This was a well made TV show. Theme music by Jerry Goldsmith. Many scripts written or supervised by Rod Serling. Good stories and direction. The series ran in 1965-1966 and apparently Lloyd Bridges withdrew from it as he felt it was too violent. I just bought the complete series on DVD and I'm impressed. By modern standards it wasn't excessively violent, in my view.
Rod wrote 15 of the 26 epsiodes. He was getting complaints from CBS there weren't enough gunplay and action to make the series a success with viewers (more people watched NBC's "SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES" and ABC's "HOLLYWOOD PALACE"), insisting he add more "action". Serling refused, and left the series to Bill Dozier and Andy White before the final batch of episodes were completed.
Excellent series by the master rod serling with Lloyd bridges and guest star leslie neilson acting together 15 years later in another universe in airplane
Never heard of these shows with Lyoyd Bridges. I love leslie nielsen in these roles. There are quite a few of them. What an incredible girl doing the hair commercial. Who on earth was she?
warren it was long before my time but talking to my grandfather the woman in the hair commercial was from the get smart fame barbara feldon one of my grandfathers favorite shows
"The Loner" - from 20th Century Fox Television and the pen of the brilliant Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone") for CBS, so I'll share a bit of 20th Century Fox Television trivia to accompany this well-crafted, half hour, episode -- the fourth, from Oct. 1965 entitled 'The Kingdom of McComb.' Leslie Nielsen ('McComb'), who snagged Special Guest Star billing, was just coming off his dual role run (brothers Dr. Vincent Markham and Kenneth Markham) on the studio's hit "Peyton Place" whose popularity and unique programming elevated it to 'talk of the town' status during its first couple seasons, 1964 - 66. Nielsen recurred as the brother or brothers for 18 episodes throughout July and August 1965. That's right -- midsummer when most primetime shows are in repeats. Yet the serialized "Peyton Place" delivered original programming 52 weeks every year. Quite possibly Nielsen filmed "The Loner" right after fulfilling his "Peyton Place" duties. The previous season, '64 - 65, 20th put him to work as guest star on one episode each of "Daniel Boone" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." I dare say none of these characters were as venomous and sinister as 'McComb' on "The Loner." Tom Lowell, late of the first two seasons on ABC's "Combat!" playing 'Billy Nelson', member of the World War II, U.S. Army squad who of course is naturally proficient with a gun and its role, here in "The Loner" is cast as McComb's unwilling adversary, young 'Simon' of the new-to-the-West, religious sect that refrains from violence of all kinds. That means easy pickings for McComb and his 50 hired guns, so it's up to the heroic actions of fast-with-a-gun Bill Colton / "The Loner", capably played by series star Lloyd Bridges, to do 'the heavy lifting.' From a performance standpoint, Lowell is able to deliver here what's asked of him, as written. A few months later and few sound stages distant, 20th's freshman series, "The Long, Hot Summer", suddenly is in need of a proficient, likeable, young male to play 'Jody Varner' in the aftermath of series regular's Paul Geary's out-of-the-blue, psychological breakdown that prevented him from continuing in the role AND his career. Eyewitness to it all, Jason Wingreen, who played the Varners' family physician 'Dr. Clark,' said that in a rehearsal Geary put his hands around the neck of guest player Uta Hagen and commenced to choke her; hard, while calling out "Mother, Mother." Stage hands rushed over to unleash his grip on her neck. Key story development for Jody -- finally coming to terms with his over-bearing father, Will Varner; being newly hospitalized with potentially life-altering paralysis; and 'taking the next step', engagement to his lady love, Eula (Lana Wood) -- were in two of the final episodes to be shot that included Jody. The public didn't know what happened 'behind-the-scenes; all they knew was what they saw and heard on screen with the series' announcer's voice voicing over the melodic main titles: "In tonight's episode the part of Jody Varner will be played by Tom Lowell." WTF was surely the reaction of most of the "LHS" faithful. Thank you, "Marijuana VHS TV," for posting this 55-year old (and counting) episode of "The Loner." As most will concur: "It holds up well." . . . One quibble: editing out the commercials -- and TV LAND is NOTORIOUS for its high commercial load per hour -- before uploading to RUclips would vastly enhance our enjoyment of seeing this treasure from Rod Serling, or ANY programming, for that matter.
