Some Thoughts On Cisco & Pancho

[caryc]

Getting a kick out of watching the "Cisco Kid" again on TV. I don't quite understand the name since Cisco means a young boy as far as I know. So, anyway why wasn't it Cisco the kid?

I always kind of liked Pancho better than Cisco anyway. He had a way with the English language. His latest being "Ceesko, I think we searching for a noodle in a smokestack". Or his signature phrase, "les went". If you watch any of the series note that when Pancho has that scowl on his face, he's actually a pretty mean looking dude.

As far as their horses, I liked Pancho's Loco better. It was a bigger horse than Cisco's and was a powerful looking animal with a big head and powerful looking chest. Then he also had those beautiful eyes and the big white face. Just a beautiful spirited animal.

 

[sfhogman]

Anyone else remember Leo Carillo's 1947 Chrysler? Quite a hood ornament, that.....

 

[caryc]

Anyone else remember Leo Carillo's 1947 Chrysler? Quite a hood ornament, that.....

You mean this one? Actually it was a 1948.

 

[Bob Wright]

As I remember, Leo Carillo had some fine palominos, or a palomino, I forget which. He had a very ornate silver mounted saddle and rode in some kind of parade in california each New Year's Day.

Bob Wright

 

[Jeepnik]

Leo's ranch is now preserved and open to the public.

A very fine beach is named after him. It's used frequently for filming.

 

[Conservative]

Wow, you guys are 'really' old.

This series along with "Hopalong Cassidy" were my all time favorites as a kid.

Cisco, handsome, debonair, fearless and his equally good/fearless side kick Pancho.

The ending of the show "les went" without fail made me mad with delight every time I heard it.

 

[caryc]

Wow, you guys are 'really' old.

This series along with "Hopalong Cassidy" were my all time favorites as a kid.

Cisco, handsome, debonair, fearless and his equally good/fearless side kick Pancho.

The ending of the show "les went" without fail made me mad with delight every time I heard it.

We're not really old, we just have loooooong memories. :wink:

"Oh Cisco"
"Oh Pancho"

 

[kramden]

Was always one of my favorites as a kid. Loved the theme music. Glad it's back on.

 

[wwb]

As a kid, I thought Pancho was a funny sidekick. Having seen a couple episodes as an adult, it looks more like he's not very bright.

 

[coach]

The first tv series filmed in color long before color TVs were common.

 

[blackhawknj]

I read they couldn't stand each other.
Interesting to note that back in the "Dark Ages" of the 1950 there was a popular kids TV show with-"gasp!"-Hispanic heroes.
The character originally appeared in an O. Henry story "The Caballero's Way"-he was a villain.

 

[SR1911SHOOTER]

I read they couldn't stand each other.
Interesting to note that back in the "Dark Ages" of the 1950 there was a popular kids TV show with-"gasp!"-Hispanic heroes.
The character originally appeared in an O. Henry story "The Caballero's Way"-he was a villain.

Yeah, I remember another Latino hero on "High Chaparral". Henry Darrow.
Blackie

 

[Ruger1441]

When I was a few years younger Cisco and Pancho were at the Utah state fair. What a thrill to meet them.

 

[caryc]

I read they couldn't stand each other.
Interesting to note that back in the "Dark Ages" of the 1950 there was a popular kids TV show with-"gasp!"-Hispanic heroes.
The character originally appeared in an O. Henry story "The Caballero's Way"-he was a villain.

Yeah, I remember another Latino hero on "High Chaparral". Henry Darrow.
Blackie

They just started running it again on H & I network. I've been watching it. I never watched the show when it originally came on. I don't know why unless I was watching something that ran in the same time.

Anyway, I do like the show and all the characters. It's really set in some nice country with all the rugged rock formations and all those segauro cacti. Some of those things that they show must be many hundreds of years old. I heard that they have to be at least 100 years old just to start growing another arm off the main plant.

I watched an episode of dirty jobs once when they were moving and transplanting a huge seguaro cactus. They used a truck that had a hydraulic lift that worked like a well drilling rig. They dug around the base of the cactus then backed up the rig to it and with very heavy pads on it, they strapped it to the rig. They then built up wooden braces off the main rig to brace up each arm on the cactus so it wouldn't break. Then they lowered the rig to about a 45 degree position lifting the cactus for moving. They also said one has to have a license and permit to sell and move one of them as they are only found growing naturally in one place in the world, the Sonoran desert here in the U.S.

 

[Mega Twin]

"They also said one has to have a license and permit to sell and move one of them"
My brother in law had one moved to their house in Tucson.It was removed from it's original site when in a construction zone.Pretty costly operation,and you have to be on a list or something,as I recall.
Pretty cool area is the Desert Museum there with the flora and fauna of the area,especially the cactus "skeletons"

 

[vito]

Double wow! You guys have WAY too much time on your hands if you are seriously discussing "The Cisco Kid". FWIW, Jay Siverheels who played "Tonto" on "The Lone Ranger" TV show lived (or was staying temporarily) in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY and drove a nice Cadillac convertible with longhorn horns as the hood ornament. That was back in the mid to late 1950's as best as I can remember. Well, I guess writing this shows I have too much time on my own hands as well.

 

[caryc]

Double wow! You guys have WAY too much time on your hands if you are seriously discussing "The Cisco Kid". FWIW, Jay Siverheels who played "Tonto" on "The Lone Ranger" TV show lived (or was staying temporarily) in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY and drove a nice Cadillac convertible with longhorn horns as the hood ornament. That was back in the mid to late 1950's as best as I can remember. Well, I guess writing this shows I have too much time on my own hands as well.

No, it just proves that people like to remember the "good" times.

 

[bogus bill]

Jay Silverheels lived somewhere around Littlerock California. That was near me but I never ran into him. Think he taught acting to Indian kids I read.