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TBT, Did you watch Gun Smoke?
TBT: Pre-COVID-19 Days
The TV Western 'Gunsmoke' ran for 20 years from 1955 till 1975 with some 635 episodes. It remains to this day the longest-running, prime time, live-action series of the 20th century. Below is a picture of the set during filming and again as it appears today.
link: A list of famous guest stars.
This was my go-to TV show as a kid, started watching when I was 8YO. 
Warning: Images may contain mountains, outdoor scenes, text, and nature.
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04-09-2020, 06:10
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I happen to be watching Have Gun Will Travel right now, Rawhide is next Gunsmoke won't be on till 11:00. It is fun to watch those old westerns and pick out all the stars.
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04-09-2020, 06:25
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I watched it with my grandparents when I was a kid. I grew up on westerns - then forgot all about them for about 30 years.
In my Dads last few years, when ever I would visit we, would either watch The Walking Dead or old westerns - including Gun Smoke. Re-watching those old westerns is one of the things that pointed me towards Cowboy Action Shooting.
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04-09-2020, 23:46
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I watched it with my grandparents when I was a kid. I grew up on westerns - then forgot all about them for about 30 years.
In my Dads last few years, when ever I would visit we, would either watch The Walking Dead or old westerns - including Gun Smoke. Re-watching those old westerns is one of the things that pointed me towards Cowboy Action Shooting.
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Geez, you just made me feel very old.
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04-13-2020, 06:47
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MATTHEW! By Festus
MR DILLON! BY Chester.
I watched Gunsmoke very little as a kid but was stuck on other westerns at the time, if I recall correctly.
Until I got more channels about 15 years ago I could not watch Bonanza, but then I was able to watch Bonanza every day until they started repeating. Over time, I watched all except the last 3 years worth or so.
Last fall I started watching Gunsmoke and was dedicated. I made a listing and am now 95% through the whole series. It is a very good show and can find myself watching 6-8 new shows a night. I find myself watching these over Showtime stuff. I always DVR them and skip the commercials.
Now that I am almost caught up in Gunsmoke I can resume my Lost Bonanza episodes, but I don't care for them as much as Gunsmoke.
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04-13-2020, 18:28
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I had a Matt Dillon T-shirt when I was a little kid in the early ‘60s. I wore it out. I never missed a show if I couldn’t help it.
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04-09-2020, 06:29
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I happen to be watching Have Gun Will Travel right now, Rawhide is next Gunsmoke won't be on till 11:00. It is fun to watch those old westerns and pick out all the stars.
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GRIT TV?  Love the Digital broadcast channel options - Grit, MeTV,
I watched a bit of it growing up. I have vague recollection of transition from B/W to Color...
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04-09-2020, 07:21
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Both are on the way high channels in Fayetteville. Grit is 1246.
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04-09-2020, 08:26
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I still watch the old Westerns. An SF brother was an actor before joining the army. He appeared on Gunsmoke and a few others... My favorite tidbit from him about Gunsmoke was that Kitty had freckles that they used makeup to cover.
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04-09-2020, 08:56
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Gunsmoke was required watching at my Grandparent's home...right along with Hee Haw....
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04-09-2020, 06:12
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Hah, used to take our dirt bikes out to that country near Thousand Oaks.
All shows are still on some of the cable channels and run every day, along with some other series of the period. The first sidekick, Dennis Weaver's 'Chester', while charming didn't bring a whole bunch of dimension. They did better with Festus; Ken Curtis could damn near upstage Arness just with an eyebrow.
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04-09-2020, 06:28
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One of the commenters on my FB post spotted the radio tower in the old B/W photo. I'm thinking it's an early HAM tower that supported the American Radio Relay League (ARRL); and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)
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04-09-2020, 23:41
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One of the commenters on my FB post spotted the radio tower in the old B/W photo. I'm thinking it's an early HAM tower that supported the American Radio Relay League (ARRL); and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) |
What show? I remember seeing that in Bat Masterson.
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04-16-2020, 20:52
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... They did better with Festus; Ken Curtis could damn near upstage Arness just with an eyebrow.
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I loved Gunsmoke as a kid. Still do. About Festus (Ken Curtis), does anyone remember that he had a damn good singing voice?
A tenor he was, and very good. It was in the John Wayne western, Rio Grande, that he sang. (He might have been in other John Wayne cavalry westerns as well.) The song was "Down by the Glenside. You'd never know he was Festus Hagen from that voice.
https://www.youknow.com/watch?v=5jwPVe_sWa8
(Change "youknow" in the link to the link I can't link.)
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04-17-2020, 05:52
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I loved Gunsmoke as a kid. Still do. About Festus (Ken Curtis), does anyone remember that he had a damn good singing voice?
A tenor he was, and very good. It was in the John Wayne western, Rio Grande, that he sang. (He might have been in other John Wayne cavalry westerns as well.) The song was "Down by the Glenside. You'd never know he was Festus Hagen from that voice.
https://www.youknow.com/watch?v=5jwPVe_sWa8
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Lead Singer from the "Son's of the Pioneers".
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