Rifleman reminds me of the good old days when queers/homo's stayed in the closet, because they would've gotten their heads blown off by the rifleman if they came out...
@theright1allthetime i'm a heterosexual,but you really need to get a education,these people didn't wake up one day and say,hey,I'm going to chase men instead of woman,they were born like this,the science is out their if you chose to learn about it,it is strange,but don't be a dumb ass,learn about it.
@theright1allthetime real men stand up for the truth,learn the truth,knowledge is power.Don't be a moron your whole life,do a little research before you start talking.
@inagod I don't think he ever mentioned anything against homosexuality being a genetic alteration, but, you know, it is very much based on societal pressure. The extremely heteronormative West would have been much less tolerant of that, so less people would be openly gay or even consider a queer relationship.
Also, real men stand up for what they believe in, not necessarily the truth. That's what the USA is founded on.
Plus, application of knowledge is equally important. Some can't do that.
I have a staunch fiscally conservative viewpoint in regards economics. An overpowered government (socialist) or the lack of a government (communist) is bad for personal and market drive, among various other things that inevitably lead to economic deterioration.
I do support people's freedom of personal choice. I have no problem with someone else's lifestyle, so long as I'm not being involved in it.
I always thought the opening was kind of funny. Lucas strides down Main Street, letting off a magazine load of bullets - presumably at SOMETHING - and then just keeps walking while giving us the steely eye! So what the hell was he shooting at, anyway?! Where did who- or whatever it was it go?! 8-D
An American classic. It saddens me to realize how far this great country has declined in such a short time that we will accept the garbage that now passes for family entertainment.
@thedetectivebm: The late actor Joe Higgins who played Nils Swenson on the Rifleman TV show was a neighbor of mine when I was a kid in the late 1950s and early 1960s and the Rifleman, Chuck Connors (among a lot of other actors) would come and visit him and his family regularly. Chuck Connors sometimes carried his famous Rifleman Winchester in the trunk of his metallic turquoise Lincoln Continental automobile and would occasionally pull it out to show us neighborhood kids. Quite exciting!
Got a kick out of seeing once again Johnny Crawford, used to call him 'Summer School'...for some unknown reason, because Crawford always looked a bit stunned to me in that show...remember once I was sent to a Summer School class for failing a grade, the kids there looked a bit dezed most of the time....as was I...:)
The story line usually revolved around what it was to be a 'man'. So much so that so that it seemed overtly gay. The fact that there was no love interest didn't help.
I love Rifleman. It was the best western ever. It's sad that they don't show it on television as much as do Bonanza and Gun Smoke. This was back in the day when they actually told a story. Now with all the modern day technology they leave no room for imagine nation and no real story lines.
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ChicogoSouthDan states that it was just a rumor that Chuck Connors was gay. I happen to own a copy of the gay porno film that Chuck made when he was young. Yup, he was gay.....and HUNG! And contrary to what most of you straight guys think, that didn't make him any less of a man. It took balls to be gay, at that time, and in the industry that he was in.
Ever read the MAD MAgazine spoof, "The Rifle, Man!" ? Lucas is constantly shootin' everything and teaching his son the value of living peacefully. Hilarious!
I had the previledge of meeting Chuck Connors friend Moe Hunt! He gave me pictures and snapshots of Chuck Connors! Sorry to say Moe Hunt passed away. The pictures and snapshots he gave me hangs in my office. Moe and Chuck you are deeply missed!
I don't know where some people get the idea The Rifleman was about a trigger-happy hick blowing people away. I'm guessing those who do have never even watched the show! It was about keeping the peace, standing up for the right thing, using the gun only when needed. In one episode, Lucas defended a Chinese man who had a laundry business who was being harrased by some drunken racist men. A good lesson, surprisingly given in the early 1960's. Too bad the best TV shows ended some 20 years ago.
@JxT1957 The writing for the series was also very good. Check out my playlist of Western. I downloaded some episodes. The writng of the stories are very good.
Really good show, Lucas McCain wasn't a superman just a regular guy trying to make it in the west. The show had really good morals and he never used violence unless it was a last resort.
I thank Johnny for letting me be his friend (even tho he didn't know it) from 1957-62. We were the same age. I think I watched every episode during those years--loved 'em all.
It takes a man to shoot a bucking rifle near his groin area! The way he looks into the camera makes me think he's trying to say something to me. Perhaps "ouch"?
It's amazing how so many actors who were gay, fooled the public. Chuck Connors was another one. I suppose Elizabeth Taylor is right. she said: "if it wasn't for gay men their would be NO hollywood. People believe only what the actor and the show wants them to believe.
@michaeljohndudley nice spreading of lies of Mr. Conners. There is no proof whatsoever... bad things happen to those who trash a dead person's character.
@pepjrp Although there were secretly gay TV stars during that period (Richard Chamberlain, the priest in the Thornbirds mini-series, portrayed heterosexual Dr. Kildare around that time), I had not heard that Chuck Connors was gay. It's not trashing the person if it's true, but I'd like to know what proof michael has.
