1 year ago
@MaceMn
19624291a 1 year ago
@MaceMn LOL..so damn true..thanks for saying it!!
msinthrop 11 months ago
You're killing your father Larry!!
XmodHotRod 2 years ago 3
AND A GOOD EVENING TO YOU TOO SIR!!!
fuzzy5face 2 years ago 2
Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl,
What do you do when you're stranded,
and you don't have a roll?
To show you're a man you must use your hand...
Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl,
What do you do when you're stranded,
and you don't have a roll?
That spread across grade school
playgrounds like a prairie fire.
4freespeech 2 years ago
@4freespeech
Like a prairie fire indeed :^)
capmconnundrum 2 years ago
LOL
so funny, had you not posted those lyrics, i was going to! lol ... or at least i hoped i could remember them.
I remember the kids in 5th grade singing them.
Vexina 1 year ago
Cool intro.
IFavorFire 2 years ago
Fuckin' Arthur Digby Sellers... wrote the bulk of the series... huge fan.
bigtitties1999 2 years ago 20
Not exactly a lightweight
GetchaSmokeOn25 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Not exactly a lightweight.
GetchaSmokeOn25 2 years ago
@bigtitties1999 not exactly a lightweight, dude.
gbramson09 11 months ago
finally get to see what married with children was spoofing. great.
PhilM662 2 years ago
Long intro!
RandyAKing 2 years ago
There was an outtake of it some time ago. The general or whomever that was, could not break the sword at one take.
Wellch 2 years ago 3
What was his rank in the army?
dougmott 2 years ago
Jason McCord, played by Chuck Connors was a Captain in a Cavalry unit. In the pilot episode, there was a reporter played by Claude Akins that addressed him as "Captain McCord."
volfire2 2 years ago
You could see the Cav insignia on the hats of the guys in the background... In real life the soldiers would all be wearing kepis.
That's you trivia for today kiddies!
walkaheep 2 years ago
Chuck Conners branded as a deserter?
What do you do when your BRANDED and you know your a man?
I would like to see a stare down between Chuck Conners and Lee Van Cleef.
bindinglines 2 years ago
Hi Toadfoto. Please upload more "Branded" episodes. Thank you.
reneecalling 2 years ago
that was the most badass thing ive ever seen
VideoDan51 2 years ago
As kids we used to sing this as "Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you can't reach the roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, take a chance....you potty pants!" We really amused ourselves with that one. So glad I can still remember those words 35 years later!
sgtscruffy56 2 years ago 15
How funny That's a good one, I'm still laughing.
You see, I didn't have the imagination you had as kids. I just sang the theme song straight through.
reneecalling 2 years ago
hahaha
YumikoHayashida 2 years ago
This used to air on my local CBS affiliate between 7 and 8PM, Sat. nights, when I was a kid. It was a "grayer" Western than THE RIFLEMAN, so I never understood (then) why most of the supporting characters in each episode treated Chuck like a Bad Guy. It was a different story, though, when reruns started airing Saturday mornings on TNT, during the Eighties. The stories were actually pretty thought-provoking. Almost like a Western version of THE PRISONER (TOS)!
Carycomic 2 years ago 2
We had "What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll? You think like a man and wipe it with your hand..." I still remember that too. :)
wrjamescom 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing a true urban legend.
RPenta 2 years ago
@sgtscruffy56 Ha Ha, I remember that version too.
Spartacus217 1 year ago
stranded on the toilet bowl hahhahahahha thanks that busted me up
zardozqq 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Our version was
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
windswords2 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Our version was
"Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl...what do you do when you're stranded and you don't have a roll? Wherever you go for the rest of your life, be a man... and use your hand!" LOL!
windswords2 1 year ago
ojisan420 1 year ago
ojisan420 1 year ago
@sgtscruffy56
Ha! Loved the ditty you made up about this theme song when you were a kid! When I was a kid in the 60's (when TV still had cigarette advertising), we sang "Winston taste bad....like the last one I had...no filter...no flavor...tastes just like toilet paper"! I recall watching "Branded" as a kid back then. I think it came on Friday nights. Thanks for your comment...you've MADE my day & my weekend!
