One of the most powerful themes to begin a TV Western ever. I watched this as a kid in the 60s. The dressing down and breaking the sword was etched into my young head and never left.
Yeah I watched Branded in the 1960's as a kid. I was the only one in my family who liked it. Still remember every word of the theme, even though I hadn't heard it in 45 years. It's the kind of song that sticks in your mind. If they thought he ran, that is really not a terrible punishment, getting your sword broken and kicked out of the fort. Beats spending years in the stockade....
I'm watching for the 7th or 9th time and I just happened to look up "...BRANDED!!" Theme at that exact scene, with Larry, where Walter smashes the corvette, man.
R.I.P. 12/21/17. For my B-Day 2015 I got up the nerve to phone Dom Frontiere. His wife Robin picked up. She said he was out. I said that I was a huge fan since I was 10 and wanted to thank him for a life time of glorious TV music: Stoney Burke, Outer Limits, Branded, Invaders, et al.
@@greg1030 I’m glad you did that. My most influential writer was Jim Boutin (Ball 4). I reached out and created a cherished conversation. I had no idea he had a serious problem. He died a few months later, to my shock. So, I reached least one of the people I wanted to thank before losing them.
@@papadopp3870 Yes, his sounds have never left me for a week since I was a kid. About two months ago I found harpist David Ice, who actually worked extensively with DF and numerous musicians they both knew while orchestrating lots of TV music back in the 60s. ruclips.net/video/aBoPe1lZXv4/видео.html and here ruclips.net/video/LnGBC_AU1C8/видео.html&lc=Ugwz0VhUnu1JsQqC0494AaABAg.9FyZ01ycgzP9KxaiYTN9G2 I guess when you love something or someone or what they do so much it finds it way back to you. Enjoy!
@@greg1030 My favorite had to be the TV theme to 12 o’Clock High. His cues throughout that series are remarkable. I’ve noticed early on, when Star Trek started, Alexander Courage’s fanfare in that series was exactly the same as 12 o’Clock High’s. Somethings are just in the ether at the same time.
@@papadopp3870 I see here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O%27Clock_High_(TV_series) that Quinn Martin made good on his promise to DF to use his music in his TV shows, then and years afterward. But I was never into the war genre so I never heard music from that show. Unless you dubbed the series episodes you must have a solid musical memory, since I can't find that show available on DVD. But if you loved what was pulled from DF's library plus what he later composed to score Outer Limits, you'll be even more amazed to hear what John Elizalde and Roger Farris took from it to produce Stoney Burke, a year earlier. That series is on DVD, and the sound quality is very good indeed. You ought to grab a copy while it's still in print!
I'm too young to remember this but my husband watched it. He used to sing the theme song as "Stranded, stranded on a toilet bowl/ What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll?"
Stranded Stranded on the toilet bowl What do you do when you're stranded And you can't reach the roll To prove you're a man You must wipe with your hand Stranded Stranded No telling how many young boys my age across the country got in trouble at school for singing that
DAMMIT! Posted own comment on that and guess that WASN'T made up by just me and my brothers circa early 60s. Yer hubby probably knows the rest (our variation was stranded and roll too far away): "Whatever you do for the rest of your life, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh. Good days, tho.
Just realized after my 20th viewing that when The dude is in the back of the cop car after being roofied at Jackie treehorns party, he sings part of the branded theme song.
The character of Jason McChord in Branded, was one of a man with a very strong sense of morals and integrity. To go through what he did and to actually prevent the truth from coming out is heroic on a grand scale. One of my favorite shows of all time.
@@foobarmaximus3506 The arts, whether it be television, a movie, a book, a play, a piece of music, has the ability to teach or show us things about our lives.
just started watching this on netflix and wondering why this series didn't last longer. Chuck Connors is great in it and his facial expression at the beginning speaks volumes. Thanks for posting
@@mrdilligaf1962 Wow, a blast from the '60. I remember it as "stranded - on the toilet bowl. Stranded - without a roll. So be a man and use your hand just don't get stuck on the toilet bowllllllllll..
Insane memory cell trigger... from me and my brothers circa early 60s or whenever this ran. Theme morphed (kids, remember) into: "Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded... and you can't reach the roll? What-- evvverr y'do for the rest of your liiife, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh.
I sang this too! My version had "to prove you're a man you must wipe it with your hand" as the last lyric. I'm a millennial though, no idea where my friends and I picked it up from, I only learned it was a parody at all today. Apparently some version of "stranded on the toilet bowl" appeared in Mad Magazine in the 60s.