@ChicagoSouthDan I totally agree with you Dan on a number of stars being homosexual just as there is in the general public, but I did some research and there is no proof as most sites just state that for some reason this rumor flew around about Chuck Conners. Michael just happened to be one of the links in that rumor mill chain as it's obvious he wants it to be true and much more common than it is in order to spread his personal agenda I believe.
@pepjrp According to a previous post, there was some gay porn actor who was similar in appearance to Chuck Connors. That might be part of the reason for the gay rumor. But as you say, it's probably just his personal agenda.
@davidls11 Number one, the intention of michaeljohndudley was malicious in his speaking of Mr. Connors and number two, I don't really have the time to explain right and wrong to you. All I can say is that they have sure gotten to you. Very sad.
Always loved this show as a kid. Chuck and Johnny Crawford were close friends on the show and after it ended. Chuck even played baseball with him on the set between filming. Aside from playing baseball, Connors also played center for the Boston Celtics. He also loved politics, and was a conservative Republican. "I can never get rid of The Rifleman, and I don't want to. It's a good image. I'm proud to be associated with it." Chuck Connors
this was one of the best western show's on TV back then,
From the Intro with Chuck wheeling that winchester and throwing lead all over the place to the really nice sounding score with the french horn's and horse trotting sound,
LOVED ALL THOSE TV WESTERNS FROM THE 60S,WHAT A TIME TO WATCH TELLY EH,,THERE WAS A NON STOP WESTERN SERIAL ON THE TV EVERY WEEK AND THE BEUTY OF IT ALL WAS, THE QUALITY NEVER DIMINISHED,THEY SEEMED TO BETTER IT EACH TIME,,THAT TAKESD SOME DOING IN ANY MEDIUM
great tv program from a time when there was some moral substance left in our society...first episode Lucas tells the biblical story of Job to Mark...program would have no chance of making it on air today.
McCain was so good with a rifle no one else could be in second place and makes everyone else look like hopeless children. He told Robert Vaugh---"YOU COULDN'T BEAT ME IN TEN YEARS!!"
@ivanack Vaughn was the acting sheriff in other episode you are right about DH that episode featured Leif Erickson as a bad man he went to High Chaparral as John Cannon, good guy also great theme music. 2nd place with rifle was Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in "For A Few Dollars More," "the best shot in the Carolinas," 3rd best was john Phillip Law in "Death Rides A Horse" after that Robert Mitchum slamming rifle barrel into Asner's head in "El Dorado" saloon scene, 1967. L-U-C-A-S
Isn't wierd how this theme song puts a lump on my throat and tears in my eyes. I think of me and my brothers on the couch cuddling up to my Dad watching this program in the 60's. Pop loved this show . He's gone now but just hearing this theme song brings it all back and I have a deep yearning for being back at that little house of ours in Los Angeles. Life goes bye so fast. Cherish every moment and all the people you love. I miss you so much Dad.
Lucas: Besides Mark, some folks need killin'. It takes a real man to figure out which ones. And real men smoke Lucky Strikes; LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
Mark: That's right Paw. I'll get some when I get older. Right now, I sure could go for some Cocoa Marsh chocolate milk....
@ivanack Oh, and btw...a lot of folks consider Steve Mcqueen, a real man, to be the king of cool. McQueen smoked Viceroy. Viceroy paid McQueen a lot of money, and those cigarettes killed him. Now everyone knows that whoever dies with the most money wins.
Ol' Lucus McCain, figured pistols was for sissies.
An' besides, with a rifle, you don't need to git up close, to kill a man.
An' they holds more bullets, too! You can kills more fellers, afore you hef ta' reload.
But ol' Lucus was a peacable man.
Sure, they'd be stackin' the bodies like cord wood, every time he come ta' town, and the Undertaker'd be ginnin' from ear ta' ear, but like ol' Lucus said, "There ain't nothin' more peaceful, than a dead man."
@HotCuppaCoffee Actually he WAS very peacable, but for some reason, for 30 minutes a week some ornery fella or a lot of'em would force Lucas to take a stand.
Who needed color when you had an imagination. Now this is when TV was TV. Can we all just stop right here and roll the clock back........ just a little bit. PLEASE
You have to face a Holy God on Judgment Day(Hebrews 9:27). He counts lust as adultery(Matthew 5:28) and hatred as murder(1 John 3:15). All liars will have their part in the Lake of Fire(Revelation 21:8). No thief will inherit the kingdom of God(1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved(John 14:6). YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE SAVED! THERE'S NO OTHER WAY! There's no second chance after death, so repent NOW! Proverbs 29:1
How funny. I grew up with a rifleman, and he taught me at his side, to shoot as fast as lightning, care for my rifle, and always be responsible. I could light a match prone at 35 feet when I was 7,and I was proud of it. I used to watch this show all the time and I hadn't realized how much it colored who I thought I was, and my dad too. The two of us together, riding the range for right.
