RIP James West (the original)
 

Robert Conrad has died at 84

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...est-dies-at-84

Sorry if Q

RIP

Loved Wild Wild West. And Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Dude was a mans man.

Someone finally knocked that battery off his shoulder. RIP!!!

Loved the original Wild Wild West as a kid. RIP

Did his own stunts.

All of that and he was the coolest on Battle of the Network Stars!

RIP

Wild Wild West was one of my all time favorites growing up. RIP Robert Conrad.

RIP

He’ll always be Pappy Boyington to me

Go ahead and knock that chip off his shoulder... RIP

Oh man, that really blows. The Wild Wild West was a major part of my television viewing as a child of the 60's. RIP sir. You done good.

This. Wild Wild West was awesome and fun, but I loved Black Sheep Squadron.

RIP :(

meatball was the real star of baa baa blacksheep

I haven't watched them in forever, but I remember when they were in syndication [probably early 90s], both were the rare older shows I thought were much better than the current fare on network TV.

Some really good TV, to my distant memory.

man's man?
he was 5'8 or 5'9.
I'm 6'1.
he reminds me of my 8th grade PE coach.
Battle of the network Stars !

Love Wild Wild West. RIP

Artemus Gordon!

The Wild Wild West is one of my very favorite shows. Really fun and endlessly rewatchable. If anyone is a fan of Brisco County Jr., they will probably dig this one too.

Here are some of my favorite WWW episodes:

The Night of the Puppeteer
The Night of the Feathered Fury
The Night of the Eccentrics
The Night of the Surreal McCoy
The Night of the Steel Assassin
The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse
The Night of the Inferno
The Night of the Burning Diamond
The Night of the Big Blast
The Night of the Death Masks
The Night of the Torture Chamber
The Night of the Egyptian Queen
The Night of the Bars of Hell
The Night of the Jack O'Diamonds
The Night of the Skulls
The Night of the Lord of Limbo
The Night of the Diva
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse


I also liked him in the Columbo episode "An Exercise in Fatality" and the made for tv movie "Adventures of Nick Carter"

There is a freeleech running now at TV-Vault if anyone is interested. The dvds of Wild Wild West are dirt cheap these days and they look great too. My local Wal-Mart sells complete seasons for 5 bucks.

^ RIP

Ay Boyington! What you say we go somewhere on this irand?

Loved him on WWW & Black Sheep. He was in one of my favorite Columbo’s too.

RIP

Great taste in shows.

Same here I always watched WWW and the Black Sheep.

Heh. Just the way he carried himself. The confidence. The swagger.

Stephone Paige was better than Carlos Carson.

Baa Baa Black Sheep was one of my favorite shows.



also, my Dad was often mistaken for being Robert Conrad...

Size doesn't matter when your arch-nemesis is 3′ 11″


https://i.imgur.com/mDxAPnv.jpg



Edited to add: short or not you gotta give Conrad credit for doing most of his own stunts:

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He flubbed the second one here and hurt himself which led to the cancellation of the final two episodes of that season.

Wild Wild West had one of the coolest theme songs and openings ever.

Also loved the way the commercial breaks would end on mini cliffhangers and it would pause and roll into one of the opening squares.

Funny thing about the opening - in the first season the cartoon guy kisses the girl and she drops her knife. In season two they re-did the opening and now he punches her in the face! I would love to have heard the exec give his pitch for making this change: "I've been thinking, y'know, today's kids really love Ike Turner and..."

But Carlos had two "c's" in his name and was on the "C"hiefs.
so he wins

Iconic intro...

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All my sisters always.....cute butt.

RIP

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