This next item was previously posted at Saturday Morning Archives, albeit with a different copy, years ago.
Less than a year after McHale's Navy ended, Tim Conway was back on ABC, this time in the Western farce, Rango, as a bumbling Texas Ranger. The series lasted 13 weeks at the most, due in large part to the fact that producers Danny Thomas & Aaron Spelling, along with creators Harvey Bullock & Ray Allen, sought to posit Rango as a cross-section of satires, along the lines of F-Troop, & Get Smart (both halfway through their 2nd seasons when Rango launched), and McHale, due to Rango creating constant consternation for his commanding officer, Captain Horton (Norman Alden).
In the episode, "In a Little Mexican Town", Rango and his sidekick, Pink Cloud (Guy Marks) travel south of the border in pursuit of a suspect. Future ABC studio announcer Ernie Anderson, one of Conway's closest friends from his home state of Ohio, appears briefly.
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