Branded theme

Short lived series

[@fatbuddy719]

This theme song really tied the show together.

[@stardust949]

LOL!!!!!

[@robertlinhart7429]

Fn A

[@Qui_Gon_Ben]

156 episodes dude.

[@dmitriciccarelli4082]

Branded is a great sho- SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONNY!

[@stoundingresults]

​@@Qui_Gon_Bennot exactly a lightweight. Yet his kid is a fucking dunce.

[@HarrierDubois]

John Goodman’s delivery of “ And a good day to you sir!” Kills me every time.

[@yitz28]

Piiiilaarr 😂😂😂

[@ChillPill365]

Branded, especially the early episodes, is truly a source of inspiration.

[@mariahs7618]

ChillPill365 and yet his son is a dunce

[@wandamurray3833]

I just wish I could find the first season online for free. 😢

[@wandamurray3833]

@@mariahs7618 Chuck Conner's son or "Jason McCord"?

[@wandamurray3833]

Chuck Conner's son or "Jason McCord"?

[@jokersnightmareTV]

Bulk of the series dude

[@JuddKramer]

Bulk of the series, dude.

[@chevin79]

not exactly a lightweight

[@benmo6609]

AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!

[@a.graham7979]

Ha. I KNEW this would be the top comment before I scrolled down, and I would have commented it myself if it wasn't.

[@TheTsar1918]

@@chevin79 And yet his son is a fucking dunce.

[@zyxmyk]

you got me to laugh out loud. very good.

[@Mattilation]

Branded, especially the early episodes, were truly a source of inspiration for me!

[@raymondmarcano9044]

Yes and its how I feel at my last job wrking for the RadioPharma Industry in Sanford Florida.

[@JohnHoulgate]

One of the most powerful themes to begin a TV Western ever. I watched this as a kid in the 60s. The dressing down and breaking the sword was etched into my young head and never left.

[@chop3625]

Absolutely👍

[@jameshopkins6856]

Yes great opening for the series- I remember it well but you don't break a steel sword over your knee!

[@cynthiajohnson9412]

I was born at the end of 1961 so I had to have been 4 or 5 when this show was on and yet I knew every word of this theme song.

[@kendallevans4079]

I always wondered why the guy didn't cut his hands handling the bade like that.

[@gold24k54]

Still to this day, one of the most underrated shows in the history of TV. And Chuck Connors proves he's not a coward. 10/10

[@raggaeldestro8609]

With this show and the Rifleman he removed the tarnish of The Big Country (1958).

[@MaverickBAS]

Yeah I watched Branded in the 1960's as a kid. I was the only one in my family who liked it. Still remember every word of the theme, even though I hadn't heard it in 45 years. It's the kind of song that sticks in your mind. If they thought he ran, that is really not a terrible punishment, getting your sword broken and kicked out of the fort. Beats spending years in the stockade....

[@roytonkin5929]

I watched Branded on the black and white when I was a kid and loved it.

[@FrugalFarmerChannel]

Did you have rabbit ears with tin foil as a antenna?

[@zylaxis]

We got four detectives working on the case. We got em working in shifts!

[@SNAKEPIT359]

David Matthew Shere That's good. Let me know if there is any progress.

[@DSMTheEditor]

AW MAN WHATS THAT SMELL

[@BigWheel.]

Huh! Leads!

[@wolfyklip]

Omg, I watch this in b&w when I was a kid in the 1960's!! Thanks for the memories!!

[@berlinocelot]

You're killing your father Larry.

[@MrSniperdude01]

This is what happens Larry, this is what happens when you #### a stranger in the ass 😆

[@phizzler5051]

i just bought that fucking car! i kill your car!

[@007sneven2]

Had me lol'n

[@Ada-jn5ms]

Little prick's stonewalling me

[@anthonyC9199]

I'm watching for the 7th or 9th time and I just happened to look up "...BRANDED!!" Theme at that exact scene, with Larry, where Walter smashes the corvette, man.