As corny as this show was I wish we had something like it today. Just good simple and clean entertaiment. Remember the episode where Lucas missed shooting a mountain lion and got all depressed and irritable. He became obssesed that he missed that shot. Finally, Mikah had to talk him down and explain that "that cat was just too fast for ya, Lucas boy". Later he got that cat. Just in time too cause it almost got Mark....as i remember it.
@mindeloman Also, Why was it that Lou was accepted into North Fork. Remeber the episode where she came to town trying to buy everybodys' property at face value. Only, she new the railroad was coming to North Fork and the values would skyrocket later. When the townsfolk found out they were none-too-happy. But she stayed and opned that store and everybody loved her. i guess it was the pretty face.
Great TV show, great morality, and a very good message.
Just ignore those people who are making rude, or silly comments. Stupid people can be found all over the world, and the internet brings them all together :)
A black fem, who liked this TV show!? I would have fallen in love immediately! :D
That town had maybe 8 people living in it! Yet every week he blew away like 5 or more guys! Do the math! This guy was the worst serial killer ion history!
Check out Chuck Connors' eyes. After he triggers the rifle he's still scanning for trouble, never looking at the gun while he spins it, cocks it and transfers it to his offhand. Maybe he wasn't a great actor, but he did a great job acting like there was a real threat offscreen.
growing up i was in love with chuck connors and the way those wranglers or levis fit him. i thought he was so manly. i was a tenage black female in the late 60s and 70s and thought this may was so handsom. WOW!
OH, GOD, YES!! The look in his eyes in the intro after he fires his rifle... good lord! I could fall down right at his feet to see that look. Fun to watch the show again decades later, huh?
@irockNiKESxoxo I am not being a bit sarcastic when I say this. Some women like powerful business men others like guy who are just handsome and other like me that wear badges. I am young 60 now, still very young minded. Many women like rugged guys who are the "protectors" like conner portrayed. It's the way we are made. My wife had a thing for Firemen, we dated and got married, 28 years and I am a retired Firemen. I just found your comment interesting.
Any well-oiled Model 1873, 1886 and 1894 Winchester rifles and carbines can certainly be fired that fast, especially if installed with the large glove-loop lever as seen here. When the lever is brought back the trigger is simply pulled in the same motion. Trick shooters back in the day (Annie Oakley, etc.) used to do that kind of stuff all the time. The .44-40 caliber rifles, if equipped with the full-length tubular magazine, can hold up to 16 rounds.
The rapid fire is not caused by Connors pulling the trigger after cycling the action. While the large loop lever helps with being able to cycle the rifle that fast, the actuation of the trigger is done by a set screw or other such device on the trigger guard portion of the lever that would move the tri
I have it on good authority (a college friend who worked as a studio guide) that the Rifleman wore no underwear.
lynndeweese 1 day ago
Still watching the re runs on cables RTV network!
carlobari60 3 weeks ago in playlist Old TV programs
@carmium I always thought the opening was kind of badass. I don't know what he was firing at either but he sure looks cool doing it.
Strideo1 2 months ago
Rifleman reminds me of the good old days when queers/homo's stayed in the closet, because they would've gotten their heads blown off by the rifleman if they came out...
theright1allthetime 3 months ago
@theright1allthetime i'm a heterosexual,but you really need to get a education,these people didn't wake up one day and say,hey,I'm going to chase men instead of woman,they were born like this,the science is out their if you chose to learn about it,it is strange,but don't be a dumb ass,learn about it.
inagod 3 months ago
@inagod Shut the fuck up and get educated on how to be a REAL MAN instead of some cock sucking faggot...
theright1allthetime 3 months ago
@theright1allthetime real men stand up for the truth,learn the truth,knowledge is power.Don't be a moron your whole life,do a little research before you start talking.
inagod 2 months ago
@inagod I don't think he ever mentioned anything against homosexuality being a genetic alteration, but, you know, it is very much based on societal pressure. The extremely heteronormative West would have been much less tolerant of that, so less people would be openly gay or even consider a queer relationship.
Also, real men stand up for what they believe in, not necessarily the truth. That's what the USA is founded on.
Plus, application of knowledge is equally important. Some can't do that.
woelfman1 2 months ago
@woelfman1 Karl Marx been berry berry good to you!
ConservativeAnthem 1 month ago
@ConservativeAnthem Well, I hate to contradict you...
I have a staunch fiscally conservative viewpoint in regards economics. An overpowered government (socialist) or the lack of a government (communist) is bad for personal and market drive, among various other things that inevitably lead to economic deterioration.
I do support people's freedom of personal choice. I have no problem with someone else's lifestyle, so long as I'm not being involved in it.
woelfman1 1 month ago
Really enjoyed this video. Good work.