A tally: Two gun hawks, the "gritty" type, acquire gunshot wounds (non-fatal) in a western showdown in Act I courtesy of the fast draw and aim of our hero, forced to make a dive for the saloon's floor for follow-up shots. Act II the threat of gunplay on the street makes for a tense viewing experience. Then, the settlers' elder is shot in the back, cold-blooded assassination-type by one of the wounded gun hawks -- that even upsets Leslie Nielsen's town boss character, McComb, the episode's heavy. The Loner calls out for the back-shooter to surrender his revolver. Not surprisingly and this being gritty, this sparks an exchange of pistol shots between the two with the Loner's aim being faster and truer -- causing the assassin's mortal demise. Then we endure an 'edge-of-our-seats' couple minutes of the uncontrollably-angered kid, having picked up the baddie's revolver, taking dead aim at Leslie Nielsen -- wearing a gun or not -- for what could very well be the fourth shooting. Throughout all this the program's prop man has accurately provided blackpowder blanks that provide gritty smoke for each of the many shot fired. Meanwhile, in post-production, the sound effects personnel enhance the visual with gritty, true-to-life sounding gun shots, that are themselves cranked up. Even when just in the background, that middle-of-the-street, monstrous, black steam locomotive assists in setting the scene. (Very few TV westerns have a working train and section of track at their disposal; the logistics, availability and costs being determining factors.) The total amount of mayhem here equals a typical episode of "The Rifleman", an earlier 30-minute western which was notorious for satisfying those viewers with a thirst for gunplay, week after week. We must keep in mind "The Loner" is from the brilliant mind of Rod Serling whose well-known literary talents concentrate on character, emotions, drama, imagination; and when necessary, Serling doesn't shy from keeping it real. "BAM!" "BAM!" "BAM!" No way would Lloyd Bridges -- or most leading men -- accept the role of a wuss, who never drew his gun or kept that magnificent Spencer carbine -- unique to TV cowboys -- in its saddle scabbard. To Lou Steinberg: your comment surely baffles many who watched 'The Kingdom of McComb' from beginning to end, as should be obvious, myself included.
@@scvandy3129 throw in a little Paladine and it's not so predictable, maybe. The main character never dies. I think that's what is the difference in TV series and the movies.
It does seem odd that the Mennonites felt that it was OK to just take over someone else's land even if he is the villain in the story. Lots of land out West - find a piece to claim or buy... And as to trying to buy an assassin, that's murder by proxy, and would make them accomplices. How would our hero feel if they decided to just take his horse? Pretty shaky plot, Rod Serling.
Just think of all the good actors and writers back then. Lloyd Bridges excellent. Thanks for sharing great tv. Excellent episode to share.
Thanks for posting this Golden Oldie,...
Fast forward 15 years and they meet again in a classic "Airplane Corral",... ; )
More ! Love the loner🤤✨📺🥰
Great actors Leslie Nielsen and Lloyd Bridges together .... already we know this will be good ..
I never missed this show as a kid. Was so mad when they cancelled it after only one year.
I guess it's kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to watch newly released series online ?
@Brendan Alberto I would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google =)
@Phillip Jaxson Yea, have been using Flixzone for years myself =)
@Phillip Jaxson thanks, signed up and it seems to work =) I appreciate it !
@Brendan Alberto no problem :D
This was a well made TV show. Theme music by Jerry Goldsmith. Many scripts written or supervised by Rod Serling. Good stories and direction. The series ran in 1965-1966 and apparently Lloyd Bridges withdrew from it as he felt it was too violent. I just bought the complete series on DVD and I'm impressed. By modern standards it wasn't excessively violent, in my view.
Thanks for your 'view' - well put
I agree it wasn't too violent. My recollection is that the all-important ratings were poor.