[@chrisrascal1]

just started watching this on netflix and wondering why this series didn't last longer. Chuck Connors is great in it and his facial expression at the beginning speaks volumes. Thanks for posting

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Yeah. He looked constipated. I guess he eventually took a dump and the series was over.

[@lowgpu1687]

@@foobarmaximus3506 lmao

[@thomassullins8690]

Close kin to " Lurch?"

[@mrdilligaf1962]

Stranded...... Stranded on the toilet bowl...... what do you do when you’re stranded and there’s nothing on the roll!😮

[@ohger1]

@@mrdilligaf1962 Wow, a blast from the '60. I remember it as "stranded - on the toilet bowl. Stranded - without a roll. So be a man and use your hand just don't get stuck on the toilet bowllllllllll..

[@coppertopv365]

In the 80s as a kid I would go with my mom to my Grandparents place, and late at night I recall this was being rerun and I loved seeing it.

[@topenddean]

The character of Jason McChord in Branded, was one of a man with a very strong sense of morals and integrity. To go through what he did and to actually prevent the truth from coming out is heroic on a grand scale. One of my favorite shows of all time.

[@Straswa]

@James Brice Agreed, somethings are best kept unsaid.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

It was a fucking tv show. That's all. Just a stupid show.

[@RonGee]

@@foobarmaximus3506 The arts, whether it be television, a movie, a book, a play, a piece of music, has the ability to teach or show us things about our lives.

[@marktaha2701]

Too good to be true. Not only would i have let the truth be known-I'd have thumped the guy who "branded" me.

[@rjocanvas]

“Is he...Does he still write?” “Oh no, no. He has health problems.” “Uh huh.”

[@greg1030]

R.I.P. 12/21/17. For my B-Day 2015 I got up the nerve to phone Dom Frontiere. His wife Robin picked up. She said he was out. I said that I was a huge fan since I was 10 and wanted to thank him for a life time of glorious TV music: Stoney Burke, Outer Limits, Branded, Invaders, et al.

[@papadopp3870]

@@greg1030 I’m glad you did that. My most influential writer was Jim Boutin (Ball 4). I reached out and created a cherished conversation. I had no idea he had a serious problem. He died a few months later, to my shock. So, I reached least one of the people I wanted to thank before losing them.

[@greg1030]

​@@papadopp3870 Yes, his sounds have never left me for a week since I was a kid. About two months ago I found harpist David Ice, who actually worked extensively with DF and numerous musicians they both knew while orchestrating lots of TV music back in the 60s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3PSgZhnob-LrJY and here kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp-qc3aVdrpkeZo&lc=Ugwz0VhUnu1JsQqC0494AaABAg.9FyZ01ycgzP9KxaiYTN9G2 I guess when you love something or someone or what they do so much it finds it way back to you. Enjoy!

[@papadopp3870]

@@greg1030 My favorite had to be the TV theme to 12 o’Clock High. His cues throughout that series are remarkable. I’ve noticed early on, when Star Trek started, Alexander Courage’s fanfare in that series was exactly the same as 12 o’Clock High’s. Somethings are just in the ether at the same time.

[@greg1030]

@@papadopp3870 I see here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O%27Clock_High_(TV_series) that Quinn Martin made good on his promise to DF to use his music in his TV shows, then and years afterward. But I was never into the war genre so I never heard music from that show. Unless you dubbed the series episodes you must have a solid musical memory, since I can't find that show available on DVD. But if you loved what was pulled from DF's library plus what he later composed to score Outer Limits, you'll be even more amazed to hear what John Elizalde and Roger Farris took from it to produce Stoney Burke, a year earlier. That series is on DVD, and the sound quality is very good indeed. You ought to grab a copy while it's still in print!

[@owenreese2216]

AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR

[@Aphasia17]

LOL

[@dudeabides1300]

Pilar?

[@gottabighit1]

I was 6 yrs old when I first heard this theme song. It’s still in my head ... one of my favorite shows I’d watch with dad. The broken sword thrown in the dirt, still emblazoned in my mind’s eye.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

Aye. Watched as little kid and that theme song rolled with me the next 50+ years along w/the sword in dirt scene. But ZERO recall of any show details!

