Rango

Rango was one of those shows that you either loved or hated, no in between. It was ahead of it's times in the fact that it starred one of the great comedic minds of the 60's and 70's but apparently the writers had no clear idea of what to do with him. They tried to cash in on the success of F Troop by having Conway play the part of Ken Berry, who as we all remember, was the bumbling Captain who accidentally rode into command by accident and by the prodding of his brave family tree. Had Rango premiered before F Troop and had some better writing, perhaps we would all remember Rango, and F Troop would be relegated to the pile of "Also rans".

I was 13 when this show aired and don't recall much about it, but I have a vivid memory that whenever Rango was about to go do something a little dangerous, his horse would sit down on his butt and Rango had to coax and beg him into getting up.

It looked bizarre and hilarious! I wonder whatever happened to that horse... He should have gotten more work!

Tim Conway is been one of my favorite comedians and stole the scenes in "McHale's Navy". Rango and his other late 60's effort "Turn On", a "Laugh-In" rip-off which didn't even make it to the end of the first episode on some stations, needs to be re-aired just for the camp factor.

I remember when I was a youngster I saw this show and I thought it was pretty funny. Maybe not high in ratings but I think this deserves a chance. Is there any way that it can be released on video or shown on TV land sometime?

Okay, to be fair, there are people out there who will be laughing throughout at the overly silly jokes than run continuously through each episode. Tim Conway, as the bumbling marshal, is no Peter Sellers, but he handles slips and falls as good as the best of them; but I felt embarrassed for the co-stars who take the physical brunt of Conway's missteps.

The inane stories and ludicrous situations go too far, though it might have fit very well into the TV culture of the mid-'60s.

The show is saved by being only 30 minutes (or less, with commercials). I don't think anybody could take the pratfalls and canned or augmented laugher for an entire hour. I know I had trouble lasting 30 minutes.

This was the stupidist, most un-funny comedy I've ever seen. Old west cavalryman Rango Starr could do nothing right. Everything he touched went wrong causing all kinds of trouble at the outpost where he was stationed. Every time he screwed up his c.o. would foam and rave, to no avail of course. Tedious and repetitious, this could not be amusing to anyone but the severely brain damaged. -10 stars.