Since Nick Adams was a Jersey yankee palying a Southerner, I suggested a show called "The Yankee," starring someone from the Deep South, talking with a phony "northern" accent, doing quick-miving, pushy, rushed stereoptyped Northeastern (NY, NJ, MA) mannerisms/behaviors--now THAT would be so funny, and would give the NE elites a taste of their own medicine inflicted upon the South and other non-northeast regions for so many years!
My husband and I are watching this on MeTV and he noticed that there is a blurred out picture on the ending credits. Wonder what that is. Was looking for a clip on here but can't find it.
I watched "The Rebel" today on MeTV, and I like it. Being a fan of classic old time TV shows (which are far better than the trash being shown on network TV these days), I'll have to put my new DVD recorder to good use and collect some of these episodes. Was surprised to hear the Goodson-Todman name associated with this, since they're better known for producing game shows.
Have been watching "The Rebel" on MeTV. It's pretty impressive, well-written and acted, especially by the late Nick Adams. The vocal for the show's theme,. however, sucks. I'm glad that the MeTV version just goes with the instrumental version, which is much better.
Johnny Yuma was played by Nick Adams who was found dead in his Hollywood home by his agent after missing a dinner engagement on February 7, 1968. Cause of death was ruled a drug overdose from prescriptive medication. At the time he had undergone a widely publicized divorce and his film career was in a downward spiral. Adams was an acquaintence of the late James Dean and Elvis Presley and his best friend Robert Conrad insists it was an accidental overdose. His last film was Mission Mars (1968)
"The Rebel" can be seen on 'MeTV' (Memorable Entertainment TV). This is over-the-air on some DTV stations' secondary channels. Do a Google on 'MeTV' to find a station possibly in your market. The show plays Saturdays at 11:00 AM ET (2 episodes back-to-back).
They ought to create a show called "The Yankee," starring someone from the Deep South, who talks with a phony "northern" accent, doing stereoptyped obnoxious, Northeastern (NY, NJ, MA) mannerisms/behaviors--THAT would be so funny!
@steve7138 Your idea is a good one, and would have been especially funny if it had been done in the era when "The Rebel" was originally airing on ABC-TV, but perhaps just as a short sketch on a comedy series, kind of like how that sort of thing is done on NBC-TV's "Saturday Nigh Live" today.
Likely prospects for a sketch comedy TV series that could have featured such a TV show parody, at that time (1959-61), would have been "The Steve Allen Show" or "The Garry Moore Show."
@steve7138 Of course, not everyone in the northeast speaks like a Kennedy, nor like a working-class guy from Brooklyn, NY or South Boston, MA, no more than everyone in the south sounds alike. A southerner from Alabama will sound different than a southerner from Houston, Texas, etc.
@steve7138 These days, especially, regional dialects are not as widely spoken as in the past, I think partly by the influence of mass media. I have met more educated southerners from larger cities such as Atlanta or Dallas, who have virtually no accent, and may be indistinguishable from a person who lives in Hartford, Connecticut.-
@steve7138 I think, generally speaking, persons from California are the only ones whose English may be understood by all Americans, as it is rather dialectless, a sort of "generic American," or "Generican," if you will. But I'm sure a native Californian would disagree with that, pointing out some regional dialect particular to "The Golden State."
@steve7138 Strictly speaking, a "Yankee" is resident of a New England state. After all, Mark Twain wrote "A Connecrticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court." Some may broaden the term "Yankee" to include all living in the northeast United States, thus "The New York Yankees."
@steve7138 But then Yankee was expanded during the Civil War to refer to all northerners.
However, in Europe (especially the United Kingdom), all Americans, including southerners, are sometimes referred to as "Yanks" (usually as a derogatory term), probably from the Revolutionary War days and derived from the song "Yankee Doodle."
@steve7138 The series' title may also have, unintentionally, inferred a double entendre of sorts, as series star Nick Adams (as well a then-relatively-unknown Dennis Hopper) had also been in the cast of another "Rebel"-titled feature, the one starring James Dean and titled "Rebel Without A Cause,"
@steve7138 For what it's worth, many people, especially younger persons, thought Nick Adams' portrayal of "Johnny Yuma" in "The Rebel" TV series was really cool, and it made some more sympathetic to the southern point of view in The Civil War. The series certainly wasn't intended to paint a negative picture of the American south or of southerners.
