The Deputy - The Return of Widow Brown (1961), Full Episode Classic TV show - Henry Fonda 

What a great guitarist ! Hope you know of Danny Gatton.... We lost him way too Early. They're all in Guitar Heaven..... Be well All...

Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men maybe his best 2 and non westerns. But he sure did a lot of westerns. I liked Welcome to Hard Times.

I didn't like Henry Fonda mainly because of his personal life. I don't think that he was a very nice man. Plus because of his daughter Jayne Fonda. Perhaps he had nothing to do with her disgusting life but anyway that's just the way I feel about both he and her. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

​@winonamassingill7895 I'm judging the actor's talent. He is one of the greatest actors of all time and in the top three western actors. I bet you like John Wayne despite the fact that he dodged the draft, right?

Jazz has no place in a western. It makes it unwatchable.

It's jazz guitarist Howard Roberts playing the hot licks. Jack Marshall was HR's producer.

It's still out of place in a western!

@@ricktaylor5744 Suit yourself -- we're talking about 2 legendary musicians here!

Good music is good music, no matter where it is. Kinda refreshing not to have the same old thing. I got awfully tired of Westerns as a child growing up in the late 50s and early 60s. I actually appreciate them more now.

GOOD THING YOU USED ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. OTHERWISE PEOPLE WOULDN'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.

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I take that comment about all capitals was intended to be a snide remark. Personally I liked that it was all in caps. 😅😅😅😅

@@winonamassingill7895 See? In a free country, which most people nowadays take for granted, you're free to LIKE or DISLIKE whatever you want!

I thought it sucked, for the movie...

Awesome western

@@hikeoganessian1482 I agree, totally out of context.

I agree about the music. Doesn't really fit.

She was sadly taken from Breast Cancer at such an early age, Back in the 70's the Meds were not perfected like they are today may she RIP

Well past her prime.

@@MyREDTAIL taken BY breast cancer

"TATE" was (half of) the 1960 summer replacement for "PERRY COMO'S KRAFT MUSIC HALL" {produced by his "Roncom" company}. 13 episodes were produced.

+King Bee You are correct. In fact MacMurray got the idea from Fonda.

@@actionsub But Fonda got the idea from ME.

@@actionsub Fonda repeated that idea with The Smith Family while at Don Fedderson productions

Normal Lear? You just poisoned this program for me.

SANTA!

Jack Marshall's specialty.

@@fromthesidelines Howard Roberts plays the hot licks

I see. A Marshall protege, no doubt. 😉

It's because of the theme music. Totally out of place,in a western theme. The director should have been fired. Not that I have any thing against jazz. it simply doesn't fit.

@Terry Blanton actually fonda was a marshal but your right about the rest

You bet me to the draw partner. I was going to say, that Dennis Holmes was on Laraie too. I'm gonna ride off into the sunset now. Rat! some polecat stole my horse!( ; )

Howard Roberts plays the hot licks - Jack Marshall composed and was HR's producer

The guitar was incredible. If you close the guitar was creating song s such as happy together by the turtles, and shredding way before Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix,.. a very classically trained guitarist. He was related to Christopher parkening who was trained by Segovia the great classical guitarist.

He liked it that way. You rarely saw "Marshal Fry" in a full episode. Most of the time, he'd be there at the beginning and/or end of the story- and most of the time, he'd narrate what was going on.

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point ! The harmonica stuff is ok but some of those guitar riffs get rather jazzy ! Very odd music for a TV Western !!

Jack composed - Howard Roberts played

+Ted Alan I understand that the guy as great, but the music throughout the program just doesn't fit. At times, I feel like I am sitting here watching an episode of Deputy Dawg since there was always a guitar player in the background while the cartoon played ,lol. The composer of the music for this show also did the music for The Munster's TV show. I LOVE the closing theme for this show, "The Deputy"!

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marbleman52 u r sure of something I'm just not sure what!?? lol

Dan Reese Possibly "Tate".

Arthur Johnson thanks but don't think its that. It was a 30 min tv western about post civil war , 3 Rebs , one had a arm missing , one younger blond hair guy who I saw in some Audie Murphy movies and an older guy .

Dan Reese sounds like bronco (1957 or 1958) mixed with The Restless Gun (1957 TV Series) and a few more mixed in can you narrow it down any? like black and white/ color? any major stars? decade?

Dan Reese Try Soldier of Fortune. Not quire what you describe but close.

lord i have not even thought of that show in 30 years .

MIKE VON BACH I have to agree. I can't take the jazz background. The same for I believe the cowboy show Lancer. Just doesn't fit.

