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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: The Complete 1st Season
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Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Nostalgia! 5 out of 5 stars.
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It was very entertaining and the quality was good. It brought back memories from when I was a kid. It was one of the best christmas presents!
Sgt Preston 4 out of 5 stars.
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1950s TV series about a Mountie and his beloved dog, set in the late 1890s Yukon Gold Rush. Think wild woolly western travelling lawman with plenty of snow (the cold and wet kind) and no female companionship whatsoever. Richard Simmons stars as the requisite handsome mustachioed Mountie, derivative of the 1930-1950 Challenge of the Yukon Radio series. Small parts were actually filmed outdoors. There are dogsleds, steamships, telegraphs, Eskimoes, Indians, plus French and English speaking Canadians. Not quite the usual Classic Western, but produced by the same people who did The Lone Ranger. Fun series.
Editorial Review:
Richard Simmons stars as Sgt. Frank Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who, along with his horse "Rex" and faithful Canadian Husky dog "Yukon King", enforced law and order in Alaska during the turbulent turn-of-the-century gold rush. This beloved TV series was based on the popular radio series created by George W. Trendle, who also created "The Lone Ranger" and "The Green Hornet". This complete first season collection includes all 33 color episodes on 5 DVDs. Look for the 55 episodes from the remaining 2nd and 3rd seasons to be released in the near future, only by Critics Choice Video and DVD.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Season 3
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Here is the Yukon....(season #3) 4 out of 5 stars.
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The 78 half-hour episodes of the "kiddie" television adventure series "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" were originally broadcast on CBS during the 1955 to 1958 broadcast seasons; and in syndication for many years after. The Season Two DVD set features the 22 episodes from the third and final season. The episode titles and their original air-dates are listed below; it was a Thursday night show.
This was one of many transplants from network television. It was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker who also put together both the radio and television versions of "The Lone Ranger" and the radio version of "The Green Hornet".
At a time of look-alike westerns filmed on the back-lots of Hollywood, "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" offered viewers the white landscape of Canada's Yukon Territory. It was actually filmed each winter in the mountains near Big Bear Lake, in southern California.
Like "The Lone Ranger", each week the story's setting and characters were described by the narrator in the opening credits: "Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police with Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog breaking the trail in the relentless pursuit of lawbreakers, in the wild days of the Yukon. Back to the days of the Gold Rush, as Sergeant Preston, with his wonder dog, Yukon King, meets the challenge of the Yukon".
The gold rush he is talking about occurred in the 1890's as Canada's desolate western frontier found itself suddenly occupied by a swarm of gold crazed miners, cutthroats, and tenderfeet. It was up to Sgt. Preston (his first name is never used) to track down thieves, murderers, and claim jumpers. The job left him no time for romance even though his Boston Blackie mustache, red uniform, puffed-out trousers, and DI would no doubt have driven the ladies crazy.
No doubt the education of baby boomers on NWMP lore was responsible for the successful introduction of "Dudley Do-right" to "Rocky and and His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show" (1959-1964).
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
Old Ben's Gold: 3 October 1957, The Rebel Yell: 10 October 1957, The Mark of Crime: 17 October 1957, Storm the Pass: 24 October 1957, Old Faithful: 31 October 1957, The Skull in the Stone: 7 November 1957, Ghost Mine: 14 November 1957, The Jailbreaker: 21 November 1957, Out of the Night: 28 November 1957, Three Men in Black: 5 December 1957, Lost River Roundup: 12 December 1957, The Old Timer: 19 December 1957, Battle at Bradley's: 26 December 1957, The Generous Hobo: 2 January 1958, Follow the Leader: 9 January 1958, Gold Rush Patrol: 16 January 1958, Grizzly: 23 January 1958, The Diamond Collar: 30 January 1958, Escape to the North: 6 February 1958, Outlaw in Uniform: 13 February 1958, Boy Alone: 20 February 1958, The Criminal Collie: 27 February 1958
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This season originally aired 1957-1958 and includes 22 digitally restored episodes in color: Old Ben's Gold, The Rebel Yell, The Mark of Crime, Storm the Pass, Old Faithful, The Skull in the Stone, Battle at Bradleys, Generous Hobo, Gold Rush Patrol, Grizzly, Ghost Mine, Jailbreaker, out of the Night, Three Men in Black & more! These are the final 22 episodes of the series.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Volume One
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Here's four FULL COLOR episodes of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Includes "One bear too many", "trapped", "Phantom of Phantomville", and "Skaway Secret".
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Season 2
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- Television Collection
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Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Sgt Preston for truth, justice and the Canadian way. 4 out of 5 stars.
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1950s TV series about a Mountie and his beloved dog, set in the late 1890s Yukon Gold Rush. Think wild woolly western travelling lawman with plenty of snow (the cold and wet kind) and no female companionship whatsoever. Richard Simmons stars as the requisite handsome mustachioed Mountie, derivative of the 1930-1950 Challenge of the Yukon Radio series. Small parts were actually filmed outdoors. There are dogsleds, steamships, telegraphs, Eskimoes, Indians, plus French and English speaking Canadians. Not quite the usual Classic Western, but produced by the same people who did The Lone Ranger. 2nd round of fun stuff.
