I downloaded and watched ‘part’ of one episode the other night after reading this thread. I remember now why I wasn’t that much of a ‘fan’ of the show. The Chad and Joe characters spent most of the first half of the show pulling juvenile tricks on the Reese character. It was silly and obviously geared for a younger audience. I turned it off about 1/2 way through.
It probably was, I would have definitely fit the category of younger audience. I was about 5 years old when the series first came out. 
Of course, one shouldn’t forget the one about chaps behaving badly in Big Sky Country - won three oscars.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/AQUA/24-383~Brokeback-Mountain-Posters.jpg
Is that the one where the gay cowboy rides into town ands shoots up the sherriff ? :shock:
I don’t recollect that happening…certainly explains why they’re called Cowboys, and adds new meaning to ‘The Cowboy Way’. :lol:
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780380788415/Cowboy_Way_The/index.aspx
A good read, actually, and nothing to do with chaps being naughty.
I must mention another of the great western character actors: Slim Pickens
My favorite list in no order:
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Josey Wales
The Searchers
The Shootist
Blazing Saddles
Tombstone
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
I could list 20 more however others have named them and why bore you?
MY favorite western and all time movie is Little Big Man. Perhaps Dustin Hoffman’s best performance in a stellar career of great performances. The movie is sweet and sour, a roller coaster history in the life of an Indian-White man. Hmm… maybe that’s White-Indian man. If you saw the movie you know what I mean. If you have not viewed it you should.