My vote for most outrageous TV episode

[LincolnMan]

(05-09-2013 06:35 PM)historybuff22 Wrote:  I just finished watching another episode of the 1960s TV series "The Rifleman" with Chuck Conners. This episode opens with Lucas and Mark McCain having dinner with Abraham Lincoln. (For those that are not familiar with the series, its time frame is the late 1870s in the Western part of the United States - the city of North Fork. Also, this Abe is a man whom has a complex that makes him think he is actually Abraham Lincoln!)

At any rate, Lucas takes Abe into town to visit. Abe goes into the saloon for a drink of water. The other saloon customers say their hellos to Abe. One man is a southern sympathizer and he claims to be John Wilkes Booth! Imagine that!!! Of course, Booth still wants to kill Lincoln. However, as in most episodes, Lucas comes to the rescue in the end.

Rick Brown
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And speaking of Chuck Connors, there was an episode of Branded (that he also starred in) that featured William H. Seward. Seward mentions the Lincoln assassination in the episode.