@@CP-ll6qg No, not much in the scheme of things today but those cultural threads are fascinating. I'm a '59 model and watched as broadcast. OBVIOUSLY youse merely continued what we ... waitaminute. Now searching for the MAD ref; that mag was all around those days so bet they did it. Cheers.
I was 6 yrs old when I first heard this theme song. It’s still in my head ... one of my favorite shows I’d watch with dad. The broken sword thrown in the dirt, still emblazoned in my mind’s eye.
"Branded!!!!!"** Another "Monster Landmark" For Actor Chuck Connors!!!!!** I Love This TV Series. 'Very Encouraging, Inspirational, And Fulfilling.** The Character "Jason McCord" Indeed Had A Great Impact In A Lot Of People Lives, Male And Female.** A "Superb" Theme Song!!!!!**
I am very familiar with Branded, watched it as a kid. Also, The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite movies.....seen it probably a dozen times. But totally not getting the numerous references to TBL. A little help maybe? Thanks!
that's great! I watched this tv series when I was 8 years ago. I'm from Lima - Peru (South America). This tv series was my favorite. I remember that I wanted to be an Army Military, jeje
A classic from the Golden Age of TV. As a kid watching this, I would wonder where, exactly, Chuck was actually going when they threw him out of the fort behind his broken saber. A place in the middle of nowhere, Chuck is evicted and told to hit the dunes and don't come back... no water, no horse, no suntan oil.. WTF? On a more academic note - this series is a compelling look back at the American cultural mindset at a historic crossroads. The Vietnam War, still in the early stages, was beginning to be a huge and derisive issue for Americans as more and more kids were being called in the draft for their "duty" to serve there. And along with the increase in US Involvement, a major chasm was developing in US society. This gives us a poignant glimpse back to the beginning of The Culture War between those who saw unquestioning loyalty to the policies of US Government as one's patriotic duty and those who questioned the credibility of Washington Politicians and the sanity of throwing one's life away for a war of choice in which no demonstrable US security interests could be demonstrated. And, of course, Vietnam turned out to be a big lie that US Politicians and The Military Industrial Regime needed to sell. This is one way they went about it.
Yeah, everyone was white, women were treated like children, and a man threatening to knock his wife out for thinking otherwise was a guaranteed laugh from the audience.
Growing up as a kid , my Uncle owned a tailor clothing store called " Mr Man". On my way to the the Dentist with my Aunt. She Said to me, "We have to drop your Uncle off at his work, before we proceed to the Dentist." My cousin Mike and me, would go to the Dentist for Braces every 2 weeks. My Aunt would always take us . But this time she had to drop off my Uncle. It was around 7:30 am when we rolled up in to my Uncle's Clothing store, to drop him off. I was shocked to find a tall man , around 6'4" standing in front of the store pointing to his watch, and looking at my Uncle as he exited the car. I said 'Is that ?" . . "YES!" my Aunt exclaimed. "He is a client of your Uncle."
One of the best opening credits ever. Even if the following episode was "meh" this was always entertaining to watch. Damn that was cold what they did to him, especially an officer. You can still feel the shame and humiliation.
Heard it a bit differently when I was growing up:. Stranded! Stranded on the toilet bowl, What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll? To prove you're a man you must wipe with your hand.....
I heard it: Stranded, on the toilet bowl... What do you do when you're stranded, and you can't reach the roll? How do you prove you're a man? When you have to use your hand?
I definitely remember watching this on Pat Robertson's CBN (now FreeForm) back in the 80's and also on syndication on KPLC-TV 7 Lake Charles, LA Chuck Connors from The Rifleman to Branded
Holy shit does that bring back memorys,Thats when bat-man,Man from Uncle,Munsters,I was 8 yrs old. This my military career,Branded?? You found it Doggs...
I watched Branded lying on the floor of my Aunt & Uncle’s house, directly in front of the tv on a scratchy old wool rug with lp gas space heater blowing across me.
At roughly the same time that " NBC broadcasted Branded", Connors appeared on a few episodes of Goodson - Todman's "What's My Line." Clips from some of those episodes appear on RUclips. For instance, Connors sat in the guest panelist seat the night Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers appeared as a mystery guest.
