Gunsmoke
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bobsvinyl
Painfully Aware
I think "Law and Order" also went twenty years. There are similarities. They both had excellent casts with many character actors adding to the regular lineup. They both had memorable theme songs. The writing on both shows was also very good and many times contained a message about our society and our moral obligations. A strong theme of good prevailing over evil which sometimes didn't work out.
I started watching it for the first time on MeTV and the cast is great but the stories are EXCELLENT. It's like watching a great movie each time you see a new episode. The recurring characters are familiar but they don't take over and dominate the stories. They're there to serve the stories.
JimSwaz
Active Member
This is getting out of control. These long self serving diatribes. Why must we be subject to these never ending rants day after day after day.... oh, sorry, that me! Go get'em sterofanboy!! Tell them like it is !!!
grillebilly
Empty Head
The Simpsons is in its 26th year.
A local station plays original Gunsmoke radio programs on Sunday evenings. Great stuff.
A local station plays original Gunsmoke radio programs on Sunday evenings. Great stuff.
MAC TED
Lunatic Member
CBS wanted John Wayne to play Matt Dillon. Like that was gonna happen. However, Wayne, having worked with James Arness in HONDO, recommended Arness for the part. The rest is history. Btw, Mr Wayne introduced the 1st episode of GUNSMOKE.
iMO, the 1st season episodes written and directed by Sam Peckinpah were the darkest and the best. He presented an intense and dangerous side to Dillon that was never repeated by any other director.
iMO, the 1st season episodes written and directed by Sam Peckinpah were the darkest and the best. He presented an intense and dangerous side to Dillon that was never repeated by any other director.
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DrumminDaddy
Hit it, Baby !!
Another bit of trivia:
Peter Graves, of Mission Impossible fame, was brother to James Arness.
I enjoyed both series. :thmbsp:
Peter Graves, of Mission Impossible fame, was brother to James Arness.
I enjoyed both series. :thmbsp:
The Simpsons? Not even in he same Ballpark!:thumbsdn:
MAC TED
Lunatic Member
I,also, liked the ones with Chester better than Ken Curtis. I, also, liked the half-hour episodes better than the one hour ones.
1BionicEar
New Member
Ncis?
A friend of mine mentioned yesterday that it first aired on TV on 9-10-55. It ran for 20 years. I wonder if there's anything today that can match that kind of quality and longevity.
The first episode of Gun Smoke, the television show, was introduced by John Wayne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T646gNcRiMs
The 1/2 hour Gun Smoke TV shows ran concurrently with the radio show until 1961 The radio show ran Jun 26, 1952 till Jun 18, 1961 . The Gun Smoke radio show, along with Frontier Gentlemen, and Fort Laramie, where some of the best radio shows that ever aired on radio
Here are some links to the radio shows:
Gun Smoke: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Gunsmoke_Singles
Frontier Gentlemen: https://archive.org/details/FrontierGentleman-All41Episodes
Fort Laramie: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Fort_Laramie_Singles
Enjoy the theater of the mind
The Frontier Gentlemen takes place mostly in Wyoming and the towns mentioned by Jeremy Brian Kendall a retired officer of the British Army in India and corresponding reporter for the London Times are for real I have been to them.
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BillyBatts
ALOHA!
Encore Western Channel airs "Gunsmoke" and "Marshall Dillon" quite a bit. It's one of the reasons I subscribed to U-Verse 300 for a year or two. I wanted the Westerns on the Encore Western Channel. Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Rifleman, Death Valley Days, Maverick, and of course, The Wild Wild West. They also showed some excellent Western movies like Ford's "Stagecoach".
When I was a Senior in College, "Maverick" was in reruns at noon on a local channel. It caught on for some reason with us. We'd all sit in the Quad and watch "Maverick" and then talk about it until we started talking about Stereos again.
Most of the old Westerns are available for viewing in their entirety on Youtube.
I grew up watching Gunsmoke and Bonanza. My Grandfather watched me a bit when my parents were away and I loved both of those shows.
I love the "Network Plug" for Gunsmoke by John Wayne that Trans posted. I've watched it a few times. Wayne is a very laid back salesman. I love the plug for his young friend Jim Arness.
There is also one on Youtube where James Arness is plugging the show to Network in 1962-ish. I can't find it lately, but I know it's on there. It's a fairly long plug where he takes you behind the scenes a bit. Pretty interesting. Worth hunting for.
When I was a Senior in College, "Maverick" was in reruns at noon on a local channel. It caught on for some reason with us. We'd all sit in the Quad and watch "Maverick" and then talk about it until we started talking about Stereos again.
Most of the old Westerns are available for viewing in their entirety on Youtube.
I grew up watching Gunsmoke and Bonanza. My Grandfather watched me a bit when my parents were away and I loved both of those shows.
I love the "Network Plug" for Gunsmoke by John Wayne that Trans posted. I've watched it a few times. Wayne is a very laid back salesman.
I love the plug for his young friend Jim Arness.There is also one on Youtube where James Arness is plugging the show to Network in 1962-ish. I can't find it lately, but I know it's on there. It's a fairly long plug where he takes you behind the scenes a bit. Pretty interesting. Worth hunting for.
William Conrad played a good Matt Dillon on the radio. "Gunsmoke" was probably my Dad's all-time favorite TV show...with "Bonanza" a close second.
Condorsat
Audio Enthusiast
According to Snoopes.com ...an urban myth.
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/gunsmoke2.asp
Some say Wayne did not think much of TV ...
On the other hand :scratch2: .... James Arness claimed in an interview (later years) that Wayne talked him into accepting the role on TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8IeoSJMnuM
