"Gunsmoke" (1955) - Review & Commentary

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E17 - "Louie Pheeters"

2:50 roflmaololol.

5:05 well this is a toxic relationship, lmao.

7:45 these two are gonna get killed for sure.

8:40 both their wedding rings are the most noticeable thing about this scene, lmao.

12:30 lolol he's literally peddling wares!!!

17:08 nice save, too bad it's gonna get an innocent guy killed!?

21:36 that'd be a mighty nice lap to sit on.

27:50 he definitely played that pretty smooth.

30:10 lol, wrong damn person to tell, Louie. If he's that dumb then he deserves for this guy to kill him, TBH.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E18 - "The Renegades"

2:10 why the hell are they buying women that the Indians stole when they could just steal 'em themselves??

3:00 ah well I guess that makes sense... wild west human trafficking. They're gonna sell her to Mexico.

7:30 Quint was such an epic addition to this show... such a great character. Adds something new and different, there's a serious and steady energy about him, but exciting too.

7:50 oh you'd love to bounce all over that dick, lady, quit foolin' yerself. Quint deserves better though.

13:04 I can already tell that Quint is gonna be saving her bitchass life at some point in this episode... *eye roll*

15:00 I recognize this main guy, maybe from an earlier episode... he plays a great bad guy. Not the likeable type, but the convincing type.

17:04 well you only took over this job from Jim Buck like a month ago bro.

22:00 yeah, you know you like what you see, lady.

26:30 lol yeah, you're gonna be a little bit more than glad before it's over!

35:28 oh this oughta be good!!! It's great to see this character get her come uppins, but in such a unique kind of way, it's really a great story. I like these moral stories.

40:40 officially in love with Quint... but only when Matt's not around.

41:00 she's gonna have one heck of a story to tell all those boring, joyless, uppity fuckers back in Dallas!

42:40 pretty sure her ovaries just went into overdrive.

46:00 I ain't gonna lie, I got tingles all up and down my legs when he smiled. I really did.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E19 - "Cotter's Girl"

I'm eating a Mexican feast to this episode, so I dunno how much I'm gonna have to say but lol... I just wanna thank God for this amazing experience.

5:10 WELCOME BAAACK... YOUR DREAMS WERE YOUR TICKET OUT. *I had to.*

7:28 I appreciate this conscience havin' fella.

13:10 looks like this lucky chick is gonna get to ride in the marshal's crotch the whole way to wherever they're going... *drools*

13:34 awe, damn, she's getting behind him. Well I guess that could be just as good, she can put her arms around him and hump his backside a little.

13:40 "Hey, not too hard now. I gotta breathe ya know!" Lmfaooo she's holding onto him tight. Lol. Agh, my God, this show is such a dream.

15:10 lol these chicks are always trying to get Matt to skinny dip with them! Yowza!

16:18 that's a huge hunk of meat right there.

16:24 she's got them love eyes for the marshal!

17:20 TIME TO CUDDLE!!!!!!!!!!!

17:42 I love her forwardness. I think the marshal just needs to let it happen.

19:50 I dunno how old she is supposed to be, but I'd place her around 21. Let's look it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariette_Hartley She was 22 at the time of filming. Beautiful lady, I recognize her, dunno what from.

20:00 lmao he's having to fend her off!

20:33 his eyes are absolutely gorgeous.

24:55 Doc's hair is absolutely gorgeous.

25:00 lol I hope this chick doesn't attack Kitty too.

26:23 awwww, it is SOOOO sweet of Doc to say she can have those shoes. That's amazing.

28:10 second mention of sweet clover.

29:00 "He IS hard to leave be!" ... "Takes years of practice." BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, oh Kitty, I LOVE you.

36:08 honestly, he deserved that, lol.

41:40 this is cute... I'm gonna miss Chester.

43:50 you can tell around here that he really just wants to crack up.

47:10 THE WAY HE DRAGS HIS HANDS OVER HER BACK AND HER ARMS OMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGG.

47:46 he's so unbelievably sexy.