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

In reality, they wouldn't have gone through with all that pomp and circumstance. They'd have just shot the guy.

[@mikehunt3688]

Alright, this is pointless. Ok, time for Plan B. You might want to watch out that front window Larry.

[@DSMTheEditor]

HERE YOU GO LARRY

[@JENtrification81]

DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY?

[@TheTsar1918]

Larry's never met a stranger in the Alps.

[@DSMTheEditor]

HERE YOU GO, LARRY

[@LumpyAdams]

Little prick is stonewalling me.

[@elderhardaway5674]

"Branded!!!!!"** Another "Monster Landmark" For Actor Chuck Connors!!!!!** I Love This TV Series. 'Very Encouraging, Inspirational, And Fulfilling.** The Character "Jason McCord" Indeed Had A Great Impact In A Lot Of People Lives, Male And Female.** A "Superb" Theme Song!!!!!**

[@Weidneriffic]

One of the greatest TV theme song ever.

[@KLAWNINETY]

Just realized after my 20th viewing that when The dude is in the back of the cop car after being roofied at Jackie treehorns party, he sings part of the branded theme song.

[@dukecraig2402]

Well, it appears that the last horse just crossed the finish line.

[@mateoqad]

Arthur Digby Sellers... what a genius

[@YooTuba]

I'm too young to remember this but my husband watched it. He used to sing the theme song as "Stranded, stranded on a toilet bowl/ What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll?"

[@maxpinson5002]

Stranded Stranded on the toilet bowl What do you do when you're stranded And you can't reach the roll To prove you're a man You must wipe with your hand Stranded Stranded No telling how many young boys my age across the country got in trouble at school for singing that

[@jimdavis2385]

@@maxpinson5002 I'm 63 and yes, me and many others got sent to the office for such "crude" lyrics.

[@mikedoss9777]

This is hilarious!😂😂😂😂

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

DAMMIT! Posted own comment on that and guess that WASN'T made up by just me and my brothers circa early 60s. Yer hubby probably knows the rest (our variation was stranded and roll too far away): "Whatever you do for the rest of your life, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh. Good days, tho.

[@HolisticJedi]

Thanks, all of you, for this. May the legend live on!

[@eantonb]

that's great! I watched this tv series when I was 8 years ago. I'm from Lima - Peru (South America). This tv series was my favorite. I remember that I wanted to be an Army Military, jeje

[@MrSniperdude01]

"You see what you're doing to your father Larry ? You're killing your father Larry !!"

[@pumpkineckbort8856]

They say he ran away. Well, you know, that's just like, their opinion man.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

No, not a matter of opinion. A matter of fact, which is either true or false.

[@micahbrooks1735]

Not a single person was brought here by anything other than Sir John Goodman.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

Insane memory cell trigger... from me and my brothers circa early 60s or whenever this ran. Theme morphed (kids, remember) into: "Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded... and you can't reach the roll? What-- evvverr y'do for the rest of your liiife, you must prove... you can reach it." sigh.

[@CP-ll6qg]

I sang this too! My version had "to prove you're a man you must wipe it with your hand" as the last lyric. I'm a millennial though, no idea where my friends and I picked it up from, I only learned it was a parody at all today. Apparently some version of "stranded on the toilet bowl" appeared in Mad Magazine in the 60s.

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

@@CP-ll6qg No, not much in the scheme of things today but those cultural threads are fascinating. I'm a '59 model and watched as broadcast. OBVIOUSLY youse merely continued what we ... waitaminute. Now searching for the MAD ref; that mag was all around those days so bet they did it. Cheers.

[@jessemossberg8108]

'61 model here, and we sang CP's version on the Welsh School playground, Rockford IL C. 1967-69... ah, childhood! 🥰

[@StephenPhillips]

Those are good burgers, Walter.

[@enemyofthethrone]

Stephen Phillips shut the fuck up, Donnie.

[@StephenPhillips]

We'll be near the In N' Out Burger.

[@enemyofthethrone]

Stephen Phillips SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONNIE!

