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tiredmike59 · 11-02-2011, 11:30 PM

Maybe someone mentioned this before, but did you ever notice they wore the same clothes everyday ? Little joe (green shirt), Adam (dark blue or black clothes), Hoss (white shirt,tan vest), with all his money,you would think Ben could buy his boys new duds. What a cheapo.

showfan · 02-01-2012, 09:37 PM

I certainly noticed. that was done on other shows too, mostly westerns. That's the way it was on Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and others. I read once that they could use stock footage for certain scenes at a distance.

Coffeecup · 12-17-2017, 07:12 PM

I just thought in those days 1880's whenever the time frame was, there wasn't a lot of choice. I suppose Ben and his family has a few Sunday best but I tend to think they had 3 of the same clothes. One in the wash, one in the drawer and one to wear.

KatieAnn · 01-19-2018, 06:44 PM

In the first couple of seasons they wore different clothes all the time, a lot of variety, but eventually they did always seem to wear basically the same thing, with a little variation now and then.

11-02-2011, 11:30 PM	#1
tiredmike59 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 05, 2010 Location: OUTLAW STATE {MO} Posts: 1,868	ever notice ? Maybe someone mentioned this before, but did you ever notice they wore the same clothes everyday ? Little joe (green shirt), Adam (dark blue or black clothes), Hoss (white shirt,tan vest), with all his money,you would think Ben could buy his boys new duds. What a cheapo.

02-01-2012, 09:37 PM	#2
showfan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 163	I certainly noticed. that was done on other shows too, mostly westerns. That's the way it was on Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and others. I read once that they could use stock footage for certain scenes at a distance.

12-17-2017, 07:12 PM	#3
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	I just thought in those days 1880's whenever the time frame was, there wasn't a lot of choice. I suppose Ben and his family has a few Sunday best but I tend to think they had 3 of the same clothes. One in the wash, one in the drawer and one to wear.

01-19-2018, 06:44 PM	#4
KatieAnn Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2011 Posts: 520	In the first couple of seasons they wore different clothes all the time, a lot of variety, but eventually they did always seem to wear basically the same thing, with a little variation now and then.