brendabin 113 posts Sep 24, 2009 8:20 PM	I saw a blurb in the paper today that really made me feel OLD, OLD, OLD!. Bonanza debuted 50 years ago this week. Can you believe that! The episodes are still running today and are just as entertaining as they were back then.
Frank 78 posts Sep 24, 2009 8:41 PM	That was (and still is) a great show. Does anybody know if Purnell Roberts is still alive? I know the rest of them are gone now. By the way, I read that James Arness from Gun Smoke is still going strong in his 80's. There is still hope for big guys!
brendabin 114 posts Sep 25, 2009 3:25 AM	Frank, I "googled" him and he is still alive. I was surprised to see that he attended Maryland U. I don't know if he attended in College Park or one of the branches associated with the military, Back then Maryland was all over the world. Now there are so many more colleges for military to choose from.
dustycake 184 posts Sep 25, 2009 3:27 AM	Well Frank,While Little Joe,Hoss and Pa are checking out the scenery in another world,Adam is still doing bit parts in this one.He is 81 years old.Not kicking as high as he once was.TVLand has a lot of the oldies we grew up with. Last Edited on Sep 25, 2009 3:27 AM
BonnieLee 322 posts Sep 25, 2009 5:33 AM	Alot of them are still going strong, Clint Eastwood is. He may not be as strong but he is really great for someone in his 80's. I was watching Jay Leno this week and Jack La Lane was on the show. He is 95. To my surprise, he only came up to Leno's shoulders. He didn't look stooped. I didn't realize he was that short in his prime. He was our parent's exercise guru.
Frank 79 posts Sep 25, 2009 8:27 AM	One of my favorite actors from the 50's was Fess Parker, who worked for Disney and played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. I've heard that Fess is still doing well and is nearing 90 now. He inspired a lot of kids like me to become interested in American history. Everybody wanted a coon skin cap back then and we all knew the words to Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier. Last Edited on Sep 25, 2009 2:19 PM
stickygreene 34 posts Sep 26, 2009 1:58 PM	I still have my coon skin cap ,Frank ! A Kentucky long would really look good with it. If you send me a rifle , I'll send you a picture.
Frank 83 posts Sep 26, 2009 5:24 PM	I'm working on it!
BonnieLee 329 posts Sep 27, 2009 4:21 AM	Sticky, wear your coon skin cap to lunch on November 2nd when Mike comes to lunch. We will all sing Davy Crockett when you come in the restaurant. That would be a hoot.
nancy p 345 posts Oct 04, 2009 3:32 PM	Yes, Pernell Roberts, this may be his first work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4hsMRHbTvE I used to faithfully watch One Step Beyond on Friday Nights for the year and a half that it was on. Reenactments of phenomena. John Newland was so cool. Anyway The Vision is the story of something that happened in the skies over Europe during WWI. Everyone experienced it differently, lights, angels, something personal. But for one day/night the soldiers in Europe could not kill each other. I've read accounts about it. One Step Beyond did a show on it. It's rough, but a true story.
Jeanna 42 posts Oct 05, 2009 9:51 AM	Fess Parker now owns a winery near Santa Barbara, CA. and if you want, you can still buy a coon skin cap. http://www.fessparker.com/
Frank 89 posts Oct 06, 2009 10:53 AM	The Fess Parker site is interesting, I might have to buy a bottle of wine and a coon skin hat. I would need the bottle of wine to wear the hat in public. ;>) Nancy, I wasn't sure if his name was spelled Purnell or Pernell, of course I picked the wrong spelling! Thanks for the link.