Tv Theme Casey Jones

[TheRealZuikaku2]

Was that kid in the cab when he crashed into the back of that fucking passenger train????

[ludovica36]

This was probably my favourite song when I was under 5 years old.. I always sang it. I LOVED this show

[TomTheEpicRobloxian]

Keep pressing 6.

[ray131262]

Lovely memories - thanks for posting

[codyj0999]

great,and i grew up with this show as well,alan hale's dad was also an actor, you can see him giving " Laurel n Hardy," a hard time ,lol, in 'Our Relations" 1936, hes the pub owner at a dockside bistro...and the locomotive.. its a (Rogers) 10 wheeler, built early 1890s in Patterson ,NJ..and probally the most used ,and photoed loco in film history...including (back to the future) and more...lucky, it now resides at "Railtown" calif, an just got a new boiler

[TZEITEL10]

Does anyone remember a show with similar storylines called Iron Horse?it must have been made in the very early sixties.When i ask friends if they saw it ,they cannot recall seeing it so i wonder if it was a figment of my imagination.

[comcreature]

Note the 'Cannonball Express' label on the train is backwards.

[merseyman69]

god....i feel old,  i rember this!

[jmcenanly1]

He was a better railroad engineer than he was a tour boat skipper

[autounionv16]

Why is "Cannonball Express" on the side of the loco backwards on the opening titles? would it have been so outrageous for the train to be going right to left instead?

[markiliff]

@autounionv16 Must've been a conscious decision: Casey is hanging out of what would have been the wrong side of the cab

[JBofBrisbane]

@markiliff - American locos have the "engineer" (driver where I come from) on the right.

[markiliff]

@JBofBrisbane My point exactly. He must have been on the left when they shot this. (That or they had a special reverse nameplate made up!)

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[ALANRLEAKE]

I first learned about the Casey Jones song from the tv show when I was a kid. With a perspective of at least 40 years, it is quick for anyone to know the shows shortcomings. But it is still worthwhile for a youngster to known the song and advance from there.

[xlaptopx]

As a kid... I used to be green with envy watching that kid toot the whistle. lol

[reticulan5]

They repeated this some time in the late 60's in australia.I think about 10.00 am,when I was sick

like the Mumps or Chicken Pox I would watch this and then try to get some episodes during holidays and term breaks.

[ACLARK1989]

I hope he' not the last XXX

[julioignaceous]

This takes me back! They used to show this in the school holidays on a saturday morning in the mid 70s just before why don't you? Aaahh those were the days.....

[sentineldg8]

Alan Hale also starred in another british steam classic The Iron Maden,a film about a showmans traction engine,happy days

[AshtonPhoto]

Pause on 0:10.

Film is backwards...

Oops.

[colindominy]

Best TV Series of the Late 1950s .. no contest .. wins hands-down !!

[lonelywolf1966]

jeez i can just about remember this,, sitting with my dad watching it

[STR4P4Zi3]

My dad always talks about this. :D

[waverly2468]

Good grief--I thought that this theme was the "Good and Plenty" candy theme, which is practically my favorite children's song.

[sitp2]

I know the Sierra Railway when I see it. Good old Sierra Railway No. 3.

[SHIOKAZE1964]

子供のころTVで見ていました。なつかしい、涙が出てくる。日本­でもこのテーマソングで放送してました。ここで、また聞けるとは­・・・感激です。I feel nostalgic!

[carmium]

Never, ever saw this in western Canada. They'd make a show out of anything, wouldn't they? The Skipper runs a locomotive... what a hoot!

[armley49]

so refreshing to see these classics

[throthelens]

At 0:10 on the title they have the name of the express train reversed, did they film the openers in the same way, i.e had the train pulling away from camera and then reversed it for the title?

[carmium]

@throthelens I think you're right about the opening shot; they just shot it backing away and sped it up a bit. As for the reversed nameplate, I think it's just the tradition of having something run left to right, here deemed more important than whether the name read properly. You can see it in movies, paintings, TV, anything; there's a preference for heading to the right.

[throthelens]

Did they lose the camera for that opening shot? I cant see how they could have filmed that.

Anyone know?

[hefley4]

In case anybody was wondering, the last post from me was an excerpt from the story of the REAL historical Casey Jones and his 1900 train wreck ... set the the music of "Gilligan's Island."

[hefley4]

Down toward Vaughn the Cannonball flew, as the night would soon be gone; Casey peered across the firebox, cracked a joke or two: "She's got her high-heeled slippers on." But Simm Webb's face was a mask of fright, as he glanced on down the track: "You've got a red eye!" he cried with all his might, as Casey pulled the throttle back... The "eye" was the lamp of a freight caboose sitting out on the main line! Casey thought, as he braked, and as all hell broke loose, "A charter-boat would be fine!"

