John Wayne TV was the stars inlaid

Today we live in a specific type of unilateral agriculture As it becomes clear from the “Harry Potter” series, it has become nostalgia for the past. But otherwise, things were not more broken. We are all on our cultural trips, immersing in many sub -cultures facilitated by the Internet and social media. For this particular reason, Hollywood does not have a kind of cultural influence that it did once, because the rise of broadcasting platforms has sent the industry to a stampede to keep pace with the growing attention of the audience. When you think about the fact that, in 2025, Nielsen confirmed that YouTube has become the first distributor of TV content in the United States, overcoming all the other broadcaster and broadcaster (including Netflix), you can get a real sense of how the cultural scene significantly changes in the past few decades.

It is a kind of thing that a person did not imagine for sure John Wayne. We have heard a lot about the death of the movie star in recent years, and that it is somewhat (although the situation of a person like Timothée chalamt in your movie will not harm the sales of tickets). But there is definitely a feeling that the type of star embodied by the Duke is no longer anything anymore. Wayne was a compromise in unilateral cultivation before all his affairs, as everyone had a somewhat joint experience. It was an essential thing about the way the culture worked in the twentieth century. It was not just that people went to watch his films because they starred John Wayne, the way the actor brought to embody certain values ​​and represents a common idea of ​​what he means to be a proud American – and perhaps even a respected member of society. Over time, he became a more attractive character, but there is no doubt that he has been icon throughout his life.

You will be very pressured to find what is equivalent in the modern era, simply because we no longer have these common ideas, so it is really wonderful to look back in the man’s profession as a lens to see the culture of the twentieth century. Take its first TV, for example – the splendor of NBC Gradiose packed with stars of each type will not happen today.

Despite the fact that he appeared in many small products on the screen, John Wayne was not the biggest fans of TV. He had A non -approved TV role you may not have seen beforeAnd Duke of the Secret Duke on “Gunsmoke” It is an unknown treasure. But he first moved away from adhering to any cross series, preferably the big screen as a place to tell his stories and expand his legend.

By 1970, he was already firmly firmly as the largest movie star in the century. But he did not show any signs of slowdown, and that year was in particular a big one for the Duke. His reaction against Paramount to sell Television rights in “real gravel” have caused a legal battleBut he also won his first Oscar for his performance in the movie as Us Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn. First, it came that year when Wayne hosted his first TV-a stars’ case in a complete detail that belongs to the era of mono culture that it is now watching, such as discovering a kind of ancient transport.

Wayne was a host to “Swing Out, Sweet Land”, a celebration of American history, which was a light but esteemed issue and that New York Times It is called “patriotism.” It was distinguished by the short clips that led to life different moments in American history, with the appearance of Wayne between each of them and the viewers through the story of their homeland using a giant map of the United States, which have fallen into it to show the country’s growth over the decades. Regardless of Wayne’s modernity that agrees to appear on the small screen on his first TV, “Swing Out, Sweet Land” was noticeable for the amazing actors of actors, dancers, comedians and musicians who gathered them, and many of them are contemporary stars while others were legends of previous ages.

“Swing Out, Sweet Land” appeared in many big names, it’s really incredible that NBC pulled it. George Burns, Jalin Campbell and Johnny Cash played themselves, along with Jack Benny as “a man who finds the silver dollar.” The star “I love Lucy” presented the voice of the statue of freedom, which represents another cooperation between her and her dear friend John Wayne, who appeared on the popular play of CBS in the 1955 episode “Lucy and John Wayne”. Among the other prominent appearances are Ping Crossby in the role of Mark Twain, William Shatner in the role of John Adams, Din Martin in the role of Eli Whitney and Pob Hop. This is not even half of the group.

The only time that this type of group spoke of stars today at the awards ceremony or in “Saturday Night Live 50” special memory. To see legends like Wayne, Kosby, criticism, ball, others gathered together in such production, they should have felt a truly important occasion, which was undoubtedly the flash memory of collective awareness at that time. In fact, “Swing Out, Sweet Land” became the highest rating in the week that was broadcast and ended Wayne, who presents some national words to inspire viewers and raise before the actors “God Gorn America” ​​sang in complete harmony.

Can you imagine anything like this now? You may be completely happy that we do not have to watch this type of American national celebration, but it is still great as cultural antiques. Just one year later, Wayne had begun to dismantle his image by conducting a notorious interview with Playboy, as he took the civil rights movement to the mission and claimed that the indigenous Americans were selfish to try to stick to their lands. But at that short moment in 1970, when dozens of stars were singing “God Gorn America” ​​on TV while the nation had seen, it should seem to be something that would not change.