49:40 AHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! Ohhh my gosh. I love this show.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E20 - "The Bad One"

0:50 wow, you know what... this is where the "riding shotgun" thing came from. I get it now, never made sense to me before in my entire life, lol!

2:40 I bet this guy is sexy under there... he's turning me on.

3:11 meh, he didn't look that hot.

5:40 this is how trauma happens, fetishes develop, all kinds of psych disorders start, you name it.

10:50 "LET" him!??!?? Wow, I dunno where this Jenny chick came from, but she'd have been better off staying there because her dad is a real piece of shit.

16:11 that's a bitchin' pot right there. Love the music in this scene.

17:30 why did he not want her leaving? Is she a fricken slave or something? This guy is just plain unlikable.

18:10 well THAT'S pretty.

21:10 wow. So she DOES want some of that outlaw dick! Unbelievable. She really just should have said yes and had his ass sent to jail, this is gonna be regrettable.

22:50 I think he's trying to marry his daughter off to the marshal, lol. Can't blame the guy.

25:28 "She needs somebody her own age." DAMN RIGHT SHE DOES! God bless Gunsmoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

30:00 now Quint's gonna have to kill this guy.

31:30 Quint's fighting is the best ever on the show... soooo sexy. Super nitty gritty.

34:55 this is hot, but she's just not being cooperative at all.

36:55 this is like 50 Shades of Gunsmoke.

45:20 well at least he's out of their way now!

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E21 - "The Cousin"

3:12 it looks like the horse tried to go in the house too!!!!!! That was kind of amazing.

4:36 honestly, same.

5:15 so this Chance guy gives a little of Marshal Dillon's early life backstory saying they were "raised by the same folks" in Texas. Wonder if they ever get any further into what Matt's life story is.

10:26 mustache guy is pretty good looking.

16:00 "Horney Mason" roflmfaolmfaooooo.

25:22 hah, having a hard time finding things to hate, are ya!?

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E22 - "Shona"

1:28 "Injuns! By golly! *voice cracks* Injuns!" lmfao that's the dorkiest sounding dude I've ever heard in my life.

44:40 well thank God for that.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E23 - "Ash"

1:35 oh this good lookin' saloon lady is just bound to be trouble!

1:50 his mother, lolol.

2:58 IMDd only lists Connie Lamont the saloon girl regular in episodes up to 1961, but this is 1963 and she's still in the show. She's not even in the uncredited list on this episode's IMDb page though, so I think maybe she was in a lot more episodes than the 57 they have her listed in.

6:53 holy shit, it's Adam West, AKA Batman!? This episode was 3 years before Batman. He's crazy hot. Way hotter when he's not playing Batman.

16:50 oh that guy's dead for sure.

17:50 I love that Chester sings the song he wrote himself instead of other people's songs now.

20:20 uh oh, well it looks like we've got another personality altered by a head injury!

28:50 Kitty is so cute in this scene <3

34:07 I love how they use mirrors in this show.

40:50 it's a tough life being a saloon girl... men fighting til the death over you, and other men fighting those men to protect you. It's an epic wild west saga.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E24 - "Blind Man's Bluff"

0:35 [lively piano music playing] No comment.

1:00 I mean JUST LISTEN TO THIS SALOON MUSIC. It's like, LOUDER AND WEIRDER THAN EVER. They have GOT TO address WHERE it's coming from, EVENTUALLY.

https://www.volocars.com/blog/history-of-music-machines

I'm just saying.

4:00 well the first thing he should have done was run straight to the marshal and tell him what happened. I mean come on.

15:35 Elkader seems like a real hell hole!?!

23:40 wow man, Marshal Dillon is brilliant.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E25 - "Quint's Indian"

6:30 oh hell yeah Quint, take it all off baby!!!!!!!

6:50 pretty music here.

9:40 I *cannot* fucking believe this. Earlier, in the scene where he was running, I was gonna make a joke and say "What the hell is little Jimmy so spooked over?!" But then I was like nah, I'm not gonna say that, his character's name probably REALLY IS Jimmy. ROFLMFAO AND IT FUCKING ***IS***!!!!!!!!! BAHAHAHAHA I *CANNOT*.