Focusintobeing 3 months ago
I always thought the opening was kind of funny. Lucas strides down Main Street, letting off a magazine load of bullets - presumably at SOMETHING - and then just keeps walking while giving us the steely eye! So what the hell was he shooting at, anyway?! Where did who- or whatever it was it go?! 8-D
carmium 3 months ago
An American classic. It saddens me to realize how far this great country has declined in such a short time that we will accept the garbage that now passes for family entertainment.
dsen1889 4 months ago 7
um hes my third cousin..! :) ( my grandpas cousin)
Kaurenrules 4 months ago
RIFLEMAN episodes can be seen @ HULU.com
Tech470 4 months ago
Ohhh Shit I tried to shot that fast and cut my finger with the trigger against the lever LOL
miltonSF 5 months ago in playlist More videos from toadfoto
I race home every Saturday so that I can watch The Rifleman on the AMC channel. Love that rifle.
thedetectivebm 5 months ago
@thedetectivebm If you have MeTV, they just added it to their lineup. It's also on RTV.
ckg927 5 months ago
@ckg927
Thank you for the info.
thedetectivebm 4 months ago
@thedetectivebm: The late actor Joe Higgins who played Nils Swenson on the Rifleman TV show was a neighbor of mine when I was a kid in the late 1950s and early 1960s and the Rifleman, Chuck Connors (among a lot of other actors) would come and visit him and his family regularly. Chuck Connors sometimes carried his famous Rifleman Winchester in the trunk of his metallic turquoise Lincoln Continental automobile and would occasionally pull it out to show us neighborhood kids. Quite exciting!
octane130 4 months ago 2
@octane130 wish I was there, over here in AU we loved the show!
bullsnutsoz 3 months ago
Got a kick out of seeing once again Johnny Crawford, used to call him 'Summer School'...for some unknown reason, because Crawford always looked a bit stunned to me in that show...remember once I was sent to a Summer School class for failing a grade, the kids there looked a bit dezed most of the time....as was I...:)
MultiCgp 5 months ago
I like to watch reruns of The Rifleman on Saturday mornings on the American Movie Channel(AMC).
GGE47 5 months ago
the best if the best of the early western tv series.... a thrill to grow up watching these shows.
bkattic 5 months ago
this show was written by several jewish people from ny..they thought the west meant buffalo
dcmacleod1 5 months ago
Loved this show, my husband named our son, Micah.
juliemacish 5 months ago
Coolest tv show opening, ever....great theme song too
ITILII 7 months ago
OMG.....its the way he was shooting that rifle lol
daminmancejin 7 months ago
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you handle a lever action rifle.
44Magnum6 7 months ago 2
Back when real men were on TV, not the bumbling fools of today.
joesphx19 7 months ago
loved this show even in re runs
127589 7 months ago
@PONYBOY430 just curious what you're talking about,,,, where's the 12 gauge shotgun?,,, this is a rifle, not a shotgun.....
ZefreyLove 7 months ago
I really like the show , as a kid in the 70's, I watched it a lot, too bad I don't see it on television anymore.
ZefreyLove 7 months ago
Chuck Connors, what a great name , a proper bloke.
MrLawman10 7 months ago
This show cracks me up.
The story line usually revolved around what it was to be a 'man'. So much so that so that it seemed overtly gay. The fact that there was no love interest didn't help.
mishmash1962 7 months ago
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@PONYBOY430 we are not all Niggers in the USA
SWEJEHTKCUF 7 months ago
I love Rifleman. It was the best western ever. It's sad that they don't show it on television as much as do Bonanza and Gun Smoke. This was back in the day when they actually told a story. Now with all the modern day technology they leave no room for imagine nation and no real story lines.
jeannagirl7 7 months ago
Too Funny HCC lol.
KahunaQwest 8 months ago
0:13 staring chuck ''Noris'' LMFAO
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charlesthepoet2004 8 months ago
that is still baaaaaaaaaadddddd aaasssssssssssssssssss!!!
ph4720631 8 months ago
My father used to say "i hope there wasn't body standing down the street while mcCain is shooting"
fred5399 8 months ago
i got here from a link on craigslist. ?!? what are you tryin to say?
mrumsower 8 months ago
i used to watch this as a kid and my favorite part was the opening credit, lol! Chuck was the man!
armywife2248 9 months ago
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ChicogoSouthDan states that it was just a rumor that Chuck Connors was gay. I happen to own a copy of the gay porno film that Chuck made when he was young. Yup, he was gay.....and HUNG! And contrary to what most of you straight guys think, that didn't make him any less of a man. It took balls to be gay, at that time, and in the industry that he was in.
