latriciasaucier

(2012-04-29 17:12:10)

Miss this show

This was my absolute favorite show when it was on. My favoritecharacters were Buck and Ike. My twin's favorite characters were Ikeand Buck. She cried so hard when Ike died. My brother had to tell herthat the actor was just collecting his dough. We are so glad the firstseason came out on DVD. I hope the next two seasons come out quick. Mysister and I just brought the first season and it is almost finished. Iplan to keep watching the DVDs. I kept looking for this show to comeout on DVD and when my sister typed it in the Netflix site it came upas already on DVD. I wish Gregg was in more movies and I wish I couldsee Ocean Tribe. I wish that would be on DVD.

cameron-155

(2012-04-29 09:55:52)

The best show ever for horse-loving preteen girls!

I LOVED this show when I was little!!! I had the mad 11 year old hotsfor Josh Brolin. I still have my old poster and my autographed picturesof the whole cast, Josh Brolin and Ty Miller packed away somewhere.(Sigh) they were so dreamy...... And I totally remember the theme song.It didn't have any words, but I could hum it for you!!! I haven't seenit many years, so who knows if it's actually as good as I remember. Buthere's a neat little bit of trivia. There was a song used in an episodeabout a little boy in a wheelchair (think it was guest star BrianBonsall, but I'm not positive). I don't remember the words, but thechorus started with "that's the way it's gonna be, little darling" thatwas also used in the movie Jerry Maguire. I had always remembered thesong from the show, but never heard it again until the movie came out.How's that for useless knowledge!!

Grace Zeh

(2012-04-29 02:54:44)

Good show

I used to watch this show when I was a little girl. Although I don'tremember much about it, I must say that it was a pretty good show.Also, I don't think I've seen every episode. However, if you ask me, itwas still a good show. In addition, I don't remember the theme song.Everyone was ideally cast, the costume design was great. Theperformances were top-grade, too. I just hope some network brings thisseries back one day so that I'll be able to see every episode. Before Iwrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in mymemory forever, even though I don't think I've seen every episode. Now,in conclusion, when and if this show is ever brought back on the air, Ihope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

PippinTheHobbit

(2012-04-28 17:31:06)

The Young Riders

First of all I want to say that I LOVE this show. This was the firstnew show I watched with my parents as a family on a regular basis, andwas second only to The Waltons. The characters are fantastic, it'saction-packed, romantic, emotional, and just overall endearing. Ibelieve this show is one of the main reasons that I love AmericanHistory so much, to this day I search for anything I can find about thePony Express. And now it has been released on DVD (just season 1 sofar), and I have been watching at least one episode a day, reliving thelove I felt for this show when I saw it as a young girl who started offsimply loving it because it had beautiful horses and a girl that wasjust as good as the boys.

anonymous

(2012-04-28 17:42:00)

The best series ever made!

This series has everything going for it - action, adventure, comedy,tragedy,romance and I even learnt about history. Each character is different andwell defined and the actors were well cast. I enjoyed the various by-playsbetween the characters and guests. What a shame the Pony Express onlylasted for 18 months otherwise we may have been able to enjoy this seriesfor more than the three wonderful seasons that it ran for.

SapphireMiss73

(2012-04-28 09:48:27)

Question on The Young Riders TV series

I was a huge fan of this show & I watched almost every episode. Doesanyone know if there are any intentions of this coming out on DVDbecause I would so be the very first one to buy it. I wasn't a fan atfirst because I thought it was just an attempt to make the movie "YoungGuns" into a TV series, but when I found out it wasn't I thought Iwould watch an episode or two. It wasn't that long before I foundmyself hooked on the series. I couldn't wait for the summer when theywould replay the episodes that I had missed. I don't think I evermissed an episode after that. So if this was to come out on DVD I knowI would be one of the first ones to buy it. If anyone has any info. onthis one way or another please let me know.