16:07 well, I mean, to state the totally fucking obvious... that horse didn't have a saddle or anything else that would suggest he was anything other than a wild horse.

36:55 the marshal always has the most badass horses.

49:30 sigh. Sexiest show ever.

[Mister Obvious]

So this is 1963 and James Arness had ownership in the show, attended exec meetings etc. until like 1965.

I'm curious to see how the show changes after that point. That would essentially be the half way mark of the show.

Up til that point, I think it'll stay pretty high quality and pure. But with the late '60s/early '70s around the corner, anything could happen and it may end up compromising the show.

Just because he didn't "own" the show after 1965 doesn't necessarily mean he just went along with any ol' thing after that, let morals be compromised, let agendas be pushed, etc. But I can't imagine there being the same quality after he stopped attending the exec meetings and having that level of say in things.

If shit starts to go wrong on this show at any point, I'm gonna call it out. This is going to be a brutally honest assessment of Gunsmoke. I just hope they don't necessitate any harsh criticism out of me... it's been such an otherworldly kind of experience so far, the show is just unbelievably good. But that's not gonna stop me from calling it out if it goes downhill.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E26 - "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal"

1:24 lol the Marshal wants to party all night!

5:56 Kitty is demanding deputies, and I agree with her.

9:17 same.

32:00 he looks sexy as hell in that dark colored shirt.

39:20 this chick is super cute.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E27 - "Two of a Kind"

1:15 I guess he's trying to find his Lucky Charms!!!!!!!!!!

5:40 apparently there can be only one?!

7:56 lol, these uppity guys are just casually plotting murder for land.

11:00 Kitty's been pure FIRE lately!!!

11:55 this guy's pretty sexy, I love short stout Irish dudes.

17:40 it's pretty dumb of this guy to start talking to both of them the night they're supposed to be killing one of them.

25:20 what the hell kind of shit is that?!?!?!?!?!? Isn't that good news for the guys who want them dead to take their land?!!?!????

31:55 they really should just be friends.

32:18 I can't stand these uppity fuckers.

40:36 these guys suck. I can't believe they're gonna kill these nice Irishmen out of greed.

41:10 TBH, I wouldn't put it past Irish dudes to survive fighting guns with sticks and stones, lmao.

41:47 I SWEAR this guy looks like Billy Corgan from a distance.

43:58 HELL YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!

44:18 it's the luck o' the Irish!!!!!!

47:50 Doc's horse is beautiful.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E28 - "I Call Him Wonder"

Volume low again.

2:08 Leonard Nimoy was on Gunsmoke quite a few times. He's surprisingly convincing as a cowboy, even more so as a bad guy cowboy.

3:40 there sure are some sore losers on some of these episodes, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose... that's the way it is and it seems pretty dumb to get mad about it.

4:55 oh sure, I mean, reach ALL THE WAY OVER HIM instead of simply walking around him and getting the bag from the other side, like what the fuck.

5:45 that bread does look good as fuck though.

10:47 oh well that explains it.

You know, it makes me think... language barriers really are quite a problem though. I mean, potentially. I think we need a legitimate universal language. Maybe we should go back to the primitive language I always talk about... https://www.sectual.com/thread-16682-pos...#pid126213

12:20 well the kid couldn't have been the only one left alive.

14:40 there GOTTA be other Natives around somewhere nearby that he can take him to.

15:10 oh Chester. Chester, Chester, Chester... our time with you is so limited.

15:55 they keep dropping hints that Chester is leaving.

20:00 such damn good music on this show.

21:07 lmao, Delmonico's sees it all.

22:27 every time Chester's talking about these pies, it just seems like sexual innuendo, lol.

28:00 "I'm gonna think about it awhile!" Roflmfao this whole scene was so funny.

33:40 that zoom in shot of Matt was great... https://i.imgur.com/xYeCa9x.png

35:36 this guy just needs to start a homestead and call it a life.

