History Series / DustysTrail

A number of the episodes are in the public domain. The original negatives to all episodes are currently owned by Creator/{{Disney}} through Creator/20thCenturyStudios (successor to Metromedia Producers Corporation, which originally produced the series).

* TheBoxingEpisode: "John J. Callahan"

* RecycledPremise: What happens when you take [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan and the castaways]], put them in a Wild West setting with a stagecoach, trying to find their way back to civilization? Series/DustysTrail, with executive producer Sherwood Schwartz who also created GilligansIsland.

* RecycledINSPACE: See the introductory paragraph.

''Dusty's Trail'' was a 1973-1974 series starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker about a stagecoach and wagon lost from their train en route to California. Many have interpreted it as basically ''GilligansIsland'' in the Old West, especially since the characters were all {{Expy}}s of the castaways.

* TheWestern: Parodied.

''Dusty's Trail'' was a 1973-1974 series starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker about a stagecoach and wagon lost from their train en route to California. Many have interpreted it as basically ''Gilligan's Island'' in the Old West, especially since the characters were all {{Expy}}s of the castaways.

* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place. You may know Dusty better as Gilligan or [[Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis Maynard]], Mr. Callahan is more famous as [[FTroop Sergeant O'Rourke]], [[PetticoatJunction Lulu was the first Billie Jo and Betsy was the second Bobbie Jo.]]

* StarDerailingRole: Bob Denver never got another prime time show after this, though it was ''Gilligan's Island'' that really sealed his fate.

* RecycledInSpace: See the introductory paragraph.

* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place. You may know Dusty better as Gilligan or [[Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis Maynard]], Mr. Callahan is more famous as [[FTroop Sergeant O'Rourke]], and both Betsy and Lulu were on ''PetticoatJunction'' (though never in an episode together; Jeannine Riley played Billie Jo for seasons one and two, while Lori Saunders was Bobbie Jo from season three to the end).

* TheWestern: Parodied.
* ''[[Literature/WhatWereTheyThinkingThe100DumbestEventsInTelevisionHistory What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History]]'': Number 59 out of 100 on their list.

''Dusty's Trail'' was a 1973-1974 series starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker about a stagecoach and wagon lost from their train en route to California. Many have interpreted as basically ''Gilligan's Island'' in the Old West, especially since the characters were all {{Expy}}s of the castaways.

''Dusty's Trail'' was a 1973-1974 series starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker about a stagecoach and wagon lost from their train en route to California. Many have interpreted as basically ''Gilligan's Island'' in the OldWest, especially since the characters were all {{Expy}}s of the castaways.

* Literature/WhatWereTheyThinkingThe100DumbestEventsInTelevisionHistory: Number 59 out of 100 on their list.

''Dusty's Trail'' was a 1973-1974 series starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker about a stagecoach and wagon lost from their train en route to California. Many have interpreted as basically ''Gilligan's Island'' in the Old West, especially since the characters were all {{Expy}}s of the castaways.

* DerailingStarringRole: Bob Denver never got another prime time show after this, though it was ''Gilligan's Island'' that really sealed his fate.

* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place. You may know Dusty better as Gilligan or [[Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis Maynard]], Mr. Callahan is more famous as [[FTroop Sergeant O'Rourke]], and both Betsy and Lulu were on ''PetticoatJunction'' (though never in an episode together; Jeannine Riley played Billie Jo for seasons one and two, while Lori Saunders was Bobbie Jo from season three to the end).

* DerailingStarRole: Bob Denver never got another prime time show after this, though it was ''Gilligan's Island'' that really sealed his fate.

* SuperstitionEpisode: "Witch's Trail."

* CounterpartComparison: With ''Gilligan's Island'' ALL THE TIME!

* BlondeBrunetteAndRedhead:

** Betsy: Mary Ann