This was one of the best TV themes of the era; too bad the series didn't live up to it. An episode of "F Troop" began somewhat like this, with Captain Parmenter (reluctantly) stripping Sgt. O'Rourke of his epaulets before learning the truth about what was really going on. Thanks for posting!
When I was a kid there were 7 of us living in a ONE bathroom house. We would sing this song to the tune from BRANDED. "Stranded stuck on a toilet bowl, What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll." Thanks to the Corona Virus Toilet Paper crisis of 2020, I am reminded of my childhood song.🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩
"He lives on Radford near the In and Out Burger." "Those are good burgers Walter!" "Shut the FUCK UP DONNY!!!!" Random person from the crowd: "Shhhh!!!"
How could you break a saber over your knee like that? If you could what would it be worth in battle...I loved this series and always watched it with my dad....but anyway.
There's a drawing of Alfred Dreyfus' sword being broken in the same way. I wonder if this show was inspired by the Dreyfus Affair, an innocent (French) cavalry officer drummed out and cashiered because he was wrongly convicted of treason.
Wikipedia quotes the New York Times about when it was done to Dreyfus: "To prepare for stripping the prisoner of his insignia of rank, the prison tailor yesterday removed all the buttons and stripes from Dreyfus’ tunic, the red stripes from his trousers and the regimental number and braid from his collar and cap. These were all replaced with a single stitch so that they could be torn away readily. The condemned man’s sword was also filed almost in two, in order that it might be easily broken. The Adjutant’s quick movement and apparent effort in breaking the sword was consequently mere pretense, as only a mere touch was necessary."
They're kind of thin swords, and at the time this would've taken place they weren't main weapons but usually held for decoration purposes with the intention that it won't be used often. Also they were largely made of fairly cheap poor quality metal during this time. I'm sure it's possible. Just might not be easy.
great stuff here. OMG they dont make showslike this. I grew up with this chuck conners did three pro sports and he plays great guys but I loved werewolf skorzeny he payed haha great great great show
This theme song really tied the show together.
LOL!!!!!
Fn A
156 episodes dude.
Branded is a great sho- SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONNY!
@@Qui_Gon_Bennot exactly a lightweight. Yet his kid is a fucking dunce.
John Goodman’s delivery of “ And a good day to you sir!” Kills me every time.
Piiiilaarr 😂😂😂
Branded, especially the early episodes, is truly a source of inspiration.
ChillPill365 and yet his son is a dunce
I just wish I could find the first season online for free. 😢
@@mariahs7618 Chuck Conner's son or "Jason McCord"?
Chuck Conner's son or "Jason McCord"?
Bulk of the series dude
Bulk of the series, dude.
not exactly a lightweight
AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!
Ha. I KNEW this would be the top comment before I scrolled down, and I would have commented it myself if it wasn't.
@@chevin79 And yet his son is a fucking dunce.
you got me to laugh out loud. very good.
Branded, especially the early episodes, were truly a source of inspiration for me!
Yes and its how I feel at my last job wrking for the RadioPharma Industry in Sanford Florida.
One of the most powerful themes to begin a TV Western ever. I watched this as a kid in the 60s. The dressing down and breaking the sword was etched into my young head and never left.
Absolutely👍
Yes great opening for the series- I remember it well but you don't break a steel sword over your knee!
I was born at the end of 1961 so I had to have been 4 or 5 when this show was on and yet I knew every word of this theme song.
I always wondered why the guy didn't cut his hands handling the bade like that.
Still to this day, one of the most underrated shows in the history of TV. And Chuck Connors proves he's not a coward. 10/10
With this show and the Rifleman he removed the tarnish of The Big Country (1958).
Yeah I watched Branded in the 1960's as a kid. I was the only one in my family who liked it. Still remember every word of the theme, even though I hadn't heard it in 45 years. It's the kind of song that sticks in your mind.
If they thought he ran, that is really not a terrible punishment, getting your sword broken and kicked out of the fort. Beats spending years in the stockade....
I watched Branded on the black and white when I was a kid and loved it.
Did you have rabbit ears with tin foil as a antenna?
You're killing your father Larry.
This is what happens Larry, this is what happens when you #### a stranger in the ass 😆
i just bought that fucking car! i kill your car!
Had me lol'n
Little prick's stonewalling me
I'm watching for the 7th or 9th time and I just happened to look up "...BRANDED!!" Theme at that exact scene, with Larry, where Walter smashes the corvette, man.
We got four detectives working on the case. We got em working in shifts!