39:30 well this is bound to end tragically.

40:00 LMFAO LOOK AT ALL THE POCKET WATCHES BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

40:20 "You won't ever get old, Miss Kitty." Whew man, that was kinda deep, yo. Hits different.

40:27 oh my God, this fuckin' guy isn't gonna go straight over here and gamble that money away is he?? If he does that, then fuck him, seriously.

40:50 wow, he's an idiot.

41:50 man I don't give a fuck if he made 10x the money, he's still an idiot.

44:13 I dunno if Gunsmoke just doesn't like dogs or what, but a barking dog in this show has been a bad omen about 9 times outta 10 so far as I've noticed.

46:16 "KKKKHHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

47:10 one thing I don't understand is why cowboy boots don't have any tread on them.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E29 - "With a Smile"

0:47 oh no, lol!

2:11 this guy right here, James Best, played the lead character in "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank"... one of my FAVORITE Twilight Zone episodes ever.

3:00 "Yeah, he spawned him. He's stuck." Ain't that the truth of it.

5:20 I dunno how these prairie women work with their hair down like that.

6:23 I think this guy's hot, he's been on the show before... his name is Dan Stafford but there's hardly any info about him.

11:50 Quint Asper is fucking BEEEEAAASSSTTTT. I loooooove his fighting scenes.

12:18 roflmfao I'd love to be the guy on the set throwing chickens at this lady off camera in this scene roflmfao.

14:35 "He hasn't got another pair of pants." Roflmfaololol!!!!!!!!

14:42 damn, Kitty's twinning with this bitch super hard.

14:46 pause it here and check out the look of pride on Kitty's face as she stares back at her, lol!

14:49 oh wow, it's the girl from the farm. WTF! What's she doing as a saloon girl?? She could have just stayed on the farm and hired help.

15:27 well if she sold off the ranch, that's gotta be a lot of money. She could just rent a room and work somewhere else, there's no reason for her to be a saloon girl.

16:30 he seems pretty nice.

18:13 "I lost my virginity at the Long Branch lastnight, I think I'm ready to take on a real man now!"

23:20 why is this guy still letting his girl turn tricks down at the Long Branch?? You'd think once they decided to be an item, they'd try to get her some kinda normal job... she's always gonna be getting dudes being all weird over her as long as she's a saloon girl, duh.

41:20 there's way more wrong with that guy than being spoiled.

43:18 whoa, what the fuck is his angle here? You know that shit ain't true.

44:20 ooohhhh maaaannnnn. I get it. Woooowwww. Hoooooly crap. Woooooowwww. This is one for the record books right here. This is the only way he can get him not to act a fool. That's hardcore, yo.

45:30 this is intense, man.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E30 - "The Far Places"

0:48 she's awful pretty. Bennye Gatteys... https://imgur.com/a/8ebId8T

3:38 meh I dunno, she seems like kind of a bitch.

5:50 ALL YOU DO TO ME IS TALK TALK.

12:26 "Bye, bitch."

13:11 TBH, she needs to be working down at the Long Branch... I dunno what the hell she's doing in a store.

16:40 OH. MY. GOD. I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT. FINNNNALLLLYYYYYY THEY SHOW WHERE THE MUSIC IS COMING FROMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://imgur.com/a/K5KPDYZ

People must have written in asking about it so they finally had to address it. They've got it front and center as if they just got it though, lol. Just glad I don't have to ask about it anymore! That retrocausality though?! *wink, nod*

17:15 "We can go across to the Lady Gay, ya know." Wow, looks like she found a guy who's just as much of a douchebag as she is!?

17:47 he is way older than her, I noticed that too.

19:10 man what the hell does "sparking" mean!? I've never heard it used in this context (some kinda romantic outing?) before watching this show.

23:20 he's absolutely right... he should go back.

26:06 why, he's gonna make her die.

30:12 oh, so suddenly this rude little tart is concerned about what's going on with this guy??

32:00 shit, he'd kill his own mom over this chick.

