Rango 1967. TV comedy stars Tim Conway as a Texas Ranger. ABC Network.
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Fun comedy television series only ran 17 episodes. Tim Conway stars as the bumbling Texas Ranger, with Guy Marks as Pink Cloud. Episode is "Diamonds Look Better Around Your Neck Than a Rope" aired March 3, 1967.
A beautiful blonde reports her priceless diamond necklace stolen. With the sheriff out of town, Rango and Pink Cloud step in to solve the case of a murder and robbery. With Mike Mazurki, Linda Foster, John Abbott, Paul Bryar, Duncan McLeod, and Stephen Chase. Transferred from a 16mm b-w film. The series was aired in color.
Never saw this before. Tim Conway was hilarious. His best was the oldest man and the elephant story. RIP.
And the dentist bit on the Carol Burnett show. Harvey Korman reportedly wet his pants trying to keep from laughing and had to change trousers before the next skit.
One of the harder Carol Burnett skits to find (occasionally) is the "Wrong Number" skit. Worth looking at. It appears and disappears from YT periodically.
@@josepherhardt164Korman "reportedly" wet his paints?! If you see the skit, it's obvious.
Apple Dumpling Gang. 😂😂😂😂
Tim Conway, the most underrated American comedian
I had forgotten all about this show! What a delightful flashback! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember Mc Kales navy . Was Rango show before
@@peterrehrmann9196dummy it's McHales navy not McKales navy
A trip back to the past. Tim Conway was a classic comic genius
I'm 76 and never saw this before. I'm amazed it lasted 17 episodes.
Tim Conway was a natural. One hysterical fellow!
My brother and I used to watch all these old westerns when we were growing up. I was 13 he was 11. WWwest was our favorite.
Same here, only I was 7 and my brother was 9. Great memories!
I was 11 and my brother 12 when we enjoyed this show; we also watched Destry, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Gunsmoke...
A brother is a friend for life!
I wish I could agree with you.
@@JimErvin-d2i I have a couple of friends from different countries that also are like a true brother. God is good. I wish you blessings in 2025.
Tim Conway was the best! I loved his work... don't know how I missed this but funny as heck!
I really wish Rango would come out on Dvd...the entire season!!!!
Never knew that Tim Conway played in a western. Hilarious!
He was also in the apple dumpling gang
I just discovered this Tim Conway series. Genius and hilarious. Beedy eyes lol. Amazing comedian.
When the saddle comes off and Tim says help me get the horse under here.
I remembered every bit of the theme song and even sang along with it, though I haven't seen it for 55 years!
*Greetings, my fellow Boomer! Weren't those days wonderful! It was such a blessing to be a kid in the 1950s and '60s!*
Theme song sung to perfection by the great Frankie Laine, who also sang the theme to Rawhide.
Wow you really did something..singing along wow .what a crock of shit
I was 9 when this series aired. I must have been one of the only ones watching. I've never forgotten this series.
I was 7 years old then. Never knew about this show until today.
same here...exactly.
I was watching with you. I think I just really liked Tim Conway.
Same here nine years old I totally forgot about that show!
I remember watching Rango as a boy. Loved it. Too bad it didn't last long. Tim Conway was a great clean comedian.
Clean Comedian? compared to the ones who did not take a shower before going on stage?
Best opening song ever!
I was about 9 years old at the time this came out, and I never in my life heard of it. My Mom and Dad were fans of Tim Conway but I am at a loss why they never watched it. I love this episode!
I was 3 and I remember it. For some odd reason I liked it LOL I didn't think it made it 17 episodes. I thought it was more like 3.
@@billp4your crazy no 3 yr old would understand the what the show was about let alone remember it years later
@@judyelmer2257 I meant 13
What a delight to see an episode of this short lived late 60s after all these years ! I have fond memories of watching some episodes of this Tim Conway TV show as a youngster when it first aired. Thanks a LOT for uploading for us to enjoy ! 😆
Our pleasure!
"jubalcalif91l00," AND such a sharp, clear print -- even if it was duped to b&w [notice at the top of the half-hour it says "Rango" In Color] -- full length without the usual three minutes or more cut out of half hour sitcoms in repeats; PLUS the Thomas - Spelling Productions shield at the tail of the end credits which is usually cut off in rebroadcasts; oh, and the added bonus of seeing the bumpers & 'brought-to-you-by' billboards.
