I guess that you might not consider this a *good* memory but my frist thoughts of the show were actually bad. My father was really into Westerns while all I watched was shows like 90210. I originally hated the show. It wasn't until after my car accident in the spring of 2000 that, being couped up in the house and bored out of my mind, I started watching the show. At first it was just curiosity about where the "bald one" went (I caught the show at the end of its last season, right after Ike died). However, as I started watching it I fell in love, first with Jimmy, then with Buck, and now as Teaspoon once said "I love them all!"


Cathy

I am 24 years old and I love the series The Young Riders. I watched it when it first aired and I still watch it today. I have all the episodes taped from Oddessy but I wish I could buy an original collection, ones that was not edited. All I can say is that my husband thinks I so weird. i remember when I first watched it I was in a small catholic school and i was the only one in class who was into watching this. Everyone else was into only 90210.


Wendy

MMM, let me see. It's so hard to pick just one isn't it? I started watching Young Riders from the very beginning. I have always been interested in the people and events that happened during the 1800's, ever since I started watching Little House on The Prairie. What I liked right away was how different the characters were in their looks, personalities, and backgrounds and how it didn't stop them from becoming a family. It didn't matter that they didn't always get along with each other, but that they were always there for each other when the going got tough. Another thing that drew my attention was the sage wisdom of Teaspoon. My parents divorced when I was only six months old and although my father is still very much alive(my mom's deceased), he chooses not to have anything to do with me or my two older sisters. So the fact that this man could forge such a tight family out of the young riders in his care who have no blood relation to each other was just awesome to me.


Melinda

I'm seventeen. I first became addicted to TYR when i was 5 (yes 5) years old. I can vaguely remember watching the show as a kid and i knbow i was ssssssssssssoooooooooooooo in love with Jimmy (Still Am!!!). I probobly shouldn't have been watching that young 'cuz of all the "violence", but i did anyway, and will never regret it. I can remember telling my parents that i was only watching it to see the horses, what a lie! Anyway, I had completely forgotten about the show over the last decade, but i saw the end of "The Littlest Cowboy" one night last summer. All these awsome memories came back and i was imediatly hooked on TYR again, even more than ever. My whole family hates the show and thinks i'm insane to watch "some stupid show about cowboys". I love TYR and especially Jimmy!!! I've even gotten my best friend hooked. Pretty good for someone who didn't even remember the show last March!

TYR FOREVER!


Charla

A lot of my TYR memories are a bit general, but here goes.

This could get personal, but hey, we're all friends here. I was 19 when TYR first aired and newly married. Let's just say it was a miserable marriage and TYR was a definite escape. I loved Lou's fiery independence and wanted to be Lou! All those cute guys weren't a chore to look at either! ;)
I remember watching it every week and I even started dressing western -- black wranglers, black ropers, western shirts. That was so not my usual style, but the show really made an impression on me.
I only remember a few specifics since that was over a decade ago. Kid was always my favorite guy, but I liked them all. I remember being so upset when Ike was killed; I had wanted him and Emily to marry and ride off into the sunset happily ever after. I also remember getting upset when Jimmy and Lou kissed because I wanted her to be with Kid. Also, Jesse usually irritated me and I wanted him to quit taking up screen time. :)
Of course, now I am 30 and a few things have changed, but Kid is still my favorite. My 8 year old daughter found the re-runs on Odyssey this summer and we both loved the show -- again for me. Because of TYR, I have made a lot of wonderful friends. I think there must be something very special about a show that inspires fans 10 years later and even appeals to "my" children.

Hugs :)


Sarah
I remember watching the original airing of the pilot episode with my family. I was 11 years old. I remember that my mom knew Lou was a girl the first time we saw her when Teaspoon was meeting the riders. Did any of you know that Lou was a girl in the pilot before the scene when Kid found out?


Rhiannon
okay...

other TYR memories... Sitting in my parent's bedroom (becuase everyone else didnt want to watch the show) watching Presence of Mine Enemies. I *had* to watch that night, because TV Guide had put TYR in the little featured section for the day, and that had never happened before so i *knew* it had to be important. I remember making up all kinds of reasons in my head that Travis Fine had to leave the show for them to kill him (the most farfetched being that he had to grow his hair out to become anthony kiedis of the red hot chili peppers the next year when they became so popular) Then I had to act all normal when I went back in with my family, since they would never understand what I had just gone through.
To this day my dad still thinks the majority of my obsession surrounding the show is toward "that baldwin boy" :)


Aimee:)
Okay, I have more than one favorite TYR memory...

Making up TYR stories, and acting them out with my best friend when I was younger (I found a bunch of old scripts I had written--just really short ones to start the storyline my friend and I would play--when I was home for Christmas! I had to laugh at myself, because they are soooooooo silly, but I've actually turned quite a few of them into fan fiction, and have an idea for another one that I found that was a TYR/Bordertown crossover...does anyone else remember that show? I used to love it!:)



Ashley
Well, The greatest show ever: TYR, will let me a kind of strong memory or maybe more...I was 9 years old when this fabulous show came on the french TV (french people are still in late!!) and I watched the three seasons twice or more (I recorded it!) The first time I was really impressed by the story and the second time I was impressed...by Buck!!!
And I really think that when you watch it you'll ever keep something from the show: the historic side, the characters, the poney express way of life...It's maybe something you'll never say but always something you keep like pictures in your mind, don't you think?



Ryan
I have been Young Riders fan ever since I can remember. I am 19 now, but I have been watching the show since day one. My younger brother Adam was 5 when we started watching the show. In fact, he's the one who recently brought the show up and we saw a re-run on Odyssey. It was great! So, to make a long story short, my brother and I are going to tape all of the re-runs now and make a classic Young Riders collection. Hopefully it will remain on the air, it is the best series ever made!


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