First Western TV hero cost his star a ranch and a car

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWilliam Boyd played Hopalong Cassidy, and The Hopalong Cassidy Show debuted on NBC on June twenty-fourth, nineteen forty-nine, as the first network Western.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI love that movie so much.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a television show, Chip.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd SlashFilm reports Boyd sold his ranch, mortgaged his car and moved into a bungalow to raise three hundred fifty thousand dollars for the rights.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's commitment to a cowboy! He must have been a tough guy.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHe drank nonalcoholic sarsaparilla and never drew first.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA man lost his car for the most cautious cowboy in the West, and the black hat was the only dangerous thing about him.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSixty-six films first, though.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentLater this half hour, who swears the most in their sleep?

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBoyd's three a.m. line, I assume, is: that car was paid off. Final transcript for the show, it just says, please, someone take over.