34:30 too bad she's apparently so sick, because that's a great idea... I'd leave his ass in the dust.

40:20 damn, she's telling some hardcore truth. The only thing she's wrong about is that it has anything to do with the prairie.

42:38 oh man hey COME ON NOW. She should have known she was at least a little bit wrong about her when she turned down the money, this old lady has lost it, I ain't on her team. The girl is more right than she is.

That was a great episode, man. Wild.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E31 - "Panacea Sykes"

The DVD playlist has this episode labeled "Panacea Sikes" but all the other info I can find about it online says it's "Sykes".

1:30 oh there's something up with this lady for sure.

2:10 lol she totally just pocket picked him.

4:40 so she's claiming to be Kitty's mom, which I definitely don't believe.

6:30 she claims to know her, but it's definitely not her mom.

9:22 lmao the look on Matt's face, he's like "What the hell kind of a ruse is this?" https://i.imgur.com/aOfr5Gi.png

10:08 "Panacea" means a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

10:50 "After all, she hasn't met me yet." Roflmfao amen to that.

11:38 this lady's a nasty thief.

13:50 could she be in cahoots with this guy??

14:27 that long trained dress is ridiculous in a bar setting, people shouldn't have to worry about stepping or slipping or tripping on her dress.

17:27 pretty sure he just called her fat. I was thinking she was fat when he helped her sit down too.

22:40 well at least she busted her sooner than later.

35:38 check out how crazy super sexy the Marshal looks here... https://i.imgur.com/o880lsD.png

38:16 oh COME ON, he's GOTTA be onto this lady.

48:50 I guess her plan is to go die in the bushes somewhere... seems like a solid plan to me.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E32 - "Tell Chester"

1:08 lol, is Chester training for the circus or something?!

1:37 lmao @ Doc being so nonchalant.

2:21 Dennis Weaver didn't age a day on this show.

4:40 uh oh, this Wade guy sounds like competition.

5:50 I'm almost certain she has trifling reasons for saying this, but for me, I just feel like it's a good stance to take on life in general... planning too far ahead for anything, making agreements too far out in the future, meh I just don't like it.

6:27 I hardly see how this Wade guy could possibly be competition for Chester. He's much better looking than Wade is, and Wade doesn't even have any "devious" qualities that would make him enticing with the absence of obvious good looks.

7:46 *GASP* she's FRIEND ZONING CHESTER?! And in favor of a dude who isn't even as good looking as him? What the fuck! Well if I was Chester, I'd just say fuck it right then and there... but then there'd be no episode I guess, lmao. You know what. There should be an entire series that focuses on situations just like this. The main character pulling out exactly when they should have. Lmfao. The show would be like 10 minutes long. Roflmfaolololol.

9:50 I think Chester should strike it up with this saloon girl, she seems like a lot of fun.

14:14 I think they're doing that thing they call "sparking" down by the riverbank!

21:00 the only thing I don't like about scenes with Matt and Kitty together is that you can't look at them both at the same time... https://imgur.com/a/13i43ic *heart eyes*

23:08 Chester lookin' fly in that popped collar.

25:25 Chester is a damn good looking guy... just ridiculous she would friend zone him.

25:55 LOOK AT THE PICTURE CHESTER!!!

26:22 damn, look at those bitchin' lunulas... https://i.imgur.com/tfu9RoQ.png

28:37 what a terrible person, seriously.

30:37 so I suppose he's gonna try and kill Chester to keep him from talking.

36:30 that triple pot thing is awesome.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E33 - "Quint-Cident"

Lol I love the pun in this episode title!

5:27 good Lord man, what the hell happened here??

6:08 I can't tell if that's a look of love or suspicion. For real. I'm hoping it's LUUURRRVVVEeE.

8:42 this outlaw guy's pretty hot... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(actor)

10:00 "You're awful young and strong." Roflmfaololol... yeah, I bet she's never laid eyes on a sweet hunk of man like Quint Asper before, especially after being married to an old dude, she must be hard up as hell!

