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3.0 out of 5 stars
Classic? no. Brilliant? No way! Fun? Kinda., October 9, 2005
This review is from: Dusty's Trail - The Almost Complete First (And Only) Season (DVD)
Dusty's Trail is a sitcom where Bob Denver plays a simple-minded, accident prone sidekick to the leader of a group of desperate people. The leader refers to Denver as his "little pal" (gee, that sounds familiar). The people they are leading consists of a cross section of American society; a rich man and his wife, a well educated professional, an entertainer and a simple country girl (I swear, I've heard this before). They have many wacky adventures. In one episode, one of the women is carried off by an escaped gorilla. In another episode, they are threatened by a soon-to-erupt volcano (I know I've heard this somewhere before, I just can't place it).
Okay, let's be frank, "Dusty's Trail" is painfully derivative, and never aspires for a minute to be anything but low-grade slapstick silliness. Even so, it's not that bad. The two leads are Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker, two very well established comic actors. Tucker plays a dedicated straight man, unlike the Skipper from -that other sitcom- who shared a "Laurel and Hardy" relationship with Denver. The rest of the cast ranges from "quite enjoyable" to "competently managing the role they were handed." The plots are ridiculous, but pleasant brain candy and simple enough for kids to appreciate.
Despite what it says on the DVD cover, "Dusty's trail" is not classic TV. Frankly, it's not even above average. Still, if you have some pocket change to blow, and you are curious what Bob Denver was doing in the early 70's, you might give this largely forgotten series a try. This set would be especially good as a companion piece to that other Bob Denver series, you know the one.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
the profeser built a time machine out of two coconuts and sent gilligan back to the old west, March 27, 2006
This review is from: Dusty's Trail - The Almost Complete First (And Only) Season (DVD)
as everyone has said this is a short lived series by the same people who gave us gilligan's island, and it's the same show just out west.i think they even used some of the same scripts,they used the same extras , and the laugh track is even the same i think.
now to be fair, i'm a father of two boys and my wife and i try to keep them from most of the shows on tv at this time,so we use dvd's of our favorate old shows as things they can watch. they have loved gilligan's island and i remember this show from when it came out in the 70's.
it's not as good and is even by gilligan standerds silly, but it has a so bad it's good charm and the late bob denver did have a natural charm and apeal on the tube.for the skipper role of wagon master f-troop star and underrated actor forrest tucker was cast and he was very good i think in this very silly role. the others, a rich man and his wife, a saloon girl ,a school teacher i think she was , and a very smart farmer make up the rest of a wagon train that is lost from the rest of the party and wanders thru the west looking for california.
like i said the stories are very much like gilligan's and so this is not a show for everyone, and classic by no means,but it is slap stick and corn and my young sons will set with me and we all laugh at the silly stories. that makes it one i own and enjoy very much.
like i said , not everyone is going to like it and it is very much a come down from gilligan's island,but my boys and i like it and we have family movie and popcorn night with this and other old shows on friday night. an added bonus is that i don't have to worry about bad words or other non kid friendly things poping up and can leave the room for a second and not worry, so that gets this low-brow series 4 stars and a thank you from this parent
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little more realistic than Gilligan's Island, April 2, 2005
This review is from: Dusty's Trail - The Almost Complete First (And Only) Season (DVD)
is Dusty's Trail. Situations here are slightly more believable. The non-Bob Denver actors are all about as good as the GI cast (though Ivor Francis as rich Mr. Brookhaven is a little inferior to Jim Backus as Mr. Howell). This is one of Denver's better post-GI efforts as he shines very well as Dusty. I just bought this on DVD having seen four DT series eps strung together on VHS minus the laugh track (which was put back on this DVD version). I love DT.
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