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The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...
Not long before the show was axed, there was talk the series might be moved to a later time slot allowing it to become a bit "raunchier" (similar to the hit series Number 96) and a large new set had been built featuring a "western-style" saloon bar, so that more of the action could take place in a venue that supplied alcohol.
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The TV show Gunsmoke premiered in 1955 and brought Dodge City much publicity. The traveling public was also enamored with the new medium of television and so they wanted to visit this place called Dodge City and belly-up to the bar in the Long Branch Saloon and hoped to get a glimpse of Miss Kitty and Marshal Matt Dillon.
There was a time when westerns ruled the small screen, often taking the form of action-packed weekly morality plays. Now that they have been reinvented for a new audience, Graeme Ross rounds up ...
When television became popular in the late 1940s and 1950s, TV Westerns quickly became an audience favorite, with 30 such shows airing at prime time by 1959. Traditional Westerns faded in popularity in the late 1960s, while new shows fused Western elements with other types of shows, such as family drama, mystery thrillers, and crime drama.
Nuttal & Mann's was a saloon located in Deadwood, southern Dakota Territory, North America. It was noted for being the death-place of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. It was later renamed the "No. 10 Saloon". The current No. 10 Saloon is not at the same location as the original Nuttal & Mann's.
The Rising Sun – Merlin (BBC TV series) Rolliver's Inn – Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy; Romanoff's – The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler; The Rooster Bar – The Rooster Bar by John Grisham; The Rose & Crown (London, 1892) – Doctor Who, episode "The Snowmen" The Rose & Thorn – The Riyria Chronicles; Rosie's Bar – M*A*S*H