David Matthew Shere
That's good. Let me know if there is any progress.
AW MAN WHATS THAT SMELL
Huh! Leads!
“Is he...Does he still write?”
“Oh no, no. He has health problems.”
“Uh huh.”
R.I.P. 12/21/17. For my B-Day 2015 I got up the nerve to phone Dom Frontiere. His wife Robin picked up. She said he was out. I said that I was a huge fan since I was 10 and wanted to thank him for a life time of glorious TV music: Stoney Burke, Outer Limits, Branded, Invaders, et al.
@@greg1030 I’m glad you did that. My most influential writer was Jim Boutin (Ball 4). I reached out and created a cherished conversation. I had no idea he had a serious problem. He died a few months later, to my shock. So, I reached least one of the people I wanted to thank before losing them.
@@papadopp3870 Yes, his sounds have never left me for a week since I was a kid. About two months ago
I found harpist David Ice, who actually worked extensively with DF and numerous musicians they both knew while orchestrating lots of TV music back in the 60s. ruclips.net/video/aBoPe1lZXv4/видео.html and here ruclips.net/video/LnGBC_AU1C8/видео.html&lc=Ugwz0VhUnu1JsQqC0494AaABAg.9FyZ01ycgzP9KxaiYTN9G2 I guess when you love something or someone or what they do so much it finds it way back to you. Enjoy!
@@greg1030 My favorite had to be the TV theme to 12 o’Clock High. His cues throughout that series are remarkable.
I’ve noticed early on, when Star Trek started, Alexander Courage’s fanfare in that series was exactly the same as 12 o’Clock High’s. Somethings are just in the ether at the same time.
@@papadopp3870 I see here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O%27Clock_High_(TV_series) that Quinn Martin made good on his promise to DF to use his music in his TV shows, then and years afterward. But I was never into the war genre so I never heard music from that show. Unless you dubbed the series episodes you must have a solid musical memory, since I can't find that show available on DVD. But if you loved what was pulled from DF's library plus what he later composed to score Outer Limits, you'll be even more amazed to hear what John Elizalde and Roger Farris took from it to produce Stoney Burke, a year earlier. That series is on DVD, and the sound quality is very good indeed. You ought to grab a copy while it's still in print!
AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR
LOL
Pilar?
DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY?
Larry's never met a stranger in the Alps.
HERE YOU GO, LARRY
Little prick is stonewalling me.
Alright, this is pointless. Ok, time for Plan B. You might want to watch out that front window Larry.
HERE YOU GO LARRY
I'm too young to remember this but my husband watched it. He used to sing the theme song as "Stranded, stranded on a toilet bowl/ What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll?"
Stranded
Stranded on the toilet bowl
What do you do when you're stranded
And you can't reach the roll
To prove you're a man
You must wipe with your hand
Stranded
Stranded
No telling how many young boys
my age across the country got in
trouble at school for singing that
@@maxpinson5002 I'm 63 and yes, me and many others got sent to the office for such "crude" lyrics.
This is hilarious!😂😂😂😂
DAMMIT! Posted own comment on that and guess that WASN'T made up by just me and my brothers circa early 60s. Yer hubby probably knows the rest (our variation was stranded and roll too far away): "Whatever you do for the rest of your life, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh. Good days, tho.
Thanks, all of you, for this. May the legend live on!
Just realized after my 20th viewing that when The dude is in the back of the cop car after being roofied at Jackie treehorns party, he sings part of the branded theme song.
Well, it appears that the last horse just crossed the finish line.
They say he ran away. Well, you know, that's just like, their opinion man.
No, not a matter of opinion. A matter of fact, which is either true or false.
The character of Jason McChord in Branded, was one of a man with a very strong sense of morals and integrity. To go through what he did and to actually prevent the truth from coming out is heroic on a grand scale. One of my favorite shows of all time.
@James Brice Agreed, somethings are best kept unsaid.
It was a fucking tv show. That's all. Just a stupid show.
@@foobarmaximus3506 The arts, whether it be television, a movie, a book, a play, a piece of music, has the ability to teach or show us things about our lives.
Too good to be true. Not only would i have let the truth be known-I'd have thumped the guy who "branded" me.
just started watching this on netflix and wondering why this series didn't last longer. Chuck Connors is great in it and his facial expression at the beginning speaks volumes.
Thanks for posting
Yeah. He looked constipated. I guess he eventually took a dump and the series was over.