Rod wrote 15 of the 26 epsiodes. He was getting complaints from CBS there weren't enough gunplay and action to make the series a success with viewers (more people watched NBC's "SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES" and ABC's "HOLLYWOOD PALACE"), insisting he add more "action". Serling refused, and left the series to Bill Dozier and Andy White before the final batch of episodes were completed.
That is called holding to your principles. Love this! This episode deals with prejudice issues of a similar sort as we suffer today.
It may have been violent for the time but these shows always have a life lesson.
looking forward to more. Thanks for posting.
Excellent series by the master rod serling with Lloyd bridges and guest star leslie neilson acting together 15 years later in another universe in airplane
"a lot of these short lived western series
were never rerun on tv and this is probably
the only place to find them & watch them."-🤔🖥🌐🍺☕🤠🐴🌐..
Even enjoyed the commercials.. 😁
I knew I'd seen the kid before. He was BILLY in the series Combat But I had to look him up. Darn, usually my memory is better than that,.
i just ordered the whole series from amazon
Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing.
This is episode 4 of only season.
Barbara Feldon is the hair brass commercial lady.
Never heard of these shows with Lyoyd Bridges. I love leslie nielsen in these roles. There are quite a few of them. What an incredible girl doing the hair commercial. Who on earth was she?
warren it was long before my time but talking to my grandfather the woman in the hair commercial was from the get smart fame barbara feldon one of my grandfathers favorite shows
I think it’s 99 from Get Smart.
Is that Barabra Feldon in the commercial?
Yes.
Yes it is
Yes
"The Loner" - from 20th Century Fox Television and the pen of the brilliant Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone") for CBS, so I'll share a bit of 20th Century Fox Television trivia to accompany this well-crafted, half hour, episode -- the fourth, from Oct. 1965 entitled 'The Kingdom of McComb.' Leslie Nielsen ('McComb'), who snagged Special Guest Star billing, was just coming off his dual role run (brothers Dr. Vincent Markham and Kenneth Markham) on the studio's hit "Peyton Place" whose popularity and unique programming elevated it to 'talk of the town' status during its first couple seasons, 1964 - 66. Nielsen recurred as the brother or brothers for 18 episodes throughout July and August 1965. That's right -- midsummer when most primetime shows are in repeats. Yet the serialized "Peyton Place" delivered original programming 52 weeks every year. Quite possibly Nielsen filmed "The Loner" right after fulfilling his "Peyton Place" duties.
The previous season, '64 - 65, 20th put him to work as guest star on one episode each of "Daniel Boone" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea." I dare say none of these characters were as venomous and sinister as 'McComb' on "The Loner."
Tom Lowell, late of the first two seasons on ABC's "Combat!" playing 'Billy Nelson', member of the World War II, U.S. Army squad who of course is naturally proficient with a gun and its role, here in "The Loner" is cast as McComb's unwilling adversary, young 'Simon' of the new-to-the-West, religious sect that refrains from violence of all kinds. That means easy pickings for McComb and his 50 hired guns, so it's up to the heroic actions of fast-with-a-gun Bill Colton / "The Loner", capably played by series star Lloyd Bridges, to do 'the heavy lifting.'
From a performance standpoint, Lowell is able to deliver here what's asked of him, as written. A few months later and few sound stages distant, 20th's freshman series, "The Long, Hot Summer", suddenly is in need of a proficient, likeable, young male to play 'Jody Varner' in the aftermath of series regular's Paul Geary's out-of-the-blue, psychological breakdown that prevented him from continuing in the role AND his career. Eyewitness to it all, Jason Wingreen, who played the Varners' family physician 'Dr. Clark,' said that in a rehearsal Geary put his hands around the neck of guest player Uta Hagen and commenced to choke her; hard, while calling out "Mother, Mother." Stage hands rushed over to unleash his grip on her neck.
Key story development for Jody -- finally coming to terms with his over-bearing father, Will Varner; being newly hospitalized with potentially life-altering paralysis; and 'taking the next step', engagement to his lady love, Eula (Lana Wood) -- were in two of the final episodes to be shot that included Jody. The public didn't know what happened 'behind-the-scenes; all they knew was what they saw and heard on screen with the series' announcer's voice voicing over the melodic main titles: "In tonight's episode the part of Jody Varner will be played by Tom Lowell." WTF was surely the reaction of most of the "LHS" faithful.
