Hopalong Cassidy: The Complete Television Series - Together with his horse Topper, and his sidekick Red Connors, Hopalong righted wrongs and punished bad guys while turning the classic image of the white-hatted good guy upside down. William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy - a do-gooder cowboy, with a characteristic tall black hat - bears the distinction of being one of the only western heroes of his ilk to make smooth segue from silent films to talkies to television, and he was also one of the first actors to take advantage of his character's popularity with a huge merchandising push. The TV episodes - which ran from 1949 through 1951 on NBC - essentially followed the same formula as the big screen pictures, and also featured Cassidy's horse, Topper, and his sidekick, Red Connors (Edgar Buchanan). This box set contains all 52 copyrighted episodes of the original HOPALONG television series.
C**E
Awsume
Brings back meany childhood memories
S**E
FANTASTIC!
Fantastic set of all the TV episodes. Good remastered film quality. If there were still more people and TV shows like Hopalong Cassidy in real life the USA would be a MUCH better place! So many kids wouldn't grow up as soy boys, freaks and thugs. Hoppy doesn't take BS from anybody! Hoppy is the best role model any person could have! The confusion of some reviews with the narration on some etc is because the first 12 episodes are actually cut down movies to fit in the half hour time slot on TV and the narration fills the gaps in story. The other 40 are new productions for TV with Edgar Buchanan as Red Conners. Hopalong Cassidy is smart, loyal, honest and brave, everything a real man should be! William Boyd is the best cowboy star ever in my book, even better than John Wayne.
A**L
Memories
Watching the Hopalong Cassidy dvd's bring back alot of good memories ...highly recommend these if you are into early western genre.
R**W
Childhood hero
Received this dvd set as a gift from my wife for Christmas. Found out Hopalong is my third cousin only a few months ago. In the late 50’s, I was watching him every Saturday morning getting the bad guys not knowing we were related. Now I get to see my cousin get them again and again. It helps that the remastered shows look as good or better than they did when I was a kid. If you are looking for hours of great old time cowboy entertainment for yourself or your kids, this Hopalong dvd set is a great investment.
B**A
Hopalong Cassidy DVD
If you were born in the late sixties or later, you would not know about Hopalong Cassidy. My brother, sister and I watched him every Saturday. William Boyd, who played the part, was the first of the cowboys to make movies and serials. These were made in the mid forties through the early fifties. "Hoppy" (his name for short) was loved by all children for his honesty, helping others, his outfit, sidekicks, riding ability, horse Topper and large hat he wore. I have been watching these DVD's and enjoying every one. These are timeless and would be interesting for young children under 10 to watch. There is always humor, fast horse riding, stagecoach hold ups, bank robberies, a good shoot out and great ending. When I watched this, I discovered why they called him Hopalong Cassidy.
B**A
Not in order
Such an awesome show. One of the discs was defective. Nothing would read it so can’t watch it. Want to exchange but it’s been long time. Can’t watch everything all at once, so stupid the return is so short for series’s.The first disc on top was just re edited parts from the movies. He narrates them a bit. Then it went to new stuff that wasn’t from the movies and has a sidekick that’s great. He’s the lead guy in Peticoat Junctuon. Hoppy is my second fav movie series and tv series. Hogans Heroes is my fav.
D**P
Very good quality
I bought this as a gift for someone that enjoys old westerns. I wasn't sure what the picture quality would be due to age of films but very pleasantly surprised at quality. The person really enjoyed watching some old history.
D**R
A great touch of cowboy history
A very great touch of cowboy history a legendary hero
M**R
Leider nur in Englisch
Für meinen 82jähriger Schwager war Hoopalong Cassidy DER Held seiner Kindertage. Und die Filme gab es damals im Kino auf Deutsch. Sonst hätte er sie nicht verstanden. Das war in den 1950ern! Nun wollte ich ihm zum Geburtstag eine Freude machen... aber leider gibt es die DVDs nur in Englisch. Und das bringt nichts. Also zurück geschickt, was absolut problemlos war.
F**E
Great
My Dad loved it
G**A
Vieux souvenirs
En le regardant ça fait plaisir
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Hoppy TV Series
Video quality was good, no problems there. As a Hoppy fan you can't really go wrong with these. However the TV series does not match the quality of the films in either story or execution. Some of the sets are small and pretty skimpy looking. And there is the odd Hoppy narration of the episodes. Given Boyd's great voice a narration shouldn't be a problem. However, the narration goes on and on throughout the episodes. Not only to speed up the storyline but inexplicably during scene of dialogue with other characters. There are scenes where Hoppy narrates over while he and another actor speak. It sometime takes longer to explain what was said than if they had of just let the scene play out naturally. Anyway I guess it's all the warts of early television. And like I said earlier Hoppy is the greatest, even if these shows aren't.
R**N
A tip about this set....
A very good value set, although prospective buyers ought to be advised that some of these shows are merely cut down versions of the original features. This can work well enough, and Hoppy's voice over, papering the gaps is fine but the dynamic of the original is, naturally altered. If you don't mind this, or just want to see the different versions as well as the original material on offer here then go for it, especially at the reasonable price. Picture quality is good and Cassidy is always an amenable companion to spend time with.
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