@@foobarmaximus3506 lmao
Close kin to " Lurch?"
Stranded...... Stranded on the toilet bowl...... what do you do when you’re stranded and there’s nothing on the roll!😮
@@mrdilligaf1962 Wow, a blast from the '60. I remember it as "stranded - on the toilet bowl. Stranded - without a roll. So be a man and use your hand just don't get stuck on the toilet bowllllllllll..
In the 80s as a kid I would go with my mom to my Grandparents place, and late at night I recall this was being rerun and I loved seeing it.
"You see what you're doing to your father Larry ? You're killing your father Larry !!"
Twelve people are obviously not golfers.
Seventeen people are obviously not bowlers.
They're a bunch of fuckin' amateurs!
28 non golfers now. LOL 2020
36 non golfers, smh
@@theloniousspunk3728 a world of pain, Smokey, a world of pain
Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night.
Arthur Digby Sellers... what a genius
Insane memory cell trigger... from me and my brothers circa early 60s or whenever this ran. Theme morphed (kids, remember) into: "Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded... and you can't reach the roll? What-- evvverr y'do for the rest of your liiife, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh.
I sang this too! My version had "to prove you're a man you must wipe it with your hand" as the last lyric. I'm a millennial though, no idea where my friends and I picked it up from, I only learned it was a parody at all today. Apparently some version of "stranded on the toilet bowl" appeared in Mad Magazine in the 60s.
@@CP-ll6qg No, not much in the scheme of things today but those cultural threads are fascinating. I'm a '59 model and watched as broadcast. OBVIOUSLY youse merely continued what we ... waitaminute. Now searching for the MAD ref; that mag was all around those days so bet they did it. Cheers.
'61 model here, and we sang CP's version on the Welsh School playground, Rockford IL C. 1967-69... ah, childhood! 🥰
Not a single person was brought here by anything other than Sir John Goodman.
Omg, I watch this in b&w when I was a kid in the 1960's!! Thanks for the memories!!
I was 6 yrs old when I first heard this theme song. It’s still in my head ... one of my favorite shows I’d watch with dad. The broken sword thrown in the dirt, still emblazoned in my mind’s eye.
Aye. Watched as little kid and that theme song rolled with me the next 50+ years along w/the sword in dirt scene. But ZERO recall of any show details!
In reality, they wouldn't have gone through with all that pomp and circumstance. They'd have just shot the guy.
"Branded!!!!!"**
Another "Monster Landmark" For Actor Chuck Connors!!!!!** I Love This TV Series. 'Very Encouraging, Inspirational, And Fulfilling.** The Character "Jason McCord" Indeed Had A Great Impact In A Lot Of People Lives, Male And Female.**
A "Superb" Theme Song!!!!!**
One of the greatest TV theme song ever.
Those are good burgers, Walter.
Stephen Phillips shut the fuck up, Donnie.
We'll be near the In N' Out Burger.
Stephen Phillips SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONNIE!
Glad you liked em.
I am very familiar with Branded, watched it as a kid. Also, The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite movies.....seen it probably a dozen times. But totally not getting the numerous references to TBL. A little help maybe? Thanks!
Lebowski quotes aside, the premise for this show sounds pretty cool.
that's great! I watched this tv series when I was 8 years ago. I'm from Lima - Peru (South America). This tv series was my favorite. I remember that I wanted to be an Army Military, jeje
You're entering a world of pain.
We know it's his fuckin homework!
A classic from the Golden Age of TV. As a kid watching this, I would wonder where, exactly, Chuck was actually going when they threw him out of the fort behind his broken saber. A place in the middle of nowhere, Chuck is evicted and told to hit the dunes and don't come back... no water, no horse, no suntan oil.. WTF? On a more academic note - this series is a compelling look back at the American cultural mindset at a historic crossroads. The Vietnam War, still in the early stages, was beginning to be a huge and derisive issue for Americans as more and more kids were being called in the draft for their "duty" to serve there. And along with the increase in US Involvement, a major chasm was developing in US society. This gives us a poignant glimpse back to the beginning of The Culture War between those who saw unquestioning loyalty to the policies of US Government as one's patriotic duty and those who questioned the credibility of Washington Politicians and the sanity of throwing one's life away for a war of choice in which no demonstrable US security interests could be demonstrated. And, of course, Vietnam turned out to be a big lie that US Politicians and The Military Industrial Regime needed to sell. This is one way they went about it.