[@randallwheeler215]

Glad you liked em.

[@howardford6991]

I am very familiar with Branded, watched it as a kid. Also, The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite movies.....seen it probably a dozen times. But totally not getting the numerous references to TBL. A little help maybe? Thanks!

[@archer1949]

Lebowski quotes aside, the premise for this show sounds pretty cool.

[@carlaaustin7223]

Oh my goodness I had forgotten Branded w/ chuck connors. It was a western I enjoyed as a kid. Love the theme song.

[@alyciasilva7135]

I remember that show. I liked it. 1966. I was just 13 then.

[@reggieb9790]

Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night.

[@pcmcguire18504]

You're entering a world of pain.

[@DSMTheEditor]

We know it's his fuckin homework!

[@Frank_Nemo]

Branded, especially the early episodes, truly are a real source of inspiration to many.

[@MrDuneedon]

Twelve people are obviously not golfers.

[@gpdude22]

Seventeen people are obviously not bowlers.

[@dudeabides1300]

They're a bunch of fuckin' amateurs!

[@jacquelynking2184]

28 non golfers now. LOL 2020

[@theloniousspunk3728]

36 non golfers, smh

[@josephclift3662]

@@theloniousspunk3728 a world of pain, Smokey, a world of pain

[@davidchristieshow]

A classic from the Golden Age of TV. As a kid watching this, I would wonder where, exactly, Chuck was actually going when they threw him out of the fort behind his broken saber. A place in the middle of nowhere, Chuck is evicted and told to hit the dunes and don't come back... no water, no horse, no suntan oil.. WTF? On a more academic note - this series is a compelling look back at the American cultural mindset at a historic crossroads. The Vietnam War, still in the early stages, was beginning to be a huge and derisive issue for Americans as more and more kids were being called in the draft for their "duty" to serve there. And along with the increase in US Involvement, a major chasm was developing in US society. This gives us a poignant glimpse back to the beginning of The Culture War between those who saw unquestioning loyalty to the policies of US Government as one's patriotic duty and those who questioned the credibility of Washington Politicians and the sanity of throwing one's life away for a war of choice in which no demonstrable US security interests could be demonstrated. And, of course, Vietnam turned out to be a big lie that US Politicians and The Military Industrial Regime needed to sell. This is one way they went about it.

[@jburgie]

That opening song and sequence was probably the best of any Western. Thanks for drawing attention to its parallels to Vietnam.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

David Christie "a war of choice in which no demonstrable US security interests could be demonstrated." Revisionist b.s.

[@1bundy11]

I used to watch this with my dad. Good memories!

[@simonmoves]

thats got to be one of the best intro music themes ever produced..thx for posting

[@johnwentworth1151]

An honor to meet you sir!!

[@user-hy8uo5ig9o]

And a good day to you sir

[@DSMTheEditor]

"Yeah, yeah, I know the fucking show, Walter. So what?"

[@ysgol3]

Blimey, I haven't seen this for over 50 years and I remembered every word!

[@valentinius62]

One of the best opening credits ever. Even if the following episode was "meh" this was always entertaining to watch. Damn that was cold what they did to him, especially an officer. You can still feel the shame and humiliation.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

It was brilliant. Hard to credit that it didn't last longer. Actually, I can imagine a reboot, as a Western or in the modern day.

[@boarzwid1002]

Saw it happen in real life. When a officer screws up just the weight of command responsibility makes him guilty,

[@FrugalFarmerChannel]

This was back when TV was fit to watch and had morals.

[@jeffsherrod8587]

Totally agree friend. Godless unethical world we live in for sure

[@pryingeyes1551]

Yeah, everyone was white, women were treated like children, and a man threatening to knock his wife out for thinking otherwise was a guaranteed laugh from the audience.

[@sorethumb78]

"since he went away...BRANDED!"

[@user-qg8qg2sp7i]

RIP Chuck, we miss you and your charming looks 💖 😘 😭

[@markvonfeldt1459]

Branded, marked with a cowered shame!! It will live with him forever!!

[@jokersnightmareTV]

Look Larry, Have you ever heard of Vietnam..

