| Laramie | |
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Laramie DVD Cover |
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| Genre | Western |
| Directed by | Earl Bellamy Thomas Carr Herschel Daugherty Tay Garnett Jesse Hibbs Herman Hoffman Joseph Kane Francis D. Lyon Hollingsworth Morse Lesley Selander William Witney |
| Starring | John Smith Robert Fuller Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Randall Eddy Waller Dennis Holmes Robert Crawford, Jr. |
| Composer(s) | David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge Arthur Morton Milton Rosen Hans J. Salter Albert Sendrey Harry Sukman |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
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| Executive producer(s) | John C. Champion |
| Producer(s) | Revue Studios |
| Running time | 60 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white (September 1959 - August 1961) Color (September 1961 - September 1963) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 15, 1959 – May 21, 1963 |
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr. as Andy Sherman.
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The story was about two brothers and a drifter who come together to run a stagecoach stop for the Great Central Overland Mail. After the first season, Hoagy Carmichael's contract was not renewed by NBC.[1] His character was written out with the explanation that he accompanied Andy to boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri. Andy, however, would appear in a couple of episodes during the second season.
To restore the chemistry of the original cast, as the third season began, Spring Byington and Dennis Holmes joined the cast as Miss Daisy Cooper and Mike Williams respectively. The series also made the transition from black-and-white to color at the beginning of its third season (September 1961). On January 1, 1962, a new version of the NBC peacock "living color" logo was introduced before that night's Laramie broadcast, and would be used before every color show on the network until 1970. Because of this, it is sometimes referred to as the "Laramie peacock". Due to low ratings, Laramie was canceled after its fourth season.[1]
The German-Title of the series is: Am Fuß der blauen Berge
Timeless Media Group has released the first, third and fourth seasons on DVD in Region 1 in 2009. The complete second season will be released on February 7, 2012.[2]
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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| The Complete First Season | 31 | March 15, 2011 |
| The Complete Second Season | 30 | February 7, 2012 |
| The Complete Third Season | 28 | March 30, 2009 |
| The Complete Final Season | 32 | September 15, 2009 |