Guestward, Ho!

"Guestward, Ho!" was a situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season. It was based on a novel of the same title by Patrick Dennis.

The premise was that a New York City family, the Hootens, had so tired of the urban lifestyle that they decided to leave it behind in favor of operating a dude ranch in New Mexico. They bought the place sight unseen, and upon arrival found it to be in need of considerably more work that they had been led to believe. The Hootens did, however, befriend the American Indian "Hawkeye" whose "trading post" was the only source of supplies in the ranch's vicinity. Hawkeye, played by J. Carrol Naish, was a rather cynical Indian, who sold Indian-looking trinkets which had actually been mass-produced in Asia and frequently read "The Wall Street Journal", seemingly in search of a way to buy the country and return it to its "rightful owners".

The program ran for one season on Thursday evenings as the lead to "The Donna Reed Show" and opposite NBC's "The Outlaws".

Cast

*Mark Miller as Bill Hooten
*Joanne Dru as Babs Hooten
*Flip Mark as Brook Hooten
*J. Carrol Naish as Hawkeye

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows"

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053505/ IMDb entry for "Guestward, Ho!"]