I like the music.

He played the role in the movie. I think this show was based on it.

+FIERO871 Wimmen where wimmen in them days not like the matchstick wimmen ya get today apart from fastfood wimmen.

+FIERO871 Now how do you supose they got the acting part despite fierce competition from flat-chested women? Regards

All natural no such thing as Silicone back then Woman were all Woman etc

This particular one certainly loosens the nuts.

Women back then always eat good and fresh foods unlike all the chemical fatty foods today

No this is the correct theme.

+Randy King Henry, especially in the second season where this episode aired, usually took a back seat to Allen Case. His idea was to wander in at the beginning, make a cameo appearance to set up the plot, and then maybe show up in the last scene to have the last word. Even at that, he did tend to chew up the scenery in his short appearances. Also, he set up his contract where he did most all his scenes for the season in a marathon shooting session, which is why you rarely saw him interact with anyone except Allen Case and Read Morgan's characters. That was the only way MCA could even talk him into coming over to TV. It worked out so well for Fonda that when CBS tried to talk one of his friends, Fred MacMurray, into doing a sitcom, Fonda told MacMurray "here's how you do it..."

I agree..

Randy King do not put them where they do not belong.

Randy King part of the reason the show failed. It was billed as a Fonda show. He was barely in it then when he was he was a distraction. Good show otherwise for a young boy

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+King Bee "Shotgun Slade" and "The Deputy" both came from the Revue studios. There was a period there at Revue where the music department had a heavy jazz influence. As for "Shotgun Slade", that was a deliberate attempt to mash up "Peter Gunn" with a Western setting, hence the jazz music.

Mike Stidham Revue/MCA, Screen Gems and Desilu were very smart with their huge influence over TV programming in that era...they made sure all three networks had equal shots st their programming to avoid any hint of collusion or anti-trust concerns. CBS turned down Desilu's "The Untouchables" after first asking for it's pilot to be developed. ABC said "gimme!" and had a 4-year hit.

+King Bee They did a good job with that, though it still seemed that Revue/Universal seemed to have a patron in NBC (now part owners), Desilu/Paramount the same way with CBS (again now part owners), and the other studios (20th Century Fox and WB) sold their shows heavily to ABC (now owned by Disney). It could also be argued that CBS turning down the "Untouchables" pilot also opened up a long and successful relationship between "Untouchables" executive producer Quinn Martin and the ABC network as well.

Mike Stidham Agreed on all points! Say...did we miss our calling? Should we have been '60s TV execs in sharkskin suits and skinny ties like "Mad Men?" (smile)

+King Bee Westerns were so prolific, everybody had to have a gimmick to set it apart from the others. "Tate" had one arm. "Shotgun Slade" had a rifle/shotgun over/under, Josh Randall had his "mare's leg", "The Rifleman" shot his Winchester like a machine gun.... etc. etc.

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there was a different channel that had a whole bunch of these episodes but they got taken down. what was the reason for that?

They probably posted copyrighted stuff.

Only one episode seen it nuff times

Echo Mr nelson.y"all did all the time because of CR

Because composer and guitarist Jack Marshall landed the coveted contract to provide music for the series. Marshall was a staple at Revue Productions, later known as Universal Television (e.g., "The Munsters," the adorable Debbie Watson's "Karen," "Channing" (as in Channing College) all had the Marshall sound)). When I first saw this episode I thought "background music sounds like 'Laredo'." That's a Revue / Universal one-hour western that followed a few seasons later. Checking IMDB, "bingo!" Yeah, it's the same guy, Jack Marshall. He did a ton of other stuff. Oh, back in the day, my how "Laredo" had a sound unlike any other TV western, thanks to that jazzy, flashy guitar sound. It admittedly sounded out of place for an "oater" (as trade paper VARIETY termed westerns, "back in the day"). Now that I've seen an episode of "The Deputy" -- 'The Return of Widow Brown' -- I can correct that to say "unlike 'The Deputy' or 'Laredo'." A full decade after "The Deputy", composer / arranger Pete Rugulo "went to town" with several outstanding, unique scores on episodes of the fondly remembered "Alias Smith and Jones." Personally, I "warmed to it," Marshall's "Deputy" music -- despite its sounding anachronistic. Most importantly, it's not annoying like some scores.

@@scvandy3129 Cool. Thanks for the history lesson!

Laurence Lance they were being trendy for the times, which was the sixties. At least, that's the way it seems to me. 😁🙏

How did she put that heavy tree on the wagon to carry it? With the help of her son, may be.