Rawhide - The Second Season, Vol. 1 (1959)

Rawhide 2nd Season, volume 1

Received in good time, in good shape, all as advertised! Will highly recommend the seller!! January 18, 2008

paramount gets greedy

Rawhide is one of the greatest tv shows of all time. Paramount has decided to split the seasons, which of course gets Paramount more money. I'll buy volume 2 when it comes out in december, which speaks of the quality of the show. However this is a disturbing trend which also happened to the second season of The Big Valley from Fox November 15, 2007

oh, no. please don't go to the volumes.

This show is a classic, and the Season 1 DVD was great. The second season however has not been given as much care. The cheaper packaging and volume 1 only release makes me think the first did not sell very well and Paramount was not willing to throw more money at the franchise if it did not show continuing interest. So if you are a western fan or Clint Eastwood fan, go out and buy this to show the studio that there is a market and they will continue to release the future installments of Clint and the Gang. September 26, 2007

The Best TV Western ever made

I can't emphasize how wonderful these stories were done by a great acting crew who made you feel like you were in the old west and on a trail drive experiencing all these incidents that crossed their paths. The acting is incredible by Eric Fleming and the whole crew. The stories are presented in black and white, but it doesn't matter because the quality of the stories are classics. These stories take me back to when television was a pleasure to watch and quality stories were shown. Louie Lamour would be proud of these writers who wrote these stories. What is so amazing about Rawhide is that it draws you in to feeling that you are really there with the drovers and are caught up in the stories. In my opinion the Rawhide series was the greatest western series ever produced for television, when television was worth watching. If you can't buy the DVD series then rent it if you can. You won't be sorry. September 25, 2007

Simply the BEST Western series ever!

I've made a bold statement.

Why is this the best series ever?

Well, mostly the writing. The stories are much more intriguing and surprising than any other Western series available on dvd. Sure, I like Gunsmoke, I like Daniel Boone... but these have stories that are much more simple, or "Little House"-ish; that is, 1/3 the way through, you know what's going to happen. Personally I get bored with this type of story.

With Rawhide, you never quite know where they're going with a story, and that makes for good tv viewing!

Also, there's the acting: Clint Eastwood in one of his early roles, is great. But also Eric Fleming as Mr. Favor is great, and Sheb Wooley as Pete, and then there is one of my personal favorites, Paul Brinegar as Wishbone, who always brings a laugh or two to the series with his "old goat" personality and his almost-inedible food.

But to my mind, the acting - while indeed very good - is secondary to the writing, which is exceptional, making each story different and compelling.

I can't wait for the rest of the seasons to come out! I wonder if it continues its brilliance all the way through? September 18, 2007

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