Tom Ewell
Best of the West (1981)
Season 1
An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.
Released Sept. 11, 1981
Episode 30 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.19th-century, imdb.american-old-west, imdb.marshal, imdb.cowboy-comedy, imdb.dirt-floor, imdb.southern-belle, imdb.father-son-relationship + 10 more, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.western-spoof, imdb.small-town, imdb.shop-owner, imdb.police, imdb.sitcom, imdb.american-west, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, tmdb.sitcom
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.
Sept. 10, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - The Prisoner
Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.
Sept. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - The Calico Kid Returns
The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.
Oct. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.
Oct. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.
Oct. 22, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - The New Marshal
Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.
Oct. 29, 1981, midnight
S1E7 - Daniel's First Love
Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.
Nov. 5, 1981, midnight
S1E8 - Laney in Love
Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.
Nov. 12, 1981, midnight
S1E9 - The Reunion
Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!
Oct. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E10 - The Railroad
Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
Nov. 19, 1981, midnight
S1E11 - The New Jail
Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.
Nov. 26, 1981, midnight
S1E12 - A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.
Dec. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E13 - Frog's First Gunfight
Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.
Jan. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - The Calico Kid Goes to School
The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.
Jan. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Tillman Held for Ransom
Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.
Jan. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Mail Order Bride
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
Jan. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - The Cave-In
Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.
Feb. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - Daniel Fights a Bully
Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.
Feb. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - The Pretty Prisoner
Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.
Feb. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E20 - Elvira's Old Beau
Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.
June 7, 1982, midnight
S1E21 - Sam's Life Is Threatened
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
June 14, 1982, midnight
S1E22 - The Funeral
Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.
June 21, 1982, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 11, 1981
Last Air Date: June 21, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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