How could any TV series with "The Man In Black" singing its theme song be anti-South, nor anything but the coolest?
@waynedanberry Nick Adams died of an overdose of meds for a nervous disorder on Feb. 6, 1968. Not clear if it was suicide or not. He's buried in Berwick, PA.
well, i never saw this. although i remember seeing other shows that said the same thing at the end, " this has been a mark goodsman bill todson production. i don't remember which ones though. so what year was this out??
Most likely you are thinking of "Branded", starring Chuck Connors [of Rawhide fame].
You can Google it, but I recall it was on in the mid-late 1960's, while "the Rebel" was the late 1950's.
"Branded" had one of the most dramatic intros in TV history, with army officer Connors being first violently stripped of his regalia, then having his sword broken in half, and then sent out alone on foot into the desert.
nope-it wasnt a new england accent-he was born and raised in berwick pennsylvania-died a early death--his funeral was near my home-here in pensylvania
I'd like to get this series on DVD. They'll never play it on TV again because of crappy political correctness b.s. where they won't allow the good guy to be a white southerner. Just shows how much times have changed for the worst in recent decades.
MY DAD GOT ME INTO CLASSIC TELEVISION.SHOWS LIKE THE REBEL,THE RIFLEMAN,RAWHIDE,HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL JUST TO NAME A FEW..THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF ME WATCHING THIS SHOW WITH MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2007....
@foxygranpa6 My favorite one was one my sister did as a young girl. She would sing "Silent Night" but get the line wrong about "round yon virgin mother and child". Instead, she would sing "brown John virgin mother and child". Damn, the things you remember from childhood.
Ha ha...good one, hajune! You have provided me with a much needed chuckle! THANKS for the comment, my friend...hope you end up having a wonderful weekend! Cheers! :)
Interesting bit of trivia. "The Rebel" was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman who were better known as producers of game shows. Goodson/Todman also produced "Branded."
@promagnum Thanks loads, friend! Every Sunday, until I went into the Navy, I watched that show.. Then, I found out that Nick Adams was a martial arts man..!
@promagnum =In 1961 ? I saw Nick Adams at 'East Tincup' Colorado (West edge of Denver) 'old West' Tourist town (Now an RV park) where he was doing an exhibition of stunt work. He and another stunt man rolled off a building roof onto a lean-to roof, onto a wagon then onto some mattresses on the ground. He explained to us kids how TV stunts were 'hidden' and we were only shown what they wanted us to see. He did some quick draws and stuff like that too. Neat guy, Sad Ending for him. Thanks!
@leafyutube John Ribleaux Yuma (1843-1898), son of Edgar "Ned" and Polly Yuma, served in the 16th Virginia Vols., CSA, under Col. Charles Crump. He saw action at James River, Appomattox, Malvern Hill and Bull Run 2, to name just a few. For single-handedly holding a line at Malvern Hill (in hand-to-hand combat), he was field-commissioned a first lieutenant. By the war's end, he was promoted to major.
Yuma never married. He drowned in a bathtub accident in Reno, NV, and left seven children.
@leafyutube Funny that you asked, I looked it up just before, he did not, he was just a fictitious character, that is always disappointing to find out.
The "Dixie" fanfare is what I remember most about the show as well - along with the smoking 'rebel' brand... there were 16mm episodes available to rent at the St. Louis,, MO county library of all places back in the eighties . . . .
During the autopsy Dr. Thomas Noguchi found enough paraldehyde, sedatives and other drugs in the body "to cause instant unconsciousness." The death certificate lists "paraldehyde and promazine intoxication" as the immediate cause of death along with the notation accident; suicide; undetermined
Yeah. I think it was of those where it just wasn't possible to determine if it was an accident or intentional. One of my best friends from youth died that way. Nobody really knew for sure, but due to his 24/7 pain from an accident and the meds required to calm it ... people suspected he just gave up & took too much on purpose. He was only 40 & had a lot of years to live in that pain and couldn't work.
I've remembered this song for close to 50 years even though I haven't heard it since the early 60's when it was a rerun. I'm not sure the show holds up now, but the theme song is still incredible. Thanks for posting it!!!
