# Can someone help me remember the name of this damn tv show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 10, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628 "2024-10-10T09:28:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/1 "2024-10-10T09:28:02Z")
thanks to the linked below thread I can remember part of the show but I can’t remember the damn name of it I can remember more of the character he was sort of state marshall type that was hired by the "vigilante committee " that ran gold rush era San Francisco once California became a state he was an official state marshall …and I remember the theme song at the end … I can’t find a MeTv+ schedule that goes back far enough for me to find it … > [@“Californ-eye-ay”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californ-eye-ay/1007648/36): > > One of the early 50s westerns shows about a “state marshall” out of SF has that for a chorus its closing theme which might be an 1840s folk song … I can’t seem to find it in the title as the station where I used to watch it has trashed its former schedule in the year or so since we got rid of cable … ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/2 "2024-10-10T09:52:44Z")
> **[The Californians (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Californians_(TV_series))** > > The Californians is a half-hour American Western television series, set during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, which was broadcast by NBC from September 24, 1957, through August 27, 1959. > The series was set in San Francisco, with episodes focusing on "honest men trying to clean up a wild city overrun by criminals and con men". When episodes began, Sam Brennan owned a newspaper for which Dion Patrick worked as a reporter. Patrick also sought to maintain law and order as a member of a group... The theme song is “I’ve Come To California” but I don’t know it and can’t find a link to it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/3 "2024-10-10T10:17:13Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tIUiArtbp-k/maxresdefault.jpg "Classic TV Themes: Jim Bowie / The Californians") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIUiArtbp-k&t=77) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/4 "2024-10-10T10:31:29Z")
Teamwork! ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/5 "2024-10-10T11:13:18Z")
Do they spend half of every episode discussing which combination of highways they drove on? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/6 "2024-10-10T12:38:37Z")
> **[Every Californians Ever (Part 1 of 2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCer2e0t8r8%5C&feature=youtu.be)** > > Watch the drama and driving directions unfold in every Californians ever aired on Saturday Night Live. The story continues in Every Californians Ever (Part 2... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/7 "2024-10-10T12:50:03Z")
I hated that recurring bit from SNL, perhaps because I’m not familiar with the discussion of which roads to take to get some place in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/8 "2024-10-10T13:15:44Z")
Even though I had some experience in navigating LA and the region I didn’t like the skit that much either. It’s similar to British comedy about their train schedules, both of them make a single decent joke with room for funny dialect but wear out quickly trying to extend that. Perhaps Brits and Southern Californians both are more entertained than us by this kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/9 "2024-10-10T13:20:54Z")
Like any caricature, I think the folks who most enjoy watching those are folks who love to look down their nose at the skit’s subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/10 "2024-10-10T14:14:07Z")
As a native Californian I found the SNL accents unfamiliar outside of an ancient Sean Penn performance but the obsession with highway directions and traffic was spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/11 "2024-10-10T15:22:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s similar to British comedy about their train schedules, both of them make a single decent joke with room for funny dialect but wear out quickly trying to extend that. The Brits also got in on the “driving directions” schtick: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vlmGknvr_Pg/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - Mr. Hilter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/12 "2024-10-10T15:35:41Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > As a native Californian I found the SNL accents unfamiliar outside of an ancient Sean Penn performance I was the age to encounter peak Valley Speak in high school and college, say the entire 1970s. Those SNL folks are overdoing it of course; caricature is like that. But there really were thousands of young people using a milder form of the same accent as their normal speaking voice. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/13 "2024-10-10T15:55:02Z")
And how often does it involve a left turn in Albuquerque? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e8TUwHTfOOU/hqdefault.jpg "Bugs Bunny Albuquerque") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TUwHTfOOU) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-damn-tv-show/1008628/14 "2024-10-12T03:12:18Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Perhaps Brits and Southern Californians both are more entertained than us by this kind of thing. I’m a native Californian, and I hated those skits. If I was watching an episode with one in it, I’d FF through it. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Like any caricature, I think the folks who most enjoy watching those are folks who love to look down their nose at the skit’s subjects. Exactly.