Thank you 'Moviecraft Inc.'
Glad to oblige!
Wow, this is the first I've heard about this western comedy. Tim Conway was a treasure
and one of our great comedians and was using the same schtick which made him a success.
I was an extra on this TV show in the 60s don’t remember too much about it to be honest I don’t even remember watching it on TV must’ve been up against a really good show on a different channel
That's pretty cool. Any interaction with the cast?
Love Tim! My Wife and i saw his tour with Harvey, Korman ,,what a treat!
Thank you for sharing this gem that I didn't know existed.
Our pleasure!
Boy, how this takes me back, I had forgotten about this one..🤣. Thank you. Tim Conway, Carol Burnett and Red Skelton were my favorite comedians, whatever they did was pure genius and funny….lots of good laughs no matter what happened on the set, even live action was ad-libbed to perfection…..RIP to all….👍❤️🙏🏼
Wow never seen this before. Tim Conaway was a legend.
Back then I was in Jr High, & I don't remember it either.
Im 62 and i never knew about this show.Thanks.always liked Tim.Very funny.😂
The great Frankie Laine singing the theme song. Awesome.
Well😂,this show, shows why Tim and Don Knott's were a good pairing. 🤓😎😎
Tim Conway does Barney Fife...
Tim Conway fan here. Never heard or seen this before. Thanks
I think that's Mike Mazurki as the prisoner. I was about 11 when Rango premiered. Thought it was pretty funny. One episode had Rango as an Indian named Moonface. Antagonist asked "What tribe are you from?" Rango hesitated, making up an answer. "From the...Minnetonkas....from the Land of Sky Blue Waters." Which of course was the Hamm's beer slogan. Busted me up.
I'm trying to imagine how funny this would have been if Harvey Korman were part of the cast.
The dentist and the elephant joke absolutely funny.
This is the first time I've seen this one in a long time. And I forgot that Junction City was also the name of the city that he played in with Don Knotts in The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, another hilariously funny comedy. When Tim Conway paired up with Don Knotts that was another side splitter. They don't make comedies like that anymore.❤
Tim was doing all the acting, all the work. The others were phoning it in. Not surprised it didn't last.
"timl.b.2095," A lackluster, sophomoric script didn't help. It forces Conway into forcing the physical silliness beyond belief or reasonableness.
Thank you. Good opening theme.
and to think, 44 years later, they would make an animated western Rango!
Remember this show well.
I remember when everything was black and white as far as the eye can see
“It just takes one bullet”
-Chameleon Rango
This ABC series was the first for Danny Thomas and Aaron Spelling, as their Thomas-Spelling Productions company would move on to "THE MOD SQUAD" for ABC in 1968, and "THE NEW PEOPLE" in 1969 (part of ABC"s 90-minute format with "MUSIC SCENE"), shortly before becoming Spelling-Goldberg Productions with Leonard Goldberg in the 1970s (where they also produced "THE ROOKIES", "S.W.A.T.", "STARSKY & HUTCH", and "CHARLIE'S ANGELS", along with "FANTASY ISLAND" (1977-1986), "HART TO HART", (1979-1984), and "TJ HOOKER" (1982-1986)-the three were co-produced with Columbia Pictures Television (now SONY)-but "RANGO" was a rare, short-lived ABC series-oh yes, I also forgot "THE GUNS OF WILL SONNETT", another Thomas-Spelling production, also for ABC in 1967, which ran until 1969, with 50 episodes. Walter Brennan, who previously starred in "THE MILLIONAIRE" and "THE REAL McCOYS", actually cackled with delight on the Paramount lot with his crew when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in 1968 by an assassin's bullet-nice fellow!
Correction: Walter Brennan's other ABC series was called "THE TYCOON" (1964-65) from Danny Thomas Productions, which starred "SURFSIDE SIX" and "GREEN HORNET actor, Van Williams. that TV series was also shot on the Desilu Studios lot. Walter Brennan was also ultra-conservative, and very racist- the actor also said about the 1965 Watts riots, that they could've been stopped with a machine gun -again, what a nice guy (not!)