That opening song and sequence was probably the best of any Western. Thanks for drawing attention to its parallels to Vietnam.
David Christie "a war of choice in which no demonstrable US security interests could be demonstrated."
Revisionist b.s.
Oh my goodness I had forgotten Branded w/ chuck connors. It was a western I enjoyed as a kid. Love the theme song.
I remember that show. I liked it. 1966. I was just 13 then.
This was back when TV was fit to watch and had morals.
Totally agree friend. Godless unethical world we live in for sure
Yeah, everyone was white, women were treated like children, and a man threatening to knock his wife out for thinking otherwise was a guaranteed laugh from the audience.
Branded, especially the early episodes, truly are a real source of inspiration to many.
Growing up as a kid , my Uncle owned a tailor clothing store called " Mr Man". On my way to the the Dentist with my Aunt. She Said to me, "We have to drop your Uncle off at his work, before we proceed to the Dentist." My cousin Mike and me, would go to the Dentist for Braces every 2 weeks. My Aunt would always take us . But this time she had to drop off my Uncle. It was around 7:30 am when we rolled up in to my Uncle's Clothing store, to drop him off. I was shocked to find a tall man , around 6'4" standing in front of the store pointing to his watch, and looking at my Uncle as he exited the car. I said 'Is that ?" . . "YES!" my Aunt exclaimed. "He is a client of your Uncle."
"Yeah, yeah, I know the fucking show, Walter. So what?"
Look Larry, Have you ever heard of Vietnam..
And they say he ran away ..... BRANDED !!
"near" the In & Out burger!
I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST WEEK! I KEEL YOUR FACKIN CAR, MAN!
I used to watch this with my dad. Good memories!
Al Bundy brought me here
Al Bundy brought me here too.
Me 2
Me also!
Me too🤣
Me too
One of the best opening credits ever. Even if the following episode was "meh" this was always entertaining to watch. Damn that was cold what they did to him, especially an officer. You can still feel the shame and humiliation.
It was brilliant. Hard to credit that it didn't last longer.
Actually, I can imagine a reboot, as a Western or in the modern day.
Saw it happen in real life. When a officer screws up just the weight of command responsibility makes him guilty,
thats got to be one of the best intro music themes ever produced..thx for posting
Branded, marked with a cowered shame!! It will live with him forever!!
Stranded!
Outside the bathroom doooooor!
What do you do when you're stranded?
You pee on the floooooor!
Heard it a bit differently when I was growing up:.
Stranded!
Stranded on the toilet bowl,
What do you do when you're stranded,
and you don't have a roll?
To prove you're a man
you must wipe with your hand.....
Lmao 😂💀
Very good
I heard it:
Stranded, on the toilet bowl...
What do you do when you're stranded, and you can't reach the roll?
How do you prove you're a man?
When you have to use your hand?
Err....is this a good time to ask about my military pension?
"since he went away...BRANDED!"
An honor to meet you sir!!
And a good day to you sir
I definitely remember watching this on Pat Robertson's CBN (now FreeForm) back in the 80's and also on syndication on KPLC-TV 7 Lake Charles, LA
Chuck Connors from The Rifleman to Branded
Holy shit does that bring back memorys,Thats when bat-man,Man from Uncle,Munsters,I was 8 yrs old. This my military career,Branded?? You found it Doggs...
AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!
Did anyone ever watch Branded....Its a good show.
I watched Branded lying on the floor of my Aunt & Uncle’s house, directly in front of the tv on a scratchy old wool rug with lp gas space heater blowing across me.
Ch 7 in NY ran this late at night in the 80's into the 90's.
One of many great tv theme songs !
Stranded, stranded on the seat of a toilet bowl, what do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll!!! Alternative lyrics lol.😊😊
28 people found a stranger in the Alps.
Blimey, I haven't seen this for over 50 years and I remembered every word!
On my 100th watch of TBL and realized Dude is singing this in the back of the cop car.
buncha FUCKIN amateurs
Great series. Plus it starred Chuck Connors from The Rifleman.
A Married w/ Children episode and a Busta Rhymes song brought me back here! Catchy!
OMG, I just realized Dude is singing this theme in the police car.
It sucks I have to watch an episode on 244 5:30 pm on Sunday. I want to see all episodes. Great show. Was canceled too early.
