Best of the West

An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.

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Comedy
Western
Created By

First Aired on

Sep 10, 1981

1 seaons till Jun 21, 1982

Popularity: 15.94
4 votes
Networks
(US)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Funeral

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 22 episodes

Season 1

Aired

22 Episodes
  • Episode 1Pilot30 min

    Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

  • Episode 2The Prisoner30 min

    Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

  • Episode 3The Calico Kid Returns30 min

    The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

  • Episode 4They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)30 min

    Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

  • Episode 5They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)30 min

    Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

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