Wow this was my favorite show when it was on the air and I could not understand why it stopped, it was slapstick and idiotic , I was looking for it for years thank you for posting it, can you post the other 16 episodes? I was 8 years old and loved it so much I named my turtles after the two main characters Rango and Pink Cloud !
Glad you enjoyed it. We only own one 16mm film of Rango. I have to think the series is a lost series, so it's pretty slim anyone would have all the episodes.
Amazing show I discovered today in 2022.
Not to be confused with the 2011 movie about a chameleon actor who mistakenly gets cast as the cowboy sheriff of a small town of desert animals (good movie, actually). I had no idea that there was a TV show with the same name and also about law enforcement in the old west. RIP Tim Conway.
Ah, this and Dusty's Trail. I'm old! 😢
The Count of Monte Cristo; silly Indian legends! 😅
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Rango in color!
This would make a nice companion to Dusty's Trail with Bob Denver!
Not to be confused with the chameleon of the same name.
There many serious western series produced in those days but comedy western series were very rare. Exceptions being F Troop, Laramie(?), Alias Smith and Jones, and this very short-lived series.
Dusty's Trail
Maverick had a great deal of humor ... although it was not slap-stick and pratfalls.
"hhvictor2462," "Laramie" and "Alias Smith and Jones" comedy westerns?!?! All that traditional western action and mayhem in "Laramie" with robberies, murders, fist fights, damsels in REAL distress, bar room brawls, stage hold-ups?! Robert Fuller and John Smith are turning over in their graves.
A REAL comedy is "Pistols 'n Petticoats" starring Ann Sheridan (Warner Bros.' "oomph girl" from the 1940s), Gary Vinson ("McHale's Navy" vet, here as the idiot sheriff), one of '60s television PRETTIEST, full-figured blondes, Carole Wells ("National Velvet") and Sheridan's fellow senior citizens rounding out the cast, Douglas Fowley and Ruth McDevitt. From Universal TV on CBS, 1966 - 67. While I'm a Tim Conway fan like most on this chat board, his "Rango" writers 'left him hanging' on too many of their scripts. Producer Aaron Spelling failed him -- and the audience.To be objectively blunt: "F-Troop" and "Pistols 'n Petticoats" 'were Shakespeare' compared to "Rango." Fortunately many "P&P" episodes are available on RUclips.
"Alias Smith and Jones" a comedy? WHAT, pray tell, are you talking about?! Oh yeah, like their episode 'The Bounty Hunter' where the posse of racists, lead by racist numero uno R.G.Armstrong, shoots Louis Gosset, Jr.'s EX-SLAVE-turned-successful, (black) bounty hunter character -- COLD-BLOODED MURDER in the BACK! -- THAT'S FUNNY?! I think not [ -- as Rango's boss Capt. Horton would chastise Rango.] . . . . . "The Fifth Victim" in which 'A killer's picking off participants in a poker game one by one, including the attempted murders of Hayes and Curry, to conceal the real target. [IMDB synopsis] . . . . 'Smiler with a Gun' where guest star Roger Davis steals the hard-earned, mined gold and leaves the boys and fellow guest star Will Geer stranded in the desert -- following months of working a gold mine -- with no horses and no water -- almost CERTAIN to die of the elements. . . .
'Stagecoach 7' that contains one of the longest gun battles of all TV westerns where guest star L.Q. Jones and his cronies assault the way station where the boys and other stage coach passengers -- including a young mother and her infant child -- with seemingly ENDLESS gunfire emanating from both sides. . . . . 'The Man Who Murdered Himself' where we see guest star Patrick Macnee ("The Avengers") pick off his victim(s) by calculated, concealed, long-range rifle fire. . . . Curry repeatedly threatened with imminent death by gunshot over the loss of $50,000 which he was requisitioned to deliver to a far away bank -- 'The Girl in Boxcar #3.' . . . . 'Exit from Wickenburg' where guest star Pernell Roberts, a MEAN Pernell Roberts, and his goons make life PAINFUL for the boys and hellish for fellow guest star Susan Srasberg's single mother / saloon owner whom he's trying to make life so difficult for, she'll be forced to sell her saloon (where she's employed 'Smith and Jones' / Heyes and Curry to protect her interests) to him. . . . . 'Never Trust an Honest Man' where guest star Richard Anderson's repeat fire from his Winchester makes the boys' escape from a box canyon a very close call; MEANWHILE one of their former gang members is in jail awaiting the hangman's noose. . . . .
