THE RIFLEMAN
1958-1963 ABC
THE RIFLE, MAN!
MAD #53, March 1960
w: Nick Meglin
a: Mort Drucker
This series centered on widowed Civil War veteran Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) living on a ranch in New Mexico with his son Mark (Johnny Crawford).
It is TV dance host Arthur Murray giving a trophy to Wyatt Earp in the opening.
The Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles a few years before this.
From How Different TV Cowboys Get Their Man in Cracked #27, November 1962, art by John Severin.
There was a comic book adaptation of the TV show. Sometimes a jpg of this cover gets passed on the internet.
A-Z GUIDE TO MOVIES AND TV SHOWS PARODIED BY MAD, CRACKED, CRAZY, ETC. UP TO 1996. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. SPOILERS AND OTHER NON-SEQUITURS, TOO. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAVE WORDS OR SITUATIONS WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLD.
Updated daily. There's posts besides this one archived in the sidebar on the right, you clods!
if you're at a laptop or desktop, right-click and open link on pages and they'll be clearer and legible in a new window.
Showing posts with label THE RIFLEMAN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label THE RIFLEMAN. Show all posts
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)