Mikeofsf 9 months ago
The best western series ever made!!
kreplachS 10 months ago 3
Ever read the MAD MAgazine spoof, "The Rifle, Man!" ? Lucas is constantly shootin' everything and teaching his son the value of living peacefully. Hilarious!
bionicgforcecoffee 11 months ago
I had the previledge of meeting Chuck Connors friend Moe Hunt! He gave me pictures and snapshots of Chuck Connors! Sorry to say Moe Hunt passed away. The pictures and snapshots he gave me hangs in my office. Moe and Chuck you are deeply missed!
skoggit 11 months ago
you didn't want to piss this guy off.he would swiss cheese your ass if did.
mow1717 11 months ago
I don't know where some people get the idea The Rifleman was about a trigger-happy hick blowing people away. I'm guessing those who do have never even watched the show! It was about keeping the peace, standing up for the right thing, using the gun only when needed. In one episode, Lucas defended a Chinese man who had a laundry business who was being harrased by some drunken racist men. A good lesson, surprisingly given in the early 1960's. Too bad the best TV shows ended some 20 years ago.
Timbrock1000 11 months ago 2
My brother and I used to wish they'd show the people of the town who happened
to be at the other end of the street diving for cover and their horses falling dead
at the hitching posts when ol' Lucas cut loose with that hail of bullets at the start
of each show.
Just think what that guy could do with an AK-47!
GooglFascists 11 months ago
sod buster
mrjoerondo 1 year ago
the Rifle man is justice in North Fork.
Beckysguy01 1 year ago
my mom is obsessed with chuck conners o_o I MEAN HES HOT AND JUNK
katylin900 1 year ago
@katylin900 your a fucking homosexual
Nineteen80Baby 1 year ago 3
@Nineteen80Baby
I'd think katlyn900 is a girl? So her thinking Chuck Conners is hot would be heterosexual.
knightflyte 11 months ago
@knightflyte dont stand up for this faggot make you just as bad
Nineteen80Baby 11 months ago
Chuck Conners, we are going to meet you!
mahilamahila 1 year ago
The Rifleman.. my favorite western ever.
JxT1957 1 year ago 19
@JxT1957 The writing for the series was also very good. Check out my playlist of Western. I downloaded some episodes. The writng of the stories are very good.
andersport 6 months ago
It was because of this show that I learned to swing my Daisy BB gun around by the lever to cock it...just like Lucas!
yvwic50 1 year ago
Lucas McCain + Rifle=Bad Ass
recruit71 1 year ago 3
chuck connors - a great actor, rifleman, a great show & the guy that played his son on the show did a great job!
62Elvis 1 year ago
Ever since I saw this show as a kid, I've been keeping my bullets in my shirt pocket, too.
barkulator 1 year ago
great opening and show
owenswift 1 year ago
I like this show and I just started watching it in 2010.
xjohn1970 1 year ago
Really good show, Lucas McCain wasn't a superman just a regular guy trying to make it in the west. The show had really good morals and he never used violence unless it was a last resort.
NoPartyAffilliation 1 year ago 15
@NoPartyAffilliation an remember thats how he taught his son Mark too.
fredqwan 7 months ago
I thank Johnny for letting me be his friend (even tho he didn't know it) from 1957-62. We were the same age. I think I watched every episode during those years--loved 'em all.
BenandJerryRig 1 year ago
Only Combat had a better intro.
bondurango 1 year ago
no one can wear a pair of jeans like Lucas McCain! He got the walk!
jrlillian 1 year ago 2
i'm just a kid and this is one of my favorite shows out there.
USSWISCONSIN64 1 year ago 2
Er und James Arness waren die Helden meiner Kindheit.
tomcs635 1 year ago
@tomcs635 Mein auch.
pepjrp 1 year ago
They should have let have an M60 with tracer rounds too.
spareaxe 1 year ago
It takes a man to shoot a bucking rifle near his groin area! The way he looks into the camera makes me think he's trying to say something to me. Perhaps "ouch"?
CubanCheGuevara 1 year ago
My favorite western theme
MrRanwolfe 1 year ago
It's amazing how so many actors who were gay, fooled the public. Chuck Connors was another one. I suppose Elizabeth Taylor is right. she said: "if it wasn't for gay men their would be NO hollywood. People believe only what the actor and the show wants them to believe.
michaeljohndudley 1 year ago
@michaeljohndudley nice spreading of lies of Mr. Conners. There is no proof whatsoever... bad things happen to those who trash a dead person's character.
pepjrp 1 year ago
@pepjrp Although there were secretly gay TV stars during that period (Richard Chamberlain, the priest in the Thornbirds mini-series, portrayed heterosexual Dr. Kildare around that time), I had not heard that Chuck Connors was gay. It's not trashing the person if it's true, but I'd like to know what proof michael has.
ChicagoSouthDan 1 year ago
@ChicagoSouthDan I totally agree with you Dan on a number of stars being homosexual just as there is in the general public, but I did some research and there is no proof as most sites just state that for some reason this rumor flew around about Chuck Conners. Michael just happened to be one of the links in that rumor mill chain as it's obvious he wants it to be true and much more common than it is in order to spread his personal agenda I believe.
pepjrp 1 year ago
@pepjrp According to a previous post, there was some gay porn actor who was similar in appearance to Chuck Connors. That might be part of the reason for the gay rumor. But as you say, it's probably just his personal agenda.