12:45 she'll do REALLLL FINE down at the Long Branch, just get her into some of that hussy makeup, put her on a pair of them thar big ol' sparkly earrings!!!

13:00 sooooo like, are they gonna ask her why her literal entire family and husband are dead, orrr??

13:35 damn I think Quint is likin' what he sees, I think he's tryin' it!!! That's HOT!!!

15:27 everybody's like damn, them two need to get a fuckin' room!!!

20;16 damn, these prairie ladies are straight up STARVED for some strange, trying to get relief from their dead and/or joyless husbands!!!

25:43 insta-wet.

26:27 it's okay, you two can have dessert first.

27:18 I'da been naked already.

27:34 check out how sexy they have him looking by that fireplace.

28:36 omgomgomgomg this is SMOULDERING HOTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

28:42 well he sure didn't come back cuz you're ugly, lmfaolololol!!!!!!!!!

28:55 maybe she's lonely, or maybe she just has good taste and the mind to take an opportunity when it arises!!!!!!!

29:37 oh come on, Quint, just lay the effin' pipe and get outta there, take 20 minutes, tops.

30:22 what the fuck does that even mean?? I'm pretty sure I'm offended right now.

30:30 should've gotten naked, lady. For real. No beating around the bush... he couldn't have refused.

36:20 is this bitch really gonna lie on Quint to get back at him for not fuckin' her?? That'd be crazy, I really hope that's not where this is going. He definitely should have fucked her though, let's be honest.

37:50 I mean it's not gonna be hard for the Marshal to figure out, he let the prisoner go, and then this happens... I mean duh, he knew she was out there alone. It's just dumb to assume it was Quint.

38:00 wow, I seriously cannot believe this bitch. She could have simply come to Dodge, started working at the Long Branch and found plenty of wandering hotties to get jiggy with. There was just no need to take this gross, mean approach. Like, nobody even asked her how her family died. For real. You can't put anything past somebody like that.

39:30 dude Quint needs to put his anger aside and talk some real man to man shit.

42:32 well... ya know. At least she came out with it. And she does have a point, I mean he could have brought her ass into Dodge, that's the truth. Like, why make that trip and bring her food when you ain't even planning to do the wild thing?! It ain't even right.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E34 - "Old York"

0:50 "Redwater, Texas 1858"... this is the first titled and dated "in the past" scene on the show. There was 1 flashback scene, 1 back in time scene that wasn't titled/dated, and this scene here.

2:07 so this is the first mention of slavery on the show, this back in time scene is about the amp up to the Civil War.

3:27 what outlaw gang is this supposed to be?

16:00 "About 100 years ago," seems like Marshal Dillon has the same tendency of "time hyperbole" as I do... https://www.sectual.com/thread-16712.html

33:50 uh oh, the Marshal's resigning again!

47:40 I think those were probably the best last words on the show so far. There have been some good ones though.

49:48 sigh, what a hottie. I love you, Marshal Dillon.

[Mister Obvious]

S8 E35 - "Daddy Went Away"

0:46 roflmfao holy crap, that was one blazing skillet fire right there!!!

2:08 oh come on now, Chester's way better at cooking than they're leading on in this episode... he'd never use coil oil to try and fry an egg, he's smarter than that.

9:38 he's got a cobweb on his hat!

12:20 low key falling in love with Chester though.

16:09 spy what's carved into the boards on her right... https://i.imgur.com/UBhyuVy.png

17:40 "Chester and I understand each other." Roflmfaolol I'm so in love with this show... for real.

25:20 they should go in and give the place a good rattle!

32:18 well I guess the kid's alright, but I dunno, her mom nags a little too much for my liking.

32:22 Chester looks mighty handsome in this scene... https://imgur.com/a/ccjWJRu

34:10 yeah they're really driving the nagging point home now, this lady just ain't gonna work, sorry Chester.

37:50 lmao, HE AIN'T EVEN DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

43:50 roflmfao, Chester's song's got a new verse in it now, rofl!!!!!!

49:36 back to sweet freedom!!!!!!!