"Gunsmoke" (1955) - Review & Commentary
(05-09-2022, 01:22 AM)Chatwoman Wrote:

This interview had me crying pretty much the whole way through.

Haven't cried at an episode of Gunsmoke yet, but that did it for me.

The part about them being in the grocery store and her seeing the advertisement of him at the end of an aisle, and realizing that she was right there with him in the flesh... I was bawling.

The fact that her son was a huge Gunsmoke fan and he ended up with 'Marshal Dillon' as his step dad... it was all like a dream come true.

But it was real.
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S2 E31 - "What the Whisky Drummer Heard"

8:35 lmao well said Chester, I was thinking something like that about him too!

10:11 lmfao if he asked me that question, I'd darn sure have an idea or two!?! *dancing banana*

15:36 ROFL I LOOOOOVED that guy's cigar drop, great moment!

24:00 serial killer alert.
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S2 E32 - "Cheap Labor"

1:22 man it's hard to believe horses put up with that kinda shit considering how big they are. Wonder what history would have been like if horses were meaner?

2:28 why isn't somebody married to Chester??

7:11 dude honestly if I was his sister, I'd agree to marry ANY dude who tried to help. Literally, I'd propose and I'd be out of there the next minute. ANYONE is better than him.

22:48 damn, she landed a good one!!!
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S2 E33 - "Moon"

M - O - O - N. THAT SPELLS GUNSMOKE.

4:11 um, the hell it is.

11:10 dude she's never gonna see that guy again, he's gone, he was just using her for a hustle partner. What a dirtbag, yo.

11:48 Marshal Dillon is immediately suspicious.

19:35 well she sure got over that fast... some conscience on this one.

20:58 yeah, you should have known. If you'd had any standards in men from the start you wouldn't have been involved in a killing.

21:40 I'd go rat his ass out to the marshal, stat.
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I'm not saying you should....

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Oh fuuuuuuuuuuck meeeeeeeeeee....
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I know it's time to stop posting when the "last post" column on the front page is just a wall of "Atma", lol. Jesus christ. Woah, Silver!
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S2 E34 - "Who Lives by the Sword"

0:56 they have a shaky camera going on in this episode... rare to see that on here, it's just the far away shots. They must have been having some equipment issues. Wonder if it was a Mercury retrograde?!

LMAO... it was.

Quote:Air date: May 18, 1957

Quote:Retrograde: Apr 25, 1957 - May 19, 1957

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/mercur...endar-1957

1:28 whoa this guy is the spitting image of someone I knew when I was a kid!

4:38 ah come on Billy, you're way too cute to die this early in the episode!!!

8:35 that turd was LUCKY to get a beatdown by Marshal Dillon!

9:20 look at the way he stands. It's so sexy. Those black pants are sexy as fuck. I wonder if they are black though. It's hard to tell without color. Wow, to think... there are ~9 more seasons til we even get to the color episodes. This is crazy!

We haven't even hit the hour long episodes yet... that'll slow our pace down to a crawl.

14:46 lmao the marshal traumatized the shit out of this guy?!

17:40 she's got a nice honest foxy look to her.

21:50 dude these guys will gunfight over literally anything.

23:44 "Ever since that beatin' you give me, I ain't the same!" lmfao.
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(05-09-2022, 08:53 PM)Atma Wrote: I know it's time to stop posting when the "last post" column on the front page is just a wall of "Atma", lol. Jesus christ. Woah, Silver!

I mean frankly...

If I had ever felt that way, we wouldn't have a forum.
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(05-09-2022, 09:25 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: 0:56 they have a shaky camera going on in this episode... rare to see that on here, it's just the far away shots. They must have been having some equipment issues. Wonder if it was a Mercury retrograde?!

LMAO... it was.



https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/mercur...endar-1957

...

omfg... 

mindblown2

Epic. Legendary. Commentary. 

Dude.

Cheers2
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Yeah I was surprised, lol. I didn't expect it to actually have been in retrograde, lmao.
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S2 E35 - "Uncle Oliver"

4:18 "W-what'sa Chester?" roflmfaololol.

11:46 "I'll bet she weighed in at 200 pounds!" lmfao ooo burn!!!
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S2 E36 - "Daddy-O"

Lol @ this title! WTF?!

0:10 I wonder how many times they filmed this opening title to get the perfect look on his face right during and after that trigger pull? With James Arness, heck I bet it was only once.

1:30 uh oh... is this gonna be one of those "Miss Kitty steps out on Matt" episodes??

2:40 ah okay so this is when Kitty's half-ownership of the Long Branch becomes official.

3:08 I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to stand next to a man that fine.

5:25 how will she know that it's even really him??

6:11 I love it when he grabs her by the shoulders... *heart eyes*

This is the most romantic show I've ever seen.

6:50 Kitty's probably gonna get disappointed.

7:15 oh that's definitely him. If it is, then I suspect there to be a lot of intended meaning behind that iron grip.