Editorial Review:
Digitally remastered 4 disc box set. First aired 1955-1956. Richard Simmons gave television its first look at the law-enforcing style of the Royal Canadian Mounted police at work in Alaska. Simmons portrays the fearless Sergeant Preston who spends his time patrolling the wilds of the Yukon Territory during the turn-of-the-century chaos that accompanied the gold rush era. Ably assisted by his horse, Rex, and his loyal Canadian husky dog, Yukon King, the beloved Sgt. Preston brings law and order to ta time and place where little existed. DISC 1: THE LIMPING KING THE ROOKIE PACK ICE JUSTICE REVENGE LITTLEST ROOKIE LOST PATROL DISC 2 KING OF HERSCHEL ISLAND GHOSTS OF THE ANVILS (aka FANTASTIC CREATURES) EYE OF EVIL LUCK OF THE TRAIL RETURN VISIT TOBACCO SMUGGLERS DISC 3 TURNABOUT EMERGENCY ON SCARFACE FLAT THE WILLIWAW BORDER ACTION THE BLACK ACE SCOURGE OF THE WILDERNESS DISC 4 BLIND JUSTICE THE STOLEN MALAMUTE THE DEVIL'S ROOST TEN LITTLE INDIANS UNDERGROUND AMBUSH
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
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Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Great TV series for the entire family! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This was one of my favorite TV series. As a kid I used to watch this TV series every Saturday morning (along with the other great TV series like The Lone Ranger, Sky King, Rin Tin Tin, Kit Carson, etc). back in the 50s and early 60s.The DVD set is excellent and comes in a very attractive tin litho case, with the name and images of "Sergeant Preston with Yukon King" raised in 3-D on the lid.
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Studio: Timeless Media Group Release Date: 05/06/2008 Run time: 250 minutes
TV Compilations: TV's Greatest Detectives: "Adventure of Sherlock Holmes", Mr. & Mrs. North", "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon", Dangerous Assignment"
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Movies to Remember 4 out of 5 stars.
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All of the old detectives we watached on black & white tv. GREAT !!!!
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Pennsylvania Gun): Ronald Howard stars as Sherlock Holmes. - - - - -Mr. & Mrs. North (Comic Strip Tease) The Norths enlist the aid of a cartoonist to help crack a gang of teenage criminals who are terrorizing neighbors. - - - - -Sgt. Preston of the Yukon (Black Ace): Sergeant Preston of the Royal Candian Mounted Police astride his horse "Rex" and accompanied by his dog "Yukon King" enforces law and order in Alaska at the turn of the century. - - - - -Dangerous Assignment (Memory Chain Story): Brian Donlevy stars as Government Agent Steve Mitchell - a part he originated on radio. Dangerous Assignment An American agent (Brian Donlevy) travels the world investigating cases of espionage, sabotage and threats to U.S. security.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
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Set in the frozen tundra of Canada's Yukon Territory in the late 1800's, Sergeant Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rode alongside his trusted Husky sidekick, Yukon King. Preston could often be heard encouraging his sled dogs through the snow with cries of "On, King. On, you Huskies!" Battling the elements and criminals alike, he single-handedly fought for peace and justice. Preston set out to protect settlers and gold miners who came to make their home in this frozen wilderness. Naturally, like all good Mounties, he always got his man.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon - 4 Classic TV Episodes
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The call once again goes out: "On, King! On, you huskies!" There's plenty of action and adventure in the Great White North with Richard Simmons as the intrepid Mountie who always gets his man. The four episodes include = Episode 14 [Jan.5, 1956] One Bear Too Many-- Episode 17 [Jan.26,1956] Phantom of Phoenixville-- Episode 18 [Feb.2, 1956] Trapped-- Episode 20 [Feb,16 1956] Skagway Secret--
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Vol. 2
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Reel Values TV Classics, Vol. 3 (Judge Roy Bean / Sergeant Preston of the Yukon)
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Average rating: 2.0 of 5
Interesting programs, poor transfers... 2 out of 5 stars.
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As with the other offerings in the Reel Values TV Classics set, this one is worth a viewing primarily because the shows being offered are rather rare and hard to find elsewhere on DVD.
That being said, this disc is probably the poorest of the ones in the set that I currently own. The shows are both in color, but the "Judge Roy Bean" transfer is horribly oversaturated to the point of blurred muddiness. "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" goes in the opposite direction; so pale and washed out, that the color that was originally there becomes somewhat incidental.
Other than that, the shows themselves are a wonderful trip back in time, when shows were simpler and held to a more black and white morality than we have on TV today.
"Judge Roy Bean" features Edgar Buchanan (forever famous as Old Uncle Joe from "Petticoat Junction"), as the famous western figure who bent the Law to suit his own purposes. Naturally, the show makes Bean out to be a hero, when real history paints a darker picture of the man. Regardless, the show is fun, and one of these episodes even features the western star Lash La Rue as a black hat (he actually appeared in several episodes of this series).
Shot on location at Pioneertown, a western movie set location in Southern California that was used for many film and TV westerns, the show has both an air of accuracy and absurdity. Jack Buetel, Russell Hayden (co-founder of Pioneertown), and Jackie Loughery round out the regular cast."Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" is impressive if for no other reason than the production appeared to have been made partially on location in a snowy area, which reveals a bit of money was spent on that part of the show. Dick Simmons plays the lawman Sergeant Preston, and is the master of he-man heroics bordering almost upon satire of all he-men characters. William Shatner's portrayal of Captain Kirk has nothing on Simmons' portrayal of Sergeant Preston, but that's half the fun (and, I suspect, the origin of the cartoon character Dudley Dooright). If memory serves, Simmons either originated or at least played the role of Preston in the "Sergeant Preston" radio show that the TV show was based on.
Both "Sergeant Preston" and "Judge Roy Bean" are pretty much mid-50s kids' shows, and even more wholesome and harmless for kids to watch unattended today than they were when originally broadcast.
If only the transfers or source elements were better, the disc would be less of a disappointment, and more of the pleasant surprise that the other discs in the Reel Values TV Classics set are.
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