ChicagoSouthDan 1 year ago
@pepjrp Why is calling someone gay "trashing" their character?
davidls11 1 year ago
@davidls11 Number one, the intention of michaeljohndudley was malicious in his speaking of Mr. Connors and number two, I don't really have the time to explain right and wrong to you. All I can say is that they have sure gotten to you. Very sad.
pepjrp 1 year ago
@pepjrp Fuck you.
davidls11 1 year ago
@davidls11 Sorry, I'm not a fudge packer like you... I hope you are using protection so you don't get aids.
pepjrp 1 year ago
@pepjrp You too.
davidls11 1 year ago
@davidls11 You three.
pepjrp 1 year ago
@michaeljohndudley Who cares is Connors was gay? Johnny Crawford was the cute one.
davidls11 1 year ago
Chuck Connors is a beast
extremesniper007 1 year ago
This is a good show but i won't be using his rifle to do anything else , i take an auto anytime :(
Gerogiancounty 1 year ago
Faster than a M-16
caganb 1 year ago
Is that DIck Wesson doing the intro to The Rifleman?
epgrove1961 1 year ago
Good show. I like it, and Davey Crockett.
mozeus5 1 year ago
Chuck Connors....SEXY.
tnuhc 1 year ago
Always loved this show as a kid. Chuck and Johnny Crawford were close friends on the show and after it ended. Chuck even played baseball with him on the set between filming. Aside from playing baseball, Connors also played center for the Boston Celtics. He also loved politics, and was a conservative Republican. "I can never get rid of The Rifleman, and I don't want to. It's a good image. I'm proud to be associated with it." Chuck Connors
frank47hammer 1 year ago
He´s got a place in my heart, untill we meet again in the great round up!
mahilamahila 1 year ago
Amazing opening theme song. All of 18 seconds.
bondurango 1 year ago
Can't beat this entertainment...Rifleman, Lawman, Cheyenne, ...Thanks You Tube...great family memories and entertainment ....
fjbutch 1 year ago
this was one of the best western show's on TV back then,
From the Intro with Chuck wheeling that winchester and throwing lead all over the place to the really nice sounding score with the french horn's and horse trotting sound,
Overall Good western family show,
kirkconway 1 year ago 2
LOVED ALL THOSE TV WESTERNS FROM THE 60S,WHAT A TIME TO WATCH TELLY EH,,THERE WAS A NON STOP WESTERN SERIAL ON THE TV EVERY WEEK AND THE BEUTY OF IT ALL WAS, THE QUALITY NEVER DIMINISHED,THEY SEEMED TO BETTER IT EACH TIME,,THAT TAKESD SOME DOING IN ANY MEDIUM
robharding1957 1 year ago
My dad was a big fan of this, Bonanza and Gunsmoke. I remember sitting on his lap as a kid watching them. Great television.
AmericanNinja1981 1 year ago
wow i remember this
newall7 1 year ago
it is not like it use to be,i remember all these shows,hawaii 5-0,is coming back with different people,never be the same,
playercad117 1 year ago
STARING CHUCK CONNERS
bobszvetics1 1 year ago
I'm 27 and I enjoy this program.
peacemaker083 1 year ago
@peacemaker083 YES it is a good show with a real story something we all lack today.
worseto 1 year ago
great tv program from a time when there was some moral substance left in our society...first episode Lucas tells the biblical story of Job to Mark...program would have no chance of making it on air today.
1ecedwards 1 year ago 2
HE ROCKS ! HE IS THE BEST DAD EVER! I LOVE U LUCUS....4EVER
thetheresas 1 year ago
Damn that was nice !
wpardlow 1 year ago
I still watch thios show all the time---a really good one! That was sure enough the good ol' days!
micmoable 1 year ago
McCain was so good with a rifle no one else could be in second place and makes everyone else look like hopeless children. He told Robert Vaugh---"YOU COULDN'T BEAT ME IN TEN YEARS!!"
skirts365 1 year ago
@skirts365
I think that was Dennis Hopper. Loved that episode.
ivanack 1 year ago
@ivanack Vaughn was the acting sheriff in other episode you are right about DH that episode featured Leif Erickson as a bad man he went to High Chaparral as John Cannon, good guy also great theme music. 2nd place with rifle was Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in "For A Few Dollars More," "the best shot in the Carolinas," 3rd best was john Phillip Law in "Death Rides A Horse" after that Robert Mitchum slamming rifle barrel into Asner's head in "El Dorado" saloon scene, 1967. L-U-C-A-S
skirts365 1 year ago
@skirts365
Many thanks for the info. I loved the show as a kid, and can't wait to see more episodes.
ivanack 1 year ago
@ivanack Go to Blinkx.com
hjb103055 1 year ago
Isn't wierd how this theme song puts a lump on my throat and tears in my eyes. I think of me and my brothers on the couch cuddling up to my Dad watching this program in the 60's. Pop loved this show . He's gone now but just hearing this theme song brings it all back and I have a deep yearning for being back at that little house of ours in Los Angeles. Life goes bye so fast. Cherish every moment and all the people you love. I miss you so much Dad.
