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Cheyenne (Television Favorites)

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Three (GREAT) episodes are the appetizer, now how about the full course Warner Bros.? There are a lot of western fans who would love to own each season of this classic series. Clint Walker was an absolutely perfect western hero: tall, broad shouldered and a man of few words.

Love the episode transfers, wish there could have been some extras (even an onscreen written summary of each episode), but hey, bare bones is better than nothing.

I hope WB will test the waters further with episodes of "Bronco," "Sugarfoot", "Lawman", "Colt .45" and "The Dakotas."

OK, it's just a 3-episode "sampler," but at least we have a few episodes of "Cheyenne" to enjoy on DVD and it does provide an evening's worth of solid Western entertainment. "Cheyenne" has historical value as it was one of Warner Brothers' very first forays into television production and it was also one of the earliest of the so-called "adult Westerns" that began airing on network television in the mid-1950s. One can only hope that this DVD (and the 3-episode "Maverick" DVD) sell well enough that more episodes might be made available. Clint Walker, "The Big Guy Himself," is excellent in this series and some episode commentaries and/or interviews with Mr. Walker would be welcome and important additions for any future DVD releases of "Cheyenne." In this regard, Warner Home Video should have borrowed a page from its subsidiary Rhino Home Video, which released "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" on the same day as this and included interview material with the star of that series, Hugh O'Brian, along with a more substantial 26 episodes on four DVDs. As it is, there are no extras on this release, though the episodes look excellent for a series that began its first broadcasts in 1955, a major reason for obtaining this disc.

This release of "Cheyenne" (and "Maverick") is like the proverbial potato chip; once you have one, you want more. How about it, Warner Home Video???

I like Cheyenne, Maverick, Bronco, Lawman...Warner Brothers Westerns from the late 50's and early 60's. You know, whoever is in charge of distribution would do very well to put these programs out for sale in blocks of one year. I would buy each and every year made available of all the shows I listed above. And, you know what? I believe that there are a lot of people out there who feel just like me. Hey guys! Hello! You would make a profit and we would have what we want: every episode of every season of all of our favorites! Thank You!

Word from TvshowsonDVD.com is that the first season of Cheyenne will be coming out sometime in 06.

A great release on DVD. Cheyenne was, and still is for those who watched the series back in the 50s and 60s, one of the best and most popular westerns in television history. Big Clint Walker was perfect as Cheyenne Bodie. The show was Warner Brothers first venture into television and the first of a succesfull series of westerns produced by the studio: Maverick (also released on DVD), Sugarfoot, Bronco, Lawman, Colt .45. For this DVD Warner picked up 3 episodes from different seasons (1st, 2nd and 6th). A good choice. We can watch 2 episodes from 1956 and 1 from 1961 and see that the series kept the quality from the beginning to the end of the 7-season running show. Cheyenne remains a classic of the genre. But now, a big complaint! Warner Bros. is celebrating 50 years in television productions, yet the only DVDs released to preserve the memory of Warner's first years on TV were a mere sample of 3 episodes each of Cheyenne and Maverick. This is an extremely poor commemoration of an important event for Warner Brothers. DVDs featuring complete seasons of both Cheyenne and Maverick should be the real and right celebration and an opportunity for the studio to restore the good shows of past years to the new audience.Hey, Clint is still around and some commentary by him on the series would be an excellent extra for the DVD.
The "Disappointed Fan" review by R. Waddingham was not fair to Warner Bros., neither to the Cheyenne DVD. Mr. Waddingham stated that all three episodes on the DVD have about 15 minutes chopped out. This is not correct. The first episode, The Storm Riders, has a running time of 43 minutes, which is the correct time for all (or most) Cheyenne episodes of the 1st. season, when Warner used some 10 minutes after the show for a "behind-the-scenes", promoting the studio movies. The other two episodes are 49 and 50 minutes each. This is the original running time. Nothing was cut. And Ty Hardin was not supposed to star in The Young Fugitives episode. For the 1961-62 season Cheyenne and Bronco alternated as part of The Cheyenne Show, so the "starring Ty Hardin as Bronco" in the logo didn't mean at all that Hardin was in the Cheyenne episode.
However, the loud question remains unanswered: Why not full seasons for Cheyenne, one the best classic westerns in television history?

The disc contained a good selection of stories, and allowing for the age of the original series, the sound and picture quality was excellent!
The studio should however, be releasing season sets rather than a sampler set(the same applies to F Troop).
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I was very young in the 50's when Cheyenne was first shown on
ABC. So I don't remember much about the show. Other than my parents loved it, and were crazy about Clint Walker. They also liked the other shows in the rotating series. Bronco and Sugarfoot.
I got this disc because I became a fan of Walker, from seeing
some of the movies he made after his show ended. Even some of his made for tv movies from the 70's were pretty decent!
But my complaints about the release of this disc is, that it was so limited. Only three episodes. Why not six, or a complete season.
The only other episodes of Cheyenne that I know to exsist, are
on vhs. One is titled "Iron Horse". The other is "the White Warior.(featuring a very young Michael Landon.)
So If you are a fan of Clint Walker, and would like to see more of the Cheyenne episodes released?
Then write to Warner Bros. corperate headquarters, and ask them
to release all of the series episodes. Including the episodes of Bronco and Sugarfoot.

I have been crazy about Clint Walker since I first saw him on "Cheyenne" in the early 60's. I had the chance to meet him and his wife at one of their public appearances last year. What a man, and what a lady!! He is still as handsome as ever, and his voice has not changed a bit. This is the first of the Cheyenne dvds to be released, and what a way to start. One of my favorites is "Quicksand." I can't wait for that one to be released. It is about time this man was recognized by Warner Bros. for all of his hard work and all the pleasure he brought to his many fans. Way to go, Warner Bros., and hurry up with all the other episodes. Clint, you're the man!

Three pretty good episodes. I was a fan of the big guy as a kid, no more imposing figure on the small screen. I don't recall the show being as talky as these episodes are. Whether they're representative of the show, I guess the memory just dims. Good production values as you might expect from a major movie studio. Recommended as long as you're not expecting the emphasis on action.

Loved the 1st season DVD series and can't wait for more to be produced. The 50-60's Western shows were the greatest but especially Cheyenne. I was and still am a fan of his calm demeanor and good looks.