TMC
02-28-2021, 04:41 AM
So in 1991, Kenny Rogers along with Reba McEntire (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VS_LGScDbAUJ:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-11-01-9104080206-story.html+&cd=25&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us), starred in the fourth (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iog915QhbyYJ:www.orlandosentinel.com/os-xpm-1991-11-03-9111010394-story.html+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) Gambler (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iQd-J-nYYPgJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1991/11/03/gambler-returns/7114192d-b72f-4464-9085-19d534da8eff/+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) television movie, The Luck of the Draw (The_Gambler_(film_series)#The_Gambler_Returns:_The_Luck_of_the_Draw_(1991)). The movie was particularly notable because it features cameos (https://moviechat.org/tt0101933/The-Gambler-Returns-The-Luck-of-the-Draw/5b5b582a55d3a000146bf8e9/The-Brady-Hawkes-Universe) from numerous (https://thecrossoveruniverse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Gambler) old western (http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/TV.htm) TV characters (http://www.poobala.com/thegambler.html) as played by their original characters.
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/made-for-tv-movie/images/1/11/The_gambler_returns.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170713203418
Those being:
Bart Maverick (http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=4815) from Maverick
Wyatt Earp from Wyatt Earp: His Life and Legend
Bat Masterson from Bat Masterson
Cheyenne Bowdie from Cheyenne (https://www.greenwichtime.com/lifestyle/passages/obituaries/article/Actor-Clint-Walker-star-of-TV-show-Cheyenne-12935164.php)
Kwai Chang Caine from Kung Fu (which would also pull in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, in which the character Cheyenne Bowdie also appeared again)
Lucas McCain (https://www.metv.com/lists/the-final-appearances-of-your-favorite-tv-characters-are-not-always-where-you-expect) from The Rifleman
"Wishbone" the chuck wagon cook from Rawhide
Two cowboys played by James Drury and Doug McClure were obviously Trampas and the Virginian from The Virginian (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5eWtFx4lriIJ:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-03-tv-1349-story.html+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us), although their names were not used
The movie comes to a climax at a high stakes poker tournament in San Francisco in a hotel owned by the late gunfighter Paladin of Have Gun, Will Travel.
It also features Brian Keith as The Westerner. There was also a detail which allows us to precisely date the action. In the middle of the story the characters pass through Virginia City on the day John L. Sullivan lost his boxing title to Gentleman Jim Corbett. The fight happened on September 7, 1892, though in "our" universe it was held in New Orleans. However, references to the San Francisco earthquake probably place this story in 1906.
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/made-for-tv-movie/images/1/11/The_gambler_returns.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170713203418
Those being:
Bart Maverick (http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=4815) from Maverick
Wyatt Earp from Wyatt Earp: His Life and Legend
Bat Masterson from Bat Masterson
Cheyenne Bowdie from Cheyenne (https://www.greenwichtime.com/lifestyle/passages/obituaries/article/Actor-Clint-Walker-star-of-TV-show-Cheyenne-12935164.php)
Kwai Chang Caine from Kung Fu (which would also pull in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, in which the character Cheyenne Bowdie also appeared again)
Lucas McCain (https://www.metv.com/lists/the-final-appearances-of-your-favorite-tv-characters-are-not-always-where-you-expect) from The Rifleman
"Wishbone" the chuck wagon cook from Rawhide
Two cowboys played by James Drury and Doug McClure were obviously Trampas and the Virginian from The Virginian (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5eWtFx4lriIJ:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-03-tv-1349-story.html+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us), although their names were not used
The movie comes to a climax at a high stakes poker tournament in San Francisco in a hotel owned by the late gunfighter Paladin of Have Gun, Will Travel.
It also features Brian Keith as The Westerner. There was also a detail which allows us to precisely date the action. In the middle of the story the characters pass through Virginia City on the day John L. Sullivan lost his boxing title to Gentleman Jim Corbett. The fight happened on September 7, 1892, though in "our" universe it was held in New Orleans. However, references to the San Francisco earthquake probably place this story in 1906.