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Laramie
Laramieis an American Western television series that aired
on NBC from 1959 to 1963.Laramiewas 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.
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. 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'sLaramiebroadcast, 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,Laramiewas canceled after its fourth season.