'Wrong Train to Brimstone' where the guys' nemesis, Bannerman Detective Agency's Charlie O'Rourke (recurring guest star J.D. Cannon) has a posse ready to assassinate all the remaining Hole in the Wall gang members by way of gunfire from an ambush from a train's coach. . . . 'Shootout at Diablo Station' where guest villain Neville Brand ("Laredo") repeatedly threatens with instant death -- and he means it -- by bullet the boys and other stagecoach passengers (INCLUDING lovely guest performer Anne Archer) and station master, Pat O'Brien (like Ann Sheridan mentioned above, another veteran Warner Bros. star). He's got each of them tied up by rope at a way station so HE can assassinate responding-to-delayed-stage Sheriff Lom Trevors -- the only person in on 'our little secret' of amnesty -- with conditions -- offered by the territorial governor. . . . .
'21 Days to Tenstrike' -- Murders EACH night of a drover on a cattle drive on which the boys are working as hands. . . . Often the titles alone let prospective viewers know 'this ain't a comedy' e.g., 'Something to Get Hung About,' 'Which Way to the O.K. Corral?", 'The Day They Hanged Kid Curry,' 'The Posse That Wouldn't Quit,' 'Bushwack!' ('first of 5 year-three episodes to deal with the real life Wyoming Stock Growers' Association which lead to the Johnson County War of 1892' [IMDB], 'Witness to a Lynching.'
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"hhvictor2462," suggest you find an adult friend and / or adult relative and binge watch your DVDs of "Laramie" and "Alias Smith and Jones" for a MAJOR refresher course so you can modify your WAY OFF THE MARK, ludicrous Comment.
@@scvandy3129 How about Quick Draw McGraw?
Yes, it is in COLOR! Black and White! LOL
Cute. Love Guy Marks.
Thanks for posting! I wont be looking for other episodes, lol. Laugh track every other second, now thats funny! ABC made some promising shows for young men to watch (like Blue Light) but cancelled them after 1/2 a season. BTW, "TV Guide ranked the series number 47 on its "TV Guide′s 50 Worst Shows of All Time" list in 2002"
Glad you enjoyed it
Barney Fife in the old west...😅
He and joe flynn had a short lived one to they were good together on mchales navy the show was something about an airline
I'm 59 and never knew this existed.
As a Texan I'm disappointed to see the Rangers depicted thusly.
I like Ensign Parker, Carol Burnett show was a staple in our house, and Dorf has his moments but I'm not sure about this character's chances.
That hat looks like it'd be more of a Dallas Police detective hat than a Ranger's.
I was schoolmates with offspring of a Ranger and his wife. They lived just down the road from us.
That Ranger was slain in the course of duty.
His murderer is still alive last I heard.
My Goodness. It's a damn Comedy. And not a very good one.
Never understood what anyone seen in Conway in anything I ever seen him in during the 60's - 70's.
The days of laugh tracks.
The Rango name was stolen for the Rango cgi film starring Johnny Depp. Co-star here is the great Guy Marks, who probably got no chance in this series to do his perfect impression of Humphrey Bogart.
NEVER heard of rango before! TC is brilliant...ive only seen him in the Carol Burnett show, check out Carol Burnett the Dentist skit, its BRILLIANT; got MILLIONS of views!!!
I remember Tim Conway did this show right after Mchale's Navy ended. I liked Tim, and I liked westerns, so I watched the show. It was fun to watch, and had its comedic moments, but it wasn't funny enough to pull in the ratings (even as a kid I could see that), and so, it was canceled. The same thing can be said about his short-lived variety show he did after this series.
Who else but Tim could play a complete idiot and come out on top? R.I.P. Tim.
Ensign Parker in cowboy clothes.
I had never seen this series before now.
