"Gunsmoke" (1955) - Review & Commentary

[Mister Obvious]

Acting like the radio show and the TV show are one and the same is taking a huge drizzly shit on history, AND on the purpose that archivists and historians are supposed to serve.

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E31 - "Bless Me Till I Die"

1:00 I love it when he wears that coat, so big and handsome.

1:30 lmao, never had the proper training?!?!? Well I know a doctor in Dodge City who did.

1:50 lmao, using Dodge City as a training grounds for her husband as if it's some kind of animal lab.

2:20 Kitty looks like some kinda princess riding that horse.

6:45 sweet cherry pie by any chance!? *dancing banana*

10:54 damn, her husband is hotter than fuck.

17:10 guy's got some damn nice hair. Gorgeous cut, color, and style. Sideburns game on point, and in fact it looks like the same person is responsible for both the sideburn jobs on this actor and James Arness too.

23:00 first of all, he's a terrible liar... secondly, when does it EVERRRRRR work out when they try to make cover stories for people on this show? EVERRRR?!?!?!?! Precisely never. That's how often it works out.

23:18 "You don't have to lie to me." Roflmfaololol.

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E32 - "Long Hours, Short Pay"

1:32 oh he's CUUUUUUUUUUTE... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalo_Rios https://i.imgur.com/4wPmKvM.jpg

2:30 that has to be a lace front wig, it looks real.

4:06 OMG lmao, savage! That was a fun roll in the hay!

5:06 I wish he'd follow me! Ooo baybeee!!!

5:10 listen to the way he says "Countryside"... it's THE SEXIEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD. I am seriously NOT JOKING.

13:44 marshal bacon... mmm, that sounds delicious!!!

15:40 ooo, Marshal, baby... you're a little bit too sexy for your own good! I mean, smart! A little bit too smart for your own good!

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E33 - "Hard Virtue"

3:20 this chick sounds like Marcia Brady.

7:40 bro's stepping up on this other man's lady for sure!!!

8:13 oh, some men will do anything to get that sweet tang!~!1!!

8:50 ew yikes, this is frightening, lmao!

21:30 doesn't her husband keep a rifle?

23:40 damn right you ain't, asshole!!! Muwahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E34 - "The Impostor"

4:18 roflmfao, God I love this man, I love the faces Marshal Dillon makes sometimes.

5:32 I've used one of those old school coffee grinders before, they're super cool.

6:50 lmao he's putting egg shells in the coffee *gags*, except honestly, it might be a fine thing to do. Maybe something about some kinda nutrients in the shells or something? I looked it up and apparently it's an acid/alkaline thing... smooths out the flavor of the coffee, and in campfire coffee, the shells help keep the grounds at the bottom. Filed under "Things You Didn't Know Before Gunsmoke".

9:03 I've read some sources say that Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty) was a mean, man hating lesbian. I don't really get those vibes from her, especially not the "mean" part. And considering how many times she married, I find it doubtful she was a lesbian either. I think she probably had the shine for James Arness at some point too, I mean who the hell wouldn't? Besides... nobody is entirely gay.

12:20 there's definitely something going on with this guy and his wife.

15:08 pretty sure he should have told Chester what the fuck was going on just in case he needs back up.

19:20 man whoever transcribes and does the subtitles doesn't give a FUUUUUUUUUUCK about Gunsmoke. Better than the original subs writer they had in the earlier seasons, but DAMN, y'all. Can't we start hiring people who actually have a passion for what the fuck they're working about??

22:26 dude this guy is such an asshole, I seriously hope the marshal kills him soooooo dead. How do they get the horses to lay down on this show??

22:58 that's an excellent shot of him against the sky.

[Mister Obvious]

Amanda Blake on the Mike Douglas Show, 1974...



I love this. It was so funny to hear her say it, in her voice.

She seemed like a delightful woman.

"Long Branch Every Night Blues" performed on Hee Haw, aired January 5, 1971...

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E35 - "Chester's Dilemma"

6:50 this chick looks like the chick who played Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess.

7:11 damn Chester, why don't you ask the ladies things like this a little more often?? You're real good at it baby!!!

7:27 lmfaoooololol... *banana stops dancing*

7:51 yeah I was about to say, SHE seems to be the one who's extra interested. I'm suspicious of her, but I do think he should wife her up and down and all around!!!

