Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestDusty's Trail is an American Western/comedy series that aired in syndication from September 1973 to March 1974 starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker. The series is a western-themed reworking of Gilligan's Island. The series, set in the latter 19th century, is about a small, diverse cluster of lost travelers, who become separated from their wagon train.
Acting
Forrest Tucker yelling at everyone like it's Shakespeare.
Production
One canyon set standing in for entire American frontier.
Creator
Sherwood Schwartz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sherwood Schwartz literally reused Gilligan scripts, changing 'island' to 'trail' and 'Skipper' to 'Wagonmaster.'
This flopped so hard it killed the western-sitcom hybrid for thirty years until Psych did it ironically.
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