I just loved the TV show as akid. But Im a True blooded yankee. But johnny Yuma was a bas a--s reble boy. I think he was played by nick nolte or somrthing
Oh, yes I remember this show..he was born in the same town as I was...not too many years before. It was a BIG TV show back than. Whether he was a great actor or not didn't matter to the hometown..he moved 3K miles away to "make it"..then he died...too soon. Then Jack Palance moved into the area. You never know who'll you meet..and greet. I liked this guy...but I was just a "kid"...too bad he didn't get to go farther. He was friends with J. Dean...they both were handsome and I think SAD.
Do you remember an episode, where a handsome man with his beautiful wife made Jonny Yuma into a slave, making him fetch the fire wood,and do everything, and when he was ready to drop from exhaustion, he was ordered to do more? To teach him a lesson about slavery I guess.
actually,I think he imprisoned him because he lost a bet, and he wanted revenge on johnny Yuma because he had been a prisoner of the Confederates and they had treated him badly during the Civil War.Johnny yuma reminds him correctly in the episode however,that "that door swung both ways".
@000266617 Never saw the episode, but Johnny should have ended up burning the yankee's home and raping his wife to teach him a lesson about carpetbagger scum.
@ridgerunner721601 There are so many episodes I have trouble locating that one. I read that one episode is about Johnny being put in a slave labor camp by a corrupt sheriff, but don't think that's the one.
All I remember is Jonhnny with his shirt off carrying a heavy load while a big fancy Northern guy in a buggy points and orders Johnny to work.
The producer didn't like the song that was sung by Elvis and used Johnny Cash instead. Mistake I think.
@sm9847 Last time I saw a Johnny Yuma episode it was long ago So if you can find something like I described, it will clear things up If you have the entire series, and can't find it, it will also clear things up. (Could I be thinking of two episodes I watched and not one?)
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Since Nick Adams was a Jersey yankee palying a Southerner, I suggested a show called "The Yankee," starring someone from the Deep South, talking with a phony "northern" accent, doing quick-miving, pushy, rushed stereoptyped Northeastern (NY, NJ, MA) mannerisms/behaviors--now THAT would be so funny, and would give the NE elites a taste of their own medicine inflicted upon the South and other non-northeast regions for so many years!
steve7138 1 month ago
My husband and I are watching this on MeTV and he noticed that there is a blurred out picture on the ending credits. Wonder what that is. Was looking for a clip on here but can't find it.
missyw77 1 month ago
@missyw77 It's a cigarette pack, probably L&M.
gallifreyfarm 1 month ago
Johnny Yuma was a Jersey boy.
ronetteloverz 1 month ago 5
I watched "The Rebel" today on MeTV, and I like it. Being a fan of classic old time TV shows (which are far better than the trash being shown on network TV these days), I'll have to put my new DVD recorder to good use and collect some of these episodes. Was surprised to hear the Goodson-Todman name associated with this, since they're better known for producing game shows.
jfpl7672 2 months ago
Have been watching "The Rebel" on MeTV. It's pretty impressive, well-written and acted, especially by the late Nick Adams. The vocal for the show's theme,. however, sucks. I'm glad that the MeTV version just goes with the instrumental version, which is much better.
stevevandien 2 months ago
Johnny Yuma was played by Nick Adams who was found dead in his Hollywood home by his agent after missing a dinner engagement on February 7, 1968. Cause of death was ruled a drug overdose from prescriptive medication. At the time he had undergone a widely publicized divorce and his film career was in a downward spiral. Adams was an acquaintence of the late James Dean and Elvis Presley and his best friend Robert Conrad insists it was an accidental overdose. His last film was Mission Mars (1968)
paranoidkidd 2 months ago
"The Rebel" can be seen on 'MeTV' (Memorable Entertainment TV). This is over-the-air on some DTV stations' secondary channels. Do a Google on 'MeTV' to find a station possibly in your market. The show plays Saturdays at 11:00 AM ET (2 episodes back-to-back).
SaddleCat1 2 months ago
So help me, I think the "Psychodad" theme song from "Married With Children" is based on this theme song. hehe
stillayl 2 months ago
Johnny Cash doing the song?
fubleduck 3 months ago
@fubleduck Yep. That's him...
SaddleCat1 2 months ago
There probably were a few Confederate soldiers who wandered through the West, but there was not a specific "Johnny Yuma."
