04-30-2022, 02:35 AM
S1 E7 - "Smoking Out The Nolans"
0:01 I love how every single episode (at least early in the series) starts out with that shot of James Arness's ass. That's hot.
0:24 HE'S BACK AT BOOT HILL!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!! *dreamy sigh*
0:29 "These are the ones the law came hard to." I know what I'm gonna come hard to!!!!!!!! *gyrates*
0:59 [tense theme playing] rofl.
4:11 alright, it's time to get geeky and obsessive... let's read about James Arness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness
Wow, his middle name was King, how righteous is THAT?!
Reminds me of Peter Falk/Columbo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Columbo_episodes He played the character off and on from the '70s to the early 2000s, but most of Columbo took place in the '70s, some in the late '80s, early '90s, and then there was the 2003 send-off.
Wow...
Think about it. A legitimate war hero going on to play one of the most legendary and memorable TV characters of all time.
You don't hear about stuff like this happening anymore. He was a product of his era. The "greatest generation" as they call them... back when men were hard and tough and gritty and they weren't afraid to get dirty, they were wise and grizzled but they were nice and respectable, they were gentlemanly and sooooo sexy... *cries*
It's like we're watching a historic hero on the screen, portraying an albeit fictional historic hero... it's WILD. This is MAGICAL. This is AMAZING. This is GUNSMOKE.
WLOL... lol. Imagine him saying the "LOL" part in his iconic voice, wow, that would be so cool.
He HITCHHIKED TO HOLLYWOOD. He fucking HITCHHIKED THERE. He was basically... now, don't think I'm disrespectin', you know my history, you know my fancies!!! He was basically... A HOBO FOR A TIME. HE WAS A HOTASS RIDE HITCHIN' HOMELESS DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries harder* I'M IN LOVE.
Lol, okay okay, I'm playing it up and dramatizing it a little bit but. I mean, it's a fair conclusion to draw from that little tidbit, you don't get from WI to CA in one day hitchhiking. He had to camp somewhere!!!
I thought he seemed like a blonde. It didn't make a lot of sense to me that his hair was dark, but I've thought a few times as I've been watching that his hair looked gorgeous. Too bad they made him dye it though... I don't see why that was necessary whatsoever.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/248285423...on-s-image
I believe in it too.
What an interesting life, so much to ponder on so many levels. So many dots to connect and loose strings to tie together in coming to a broader understanding about humanity itself... what drives our passions, what destiny really is, and the 20/20 hindsight of how we get there. I've never been much into history, but this is about as interested as I've gotten with it. I've been enjoying this fascination with the old west.
I better get back to the show...
4:10 "The fewer people who come into Dodge, the less trouble they bring." Boy isn't that ever the truth!
19:00 lmao, Matt and Kitty and Doc start having a conversation about how they feel like they don't have fuck all in common with their "fellow man"... #relatable. Real talk.
19:40 Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty are so cute in this scene, these early episodes are really insightful.
20:20 dude whatever, they'll get along just fine... people lived in tents and wagons and all kinda shit back in those days. It's the friggen frontier west FFS!!!
0:01 I love how every single episode (at least early in the series) starts out with that shot of James Arness's ass. That's hot.
0:24 HE'S BACK AT BOOT HILL!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!! *dreamy sigh*
0:29 "These are the ones the law came hard to." I know what I'm gonna come hard to!!!!!!!! *gyrates*
0:59 [tense theme playing] rofl.
4:11 alright, it's time to get geeky and obsessive... let's read about James Arness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness
Quote:born James King Aurness, May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011
Wow, his middle name was King, how righteous is THAT?!
Quote:Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s.
Reminds me of Peter Falk/Columbo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Columbo_episodes He played the character off and on from the '70s to the early 2000s, but most of Columbo took place in the '70s, some in the late '80s, early '90s, and then there was the 2003 send-off.
Quote:As a rifleman, Arness landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 22, 1944. Due to his height, he was the first man to be ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water; it came up to his waist. He was severely wounded in his right leg during the Battle of Anzio, and medically evacuated from Italy to the U.S., where he was sent to the 91st General Hospital in Clinton, Iowa. After undergoing several surgeries, he was honorably discharged from the Army on January 29, 1945. In his later years, he suffered with chronic leg pain that often became acute, and was sometimes initiated when he was mounted on horses during his performances on Gunsmoke. His military decorations included the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the American Campaign Medal, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
Wow...
Think about it. A legitimate war hero going on to play one of the most legendary and memorable TV characters of all time.
You don't hear about stuff like this happening anymore. He was a product of his era. The "greatest generation" as they call them... back when men were hard and tough and gritty and they weren't afraid to get dirty, they were wise and grizzled but they were nice and respectable, they were gentlemanly and sooooo sexy... *cries*
It's like we're watching a historic hero on the screen, portraying an albeit fictional historic hero... it's WILD. This is MAGICAL. This is AMAZING. This is GUNSMOKE.
Quote:After his discharge from the service, Arness began his entertainment career as a radio announcer at Minneapolis station WLOL in 1945.
WLOL... lol. Imagine him saying the "LOL" part in his iconic voice, wow, that would be so cool.
Quote:Determined to find work in films, Arness hitchhiked to Hollywood, where he made the rounds to agencies and casting calls and soon began acting and appearing in films.
He HITCHHIKED TO HOLLYWOOD. He fucking HITCHHIKED THERE. He was basically... now, don't think I'm disrespectin', you know my history, you know my fancies!!! He was basically... A HOBO FOR A TIME. HE WAS A HOTASS RIDE HITCHIN' HOMELESS DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries harder* I'M IN LOVE.
Lol, okay okay, I'm playing it up and dramatizing it a little bit but. I mean, it's a fair conclusion to draw from that little tidbit, you don't get from WI to CA in one day hitchhiking. He had to camp somewhere!!!
Quote:The Norwegian-German Arness had to dye his naturally blond hair darker for the role.
I thought he seemed like a blonde. It didn't make a lot of sense to me that his hair was dark, but I've thought a few times as I've been watching that his hair looked gorgeous. Too bad they made him dye it though... I don't see why that was necessary whatsoever.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/248285423...on-s-image
Quote:One of his co-stars even spoke about this protective nature. Amanda Blake, who played Miss Kitty on the show, said it became a natural part of Arness's life to defend Matt Dillon. "After about the first five years, Jim got very protective about Matt Dillon's image. He didn't want Matt to make a mistake."
James Arness himself really believed in the morality present in shows like "Gunsmoke."
I believe in it too.
What an interesting life, so much to ponder on so many levels. So many dots to connect and loose strings to tie together in coming to a broader understanding about humanity itself... what drives our passions, what destiny really is, and the 20/20 hindsight of how we get there. I've never been much into history, but this is about as interested as I've gotten with it. I've been enjoying this fascination with the old west.
I better get back to the show...
4:10 "The fewer people who come into Dodge, the less trouble they bring." Boy isn't that ever the truth!
19:00 lmao, Matt and Kitty and Doc start having a conversation about how they feel like they don't have fuck all in common with their "fellow man"... #relatable. Real talk.
19:40 Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty are so cute in this scene, these early episodes are really insightful.
20:20 dude whatever, they'll get along just fine... people lived in tents and wagons and all kinda shit back in those days. It's the friggen frontier west FFS!!!
