I was a kid so I didn't realize it..but, he was good lookin'! Paladin will kick some butt.
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Mabel Leaf
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That was great...thank you!! I watched the whole thing with a big smile on my face. I don't think I have ever heard the second verse before. The parts about "a knight without armor in a savage land" and Paladin Paladin, far far from home" seemed very heavy to my childhood way of thinking. A man with his kind of rugged good looks would never get his own show today.
We always sang it, but, never knew the right words. It's wasn't like you could put it on replay like you can now. "Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam? Across the wide ocean with a cowboy gnome." LMAO!
Richard Boone was kind of handsome. he was rugged and manly, that is what made him attractive. he was not bad tho. Before he got old and had that big nose and gravelly cranky speaking voice! Like a mean old SOB! Probably I remember him from Hec Ramsey mostly. That was in the 70's, he was older & gruff by then. A great actor. WTH brought this up girls? How about lest sing Chuck Conners show "Branded" theme song? "Branded, scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man...." Good show great theme song!! Rox
Gene Barry in "Burkes Law" oh la-la ladies! Handsome man & cool show. or as "Bat Masterson" both shows were sexy and cool. He was tres' elegante and handsome and cool. Both those hsows had cool theme songs too. Remember the breathless woman saying "Burkes Laaaw..." Totally remember that. Gawd, that was some good TV. rox
Such a cool show.Paladin, the gentleman gunfighter...loved it. got this off wiki:
"Paladin's great advantage over adversaries was not his impressive equipment, or his ability as a marksman (superior as this was). Paladin's edge was his rich education; he had an infallible ability to relate ancient antecedents to his current situations. When the enemy was surrounding him, Paladin could usually make some insightful quip about General Marcellus and the siege of Syracuse or something similar, and then use this insight to his advantage. Burying a rancher killed by Indians, he recited John Donne's 'Death Be Not Proud' above the grave. A male role model who memorized poetry was unique in a 1950s television series. Like a chess master, he sought control of the board through superior position, and usually killed only as a last resort."
Wish they would put this one in reruns.. it was definitely a very special show.
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That was great...thank you!! I watched the whole thing with a big smile on my face. I don't think I have ever heard the second verse before. The parts about "a knight without armor in a savage land" and Paladin Paladin, far far from home" seemed very heavy to my childhood way of thinking. A man with his kind of rugged good looks would never get his own show today.
We always sang it, but, never knew the right words. It's wasn't like you could put it on replay like you can now. "Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam? Across the wide ocean with a cowboy gnome." LMAO!
Richard Boone was kind of handsome. he was rugged and manly, that is what made him attractive. he was not bad tho. Before he got old and had that big nose and gravelly cranky speaking voice! Like a mean old SOB! Probably I remember him from Hec Ramsey mostly. That was in the 70's, he was older & gruff by then. A great actor. WTH brought this up girls? How about lest sing Chuck Conners show "Branded" theme song? "Branded, scorned as the one who ran.
What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man...." Good show great theme song!!
Rox
Gene Barry in "Burkes Law" oh la-la ladies! Handsome man & cool show. or as "Bat Masterson" both shows were sexy and cool. He was tres' elegante and handsome and cool. Both those hsows had cool theme songs too. Remember the breathless woman saying "Burkes Laaaw..." Totally remember that. Gawd, that was some good TV.
rox
Such a cool show.Paladin, the gentleman gunfighter...loved it. got this off wiki:
"Paladin's great advantage over adversaries was not his impressive equipment, or his ability as a marksman (superior as this was). Paladin's edge was his rich education; he had an infallible ability to relate ancient
antecedents to his current situations. When the enemy was
surrounding him, Paladin could usually make some insightful quip about General Marcellus and the siege of Syracuse or something similar, and then use this insight to his advantage. Burying a rancher killed by Indians, he recited John Donne's 'Death Be Not Proud' above the grave. A male role model who memorized poetry was unique in a 1950s television series. Like a chess master, he sought control of the board through superior position, and usually killed only as a last resort."
Wish they would put this one in reruns.. it was definitely a very special show.
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