Grisbi6 3 months ago
Sounds like Johnny Cash.
muserwood 5 months ago
@muserwood That's because it is.
FinkChrist 5 months ago
They ought to create a show called "The Yankee," starring someone from the Deep South, who talks with a phony "northern" accent, doing stereoptyped obnoxious, Northeastern (NY, NJ, MA) mannerisms/behaviors--THAT would be so funny!
steve7138 6 months ago
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GoldfishBW 1 month ago
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@steve7138 Your idea is a good one, and would have been especially funny if it had been done in the era when "The Rebel" was originally airing on ABC-TV, but perhaps just as a short sketch on a comedy series, kind of like how that sort of thing is done on NBC-TV's "Saturday Nigh Live" today.
Likely prospects for a sketch comedy TV series that could have featured such a TV show parody, at that time (1959-61), would have been "The Steve Allen Show" or "The Garry Moore Show."
gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 Of course, not everyone in the northeast speaks like a Kennedy, nor like a working-class guy from Brooklyn, NY or South Boston, MA, no more than everyone in the south sounds alike. A southerner from Alabama will sound different than a southerner from Houston, Texas, etc.
gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 These days, especially, regional dialects are not as widely spoken as in the past, I think partly by the influence of mass media. I have met more educated southerners from larger cities such as Atlanta or Dallas, who have virtually no accent, and may be indistinguishable from a person who lives in Hartford, Connecticut.-
gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 I think, generally speaking, persons from California are the only ones whose English may be understood by all Americans, as it is rather dialectless, a sort of "generic American," or "Generican," if you will. But I'm sure a native Californian would disagree with that, pointing out some regional dialect particular to "The Golden State."
gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 Strictly speaking, a "Yankee" is resident of a New England state. After all, Mark Twain wrote "A Connecrticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court." Some may broaden the term "Yankee" to include all living in the northeast United States, thus "The New York Yankees."
gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 But then Yankee was expanded during the Civil War to refer to all northerners.
However, in Europe (especially the United Kingdom), all Americans, including southerners, are sometimes referred to as "Yanks" (usually as a derogatory term), probably from the Revolutionary War days and derived from the song "Yankee Doodle."
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gymnastix 1 month ago
@steve7138 The series' title may also have, unintentionally, inferred a double entendre of sorts, as series star Nick Adams (as well a then-relatively-unknown Dennis Hopper) had also been in the cast of another "Rebel"-titled feature, the one starring James Dean and titled "Rebel Without A Cause,"
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@steve7138 For what it's worth, many people, especially younger persons, thought Nick Adams' portrayal of "Johnny Yuma" in "The Rebel" TV series was really cool, and it made some more sympathetic to the southern point of view in The Civil War. The series certainly wasn't intended to paint a negative picture of the American south or of southerners.
How could any TV series with "The Man In Black" singing its theme song be anti-South, nor anything but the coolest?
gymnastix 1 month ago
Nick Adams was a Jersey Yankee pretending to play a rebel Southern boy.
steve7138 6 months ago
Yeah! What ever did happen to Nick Adams? I remember this Theme Song, and the one from Branded!
waynedanberry 8 months ago
@waynedanberry Nick Adams died of an overdose of meds for a nervous disorder on Feb. 6, 1968. Not clear if it was suicide or not. He's buried in Berwick, PA.
mikecleona 7 months ago
well, i never saw this. although i remember seeing other shows that said the same thing at the end, " this has been a mark goodsman bill todson production. i don't remember which ones though. so what year was this out??
m1kewithaone 8 months ago
dose any one know of a western that was on around this time
i think hes name was Brandon as i remember he had been throne out of the US cavalry & as the song went he had to prove him self a man
id just love to hear that theme tune again ?
wufwufwufwuf 10 months ago
@wufwufwufwuf
Most likely you are thinking of "Branded", starring Chuck Connors [of Rawhide fame].
You can Google it, but I recall it was on in the mid-late 1960's, while "the Rebel" was the late 1950's.
"Branded" had one of the most dramatic intros in TV history, with army officer Connors being first violently stripped of his regalia, then having his sword broken in half, and then sent out alone on foot into the desert.