7:40 ...

7:50 "Then why'd ya leave, TzZDADDY-OH?"

8:00 I mean it's pretty obvious he heard Kitty half-owns the bar now and thinks it'll be a great place for him to go gamble.

9:09 sounds like lies to me.

9:48 listen to him acting like he doesn't know.

9:50 "I've earned a mighty fine living sluttin' this firecrotch, tzZzDADDY."

10:45 I don't think she likes him that much and I'm sure he'll probably give her even more good reason not to.

11;10 ugh, my God, Kitty can't escape drunken tards no matter where she goes.

12:07 lmao Marshal Dillon is tired of all these toasts.

12:44 the fuck does he mean they'll "settle it" later? What, does he think he can waltz into her life for the first time ever and tell her what to do?? I think not.

14:17 check out this ENTIRE scene. This is a great example of the incredible gift James Arness had... he was able to convey so much just by his subtle facial expressions and body language. It's almost like this totally effortless psychic conveyance of the entire scene... what's going on, how we're supposed to feel about it, etc. There are multiple layers of nuance, but most of the work being done here is through his acting mastery.

The thing is, I'm not even sure "acting" is what you'd call it. It's something so much more. There was this incredible multifaceted approach to the stories on this show. Some of the characters think one thing is going on, but Matt Dillon always knows what's REALLY going on, and somehow just by his movement and a certain gaze, he's able to clue the audience in on the real truth without even saying a word. Never seen anything like it.

14:50 it's as if it's not even a show... like it's real or something. That's how natural and flawless it is. Absolutely incredible.

15:50 uh, yeah, bucko, she's a lady every day of the week. Nobody treats her like she isn't one either. This guy needs to get the hell outta Dodge.

16:28 "Funny. You offer me help the first time in my life I don't need it." Oh my damn.

16:45 regardless of his intentions, he's a massive style cramper. He needs to fuck off.

19:05 okay I officially hate this guy.

19:15 wow he's actually trying to swindle his own daughter.

19:50 lmfao he looked like he wanted to bite his hand. Same.

20:16 oh my God man, holy crap, thank God. Wow. Whew. Dude. Whoa. I just. Agh. Thank God.

21:00 "No woman should be in business anyway." loooool. Oh man. I really hope they embarrass this guy.

22:00 dude he haaaaaates it when this guy touches him, lmao!!! Agh, he's so cringey. So cringe.

25:20 Kitty's definitely got a lot more to be proud of than that guy does.
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S2 E37 - "The Man Who Would Be Marshal"

1:00 "Chester... me and whiskey's had a personal understandin' more years than you've seen grass grow."

1:31 this is the guy who founded PETA!

2:19 lol people on this show DO NOT like being touched, and honestly I can relate.

4:37 dude whatever... Chester was right to be suspicious of that guy.

5:20 lmao oh my God, he CANNOT be serious. He doesn't have ANYTHING it takes to be marshal. He's just a bored rich dude who thinks he's capable of so much more than he really is.

5:50 "I want some excitement for a change." See, I told you.

6:20 man this guy will be lucky if he makes it outta Dodge with his life.

7:55 lololol.

8:10 "You oughta get yourself a rope, Mr. Egan, it'll sure help you pass the time of day!" lmfaoroflmfaolololoool.

8:55 roflmfaolol look how freaked out this Egan guy is.

20:20 oh man, this guy's screwed for sure. Maybe he'll live to go play pretend somewhere else though.
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S1 E1

Kitty was so pretty when she was younger! Hearteyes

Blake's body language is very convincing when she's sitting there drinking a beer with Matt. She wants him bad. He could try not being so hard to get. What's holding him back? I'd be all over her if I was him.

This guy Grant likes shooting people too much. I don't think he cares if the opponent is armed or not.

Arness is a big, hulking dude, all right. I wonder how many fist fights Matt got into in 20 years of Gunsmoke.
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Oh Dev!

It warms the cockles of my heart that you checked out Gunsmoke!

Hearteyes

I feel so together!
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When I was quality control checking the box set, I listened to this song on repeat for 2 solid hours...



Funny how a song you've been hearing all your life can have a brand new memory etched into it.

It's gonna remind me of Gunsmoke from now on.

Whenever I'm challenging myself to complete a task, I put a song on repeat and don't turn it off til I finish.

It's motivation to get 'er done, but it's pleasant.
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S1 E2

This greasy old dude is talking about making a move on Kitty. This can't end well.
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Popcorn 
Pretty sure it doesn't, lol!!!

Rub Hands
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(05-10-2022, 06:07 PM)Dev Wrote: S1 E2

This greasy old dude is talking about making a move on Kitty. This can't end well.

(05-10-2022, 06:07 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: Pretty sure it doesn't, lol!!!

Rub Hands

The show just gets better and better, BTW...

I'm so engrossed here toward the end of season 2 that I look forward to watching Gunsmoke every evening with an excitement I haven't felt about anything in a long time.
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