8:38 lmafaooo it's Chester's mating call!!!!!!!!!

14:40 "Well he's finally cracked." Roflmfaofalfoaflolol.

15:00 I low key ship Doc and Kitty though, NGL.

22:10 can't stand people like this... they keep people trapped and disempowered so they won't leave, but all it gets them in the end is left anyway.

23:20 oh, nice. So he finally decided to do the right thing. Unrealistic, but definitely a nice story.

[Mister Obvious]

This show definitely knows what women want.

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E36 - "For Love of Money"

1:30 shit, I hear you on that bro!

3:50 I'm so glad they don't show any of the main characters smoking on this show... that would be absolutely disgusting. They were sponsored by L&M cigarette company, but thank God they never smoke on the show. Hopefully it never happens. I will legitimately vomit. It would be so outlandishly, grossly inappropriate.

8:20 looks like the other boarding house in Dodge is called Ma Donovan's. Boarding houses were usually where the prostitutes stayed and entertained men.

9:40 BONNIE van DEMON?!?!?!?!?!?!?1!?!?!?!?!?1/1/!?!!??!?!!!?!?

11:51 TBH, this lady needs to eat a fuckin' cheeseburger. I bet if you Google this actress and "Anorexia", she'll be proven to have a history with it. HAH!!! No dice on the anorexia, or at least it was never admitted, but she did have another common eating disorder... https://www.livekindly.co/actor-cloris-l...-meat-free No disrespect intended, it's just the honest truth. Dennis Weaver was a vegetarian starting from the early '60s too.

20:55 God dang, females sure do need a lot of reassurance from Marshal Dillon, don't they?

25:02 pft, like hell she is.

[Mister Obvious]

Dennis Weaver was a vegetarian starting from the early '60s too.

Dennis Weaver's "Earthship" home was the most visible of his crusades. He and his wife Gerry built the solar-powered Colorado dwelling out of recycled tires and cans. The thick walls helped keep the inside temperature even year-round.

https://groups.google.com/g/ahimsa108/c/...HcN4?pli=1

[Mister Obvious]

9:40 BONNIE van DEMON?!?!?!?!?!?!?1!?!?!?!?!?1/1/!?!!??!?!!!?!?

The character's name was actually Boni van Damon, but if they'd wanted to spell it properly with the "demon" pronunciation, it should have been "Daemon".

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E37 - "Melinda Miles"

0:33 uh oh, we've got a real looker here! She's got a cute nose too.

1:23 "And I got it right here! *squeezes titty*"

1:46 not likely, lmao.

4:10 this lady is a recurring saloon girl extra too. Probably Anne Howard... https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397119 Check out the full cast list of this episode, look at the uncredited section, there are 3 different dudes named Rudy... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0594249/fullcredits

9:30 I predict a gunshot soon.

Great episode.

[Mister Obvious]

S6 E38 - "Colorado Sheriff"

3:00 lol you know this show made a whole generation of boys wanna run around with toy guns rofl.

8:07 lmaomg THAT'S HOTTTTT. Bahahahaha, I gotta watch that again, maybe 3 or 4 more times.

16:20 this guy looks like he could be related to Styxhexenhammer666.

17:16 well this feller ain't very nice after all is he?!

18:36 great music.

19:16 what the hell do they use to bury people they randomly find out on the prairie?! I doubt they have any of those cute mini shovels they make these days!!!

20:00 well I guess that's what he gets. Just too bad the other guy had to die.

23:40 I guess they've got 2 or 3 dudes to bury on Boot Hill now.

24:08 lol, awesome. Legendary.

That's all for season 6!

[Mister Obvious]

S7 E1 - "Perce"

1:42 James Arness has such a beautiful voice... he sounds so genuinely friendly and sincere.

2:30 super hot meeting random strangers out on the prairie.

3:18 God I love men, they're so sexy. Especially the rough ones!

3:36 lol, cowboy campfire "locker room" talk.

6:28 hot damn that was a smooth, brave move right there. I guess the best outlaw wins, huh?

9:40 must be nice to fall asleep to one of them cowboy fires!!!

10:22 HAH! HOT DAMN! I HAVE seen this episode! I thought it seemed vaguely familiar, took 10 minutes of watching til I recognized it!