No doubt its on YouTube someplace.
tunanorth 10 months ago
@tunanorth cant thank you anoth went & check it out & it was just that,THX.
wufwufwufwuf 10 months ago
@wufwufwufwuf
You probably mean "Branded", starring Chuck Connors [of The Rifleman fame].
It's probably on YouTube somewhere.
tunanorth 10 months ago
O cantor Teddy Mílton gravou, em 1965, uma versão desta música assinada por Fred Jorge, intitulada "O rebelde".
samuel63867 10 months ago
nope-it wasnt a new england accent-he was born and raised in berwick pennsylvania-died a early death--his funeral was near my home-here in pensylvania
pennm51 1 year ago
I always wondered why the Johnny Yuma spoke with a pronounced New England accent.
chardtomp 1 year ago
One of my favorite childhood memories....Thank you!!
seef76 1 year ago
My bother thought he was Johnny Yuma back around 1961, he was about 4 yrs old. We called him Yuma from then on.
rgarcia77 1 year ago
I'd like to get this series on DVD. They'll never play it on TV again because of crappy political correctness b.s. where they won't allow the good guy to be a white southerner. Just shows how much times have changed for the worst in recent decades.
ridgerunner721601 1 year ago
I haven't heard this theme song since I was about five years old. I always liked Nick Adams. Sorry he had to do what he felt was necessary.
meganxlennon 1 year ago
remember watching this
Buzz1151 1 year ago
MY DAD GOT ME INTO CLASSIC TELEVISION.SHOWS LIKE THE REBEL,THE RIFLEMAN,RAWHIDE,HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL JUST TO NAME A FEW..THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF ME WATCHING THIS SHOW WITH MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2007....
hatchetswingin4life 1 year ago
This is my first [vague] memory of anything to do with tv, I think it was the winter of 59-60, would love to see it again, starting with episode one.
hankedful 1 year ago
Johnny Cash and Johnny Yuma, where are they, i truly miss them...
mahilamahila 1 year ago
Johnny Yuma is the lead singer for the drunk injuins
luis12w 1 year ago
this good old tv series reminds me of those days when I was still a little boy. What a wonderful time!
jesseyours 1 year ago
Nick Adams was one hot gay man.
nickelsT 2 years ago
met him when i was a kid
jrwel14 2 years ago
Who? Johnny Yuma, Nick Adams or Johnny Cash?
TopazDupree 2 years ago
When i would watch this show as a kid, I thought the words were " Johnny, your ma was a rebel." Never seemed to make sense to me back then.
olddude521 2 years ago
@olddude521:
Thanks for sharing. Your misunderstanding is known as a 'mondegreen'. They can be hilarious.
foxygranpa6 2 years ago
@foxygranpa6 My favorite one was one my sister did as a young girl. She would sing "Silent Night" but get the line wrong about "round yon virgin mother and child". Instead, she would sing "brown John virgin mother and child". Damn, the things you remember from childhood.
elc1960 1 year ago
When his roamin' days were over, did Johnny sell ice cream under the name "The Good Yuma Man"???
JubalCalif 2 years ago
Very good pun. You have a very good sense of Yuma.
hajune 2 years ago
Ha ha...good one, hajune! You have provided me with a much needed chuckle! THANKS for the comment, my friend...hope you end up having a wonderful weekend! Cheers! :)
JubalCalif 2 years ago
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Of course, in these politically correct times, a remake would have to be entitled "Johnny Quechan the Non-conformist."
Quechan= traditional self-designation of the Yuma Indian tribe.
Carycomic 2 years ago
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Carycomic 2 years ago
I always thought Nick Adams was a little fey for the role of "The Rebel"
pretorious700 2 years ago
Interesting bit of trivia. "The Rebel" was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman who were better known as producers of game shows. Goodson/Todman also produced "Branded."
ebf1957 2 years ago
Did Johnny Yuma exist?
leafyutube 2 years ago
I don't think so.
promagnum 2 years ago
@promagnum Thanks loads, friend! Every Sunday, until I went into the Navy, I watched that show.. Then, I found out that Nick Adams was a martial arts man..!
zipper179 1 year ago
@promagnum is he a myth?
