I just returned from a trip home to visit my family and friends in Michigan; just buying a new car I decided to drive from Dallas to Detroit approx. 18 hour drive each way I decided to break it up in 2 days there and 2 days back this gave me plenty of time to listen to radio so I decided I would listen to Gunsmoke and l was reminded very quickly of how outstanding the show was!!! I was totally engaged and the time flew quickly as I eagerly listened to episode after episode....So I decide to focus on some of the very best episodes from the shows long run 1952-1961!!!!
Here is a great episode with a wonderful grim ending that Gunsmoke was know for!!! At times Marshal Dillon saved the day but grim reality was he often didn't and a lesson was learned about good out weighing evil. The Photographer from May 6th 1956....
Here is a great episode with a wonderful grim ending that Gunsmoke was know for!!! At times Marshal Dillon saved the day but grim reality was he often didn't and a lesson was learned about good out weighing evil. The Photographer from May 6th 1956....
A picture of the REAL Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City Kansas
The production duo of Macdonnell and Meston who created, directed and wrote the radio series (and some of the TV shows). Meston wrote or oversaw all the episodes in series long run. The duo's aim with the show was to give the western a true and "adult" view. Most westerns were created with kids in mind, shows like Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid and Red Ryder were very simple cowboy verses despertos or Indians or general bad guys. Gunsmoke was very different in the way it handled Native Americans and many episodes showed the bigotry and unfair treatment the Indians faced.
The cast with it's lead actor William Conrad did amazing jobs with the excellent scrips bringing the characters to life and take us back to new frontier during it's early days.
I'm going to pull out more of the very, very best episodes and some of my favorites and share on Listening to OTR.
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