Gun Shy (TV series)
Appearance
Gun Shy | |
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Genre | Comedy-western |
Directed by | Peter Baldwin Marc Daniels Alan Myerson |
Starring | Barry Van Dyke Tim Thomerson Keith Mitchell Bridgette Andersen Henry Jones Geoffrey Lewis |
Music by | Dennis McCarthy |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | William Robert Yates |
Producers | Eric Cohen Tom Leetch |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | March 15 – April 19, 1983 |
Gun Shy is an American sitcom that was shown on CBS from March 15 to April 19, 1983.[1] The series, produced by Walt Disney Productions, was based on its popular comedy-western films The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979).
Premise
Set in 1869, a gambler (Van Dyke) wins two children (Mitchell and Andersen) in a poker game and moves to Quake City, California.[2]
Cast
- Barry Van Dyke as Russell Donovan
- Tim Thomerson as Theodore Ogilvie
- Geoffrey Lewis as Amos Tucker
- Keith Mitchell as Clovis (episodes 1–4)
- Adam Rich as Clovis (episodes 5–6)
- Bridgette Andersen as Celia
- Henry Jones as Homer McCoy
- Janis Paige as Nettie McCoy
- Pat McCormick as Col. Mound
US TV Ratings
Season | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Nielsen Rank | Nielsen Rating | Tied With |
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1982–83 | 6 | March 15, 1983 | April 19, 1983 | 83[3] | N/A | N/A |
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Western Velvet" | Unknown | Unknown | March 15, 1983 | |
Donovan wins a horse in a game of cards and gives it to his son, but he later finds out that the horse is a legendary racehorse. | |||||
2 | "Pardon Me Boy, Is That the Quake City Choo Choo?" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 1983 | |
Theodore and Amos are the two only people standing in the way of Quake City becoming a railroad stop. | |||||
3 | "What Do You Mean We, Amigo?" | Unknown | Unknown | March 29, 1983 | |
A legendary gunfighter (Lyle Waggoner) returns to Quake City. | |||||
4 | "You Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1983 | |
Donavan challenges a card shark (Henry Polic II) who previously beat him to another game of cards. | |||||
5 | "Reading, Writing and Robbing" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 1983 | |
A stagecoach is repeatedly ambushed by robbers. | |||||
6 | "Mail Order Mommy" | Unknown | Unknown | April 19, 1983 | |
Amos' mail order bride (Delta Burke) thinks Donovan is the one for her. |
References
- ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 228–229. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- ^ "Gun Shy Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ Lina. "The TV Ratings Guide: 1982-83 Ratings History -- Soap Bubbles Rise, Several Veterans Part and NBC Renews Poorly Rated Masterpieces". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
External links
Categories:
- 1983 American television series debuts
- 1983 American television series endings
- 1980s American sitcoms
- Television series set in the 1860s
- 1980s Western (genre) television series
- English-language television shows
- CBS original programming
- Television shows set in California
- Television series by Disney
- Television series based on Disney films
- Television shows set in Tennessee