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O'l Chester was no joke , I'm not disregarding Festus , but Chester was purely dedicated .

@@byronjones9299 Indeed, he was. :)

Where can you watch a whole show

@@shirleycole7854 members can watch all of them on our discussion forum. The link is above.

Concur

Yup. James Arness was the greatest. Still on TV after all these years. What a legacy.

CBS thanks you, I think. the shame is, TV LAND hacks scenes out of shows, which if you watch 'em long enough you'll barely notice, but it's all about greed. INSP also shows lots of 'GUNSMOKE', and recently started showing re-mastered color episodes (the B&W's were already done), but still they succumb to greed, and also hack things out. "hell and "damn," just for starters. but parts of scenes are missing.

I concur

Didn't realize how many other people were enjoying these also after all these years.

Me too. Such good actors and funny lines sometimes. I'm stuck on matt.

Very much so, and I think a lot of folks who've never seen it assume it's just a shoot-em-up and don't give it a second thought, and will never know how clever and thought-provoking it was - and still is.

@@OhShaw excellent point. it's drama .

AMEN.

I don't think it was ahead of it's time at all. TV went downhill real fast after Gunsmoke ended.

100 million people would watch the show today. It would be top rated for 30 years but they’ll never do it.

There is no competition there.

I remember my dad chuckling about Chester as we all watched it Saturday nights.

Amen to that. My wife's retired brother-inlaw feels the same way.

I can relate to that but since I have dvd sets for many of the seasons I can watch them without waiting on TV.

@@muffs55mercury61 me to

Yes! I know what you mean 🙂 R.I.P

Mine does too! I love them all!

I love gunsmoke and all the cast please please bring them back in black and white color is ok but definitely not the same so what happened to the original shows in black-and-white 🤷🏻‍♀️?

I remember that one. Good episode.

Oh, so true! It was well casted, well acted, well written, and the music was great, too!

THANK YOU so much for sharing with us

@@OhShaw I would be honored to have you share that with anyone you wish.

@@OhShaw I would be honored for you to share it with anyone you wish. I have a few pictures on my FB page you may share as well. (My FB page is Thomas Scott) I will look for your friend request.

@@thomasmartinscott thank you!

@@thomasmartinscott I'd love to see your pics, but I found about 100 men by that name on facebook, heh. Our facebook is : facebook.com/JamesArnessForum/ If you like any post atall there I'll see it and can find you that way, or you can message me there, as well.

Ha ha ha

Agreed!

Yup says it all. This is an era where you have to escape from reality in order to be able to live in that reality. Gunsmoke is a great escape. Thank you Matt kitty chester doc and festus and all of you that brought forth this TV treasure.

AMEN YES IT IS.

I love The Rifleman also.

I prefer gunsmoke over ponderosa any day lol

GUNSMOKE IS A CLASSIC I NEVER GET TIRED OF THE RERUNS.

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It really is a joy to watch through adult eyes, and truly appreciate the writing and acting.

He's literally a federal agent, his badge stands anywhere in the country. and even without the badge he's 6'7" 235 pounds of badass with a fast gun

The funny thing is; I saw an episode of "Cops" once that mirrored this scene. Some yokel in Texas told a State Trooper who had followed him to his home that was was his "neck of the woods" and he didn't bother the Trooper in the Trooper's "neck of the woods". The Trooper indignantly replied that the state of Texas was his "neck of the woods".

Matt: And right now you're in it.

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I think the comedy is lost on a lot of folks (understandably, for those who watched as children), so I'm happy to point it out. The writing and the acting were so good, and somewhat underappreciated. Thanks for commenting!

Still is. I bought my Dad the entire set.

And he isn't even guilty of any crime.

@@eddiefaccioni2453 , that's the best part. Matt and Chester left Dodge early. Jack left Dodge later, after the real killer had been caught. So Jack knew all along, while Matt and Chester were busy busting their butts. They didn't find out until they got back to Dodge where they were sore and tending to blisters from all the hard work.

It was GREAT !!!!

@@alfredmartinez6166 No Doc Showed up at the house !!!

I know right! That was so funny, he already in the clear but Matt n Chester didn't know it until Doc came out there and told it all.😅😂

Those are both great scenes, and in fact, I had already included the first one (with Chester) in my next volume, which I should be posting soon. I'll try to get the "law of averages" one in there, too :) I appreciate the suggestion. The B&W seasons with the original cast really do have the best lines, in my opinion. The writers were so good and they fit so much into those half hour shows. I'm constantly rewinding them to listen again to something particularly funny or clever, and like you said, it always sounded so natural. I think that's why they tickle me so much, because more than anyone else on the show those three characters (Matt, Chester and Doc) always struck me as being the most like real people (real friends) in the way they interacted.

I've thought (wondered) many times if some of their lines were ad-libbed.

@@gapch4047 Me too. They were so natural with the dialogue. I think you're right. They must have improvised. I am so addicted to watching the show since I found it on INSP channel. It sucks when I have to leave for work. LOL

Thanks for commenting, that made me smile :)

Me, too.

One of my favorites too, along with Jericho and the original Star Trek (obviously not trying to compare them, haha, I just can't say it's my ONLY favorite).

Robert Reed, I totally agree, Gunsmoke to me was one of the greatest TV shows of all time, Its definitely my favorite, I could watch reruns everyday.

