I love watching re-runs of Wagon Train on INSP. The writing and story lines are better than what you see today.
However, as others have mentioned in their reviews, seeing this particular rerun from the 1960s, through our 21st century eyes, is as painful as it is embarrassing.
It was the days when the Philadelphia Mummers would march up Broad Street on New Year's Day in blackface; the role of native Americans in Westerns would be played by white actors like Michael Landon, Ed Ames or Michael Ansara speaking broken English while wearing ruddy makeup.
So why should we be surprised when New York City comedian Arnold Stang is assigned the role of "Ah Chung", the fill- in Chinese cook on the wagon train. You can see his strong European features and hear his raspy strong city accent under his faux broken English.
My thoughts are not to criticize the past, but to recognize the progress we have made in respecting our great diversity the past 60 years.