OldMrMemories 1 year ago
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Mark: "Gosh Pa, when I grow up I want to be just like you and kill bad guys."
Lucas: "It ain't cool killin folks Mark."
Mark: "What about the 3 people you killed last episode?"
Lucas: "Well, there is that."
youtootube99 1 year ago
Mark: "Gosh Pa, when I grow up I want to be just like you and kill bad guys."
Lucas: "It ain't cool killin folks Mark."
Mark: "What about the 3 people you killed last episode?"
Lucas: "Well, there is that."
youtootube99 1 year ago
@youtootube99
Lucas: Besides Mark, some folks need killin'. It takes a real man to figure out which ones. And real men smoke Lucky Strikes; LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
Mark: That's right Paw. I'll get some when I get older. Right now, I sure could go for some Cocoa Marsh chocolate milk....
ivanack 1 year ago
@ivanack Two thumbs up Ivan, and you are a child of the 50s. LSMFT. Jesus H. LMAO.
youtootube99 1 year ago
@ivanack Oh, and btw...a lot of folks consider Steve Mcqueen, a real man, to be the king of cool. McQueen smoked Viceroy. Viceroy paid McQueen a lot of money, and those cigarettes killed him. Now everyone knows that whoever dies with the most money wins.
youtootube99 1 year ago
I see some clips from the first episode-- I just saw the first episode of the Rifleman today on Directv -- excellent
cathode1990 1 year ago
Ol' Lucus McCain, figured pistols was for sissies.
An' besides, with a rifle, you don't need to git up close, to kill a man.
An' they holds more bullets, too! You can kills more fellers, afore you hef ta' reload.
But ol' Lucus was a peacable man.
Sure, they'd be stackin' the bodies like cord wood, every time he come ta' town, and the Undertaker'd be ginnin' from ear ta' ear, but like ol' Lucus said, "There ain't nothin' more peaceful, than a dead man."
Ol' Lucus... Sure was a peacable feller.
HotCuppaCoffee 1 year ago 19
@HotCuppaCoffee LOL, too bad you couldn't say it to his face because I would want to watch! :-)
Hallaran 1 year ago
@HotCuppaCoffee Actually he WAS very peacable, but for some reason, for 30 minutes a week some ornery fella or a lot of'em would force Lucas to take a stand.
ccdg1066 1 year ago
you people are oldddd
gatorchomp1515 1 year ago
@gatorchomp1515 you people are younggggg
Hallaran 1 year ago
The Rifleman was the first show I remember REALLY loving and waiting for each week. Just LOVED Chuck Connors and this program.
Wolfie129 1 year ago
Who needed color when you had an imagination. Now this is when TV was TV. Can we all just stop right here and roll the clock back........ just a little bit. PLEASE
Twom44 1 year ago 2
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You have to face a Holy God on Judgment Day(Hebrews 9:27). He counts lust as adultery(Matthew 5:28) and hatred as murder(1 John 3:15). All liars will have their part in the Lake of Fire(Revelation 21:8). No thief will inherit the kingdom of God(1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved(John 14:6). YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE SAVED! THERE'S NO OTHER WAY! There's no second chance after death, so repent NOW! Proverbs 29:1
9001tank 1 year ago
Don't mess with Lucas!
Festizzle 1 year ago
How funny. I grew up with a rifleman, and he taught me at his side, to shoot as fast as lightning, care for my rifle, and always be responsible. I could light a match prone at 35 feet when I was 7,and I was proud of it. I used to watch this show all the time and I hadn't realized how much it colored who I thought I was, and my dad too. The two of us together, riding the range for right.
ffferol 1 year ago
As corny as this show was I wish we had something like it today. Just good simple and clean entertaiment. Remember the episode where Lucas missed shooting a mountain lion and got all depressed and irritable. He became obssesed that he missed that shot. Finally, Mikah had to talk him down and explain that "that cat was just too fast for ya, Lucas boy". Later he got that cat. Just in time too cause it almost got Mark....as i remember it.
mindeloman 1 year ago
@mindeloman Also, Why was it that Lou was accepted into North Fork. Remeber the episode where she came to town trying to buy everybodys' property at face value. Only, she new the railroad was coming to North Fork and the values would skyrocket later. When the townsfolk found out they were none-too-happy. But she stayed and opned that store and everybody loved her. i guess it was the pretty face.
mindeloman 1 year ago
1:02 made me melt!!
emoviebuff87 1 year ago
A great American Bad ass! A rare breed!
AmericanMale1953 1 year ago
Great TV show, great morality, and a very good message.