@@JayDogTitan-he6wo since i am working at home due to the covid-19 virus i. Really enjoy watching reruns on INSP--TV. A close second to gunsmoke would be RAWHIDE. although BONANZA was a well written show, i can kind of "take it or leave it"

@@robertreed485 I record all of my Gunsmoke episodes from Insp-TV, The half hour black and white episodes are my favorite though I like them all, Yes I like Bonanza as well, Can't say I watched much Rawhide but it was a great western, Another western that was great was The Virginian, That's my Mother's all time favorite, James Drury recently passed and my mother told me about it immediately, Right now I'm in the middle of a DVD set of Little house on the prairie, I'm on season 3, That's one of my all time favorites as well.

You're most welcome :) Thank you for your kind words!

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My favorite Festus quote " I'll be all over you like ugly on an ape!"

Just saw that one last night, INSP channel has 'em on a few times a day, I DVR all of them of course, that was the episode where the entire town is getting robbed by that gang.

Wayne Johnson lp

I still do watch it....every night! I was born in 1961 so it was always on at our house. Now in my older age, I am addicted to it all over again. It was just good tv...not much good tv anymore.

John Wayne was never asked to do gun smoke, this is from his lips. They knew Wayne would never do a TV series.

@@Michaelbos Over the years, there seems to be confusion over whether or not, the part of Matt Dillon was ever offered to John Wayne. “Gunsmoke” creator Norman MacDonnell and Charles Marquis Warren, the first season producer seemed firm that the part was never offered. For me the argument was settled by a rare Wayne interview (Focus on Film-Spring 1975 issue), where the Duke was directly asked and confirmed that the part was offered to him. Page 272 of the just released John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman, may settle the argument and show everyone was telling the truth. According to the book, the role was directly offered to John Wayne by William S. Paley, owner of CBS (who in 1967 would reverse “Gunsmoke’s” cancellation) the part. The book goes on to state Paley offered the Duke two million dollars a year plus partial ownership of the series. Wayne declined the offer and recommended James Arness. Since the offer never resulted in negotiations and had been made directly by Paley to Wayne, there was no reason MacDonnell or Warren would have known or been involved.

6'7"? Dang

Aww, thank you so much for saying so, David. I appreciate that, I really do. You made MY day!

Yes it is.

Watch em on you tube!

So much to say from so many superb people, and only 25 minutes to do it. Superb writers too. " It's no fun getting shot at. "

Thank you :) B&W seasons are indeed my favorites, and I do prefer to use them in my videos. Another reason though, is I try avoid using non-DVD sources as much as possible, since they're almost always too blurry or distorted. At the time I made this particular montage, for example, the only color seasons that had been released on DVD were 12, 13 and 14.

You know you think you know the script by heart but then when you're in the middle of eating, and something is said on Gunsmoke that just about sends your dinner across the room because you're laughing, and it's usually when I'm tired and overly Goofy but the other night during a show or maybe in your clip someone probably Chester asked Matt, "guess who's back in town!" And Matt immediately replied, "I don't even know who left." I don't know why but that absolutely cracked me up; still does. Brilliant writing.

When Matt buys a beer and then throws it on the guy makes me laugh so LOUD!

thank you 'the Glory and the mud' is the episode's title, I think.

Funny because just today I told my wife I wanted all 20 seasons of Gunsmoke in March for my 56th Birthday !!

Where can you buy all twenty seasons?

I bought my whole set on Amazon.ca

@@raymondf1000 do you remember the cost?

$265 Canadian taxes incl.....fantastic deal. Not available at this price anymore.

One of my favorites, as well.

@@OhShaw Pruitt Dover R.I.P.

@@jameshoran8 If it had been me, I would have walked Away for sure. Why hang, for what? Matt was ok with it, good enough for me.

Jeremy Slate could play a ridiculously decent human being, or a nasty, no remorse killer. you're right about 'the Gallows'. maybe Slate's best appearance. he just keeps appearing when he could be disappearing. Dillon actually wants him to vanish. he did actually let accused killers get away, very rarely. 'the Gallows' reminds me a bit of 'Tom Horn' .because the defendant didn't protest his condemnation nearly enough. a clear miscarriage of justice. Dillon's word should always be heeded by judges.

No joke..yes...i know....we lived w Grandmom..Mom Kim & I ..was house Mom grew up in...GREAT memories..All the great shows eating our Col Sanders Chicken on Tv trays.....

My father also watched westerns and that's where I have my love of them till today.

Just brutal

Matt shot in arm: "Are you going to OK?' "Ya. It went all the way through" 😵

HE could take it

@Les Sis Morre Interesting, I'll have to watch for that.

It was 20 years !!!

Doc didn't take Marshall's health insurance.

I'm working on it. :)

But he sure complained about having to be there. Chester was a half wit.

CHESTER had been in the civil war and was no punk,notice every episode where he carried a rifle,he was a sharpshooter in the war,few knew that,chester backed matt all the way,just like festus did,a man like matt makes a sidekick grow a pair,even when nothing else did,that's what instills bravery in people ,just one solid rock person,and people follow and live right,right beside them,its the way of it

They never really said, but it's kind of applied in the civil war is how he got his knee blown out. of course, they just put a brace on which is why he could never bend his knee on his right leg again. He may have not been as smart as Matt, but he sure backed him when Matt needed it.

What hearty laugh miss kitty has LOL

Ahaha, duly noted, thank you!

INSP network on Dish ch 259...has episodes all the time

You can watch it on INSP

@@keithhicks3006 364 on my TV

Thank you! My pleasure :)