seiya209 1 year ago
@promagnum =In 1961 ? I saw Nick Adams at 'East Tincup' Colorado (West edge of Denver) 'old West' Tourist town (Now an RV park) where he was doing an exhibition of stunt work. He and another stunt man rolled off a building roof onto a lean-to roof, onto a wagon then onto some mattresses on the ground. He explained to us kids how TV stunts were 'hidden' and we were only shown what they wanted us to see. He did some quick draws and stuff like that too. Neat guy, Sad Ending for him. Thanks!
retiredscot 1 year ago
@leafyutube : He sure did! See him, right there on the t.v. screen? ;]
buzzclick500 1 year ago
@leafyutube John Ribleaux Yuma (1843-1898), son of Edgar "Ned" and Polly Yuma, served in the 16th Virginia Vols., CSA, under Col. Charles Crump. He saw action at James River, Appomattox, Malvern Hill and Bull Run 2, to name just a few. For single-handedly holding a line at Malvern Hill (in hand-to-hand combat), he was field-commissioned a first lieutenant. By the war's end, he was promoted to major.
Yuma never married. He drowned in a bathtub accident in Reno, NV, and left seven children.
moproducer 1 year ago
@moproducer Nothing on the net, you have a link ?
Auggie56 1 year ago
@leafyutube Yes, he is actually based on a acutal soldier.
gb6710 1 year ago
@leafyutube
bigbacon12345 1 year ago
@leafyutube we are all sort of Johnny Yuma's
sunrecords56 10 months ago
@leafyutube Yes, he was based on a real person
stanislaw1986 7 months ago
@leafyutube Funny that you asked, I looked it up just before, he did not, he was just a fictitious character, that is always disappointing to find out.
MasterEled 7 months ago
@leafyutube we are all sort of a Johnny Yuma
sunrecords56 5 months ago
@leafyutube ..yeah..he's still out there.,..
raginroadrunner 3 months ago
@leafyutube Nah- He's fictional...
SaddleCat1 2 months ago
Johnny says 'the door swung both ways" and the man says "And don't let it hit you in your ass on the way out"
That how it ended?
000266617 2 years ago
I understand it wasn't just the door that swung both ways in Nick Adams' personal life, not that there's anything wrong with that.
problem49 2 years ago
God bless promagnum!
The "Dixie" fanfare is what I remember most about the show as well - along with the smoking 'rebel' brand... there were 16mm episodes available to rent at the St. Louis,, MO county library of all places back in the eighties . . . .
pylgrym 2 years ago 2
Cool!!! Are they still there?
promagnum 2 years ago
what you've posted is the first season theme 59-60 which is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
as a ten year old i watched nick adams in the rebel religiously.
in the second season theme, the dixie fanfare that introduces cash's singing, was brilliant.
i have the series on bootleg, but when it went into syndication in the 70s the cash theme was deleted and thats whats on the bootlegs.
as a result watching the show isn't the same.
a tribute to the genius of johnny cash
meanjean214 2 years ago 2
Here's a bit of trivia: In what movie did Nick Adams (Johnny Yuma) meet Steve McQueen (Wanted Dead or Alive) ?
Answer: Hell is for Heroes
Mdebacle 2 years ago
I think Nick Adams killed himself?
robertmartinez 2 years ago
Could be. The wikipedia article says :
During the autopsy Dr. Thomas Noguchi found enough paraldehyde, sedatives and other drugs in the body "to cause instant unconsciousness." The death certificate lists "paraldehyde and promazine intoxication" as the immediate cause of death along with the notation accident; suicide; undetermined
Mdebacle 2 years ago
Yeah. I think it was of those where it just wasn't possible to determine if it was an accident or intentional. One of my best friends from youth died that way. Nobody really knew for sure, but due to his 24/7 pain from an accident and the meds required to calm it ... people suspected he just gave up & took too much on purpose. He was only 40 & had a lot of years to live in that pain and couldn't work.
Some things in life just never get answered.
robertmartinez 2 years ago
I've remembered this song for close to 50 years even though I haven't heard it since the early 60's when it was a rerun. I'm not sure the show holds up now, but the theme song is still incredible. Thanks for posting it!!!
rawheadjim 2 years ago 7
I just loved the TV show as akid. But Im a True blooded yankee. But johnny Yuma was a bas a--s reble boy. I think he was played by nick nolte or somrthing
siggreta 2 years ago
Oh, yes I remember this show..he was born in the same town as I was...not too many years before. It was a BIG TV show back than. Whether he was a great actor or not didn't matter to the hometown..he moved 3K miles away to "make it"..then he died...too soon. Then Jack Palance moved into the area. You never know who'll you meet..and greet. I liked this guy...but I was just a "kid"...too bad he didn't get to go farther. He was friends with J. Dean...they both were handsome and I think SAD.
bjw999999 2 years ago 2
I remember this TV show/ Don't know anything about these college frats though.
