Shotgun Slade Was The Right Show at the Wrong Time!
Scott Brady was a well known movie cowboy. Never a star, he played countless roles in the TV and movie fields prior to his starring role in Shotgun Slade. By the time Shotgun Slade came to be the concepts for the countless westerns were beginning to wear thin. The Rifleman (also on TVS Western.Com) was a mega hit with Chuck Connors, so there became several knock offs of the 'custom shot gun' concept. With Shotgun Slade, the gambit was a double barrelled shotgun... with each of the barrells being a different calibre. No one cared. Then, they placed the show in Denver...good idea. Then they decided to take another popular TV form...the jazz nusical score that was working for Peter Gunn and others... and tried it with a Western. It didn't work. Shotgun Slade also had to overcome the fact that it was a syndicated show and didn't have network backing or promotion. All in all, it's a good standard variety western that you probably missed the first time around. If you give it a chance, you'll enjoy it....jazz score and all.
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