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Best of the West

Best of the West

★ 6.8/10•1981•30m•NR•Comedy•Western
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 10, 1981

Episodes

E130m

Pilot

Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

Sep 10, 1981

E230m

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.

Sep 17, 1981

E330m

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

E430m

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

E530m

They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

Oct 22, 1981

E630m

The New Marshal

Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

Oct 29, 1981

E730m

Daniel's First Love

Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

Nov 5, 1981

E830m

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

E930m

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

E1030m

The Railroad

Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

Nov 19, 1981

E1130m

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

E1230m

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

E1330m

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

E1430m

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

E1530m

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

E1630m

Mail Order Bride

Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

Jan 28, 1982

E1730m

The Cave-In

Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

Feb 12, 1982

E1830m

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

E1930m

The Pretty Prisoner

Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

Feb 26, 1982

E2030m

Elvira's Old Beau

Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

Jun 7, 1982

E2130m

Sam's Life Is Threatened

Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

Jun 14, 1982

E2230m

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.

Jun 21, 1982

Actors

Joel Higgins

Joel Higgins

Sam Best

Carlene Watkins

Carlene Watkins

Elvira Best

Meeno Peluce

Meeno Peluce

Daniel Best

Valri Bromfield

Valri Bromfield

Laney Gibbs

Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter

Frog Rothchild Jr.

Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Jerome Kullens

Leonard Frey

Leonard Frey

Parker Tillman

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