[LostMoonOfBumholle]

Still find myself humming that theme tune after all these years...

Brilliant!

[philip1956alp]

La premiere chose que j'ai vue a la television...

[philip1956alp]

La premiere chose que j'ai vue a la television...

[billyshoepack]

wait, did that kid crawl out the firebox at 0:26? tehe

[MickeyLove01]

I didn't know the real casey Jones existed and died a hero

[Staszu13]

Oh why did I ever leave the railroad and get that stupid boat?

[stevehenry1]

I believe that this is Alan Hale, Jr--same guy as the Skipper. according to the IMDB, the father died in 1950, and after that Alan Hale Jr dropped the Jr, and thereafter used the name Alan Hale. and yes, Casey Jones was one of his earliest credits

[hefley4]

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful night -- a fast engineer on the Cannonball pounded south as fast as fright. To Vaugn, Mississippi, he ran his train, his fireman by his side, the Southern fields by the windows flew, upon his midnight ride..." shouldn't have taken that 3-hour cruise instead. Can we clone Alan Hale Jr. and roll back time and have him do BOTH shows???

[mocharger06]

If you look closely, at the 0:09 mark, the name "Cannonball Express" is reversed.

[ooTRIGG3Roo]

i become a train driver many years later because of this show ,n casey

[simonpaps]

remember remember

[ANIMECRAZEDXD]

i have to tell the story of casey jones infront of the whole school with my friends :D

[clubsport911]

Fantastic memories ! Where did the years go ???

[anorak64]

From around 1957, also shown throughout the 1960s maybe later. More childhood TV memories,thanks for posting this one.

[DJSpinoza]

obsessive mad man died with a shard of wood through his head.

[chiselset]

Those were the days ,

[blind51de]

So does he die in the last episode?

[ellouise2010]

me bro love it

[Glamrockqueen]

They don't make 'em like this no more,what do kids these days get? Bring back Casey Jones,The Forest Rangers,Robinson Cruesoe (which was worth watching for the theme music alone!) and I don't mean a remake,the originals would be lovely to watch again.

[TowedHaulProductions]

brilll luved this show

[truegangsteroflove]

I don't remember ever seeing this show. Judging by the quality of the picture, it was probably early sixties, a time when I didn't watch TV on Saturday mornings. That was also the last era when shows were still black and white. It must have been a show aimed at kids age four to about ten. It likely was a better experience for children than what they occupy their time with these days.

[bapkearney1]

That takes me back about 40years every sat mourning at 9 o clock

[1471ization]

Legendary!

[joshmeister4449]

the engine shown is OR&L (Oahu Railway) #85, the 2 coaches and the caboose are also OR&L Cars

[willbashem]

This is brilliant !!!!!!!!!!

[qbb01]

Fantastic , I loved em as a kid ,where are the episodes now?

[HoorayforOliver]

Is it just me that notices the footage has been mirrored at 0:10 ?

[kevthegerbil1958]

Love this when growing up a kid never missed many

[BitsBobsThisAndThat]

♥ it :)

[namniekib]

Casey Jones better watch his speed. ; )

[colindominy]

Brilliant Theme !! That harmony-vocalisation is just superb .. soooo good .. soooo 1950s .. this was my all-time favourite TV Show & TV Theme, when I was growing up in the late 50s & early 60s. I knew the lyrics down-pat .. & I also did the Cannonball's whistle, 100% perfect, too. Congrats, fabulous post here, tvtestcard !!

[newall7]

sat mornings i think it was on in uk, i waws like many an addict

[newall7]

@newall7 or even WAS an addict

[megatwingo]

Cool! 5***** :)

[BenAliGtor]

He got fired from the railroad for letting his kid ride the cab. Took his Railroad Retirement money, and bought a charter boat called the Minnow, and was eventually hired to give a three hour cruise to a millionaire, a professor, a movie star and others....but that's another story...

[muzzavideos]

@BenAliGtor That was funny.



[cbak12sg]

What about the closing titles "Fireman Wallie and the rest of the crew in a swinging adventure that's a lot of fun"

[1970groupie]

great to have this one back, love it!

[AnElephantsChild]

I remember that as being a lot faster - funny the tricks memory can play on you !

[biodag]

@AnElephantsChild. +1 I always remembered it being alot faster too...the song that is not the train lol.

[pyrofella]

Interesting to note that the name "canonball Express" on the side of the loco is back to front

[teejay36uk]

geez that brings back memories