[@Dakers11]

Growing up as a kid , my Uncle owned a tailor clothing store called " Mr Man". On my way to the the Dentist with my Aunt. She Said to me, "We have to drop your Uncle off at his work, before we proceed to the Dentist." My cousin Mike and me, would go to the Dentist for Braces every 2 weeks. My Aunt would always take us . But this time she had to drop off my Uncle. It was around 7:30 am when we rolled up in to my Uncle's Clothing store, to drop him off. I was shocked to find a tall man , around 6'4" standing in front of the store pointing to his watch, and looking at my Uncle as he exited the car. I said 'Is that ?" . . "YES!" my Aunt exclaimed. "He is a client of your Uncle."

[@mondoraptor]

And they say he ran away ..... BRANDED !!

[@moonasha]

AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Stranded, stranded on the seat of a toilet bowl, what do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll!!! Alternative lyrics lol.😊😊

[@RokuErickson]

Al Bundy brought me here

[@fhb3]

Al Bundy brought me here too.

[@harryharry3039]

Me 2

[@astroknight2828]

Me also!

[@WilRealtor21]

Me too🤣

[@christopherisaac7790]

Me too

[@natalietucker6592]

"near" the In & Out burger!

[@DSMTheEditor]

I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST WEEK! I KEEL YOUR FACKIN CAR, MAN!

[@JAY-hi9kv]

Did anyone ever watch Branded....Its a good show.

[@TheSpoons58]

Holy shit does that bring back memorys,Thats when bat-man,Man from Uncle,Munsters,I was 8 yrs old. This my military career,Branded?? You found it Doggs...

[@reggievangleason9511]

I watched Branded lying on the floor of my Aunt & Uncle’s house, directly in front of the tv on a scratchy old wool rug with lp gas space heater blowing across me.

[@PhynTrickSnipin]

One of many great tv theme songs !

[@MZVIRB1022]

Ch 7 in NY ran this late at night in the 80's into the 90's.

[@nebulousone1994]

28 people found a stranger in the Alps.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

I definitely remember watching this on Pat Robertson's CBN (now FreeForm) back in the 80's and also on syndication on KPLC-TV 7 Lake Charles, LA Chuck Connors from The Rifleman to Branded

[@Dreigonix]

Stranded! Outside the bathroom doooooor! What do you do when you're stranded? You pee on the floooooor!

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Heard it a bit differently when I was growing up:. Stranded! Stranded on the toilet bowl, What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll? To prove you're a man you must wipe with your hand.....

[@nolanwebster1039]

Lmao 😂💀

[@kato902]

Very good

[@danroberts9050]

I heard it: Stranded, on the toilet bowl... What do you do when you're stranded, and you can't reach the roll? How do you prove you're a man? When you have to use your hand?

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Err....is this a good time to ask about my military pension?

[@abdelkaderlhafa6069]

l un des meilleurs series westerns que jai vu dans mon enfance _ annee 1970

[@teletubetodd]

This was one of the best TV themes of the era; too bad the series didn't live up to it. An episode of "F Troop" began somewhat like this, with Captain Parmenter (reluctantly) stripping Sgt. O'Rourke of his epaulets before learning the truth about what was really going on. Thanks for posting!

[@Bsgrundle]

my name is Brandon and I sing this with my name on my birthday with a few lyric changes. it's epic

[@synapticdragon2157]

So I'm walking home from work today and pass a shop called branded.. and boom this theme pops into my head and I had to come listen to it again

[@danzinder179]

OMG, I just realized Dude is singing this theme in the police car.

[@latitudepost]

If it weren't for Joel and Ethan, this would have faded into obscurity

[@MikeNYPE]

A Married w/ Children episode and a Busta Rhymes song brought me back here! Catchy!

[@Message167]

On my 100th watch of TBL and realized Dude is singing this in the back of the cop car.

[@phizzler5051]

buncha FUCKIN amateurs

[@Straswa]

Great series. Plus it starred Chuck Connors from The Rifleman.

[@danflashes7125]

“Larry, sweetie! The men are here!”