JubalCalif 1 year ago
@sgtscruffy56 LMAO That's exactly why I'm here at this video! I'm sending a friend this to get a feel for the "Stranded" song! Your version has the same beginning and slightly different than mine where my version goes "what do you do when your stranded and there's nothing on the roll"! "You know you're a man and you must use your hand"! LMAO! This aired in 1965 - 66 when I was about 9 years old. That was 45 years ago! OMG! Were you born in 56 too? lol
orvie8 1 year ago
@sgtscruffy56 The real lyrics are....
Stranded
Stranded on the toilet bowl
What do you do when you're stranded
And you need another roll?
To prove you're a man
You must wipe it with your hand
And you won't be stranded any more.
bum bum
mrpentium 1 year ago
@sgtscruffy56 . . . No, it's what do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll. To proooove, that you're a man, . . . wipe it, wipe it, wipe it with your hand. That's the way we sang it in Boston.
pompom11 1 year ago
@sgtscruffy56 - YOU SANG THAT TOO? HAHAHA! Funny how jokes like that managed to go viral in the days before YouTube!
jimspy1001 1 year ago
shut the fuck up donny.
mercenaryinponcho 2 years ago 2
Believe it or not, this Larry Cohen-created series was "A Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production." Yes, it was those game show folks! For some reason, in syndication, the Goodson-Todman credit was edited and cut our of the first season blacl-and-white shows, but still appears in the second season color episodes. (MmnnI wonder if Milton Bradley made a home game versionlol)
Noveltooner 2 years ago
lmfao i thought it said chuck norris at first xD
frank1738rhcp 2 years ago
Your killing your father larry...
gdooyear 2 years ago 2
Does anyone have this series? I really liked it!
res57 2 years ago
That guy must have had an iron leg to break that sword that way!
res57 2 years ago
I remember seeing a couple of episodes of this show, but it wasn't really something to keep the interest of a 6-year old girl. But I've always remembered the theme song! Those were the days when a show's theme song told you what the show was about, and it was great if you were tuning in having not known about a show beforehand. Today's tv theme songs or music often don't even relate to the show at all. Thanks for uploading this :)
Nemeses24 2 years ago
Oddly enough I remember this series even as a kid. it lasted half a season I think,
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago
Was the fictional "Bitter Creek" ever identified as an Indian or Civil War battle in the series?
kalki02 2 years ago
if you would look @ the stockcade in the opening, it would suggust ( to me) indian wars
delbard1 2 years ago
It was an Indian battle, a few episodes in the series referred to it. In one episode, a group of Indians from that battle befriended the main character and testified to his bravery that day.
Centurion767 2 years ago
I liked this series a lot.
Much more an adult western than 'Rifleman' was.
But that one was great too.
BluesmanDizzy 2 years ago
I too have needed this clip to prove this show existed!!! excellent - do you remember Garsons Guerillas?
lowtit 2 years ago
Conners deserved another good show after the Rifleman - this wasn't it unfortunately.
hanoc101 2 years ago
Hulkmeister23...I also was introduced to "Branded" in a roundabout way by that "Married With Children" episode. They did a very good job of spoofing "Branded's" opening in that one (Al's trophy gets stolen & he, as the security guard gets "Branded.") Hilarious! I wonder if anyone has posted that on YouTube? As for the real show, "Branded" was a definite classic.
sabinoson 2 years ago 2
I remember this tune, I remember it from Married With Children.
hulkmeister23 2 years ago 2
Me too, Al Bundy had a part time job as a security guard and there was a break in while he was taking a dump.
munkeeguy 2 years ago 2
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madog20 2 years ago
The opening of this series was striking and is about all I really remember of it from when I was a kid. I misremembered the title as "Brandon" and that it must have been the character's name.
XSC3 2 years ago
bulk of the series,Dude
melpslfl 2 years ago
thx 4 memories!!!
SLACKER614 2 years ago
Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 165 episodes, the bulk of the series; not exactly a light weight!
abe2517 2 years ago
Breaking a sword in half on your knee? Either fake, or beast!
EagleOnTheRhine 2 years ago
It's possible. The swords they used were thin and you break it at the weakest point with the thick part of your leg. I've seen people break baseball bats over their knees. It takes strength, but if you do it right you won't injure yourself.
This is called "cashiering" and it was a real practice.