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The Rango name was a fictious name made up for their family to become citizens of America. This was during the very early 1900's to escape the dangerousness and poverty sweeping much of western Europe and to provide a way of sounding and assimilating into american culture with the goal of trying to have a piece of good ole american pie, you know. - Art |
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''This article is on the TV show. For the 1931 film, see [[Rango (film)]].'' |
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'''Rango''' was a [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[situation comedy]] starring [[comedian]] [[Tim Conway]] which was broadcast in the [[United States]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television network]] in [[1967]]. |
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In ''Rango'', Conway played an inept [[Texas Ranger]] who had been assigned to the quietest post the Rangers had, Deep Wells, so as to keep him from creating unnecessary trouble. The Rangers apparently would have like to have removed him from the service altogether but were prevented from doing so by the fact that his father was their commander. But he seemed to bring his own trouble with him, as crime suddenly returned to a place that had seen very little of it the prior 20 years. |
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Also appearing in ''Rango'' was the [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] character Pink Cloud ([[Guy Marks]]), an overly-assimilated Indian who was very fond of the ways of the [[whites]] and whose command of the [[English language]] was generally better than theirs. (Example: "Rango say him return when sun high over teepee. By that, I presume he meant that he would be back by noon.") |
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Despite a theme song co-written by [[Earle Hagen]] and sung by [[Frankie Laine]], ''Rango'', like other future Tim Conway starring vehicles on network television, ran for less than a year. |
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==References== |
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Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]]'' |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061288/ ''Rango'' at the Internet Movie Database] |
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[[Category:American Broadcasting Company network shows]] |
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[[Category:1960s American television series]] |
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[[Category:1967 television series debuts]] |
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[[Category:1967 television series endings]] |
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[[Category:Television series by CBS Paramount Television]] |
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Revision as of 11:19, 12 July 2008
The Rango name was a fictious name made up for their family to become citizens of America. This was during the very early 1900's to escape the dangerousness and poverty sweeping much of western Europe and to provide a way of sounding and assimilating into american culture with the goal of trying to have a piece of good ole american pie, you know. - Art