Television at its' worst!
From the producer of "Gilligan's Island" (considered in many quarters to be the dumbest T.V. show in history but fondly remembered), Sherwood Schwartz, came this almost plot-by-plot, character-by-character copy, "Dusty's Trail". With not one note of originality, each character was lifted from "Gilligan's Is- land" and placed in the old west. Bob Denver (Gilligan in the original series) played inept assistant wagon master Dusty, For- rest Tucker played Callahan (the Skipper character) the wagon master, and the rest of the characters: Mr. and Mrs. Brookhaven, the stuffy, wealthy Bostonians (Howells). Lulu, the saloon girl (Ginger). Betsy, the wholesome schoolteacher (Mary Ann). Andy, a regular guy type (Professor).
The plot involved Dusty ineptly causing a Conestoga wagon to become separated from the rest of the wagon train and having to bumble their way, lost toward California. Everything was directly ripped-off from Schwartz's successful "Gilligan's Island" which at least had the distinction of being a network series. "Dusty's Trail" was a first-run syndicated show so the budgets were almost non-existent, making the series not only unfunny but also cheap and embarrassing looking.
Television at its' worst!
The plot involved Dusty ineptly causing a Conestoga wagon to become separated from the rest of the wagon train and having to bumble their way, lost toward California. Everything was directly ripped-off from Schwartz's successful "Gilligan's Island" which at least had the distinction of being a network series. "Dusty's Trail" was a first-run syndicated show so the budgets were almost non-existent, making the series not only unfunny but also cheap and embarrassing looking.
Television at its' worst!
- Rockstar-5
- 3 अग॰ 1999