Best of the West


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Episodes: 22

Seasons: 1

Show dates: September 10, 1981 – August 23, 1982

Performers include: Joel Higgins, Carlene Watkins

Description: The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid. Sam's family was made up of his Southern-belle wife Elvira and his smart-mouthed son Daniel. The cast also included Leonard Frey as villain Parker Tillman, Tom Ewell as drunken town doctor Jerome Kullens, and Tracey Walter as Tillman's clueless but kind-hearted henchman, Frog Rothchild, Jr.
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