Not shown in my region in Australia. where we had one channel in the 1960s/1970s.
Great show and like Gidget cancelled well before its time!
I see it flagged as being in color but it's in black and white. This may be a kinescope done by an ad agency. You sometimes can see the effects of live video in these films.
It's not a kinescope. Usually you can see a bit of picture distortion in a kinescope as it is filmed off a TV screen. This is actually a b-w film print that was distributed to some TV stations not offering color broadcasts in their area.
What Maxwell Smart was to spies, Rango was to Texas Rangers. 😆
Would you believe...?
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Conway Jr is on 640 kfi m-f! 2024
This is Tim Conway doing Don Knotts' Barney Fife in western times. It almost seems stolen from The AG Show.
I do not remember this show not sure I was 10 I should know this
Norman Alden pre-Coach Fedders(MH2).
didn't last long but is still a good show.
I heartily concur !
@@jubalcalif9100
Tim Conway could cause bloopers
wherever he was.😆😆😆😆
That was an insult to Texans. The Texas flag was upside down.
In the opening at 0m4s, it says "IN COLOR"... So, shades of gray is considered "color"?
I miss the good old days, the directors and actors were 100 time better, woke killed Hollywood and comedy.
rango and blazing saddles themes sung by the same guy
And Rawhide, (Frankie Laine)
The credits refer to this as being in color. It clearly was black and white.
This is actually a b-w film print that was distributed to some TV stations not offering color broadcasts in their area.
Thanks, love Tim Conway!! Any accsess to the color episodes? Sad it only ran 17 episodes...sounds like a summer replacement?
As a channel that only uploads "real" film transfers (16mm or 35mm) I doubt anyone has access to the films of all the episodes, in color or b-w. If anyone has other episodes of this series, I'd like to acquire them. Pass the word! This is the only episode we have.
@@MoviecraftInc Thanks for your reply, let me see what I can fine I know that there are bootleg copies that have them in color but maybe I find the source, I know it was an ABC network program. Thanks again I haven’t seen any of it for so long, I’ll see what I can find and get back with you, again thanks so much.
Even at 77, I'm sure I never did see this show. But it was so loaded with trite cliches and stale humour, I can see that I didn't miss much.
I wonder if Rango, starring Tim Conway has any sponsors on ABC🤔
At 9:34 did they bleep Conway?
did i not read "filmed in color"?
On these "lost" series, you take what you could get. Our 16mm film print is black and white.
In the intro it says "in color" Why the black and white?
This is actually a b-w film print that was distributed to some TV stations not offering color broadcasts in their area.
Rango was good AB tried to get Tim another way to entertain the crowd. One season, then bye Tim.
Vaguely remember this series. F Troop was better.
Whats next? Don Knotts as a US Marshal?
he was the shakiest gun in the west
The first shot says "In Color" ??
This is a b-w film print that was distributed to some TV stations not offering color broadcasts in their area.
I'll take Tim Conway over Don Knotts any day.
well if you'd cut your hair like everybody else ... 🤣
"In Color"?
Was this show before or after Barney Fife?
It's got nothing to do with Barney Fife. Time was never in The Andy Griffith Show, even as a guest star.
Short Barney Fief
Yes, Conway could be very funny, but as in this, there was a lot of overdone stupidity. I don't know about anybody else, but to me it was often too much and got tiring, depending on the writers. In a 30 minute series, like this, I need a break from the sight gags and/or slap stick, once in a while. Too predictable, I guess. We did get a bit of a break right at the end, before during, and a bit after the woman's confession.
Tim was like Don Rickles, funny as heck, but just didn't fit into a sit com.
He fitted fairly well in McHale's navy!
Don't even remember this. Not very good.
Not even a comedy genius like Conway could make that stale, moldy old script funny. I bet these writers also wrote for the Keystone Kops and Fatty Arbuckle.
This not foe me😅
So close to slapstick it was sickening and not at all funny.
Comedy Western? DUMB IDEA! NOTHING FUNNY!
The story of Joe Biden when he was a deputy
Stupid.
O ffs ..grow up
@@katherinegray5086 HEY!! GBTSD
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most boring white bread comedian ever😮
Right up there with your comments🤣