Devon Steinbacher

(2012-04-27 01:12:22)

DVD release needed

I was a big fan of this show while it was on the air, and now I amtrying to find it on DVD, and having no luck...I hope someone involvedwith the show figures out that there is still a fan base, and we wouldlike to own this short-lived, guilty pleasure show. I realize that theshow is pretty old, and didn't do so well while it was on, but it hasbeen playing on the family channel for a couple of years now, and sinceI don't have cable, I can't watch it, so my only option is to rent/buythe DVDs if they ever come out! I can't imagine that it would cost toomuch for the company to turn the show into 3 seasons worth of DVDs, andI think they would easily earn back their investment from old fans ofthe show. Hopefully someone who can do this will read these commentsfrom myself and other fans.

vampire-17

(2012-04-26 16:44:00)

The Young Riders was and still is the best tv western ever made.I love Gregg( Buck Cross) Rainwater,I am trying desperately to re-air the show on TVLand so far nothing.I'll keep on bugging them until they gi

I'm glad Gregg Rainwater is featured here,same withhis 97 movie Ocean Tribe which I haven't seen,buthope to real soon on video or tv movie channels,suchas Sundance,Cinemax,or Independent Film Channel.

(2012-04-26 16:16:50)

great show great cast great stories great outdoor shots

I video taped all of this series back when it was on, never realizing,that so many other people liked it even though it did last 3 seasons. It really was and is a great series, set in the old west, with lots ofbeautiful location scenes, and some great actors and great writing andwas even recorded in stereo sound. It actually holds up today.What more could you want?Except for all 3 years to make it out in beautiful DVD box sets. Well,they have got the first year out, now how about the rest of thisgreat series! It is up to us to write to Sony Pictures TV and ask forthe next 2 years to be released.

Veronica Lake

(2012-04-26 01:49:34)

Wonderful cast, unforgettable show

I cannot calculate how many hours I have spent watching this show. Youonlyhave to check out the fan sites on the internet to see its impact. Thismustbe one of the best (and best-looking) casts ever assembled. Josh Brolin isintense, sexy and magical as 'James Butler Hickock'. Anthony Zerbe hitsjustthe right note as the wise but eccentric 'Teaspoon'. Ty Miller as 'Kid' issincere and appealing. Gregg Rainwater plays the sensitive 'Buck', ahalf-breed torn between two worlds but belonging to none. Travis Fine isremarkable as 'Ike', a bald mute. Could any other actor have pulled offsucha role? Brett Cullen is the handsome and fair marshal 'Sam Cain', if onlyhehad stayed beyond season 1! Yvonne Suhor gives and amazing and sympatheticportrayal of 'Louise McLoud', a scared but strong woman trying to make itina man's world by disguising her femininity. Don Franklin plays theintelligent, funny, but frustrated 'Noah Dickson' - who is very far fromtheusual stereotypical portrayal of blacks in westerns. Chris Pettiet plays'Jesse James' at 14, a boy anxious to grow up and be a man but badlyneedingguidance and a sense of family. The comic relief is provided by StephenBaldwin who gets all the best lines as the obnoxious but endearing'WilliamF. Cody' (although you may more often than not be laughing at him, notwithhim). The first housekeeper was 'Emma Shannon' (Melissa Leo), a womantrying to make it in the west after being deserted by her husband. Shebecomes a mother figure for the riders, something that most of them werelacking. Later came Clare Wren who played the sexy 'Rachel Dunne' who wasalot tougher and wiser than she looked. Well I don't think I missed anyoneout. The show also had fantastic guest stars, excellent shoot-outs, andshowed the conflicts that were developing between the north and the southatthat time. It also showed the true meaning of love and friendship. It waswonderfully shot and had just the right blend of drama, action, and humor.Iguess if you've read this far you already know and love the show. Why notwrite your own comments here? Oh, and "Try a little Jimmyness".

Lucas White

(2012-04-22 22:57:41)

One of My All-Time Favorites

I'm not a fan of westerns or the Fox Family Channel. However, this westernentertained me for many hours when it was airing on the Fox Family Channel. It was action-packed, violent, and superbly written. It mixed history withfiction and came up with a nice blend. I wish that some of episodes would bereleased on dvd but that will probably always be a fantasy.