Thank you, "Marijuana VHS TV," for posting this 55-year old (and counting) episode of "The Loner." As most will concur: "It holds up well."
. . . One quibble: editing out the commercials -- and TV LAND is NOTORIOUS for its high commercial load per hour -- before uploading to RUclips would vastly enhance our enjoyment of seeing this treasure from Rod Serling, or ANY programming, for that matter.
Love your channel name lol
wings protect better than tabs!
More?
Please?
yes, soon
Warranted a longer run!
Weed me with more episodes
Please sir!, can I have some more?...
Love this show, any chance you have any more episodes bro?
i do have more, will convert and upload soon
🥰📺✨🤤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love The Loner !
@@scarlettfreedom3629 Just bought the season on Amazon recently. Phenomenal show. Thanks again for the uploads my dude.
Interesting name for a You Tube site. LOL
Very nice Christians fight in the worldview. Disernment seen from the same side in strangers.
Not bad, but I guess it lacks being gritty and so far, not much in the fighting scenes either.(ls)
A tally: Two gun hawks, the "gritty" type, acquire gunshot wounds (non-fatal) in a western showdown in Act I courtesy of the fast draw and aim of our hero, forced to make a dive for the saloon's floor for follow-up shots. Act II the threat of gunplay on the street makes for a tense viewing experience. Then, the settlers' elder is shot in the back, cold-blooded assassination-type by one of the wounded gun hawks -- that even upsets Leslie Nielsen's town boss character, McComb, the episode's heavy.
The Loner calls out for the back-shooter to surrender his revolver. Not surprisingly and this being gritty, this sparks an exchange of pistol shots between the two with the Loner's aim being faster and truer -- causing the assassin's mortal demise. Then we endure an 'edge-of-our-seats' couple minutes of the uncontrollably-angered kid, having picked up the baddie's revolver, taking dead aim at Leslie Nielsen -- wearing a gun or not -- for what could very well be the fourth shooting.
Throughout all this the program's prop man has accurately provided blackpowder blanks that provide gritty smoke for each of the many shot fired. Meanwhile, in post-production, the sound effects personnel enhance the visual with gritty, true-to-life sounding gun shots, that are themselves cranked up.
Even when just in the background, that middle-of-the-street, monstrous, black steam locomotive assists in setting the scene. (Very few TV westerns have a working train and section of track at their disposal; the logistics, availability and costs being determining factors.)
The total amount of mayhem here equals a typical episode of "The Rifleman", an earlier 30-minute western which was notorious for satisfying those viewers with a thirst for gunplay, week after week. We must keep in mind "The Loner" is from the brilliant mind of Rod Serling whose well-known literary talents concentrate on character, emotions, drama, imagination; and when necessary, Serling doesn't shy from keeping it real. "BAM!" "BAM!" "BAM!"
No way would Lloyd Bridges -- or most leading men -- accept the role of a wuss, who never drew his gun or kept that magnificent Spencer carbine -- unique to TV cowboys -- in its saddle scabbard.
To Lou Steinberg: your comment surely baffles many who watched 'The Kingdom of McComb' from beginning to end, as should be obvious, myself included.
@@scvandy3129 throw in a little Paladine and it's not so predictable, maybe. The main character never dies. I think that's what is the difference in TV series and the movies.
It does seem odd that the Mennonites felt that it was OK to just take over someone else's land even if he is the villain in the story. Lots of land out West - find a piece to claim or buy... And as to trying to buy an assassin, that's murder by proxy, and would make them accomplices. How would our hero feel if they decided to just take his horse? Pretty shaky plot, Rod Serling.
Agree. Also, I don't think the 1/2 hour format was well suited for westerns, leading to a lot of half baked episodes.
I thought they were Amish. Great insight on the plot.
I liked it. 😑
To be a script writer in Hollywood in the 50s, you needed a pencil, legal pad and 3rd rate imagination. Even for Mr. Serling.
First rate.