This is the first time this has happened on this thread. Now it's time for me to go back and find my original post about it...

Lol, OMG.

I'm realizing now that the Pluto TV labels were so fucked up, it may not even be titled accurately. I'm having trouble locating it in the thread. Hmmm...

Well, I searched and searched, but apparently I didn't talk about this episode when I watched it.

Perplexing.

I KNOW I've seen it because of this alarm clock scene with Chester.

I guess I will continue commentating as normal. It must have been one of the very first that I watched.

I find it mega hard to believe that I didn't at least document that I watched the episode in the first place, but okay.

11:00 OMG and I just realized that season 7 marks the beginning of the hour long episodes as well. It brings up a conflict for me with this particular episode...

Since I am SUPPOSED to always commentate no matter what, the fact that I never said anything about THIS episode necessitates that I watch it in full again though.

So the new rule is that if I do come across another episode I HAVE seen but didn't commentate on, I will have to watch it in full again.

Y'all caught me slippin'.

It is what it is. I try my best, but nobody's perfect.

As far as rewatching this, I really must say, it is VERY interesting to see it again with this more in-depth perspective that I have of the show now. I guess that's why it took me so long to recognize I'd already seen it.

I only know of one other episode that I watched without commentating on, and that was because it was too late at night. I must have been more dedicated to watching by the time I saw that episode because I remember making a mental note that I would have to rewatch it once I got the box set.

I'm guessing this had to be one of the first couple of episodes I ever watched.

11:20 knowing so much more about Chester now and how sometimes he's kinda clumsy really adds a deeper layer to this viewing experience though. I really love this show.

12:45 I reckon he's about the nicest outlaw around.

13:30 lol the look on his face when he walks in the door just makes Kitty's line that much more perfect. It's these subtleties that really drew me in when I was watching this show on Pluto TV.

16:46 ah, I see where I commentated on this episode before. It was Miss Kitty's false eyelashes that helped me connect the dots...

I'll tell you one thing I don't like about Gunsmoke...

It's Miss Kitty's false eyelashes.

That makeup is over the top.

Maybe in the 1950s the general public didn't know about false lashes and the makeup artists just used them for pure enhancement thinking no one would know they weren't real.

All I know is that shit ain't accurate for the time period.

That said, the way I'd be dressing for wild west roleplay ain't appropriate for the time period either, so who am I to judge?!

I'm watching the very first episode of Gunsmoke now. So far this shit is pretty scandalous!!!

Why fuck me, this ain't the first episode of the whole show, it's just the first episode of season 7 lmao.

Lol Gunsmoke is so dramatic and inspiring.

Pluto TV's faulty labels were the reason for the confusion.

17:12 lmfao, story of my life ordering stuff on Amazon!

17:40 oh my damn, I love a man who goes after what he wants!

18:38 she'll never be so lucky as to have you, fella.

22:55 this chick is just trouble, that's all she is, and she ain't the most beautiful woman in the world like he claims... she's a dime a dozen and if he hangs around Dodge for another week, something better will come along. But I think we all know that's not the way this is gonna work out.

TBH I don't even remember how it DOES work out, I don't recall WTF actually happens, so that's kinda awesome!?

23:20 she's right though.

24:06 damn dude this scene kinda suggests Chester could be getting low key tired of his position here, lol!

26:50 look at him going to all that trouble for this woman, I'm tellin' ya she ain't worth it!

28:06 What. A. Bitch.

29:40 I don't even know why he'd be interested in her anymore after hearing that kind of attitude out of her. I mean you COULD say hey, at least she's honest... but damn. Worth it? Definitely not. He deserves so much better.

31:40 the episodes going to ~50 minutes makes the character development a lot deeper... I think the show will be even better with these longer episodes. The next phase of the show that I'm worried about is when Marshal Dillon starts to be featured less. He's in every episode, but apparently he eventually becomes almost a back burner character, with guest stars taking up most of the plots. Hopefully at least one central character like Festus will still be strongly featured in those episodes.

34:28 Jim the stagecoach driver is my favorite side character. He's absolutely gorgeous and so great in this role.

36:30 lmao the look on his face, he's like "WTF are you going over to the Lady fricken Gay for?!?!?"

