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Old 04-09-2007, 05:21 PM
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I think when they went color or to 1 hour shows they moved to Monday night . . . I remember the cast talking about it during one of the bonus features . . .
Gunsmoke went to 1 hr on Sat. nights in Sept. '61 ... under the name ...Marshall Dillion ... CBS showed reruns of the half hr show on Tue. nights from Oct. '61 to June '64 ... in an attempt to reverse declining ratings, it switched to Mon. nights in Sep. '67 ... where it stayed until the show went off the air on Sep. 1st '75 ...
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Old 04-09-2007, 06:13 PM
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Yep, pardner. They just don't make westerns like they used tuh. Don't forget Lash LaRue, Cisco Kid (my wife has an autographed picture...her dad went to a party with Duncan Renaldo ), The Virginian, Big Valley, etc. etc.

I'm going to vote for Chester, just because he seemingly made a pact with the devil and has not aged in the last 40 years.

gyusher...I'm sure this has been said before...I dunno cuz I'm new...but your avatar really....bugs me.
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Old 04-09-2007, 06:27 PM
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gyusher...I'm sure this has been said before...I dunno cuz I'm new...but your avatar really....bugs me.
yep. . .I start scratching every time I see it. . . .

Talking about old westerns. . .One actor that I never paid much attention to was Joel McCrea. . .not much on his regular stuff but he played a good cowboy. . .

Don't care much for the 30s singing westerns. . . Some set the pace for that style today but somehow I could never get with it watching them. . .Although on a cold and rainy Saturday or Sunday morning I'm liable to watch most anything. . .Gene Autry too. . .
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Old 04-09-2007, 06:29 PM
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Now I did like The Lone Ranger. . . Some Roy Rogers too. . .

Zorro . . . OK. . .
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Old 04-09-2007, 07:55 PM
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The singing cowboy shows are so corny. My dad still watches one (can't remember name) has a guy with a white hat and a fat sidekick. Another old western I liked was hondo(think thats right) I haven't seen it in years but me,my bro and dad watched it together.
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Gunsmoke ... in an attempt to reverse declining ratings, it switched to Mon. nights in Sep. '67 ... where it stayed until the show went off the air on Sep. 1st '75 ...
Bingo. No wonder they put on a movie.
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Old 04-10-2007, 08:10 AM
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Bingo. No wonder they put on a movie.
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I guess it did start getting stale or 'old' after 20 years. . Amanda Blake (Kitty) left after year 19. . .The only 2 original actors left were 'Doc' and 'Matt'. . .that made it the entire 20 year run. . .
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:25 PM
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My Dad got out of the Navy in 1946 and decided to build an underground home (true). He was ahead of his time, pictures of the old place show just what looked like an out house on an empty lot.

By the end of the 40's he had 2 daughters and a son on the way, so he built a normal house on top of the underground house.

Dad liked to build things and was good at it.

The Dad discovered "Gunsmoke" and had a wild (for other people, not Dad) idea. The underground house, which was now an overkill basement became the Long Branch Saloon, knotty pine walls, big bar, swingin' doors. It became a great place to play Cowboy's as a kid.

I always thought Ken Curtis was great on the show until I saw The Attack of the Killer Shrews (also starring James Best). I vote Chester Goode!
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Old 04-10-2007, 02:57 PM
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... I always thought Ken Curtis was great on the show until I saw The Attack of the Killer Shrews (also starring James Best). I vote Chester Goode!
The Killer Shrews ... a very low budget movie ... was shot at Gordon McLendon's property on Lake Dallas (just north of Big "D") ... McLendon (who appears in the movie) was one of the "fathers" of Top 40 radio ... he owned numerous radio stations across the nation including KLIF ... the mighty 1190 ... here in Dallas ...
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Old 04-15-2007, 12:50 AM
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TV Land must have gotten some new episodes because I hardly find one now that I have seen. . .A couple weeks ago it was tough finding one I had not seen. . .

Good on them. . .
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Old 04-15-2007, 08:19 PM
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What I like about Gunsmoke,and Have Gun Will Travel,is that they both are like the old Playhouse 90 with cowboy hats and horses:Good stories,fine actors(often from the broadway stage)interesting themes.I even saw a Bonanza the other day with Ossie Davis.For its time,it was a pretty complex portrayl of race relations.
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I'm with you there, Jimmy. I would add to that list Bat Masterson. I find his character the most developed in terms of depth, and capacity for physical humour as he defeats his foes. What he can do with that cane is amazing.

A bit later came Steve McQueen, playing a bounty hunter in "Wanted: Dead or Alive". Unlike Gunsmoke, with it's full cast of characters, and where the hero (Matt Dillon) might not even be in a particular episode, Steve McQueen was firmly at the centre of his show, and weekly guest stars rounded out the cast. Good guest stars, usually easily recognizable as people who later had their own series.

Great stuff, those old shows!
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Ah, you kids! Anyone else here remember 'Gunsmoke' on radio?
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Old 04-16-2007, 11:27 AM
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Ah, you kids! Anyone else here remember 'Gunsmoke' on radio?
William Conrad.. .Now that would be funny on a horse. . .
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Old 04-21-2007, 06:50 AM
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Singing cowboys??? and nobody has mentioned Gene Autry?? The local cable co has resurrected his old shows and plays them weekdays in the afternoon after work. Like coming home from school and turning on the old Philco.


Oh....another vote for Festus.
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Old 04-21-2007, 08:03 AM
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Singing cowboys??? and nobody has mentioned Gene Autry?? The local cable co has resurrected his old shows and plays them weekdays in the afternoon after work. Like coming home from school and turning on the old Philco.
Gene was fun because he couldn't ride a horse to save his life, anything faster than a walk he'd be bouncing up and down and sliding sideways.
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