MrTommy001 2 years ago
Do you remember an episode, where a handsome man with his beautiful wife made Jonny Yuma into a slave, making him fetch the fire wood,and do everything, and when he was ready to drop from exhaustion, he was ordered to do more? To teach him a lesson about slavery I guess.
000266617 3 years ago
sorry I have never seen the show.
promagnum 2 years ago
actually,I think he imprisoned him because he lost a bet, and he wanted revenge on johnny Yuma because he had been a prisoner of the Confederates and they had treated him badly during the Civil War.Johnny yuma reminds him correctly in the episode however,that "that door swung both ways".
Robo1415 2 years ago
Long time ago, can't remember the story, but I remember weird images from the show.
A tall good looking married couple ordering Yuma around like a slave, get the fire wood,
000266617 2 years ago
I believe that was episode.
Robo1415 2 years ago
@000266617 Never saw the episode, but Johnny should have ended up burning the yankee's home and raping his wife to teach him a lesson about carpetbagger scum.
ridgerunner721601 1 year ago
@ridgerunner721601 There are so many episodes I have trouble locating that one. I read that one episode is about Johnny being put in a slave labor camp by a corrupt sheriff, but don't think that's the one.
All I remember is Jonhnny with his shirt off carrying a heavy load while a big fancy Northern guy in a buggy points and orders Johnny to work.
The producer didn't like the song that was sung by Elvis and used Johnny Cash instead. Mistake I think.
000266617 1 year ago
@000266617
My son bought me the entire series for Christmas. I'll see if it's there and post it for you.
sm9847 1 year ago
@sm9847 Last time I saw a Johnny Yuma episode it was long ago So if you can find something like I described, it will clear things up If you have the entire series, and can't find it, it will also clear things up. (Could I be thinking of two episodes I watched and not one?)
000266617 1 year ago
@000266617 I remember that episode. One of the best ones from The Rebel.
HOGEFAN 9 months ago
Thanks
jmad1952 3 years ago
Your very welcome.
promagnum 3 years ago
to all the pi kappa phis out there....
JOHNNY YUMA WAS A PI KAPP RAIDER...RAIDER OF THE NIGHT!!!!!!
cbaliya 3 years ago
Dirty son of a bitch rather f*** than fight!!!
otwellnator 3 years ago
right you are Brother.
This is Epsilon Lambda #295
cbaliya 3 years ago
Johnny Yuma was the Alpha AND the Omega, you fools!
koookeee 3 years ago
patay!hahahaha
jhaypex 3 years ago
I liked this show as a kid, and I even had a rebel hat.
I recall that Johnny kept a journal. Don't remember anything else much about the series!
7NTM61Ic 3 years ago
Oooo do you still have that hat? If so do you have any pictures of it?
promagnum 3 years ago
Unfortunatey no to both q's.
7NTM61Ic 3 years ago
thanks dad loves this show. he is very grateful
blacksheepsquadron91 3 years ago
Tell him I said 'your very welcome. My plasure."
promagnum 3 years ago
Man, it's been Years that I have seen or heard this! Where in the world did you find it ! Great Stuff ! Thanks for posting it on here ! :)
GlockMod23 3 years ago 2
theres a company based out of northa carolina where you can order episodes of this and other classics
jtrain997 3 years ago
I watched this show before. Thanks for posting it!
jws54 3 years ago
Your welcome. ^^
promagnum 3 years ago
Sure it was the CASH!! He even had a bit part on one of the shows, but I can't remember which one.
smj4535 3 years ago
Im sleepy now !
evry1sdumseptme 3 years ago
This song has been in my head for 40 years. Thanks for posting. One more thing off my list. I had no idea it was Cash singing. Thans again!
Guido201 3 years ago
Thanks. I've been looking for this for some time.
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CalJennings 3 years ago