38:08 she's got some pretty baller bracelets on though.

39:58 I'd be firing Ida's troublesome ass if I were Kitty. It's not like that wouldn't be the perfect shakeup in this situation.

41:50 "Three kings." My jaw fucking dropped. It absolutely. Totally dropped when I heard this. I CANNOT believe this. It's one of THE WEIRDEST MOST OUTLANDISH SYNCHRONICITIES I've EVER had. So I'm sitting here watching this episode, shuffling a deck of playing cards as I love to do. I play with cards a lot, it's whatever, nunyabizniz. Anyway, 4 cards fall out together... the King of Clubs, the King of Spades, the King of Diamonds, and the 6 of Spades. I'm staring at the cards thinking, damn, it's rare that happens. I keep looking at the cards and I think to myself, "Three kings. Hm, that sounds kinda cool, it'd make a really cool brand name." So I put the cards back in the deck, start shuffling again... this scene comes on and THIS GUY SAYS "THREE KINGS." https://i.imgur.com/KWhk4l4.png *universal mic drop*

42:35 this guy should just keep being a gambler, it obviously makes him happy.

43:20 pft, whatever... I think Miss Kitty needs to powder her pimp hand and smack the shit out of this bar bitch!

43:40 this guy's sweating... bro, never let 'em see you sweat.

48:30 looks like he's going for death by Dillon. Can't say I blame him.

49:50 I love the way he walks off into the darkness at the end.

50:00 pretty new closing credits graphics.

[Mister Obvious]

[Two men approach each other in a dark alley way]

"Hey man, you got the stuff?"

"Yeah, yeah I got the stuff..."

*drops 10lb Gunsmoke DVD box set on metal garbage can lid with a thud*

[Both men look around nervously, buyer rubs hands together and twitches]

[Mister Obvious]

The only cure is more...

[Mister Obvious]

41:50 "Three kings." My jaw fucking dropped. It absolutely. Totally dropped when I heard this. I CANNOT believe this. It's one of THE WEIRDEST MOST OUTLANDISH SYNCHRONICITIES I've EVER had. So I'm sitting here watching this episode, shuffling a deck of playing cards as I love to do. I play with cards a lot, it's whatever, nunyabizniz. Anyway, 4 cards fall out together... the King of Clubs, the King of Spades, the King of Diamonds, and the 6 of Spades. I'm staring at the cards thinking, damn, it's rare that happens. I keep looking at the cards and I think to myself, "Three kings. Hm, that sounds kinda cool, it'd make a really cool brand name." So I put the cards back in the deck, start shuffling again... this scene comes on and THIS GUY SAYS "THREE KINGS." https://i.imgur.com/KWhk4l4.png *universal mic drop*

I mean, seriously.

The odds of something like that happening have to be 1 in billions.

It's astronomical.

[Mister Obvious]

There's no way to even calculate the odds of something like that.

It's damn near supernatural.

[Mister Obvious]

S7 E2 - "Old Yellow Boots"

0:33 new add-in graphics to the opening credits after the original opening sequence.

3:50 "Howdy ma'am, I just killed a guy for a literal sack of taters. Gimme some water!"

4:45 "Your duties will be riding my slide every night at around 8PM. Any later's the devil's hours!"

5:07 "You can tell by my staring it's a long time since I've been with a man!"

5:22 "Eh, she'll do."

7:20 this lady is NOT gonna care that he's a filthy meandering murderer.

7:50 I thought she said, "You sit right down and I'll bend over to you." roflmfaolfafalolol.

8:36 who the shit is this??

9:22 well it's pretty obvious she's gonna have to knock her brother off.

10:27 that's what she needed, let's be real.

13:36 "Blue Moon Cafe"... my, that sounds nice.

14:40 I think these hired gunmen enjoy their jobs a little too much.

20:56 "With men like you, I object to your breathing." OOOOOooohoohoo, DAMN!!!

24:20 I love the scenes where we see Miss Kitty writing.

25:50 I love her fancy tea cups. I've had me a few fancy teacups in my time.

29:47 "Do we look stupid to you, lady?"

43:50 I think Amanda Blake and Milburn Stone have great chemistry.

Such an amazing show.

[Mister Obvious]

I cannot wait to watch Gunsmoke today.