Rebecca

(2012-04-22 07:20:30)

Miss this show tremendously

This show was awesome. One of the best of the early 90's. I had thehugestcrush on Ty Miller, where did he go? :( I miss him! I'm glad that JoshBrolin, Melissa Leo, Don Franklin, Stephen Baldwin, and Brett Cullen stillhave good careers going, but where did the others go?? I especially adoredYvonne Suhor, who played Louise McCloud. SIghhhhhhh...... I hope the wholeseries is on DVD someday. :)

aimless-46

(2012-04-20 10:58:26)

For Kids and For Adults Who Watched It When They Were Kids

"The Young Riders" lasted three seasons on ABC (1989-92) so it musthave connected pretty well with its generally teenage target audience.Created to capitalize on the success of "Young Guns" (1988) it replacedEmilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips with lowerbudget young hunks Ty Miller, Stephen Baldwin, and Josh Brolin. While lacking the intelligent scripting of "Bordertown" another 1989revisionist Western, "The Young Riders" matched that Canadian series inthe production design department. Both are a treat to watch just forthe sets and the scenery. "The Young Riders" is "set in the early days of the Pony Express," justbefore the Civil War which started in 1861. The Pony Express providedswifter than stagecoach mail service between Missouri and Californiathrough a system of single riders rushing between a string of almost200 relief stations. The idea was to get about 75 miles of riding outof each man, exchanging his horse 5 times during his ride. The conceptworked but lasted less than two years before it was replaced by thetelegraph. The series tried to get a boost from historical connections while notallowing historical accuracy to constrain it in any significant way.Rather than have the group of young riders be a bunch of average Joe'sthey give the viewer a young Buffalo Bill Cody (who actually rode forthe Pony Express), Bill Hickok (who did not ride for the Pony Express),and in season two Jesse James (who was only 11 years old and probablydidn't know that the Pony Express existed). If this sounds like anextremely lame idea then you are most likely older than Jesse. Rounding out the hunks is a character named "The Kid" (Miller) who istechnically the star judging by the amount of screen time he received.The non-hunks include Lou (Yvonne Suhor) - who is a girl pretending tobe a boy, Buck Cross (Gregg Rainwater) – who is an Indian with manywilderness skills; and Ike (Travis Fine) who was kicked in the head byan horse early in the series and exhibits many signs of dementia. One would expect the life of a pony express rider to be a lonely onebut these guys always (insert "every single day and night" here) seemto be just hanging around together, with little attention paid totransporting the mail. The idea of the system was for a rider to travelas light as possible and to avoid any confrontation or complication.Yet on the rare occasions when one of these youngsters actually managesto mount his/her horse with the mail they almost always manage tosomehow get entangled in something more urgent than completing theirroute. Such is the penalty for skimping on imaginative screenwriters. But if you don't know any better or if you can suspend disbelief manyof the episodes can be entertaining. The first season was clearly thebest. In large part because it included Melissa Leo, as a kind of denmother to the boys, who becomes a little too fond of young Cody. Leowas already a very polished actress and her scenes were generally thebest ones in each episode. Probably the best scene of the entire series was the first kiss betweenMiller and Suhor. It has enough charm and surprise to rank it among thetop five television kisses of all time."The Body Count" issue: as you watch the pilot episode you will thinkthat the violence level of the series is going to be in the style of"The A Team" (mega fighting and shooting but no real casualties). Butit's not long before the thing morphs into another "The Rifleman", withthe corpses piling up all around the ranch, the town, and the prairie.During its three-year run the young riders manage to kill more peoplein gunfights than died in all the Indian wars combined. Although theultra-violence is pretty antiseptic it is often quite lame with a lotof stuff happening off scene. When they do attempt a big actionsequence it is so cheaply staged that you will wish it had happened offscreen. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

Pazdera

(2012-04-20 00:57:34)

Great :)

This is one of the best shows that ever have been shown in Europe.It had it all, humor, romance, good times and bad times.It even gave some valuable lessons when it came to how to react to peopleand how to treat people.It was a sad day when I realised that I had watched the last episode onTV.

