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Incredibly successful [[NBC]] western about a group of pioneers heading out west after the [[American Civil War]]. The show lasted eight years, in part thanks to the broad range of story lines that its [[Walking the Earth]] format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those [[Wagon Train to |
Incredibly successful [[NBC]] western about a group of pioneers heading out west after the [[American Civil War]]. The show lasted eight years, in part thanks to the broad range of story lines that its [[Walking the Earth]] format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those [[Wagon Train to the Stars|five famous words]] Gene Roddenberry used to pitch ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. |
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* [[Adventure Towns]] |
* [[Adventure Towns]] |
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* [[Actor Existence Failure]]: Ward Bond unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1961, necessitating a change to John |
* [[Actor Existence Failure]]: Ward Bond unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1961, necessitating a change to John McIntyre as the new lead. Interestingly, no episode actually deals with Maj. Adams' (Bond's character) leaving/retiring/dying, and so the next episode is McIntyre's character taking over from a tyrranical replacement played by [[Lee Marvin]]. |
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* [[Fair for Its Day]]: While still painting the settlers as mostly heroic people taming a wilderness, the show did not generally trade in "savage scalping redskin" depictions of Indians, and most characters were written as real people and not as national/ethnic stereotypes. |
* [[Fair for Its Day]]: While still painting the settlers as mostly heroic people taming a wilderness, the show did not generally trade in "savage scalping redskin" depictions of Indians, and most characters were written as real people and not as national/ethnic stereotypes. |
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* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]] |
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:46, 1 October 2020
Incredibly successful NBC western about a group of pioneers heading out west after the American Civil War. The show lasted eight years, in part thanks to the broad range of story lines that its Walking the Earth format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those five famous words Gene Roddenberry used to pitch Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Tropes used in Wagon Train include:
- Adventure Towns
- Actor Existence Failure: Ward Bond unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1961, necessitating a change to John McIntyre as the new lead. Interestingly, no episode actually deals with Maj. Adams' (Bond's character) leaving/retiring/dying, and so the next episode is McIntyre's character taking over from a tyrranical replacement played by Lee Marvin.
- Fair for Its Day: While still painting the settlers as mostly heroic people taming a wilderness, the show did not generally trade in "savage scalping redskin" depictions of Indians, and most characters were written as real people and not as national/ethnic stereotypes.
- Instrumental Theme Tune
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