Just ignore those people who are making rude, or silly comments. Stupid people can be found all over the world, and the internet brings them all together :)
A black fem, who liked this TV show!? I would have fallen in love immediately! :D
Julian
Oulu, Finland
loungelovers 1 year ago
@loungelovers Yep great message! When people piss you off! fill em with lead.
le238man 1 year ago
That town had maybe 8 people living in it! Yet every week he blew away like 5 or more guys! Do the math! This guy was the worst serial killer ion history!
le238man 1 year ago
He was Branded, scorned as the one who ran. He did run , I saw him screw
caganb 1 year ago
"Staring Chuck norris"
JOSUE5401 1 year ago
great show, good morals, hard, yet nice guy, took no crap from anybody, i wanna be lucas mccain, lol
mryankeesfan57 1 year ago
@mryankeesfan57 If you want to be like Lucas, you have to be dead! Oh and by the way, He was a character in a tv show! It really wasn't real.
le238man 1 year ago
HE WAS ONE OF TVs BEST DADS
mavivirgie 1 year ago
I just found the show last year on Hulu. Good show.
DrEinstein100 1 year ago
what a badass!
ghurricane87 1 year ago
I like how Lucas, upon emptying his rifle into some poor chap, decides
the guy isn't "dead enough", so he proceeds to re-load!
The Original "Psycho Dad"!
spykatt 1 year ago 2
@spykatt Is it me or does he look like he just had a orgasm.
fred5399 1 year ago
The baddest TV intro of all time
jhoward1957 2 years ago 16
@jhoward1957 - Absolutely
1961corvette 1 year ago
Obviously, from the several latest comments, we've got a quite a few degenerates .... Great TV show. Great Clip. Thank you!
Seymour1511 2 years ago
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how many assholes shot themselves or someone next to them trying to copy that shit?
cuseter 2 years ago
@cuseter just assholes like you.....
bnilo 2 years ago
caramba que de tiempos aquellos
MrJesusgaitero 2 years ago
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that rifle...
might as well be his DICK!
Looks like he's jerking off!
But I loved the Rifleman as a kid
creaturebotman 2 years ago
you made me laugh so fucking hard!
420kushmaster420 2 years ago
Yeah.. :-)
If you play frame 0:00 to frame 0:05
Over and over its just plain hilarious.
Then at frame 0:10 he stares into the camera like he "Got off" just fine.
creaturebotman 2 years ago
lol!!!
GerardFreeman 2 years ago
paw....heh
pleasecho2 2 years ago
Check out Chuck Connors' eyes. After he triggers the rifle he's still scanning for trouble, never looking at the gun while he spins it, cocks it and transfers it to his offhand. Maybe he wasn't a great actor, but he did a great job acting like there was a real threat offscreen.
CrankyOldster 2 years ago 2
growing up i was in love with chuck connors and the way those wranglers or levis fit him. i thought he was so manly. i was a tenage black female in the late 60s and 70s and thought this may was so handsom. WOW!
irockNiKESxoxo 2 years ago 15
OH, GOD, YES!! The look in his eyes in the intro after he fires his rifle... good lord! I could fall down right at his feet to see that look. Fun to watch the show again decades later, huh?
1WisdomNPower 2 years ago 3
@irockNiKESxoxo I'm a white guy who wears tight jeans ! just sayin
cesky69 1 year ago
@irockNiKESxoxo You want to write to me?
mahilamahila 1 year ago
@irockNiKESxoxo You say you were a teenager in the 60s and 70s, but your personal page lists you age as 22, making your birth year 1988. Which is it?
ChicagoSouthDan 1 year ago
@irockNiKESxoxo I am not being a bit sarcastic when I say this. Some women like powerful business men others like guy who are just handsome and other like me that wear badges. I am young 60 now, still very young minded. Many women like rugged guys who are the "protectors" like conner portrayed. It's the way we are made. My wife had a thing for Firemen, we dated and got married, 28 years and I am a retired Firemen. I just found your comment interesting.
Happy Thanksgiving
Mike
blinko656 1 year ago
なつかしい～、かっこよかったよね～。
bogeyjp 2 years ago
Macain rifle should be sent to mythbusters to test wheter of not it works as said. Just a screw it the triger graud jaming the trigger.
railbaron1 2 years ago
Any well-oiled Model 1873, 1886 and 1894 Winchester rifles and carbines can certainly be fired that fast, especially if installed with the large glove-loop lever as seen here. When the lever is brought back the trigger is simply pulled in the same motion. Trick shooters back in the day (Annie Oakley, etc.) used to do that kind of stuff all the time. The .44-40 caliber rifles, if equipped with the full-length tubular magazine, can hold up to 16 rounds.
KaiserHudson67 1 year ago 5
@KaiserHudson67
The rapid fire is not caused by Connors pulling the trigger after cycling the action. While the large loop lever helps with being able to cycle the rifle that fast, the actuation of the trigger is done by a set screw or other such device on the trigger guard portion of the lever that would move the tri