So I'm walking home from work today and pass a shop called branded.. and boom this theme pops into my head and I had to come listen to it again
l un des meilleurs series westerns que jai vu dans mon enfance _ annee 1970
At roughly the same time that " NBC broadcasted Branded", Connors appeared on a few episodes of Goodson - Todman's "What's My Line." Clips from some of those episodes appear on RUclips. For instance, Connors sat in the guest panelist seat the night Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers appeared as a mystery guest.
If it weren't for Joel and Ethan, this would have faded into obscurity
Bulk of the series
my name is Brandon and I sing this with my name on my birthday with a few lyric changes. it's epic
lol.. leads..
This was one of the best TV themes of the era; too bad the series didn't live up to it. An episode of "F Troop" began somewhat like this, with Captain Parmenter (reluctantly) stripping Sgt. O'Rourke of his epaulets before learning the truth about what was really going on. Thanks for posting!
Yes truly accepting injustice cause youre the bigger man. Its how they made me feel at my last job in the RadioPharma Industry in Sanford Florida.
When I was a kid there were 7 of us living in a ONE bathroom house. We would sing this song to the tune from BRANDED.
"Stranded stuck on a toilet bowl,
What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll." Thanks to the Corona Virus Toilet Paper crisis of 2020, I am reminded of my childhood song.🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩
This song makes me dance. Reminds me that I am in good company of the proper caliber.💜🖤💜👊😘👊
I remember watching this show in Spanish in Mexico City. The theme's name was "Marcado" :-). Practically most TV shows were shown in Spanish.
RIP Chuck, we miss you and your charming looks 💖 😘 😭
Chuck was a former pro baseball player. I think he also played pro- or semi-pro basketball.
“Larry, sweetie! The men are here!”
Larry Cohen, R.I.P.
“You’re killing your father, Larry!”
Do you have to use so many curse words?
The fuck you talkin' about?
Ikr, I miss RUclips's profanity filter.
fuckin a
It's cuss words not curse words dude
Gotten in stuck in my head so many times! Haha!
and they say he ran away... BRANDED!
I only heard this song via the married with children show. I had no idea it was an actual itself 🤣. They match the visuals perfectly to the intro!
"He lives on Radford near the In and Out Burger."
"Those are good burgers Walter!"
"Shut the FUCK UP DONNY!!!!"
Random person from the crowd: "Shhhh!!!"
I remember Al Bundy on Married with Children doing this lol
Yes! Hahaha
i just saw a episode where al was playing this song right now lol..
Breaking that nightstick in half just made me laugh so hard
wasn't really into westerns, but always watched the beginning of this when it came on, I just liked the song :o)
Music by Dominic Frontiere! (He did a lot of great theme music for TV shows of the era.)
The invaders!
Solo el quedo de su batallón y la gente lo llamo marcado muy buena serie de mis favoritas que tiempos aquellos
How could you break a saber over your knee like that? If you could what would it be worth in battle...I loved this series and always watched it with my dad....but anyway.
+Torazah They finally did it. They wrecked my fucking saber.
Torazah ...I've always thought the same regarding the sabre.
There's a drawing of Alfred Dreyfus' sword being broken in the same way. I wonder if this show was inspired by the Dreyfus Affair, an innocent (French) cavalry officer drummed out and cashiered because he was wrongly convicted of treason.
Wikipedia quotes the New York Times about when it was done to Dreyfus:
"To prepare for stripping the prisoner of his insignia of rank, the prison tailor yesterday removed all the buttons and stripes from Dreyfus’ tunic, the red stripes from his trousers and the regimental number and braid from his collar and cap. These were all replaced with a single stitch so that they could be torn away readily. The condemned man’s sword was also filed almost in two, in order that it might be easily broken. The Adjutant’s quick movement and apparent effort in breaking the sword was consequently mere pretense, as only a mere touch was necessary."
They're kind of thin swords, and at the time this would've taken place they weren't main weapons but usually held for decoration purposes with the intention that it won't be used often. Also they were largely made of fairly cheap poor quality metal during this time. I'm sure it's possible. Just might not be easy.
Back when TV was decent for family viewing.
Dang!! That must have taken Connors real restraint to let his commander strip him of his dignity in front of the rest of the troops.
“Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you’re stranded, and you can’t find a roll?”
Arthur Digby Seller, Not exactly a lightweight
great stuff here. OMG they dont make showslike this. I grew up with this
chuck conners did three pro sports and he plays great guys but I loved werewolf skorzeny he payed haha great great great show