Rosa

(2012-04-16 11:26:30)

A series like none other

If you like a western style show that is comical and unique, look nofurther.The show begins with the early stages of the setting up of the pony expressand leads us through the lives of a select group of young riders who worktogether along with Teaspoon Hunter to do the best that can be asked of anypony express team.This show brings an energetic cast together and though not entirely true(never could be with what little information is available about the PonyExpress) the writers still strive to bring some accuracy to the show. Infact it was believed that the character of Buffalo Bill actually did becomea rider for a time although it is not confirmed.Look out for the funny way they introduce such new found contraptions likeIce Cream and Baseball and the enjoyable way that the characters grow andlearn to not be overly rough in an era when young men found themselvesgrowing up too fast.A must see for all fans of Western films.

shadowcat5462002

(2012-04-15 16:52:23)

I went to high school with Greg Rainwater

I went to high school with cute Greg Rainwater, he was in one of ourschool plays here in southeast Michigan, Macomb county. Seewww.retrojunk.com for a poster picture. Who would of thought he'd getcuter and become famous. Anyhow, Young Riders was definitely anincredible show featuring great plots, great cute men (young baldwinbrother, Josh Brolin, Ike, Greg, and that other cute brunette guy withthe roan horse. The series had a great location/scenery. It was afamily-appropriate show without all that swearing and skin showing likeso much of today's TV shows. I would definitely buy this if it came outon DVD, cause I never did tape it. With all the 'revamping' they aredoing of old TV shows (like MASH, Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers (80s),Greatest American Hero, etc. it should only be a matter of time. Inliking a show like this, it's no wonder I really enjoyed Dr. QuinnMedicine Woman

masatototo

(2012-04-14 17:46:03)

Not Western but human drama show

I was touched when I saw this show first approximately 10 years ago. Ithink I was in junior high or high school at that time. I stillremember the moment that one white guy chose to die and native peopledecided to kill him respectively in their ritual way. Speaking of theatmosphere of the show, I didn't really care about the shooting scenesthemselves in general and also in this show, but the reasons why theyfought were adorable. People in the show could die for their dignity,which was similar to part of the Samurai spirit in Japan hundreds yearsago. Well, the shooting scenes didn't have much percentage in the show,though. Anyway, what I'm saying is that this show has stories and it isnot like the just-shoot-them-all-because-they-are-bad "masterpiece"Western movies. I really hope this show will come out on DVD.

1980sGirl

(2012-04-14 05:15:16)

a wonderful part of my youth

I absolutely loved this show during its time, and still do. I have almostevery episode on tape. I am just hoping they'll put them all on DVD orevenjust video, so that I can finally have all of them. I watched it every dayit was on and every rerun they played during 1992-1993. It will always beafond memory for me!! :o)

jaimelee2

(2012-04-12 10:21:53)

I still watch

I have all the shows taped, and although the quality is decreasing withthe VHS tapes age, I still watch them. I really wish they would makethis a box set on DVD. Personally I know I would pay high dollar forit!!It is hard to believe that the series was not popular then becauseit sure seems to be now. Seems as though somebody would take the hint.There are SEVERAL web sites still up and running and I have read manyrequest for the show to be put on DVD. With the increasing amount ofolder shows being redone and sold on DVD it would be obvious to addthis one. I guess all we can do is to keep hoping some one withconnections will read this and offer the idea to someone in showbiz!

kellybubble

(2012-04-12 01:22:08)

My all time favorite TV Show!

I'm a huge fan of The Young Riders TV series. I used to watch it withmy mom when it aired in Sweden in the beginning of the 90s. I remembera summer when the show aired every week day for a couple of weeks. Iwas very sick during one of these weeks, I had a really high fever,threw up and was aching everywhere. Well, when The Young Riders came onTV I forgot all about that and I was as healthy as anyone jumping upand down in my bed and feeling great (I even made up lyrics to thetheme music that I used to sing as the theme played) and I feltfantastic until the end of the episodes when my throat was killing meand my fever was high as ever. Such good times! :)Season 1 of the series has finally been released on DVD! To those ofyou who never watched the show when it aired, I ask you to check it outnow. The show's got everything...action, romance, adventure, prettyboys, humor, gun fights, a great theme song, pretty girls etc. It'salso a great opportunity to watch the young Josh Brolin and StephenBaldwin in action. You'll love it, I promise. PS. Guest stars of season one include Cynthia Nixon (of Sex and theCity), Rob Estes, Chris Penn (R.I.P), Fisher Stevens etc.And in an episode of season two Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright of'Bonanza') guest stars. I personally can't wait to see that episode.Buy it, then Watch and Enjoy folks!