[@imkool51391]

Bulk of the series

[@raymondmarcano9044]

Yes truly accepting injustice cause youre the bigger man. Its how they made me feel at my last job in the RadioPharma Industry in Sanford Florida.

[@sourxtimes]

“You’re killing your father, Larry!”

[@soulierinvestments]

At roughly the same time that " NBC broadcasted Branded", Connors appeared on a few episodes of Goodson - Todman's "What's My Line." Clips from some of those episodes appear on KZbin. For instance, Connors sat in the guest panelist seat the night Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers appeared as a mystery guest.

[@olleicua]

lol.. leads..

[@PunkFictionProdction]

The guy who wrote the majority of this series lives by an In-and-out burger.

[@philipb.wasson7281]

This song makes me dance. Reminds me that I am in good company of the proper caliber.💜🖤💜👊😘👊

[@jrewing1512]

It sucks I have to watch an episode on 244 5:30 pm on Sunday. I want to see all episodes. Great show. Was canceled too early.

[@alexanderpushkin3444]

I remember watching this show in Spanish in Mexico City. The theme's name was "Marcado" :-). Practically most TV shows were shown in Spanish.

[@jacquelynking2184]

When I was a kid there were 7 of us living in a ONE bathroom house. We would sing this song to the tune from BRANDED. "Stranded stuck on a toilet bowl, What do you do when you're stranded, and you don't have a roll." Thanks to the Corona Virus Toilet Paper crisis of 2020, I am reminded of my childhood song.🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩🚽💩

[@anamariaaragon3382]

Solo el quedo de su batallón y la gente lo llamo marcado muy buena serie de mis favoritas que tiempos aquellos

[@wordsmystrys]

wasn't really into westerns, but always watched the beginning of this when it came on, I just liked the song :o)

[@NicholasToras01]

I only heard this song via the married with children show. I had no idea it was an actual itself 🤣. They match the visuals perfectly to the intro!

[@ssc5140]

Back when TV was decent for family viewing.

[@ryanhodges7101]

“Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you’re stranded, and you can’t find a roll?”

[@tlv156]

"He lives on Radford near the In and Out Burger." "Those are good burgers Walter!" "Shut the FUCK UP DONNY!!!!" Random person from the crowd: "Shhhh!!!"

[@edwinmontgomery]

and they say he ran away... BRANDED!

[@zyxmyk]

i'm the same age as the cohens. I absolutely remember this show. I explained to my kid what it was about--AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WALTER'S OBSESSION WITH THIS WAS BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT A GUY WITH A VERY NEGATIVE MILITARY EXPERIENCE. that's why that movie is a classic--you can peel layers of it away like an onion--an onion used on a burger at the in-and-out burger.

[@lovecuthbert]

Dang!! That must have taken Connors real restraint to let his commander strip him of his dignity in front of the rest of the troops.

[@JacX1]

A real reactionary.

[@abcbatman1966]

Larry Cohen, R.I.P.

[@smellygoatacres]

Chuck was a former pro baseball player. I think he also played pro- or semi-pro basketball.

[@marcusjustice6165]

1:01 to 1:08 " He was Innocent, Not A Charge was True". CourtMartial and Cashiered out of the U.S. Army. Major Marcus Albert Reno 7th US Cavalry Regiment Dismissal in 1880 upgraded to an Honorable Discharge in 1967. Second Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper 10th US Cavalry Regiment Dismissal in 1882 upgraded to an Honorable Discharge in 1976 and a U.S. Presidential Pardon issued in 1999. Chaplain Captain Henry Vinton Plummer 9th US Cavalry Regiment Dismissal in 1894 upgraded to an Honorable Discharge in 2005.

[@TheWhisperOaks]

The Dude - Yes, I know the fkin show, Walter!

[@brillcareer]

I recall watching this at the time and thinking how bloody hard that Colonel’s knee must have been to break that sabre

[@gregfrank4115]

Or how good was that sword if it broke in two so easily?

[@ericinwisconsin]

I was never overly impressed with the series, but I loved that theme song.