I love the whole scene between Kitty, Matt and Doc after Matt has come back and is visiting Kitty. sigh The whole casual, but not really, arm caressing through that scene makes my heart do little flip flops. Sometimes I surprise myself by being so sentimental. lol
Wow was George Kennedy ever that young, or thin? Pretty good episode altho the simultaneous death sequence toward the end is risible. (Strangling someone after point-blank rifle shot? Really?) And yes, Kitty was never sexier!
You are correct morleyjr1 and I apologize. I take my hat of to Arvo Ojala. I guess I was just tired of seeing this comment every where. I know that if it was not for Arvo Ojala, Matt Dillon AKA James Arness and many others would not have looked and done so well.
We know, we know , we know about Arvo Ojala who he is and all about him. Ever since James Arness passed there has been post after postings of this dude. KUDOS for him. Don't care.
@CC532009 That was rude. Everybody doesn't know about Ojala. In fact, the other day someone was claiming that when Arness drew in the opening, the film was speeded up. But that wasn't true. He really was that fast, because Ojala trained him.
An interesting sidelight to the discussion. The outlaw that Matt Dillon draws against in the opening was a gentleman by the name of Arvo Ojala. A fast draw artist he owned a holster making business and held several patents for fast draw rigs. Eventually he was hired by studios as a gun coach and trained many of the best actors in fast draw. Names such as James Arness, John Wayne, Peter Brown, John Russell and Clint Walker.
Dennis Weaver played the character Chester Goode on Gunsmoke. According to IMDB.com, he appeared in 176 episodes from 1955-1964.
You can find a lot of interesting trivia tidbits about Chester on this Gunsmoke fan page, including the fact that his name was Chester Proudfoot on the original radio drama, his middle initial was B, and he was Dillon's assistant but not his deputy.
Dennis Waver lasted through the season 7. He left the show to get his own show; he was quoted saying “I’m tired of playing the second banana”. George Walsh, the announcer for Gunsmoke, began in 1952 on radio's Gunsmoke and continued until television's Gunsmoke was canceled in 1975. Festus was introduced on the 7th season.
Amanda Blake looked particularly beautiful in that episode...her hair down in glorious black and white. I didn't realize that Dennis Weaver was on Gunsmoke as late as 1961. When did the Ken Curtis years start? I wonder. Thanks for the upload. The decline of the tv and movie western is our culture's great lost.
Roger Ebert wrote in his current review of "Cowboys and Aliens": Why couldn't they just leave the aliens aside and make a pure, simple western? We need more westerns these days. (quoted from my memory)
@TheSunmanho I think that Hollywood has lost the connection to our frontier past that the golden age had. Many of those directors,for instance actually knew old westerners. Wyatt Earp lived in L.A. until his death in 1929 & John Ford,who made one the great Earp films,MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, knew him. Both Earp's & General Custer's widows lived long enough to oversee many of the film trearments of their husband's lives and Bat Masterton lived until 1921(a N.Y.City sports writer & promoter).
@MyREDTAIL I never liked Silverado..It always seem to me like actors playing cowboys,but Quigley Down Under is a great western. Tom Selleck was great. He and Sam Elliott are my favorite modern western stars..Too bad they aren't making western anymore.
I loves me some Chester and Kitty :D
kitnkabootle 5 months ago
I love the whole scene between Kitty, Matt and Doc after Matt has come back and is visiting Kitty. sigh The whole casual, but not really, arm caressing through that scene makes my heart do little flip flops. Sometimes I surprise myself by being so sentimental. lol
Thanks for the upload.
curlyj76 6 months ago
Matt Can sense a disturbance in the force.
CC532009 6 months ago
Wow was George Kennedy ever that young, or thin? Pretty good episode altho the simultaneous death sequence toward the end is risible. (Strangling someone after point-blank rifle shot? Really?) And yes, Kitty was never sexier!
kaewonf8 6 months ago
You are correct morleyjr1 and I apologize. I take my hat of to Arvo Ojala. I guess I was just tired of seeing this comment every where. I know that if it was not for Arvo Ojala, Matt Dillon AKA James Arness and many others would not have looked and done so well.
CC532009 6 months ago
We know, we know , we know about Arvo Ojala who he is and all about him. Ever since James Arness passed there has been post after postings of this dude. KUDOS for him. Don't care.
CC532009 6 months ago
@CC532009 That was rude. Everybody doesn't know about Ojala. In fact, the other day someone was claiming that when Arness drew in the opening, the film was speeded up. But that wasn't true. He really was that fast, because Ojala trained him.
morleyjr1 6 months ago
An interesting sidelight to the discussion. The outlaw that Matt Dillon draws against in the opening was a gentleman by the name of Arvo Ojala. A fast draw artist he owned a holster making business and held several patents for fast draw rigs. Eventually he was hired by studios as a gun coach and trained many of the best actors in fast draw. Names such as James Arness, John Wayne, Peter Brown, John Russell and Clint Walker.
treehot16 6 months ago
Even though irritating sometimes Dennis Weaver best part he ever played ( in my opinion) was Chester Goode.
CC532009 6 months ago
Is Ken Curtis older than James Arness? Yes ... he was born on July 2, 1916 in Lamar, Colorado. Arness was born in 1923.
Dennis Weaver was born June 4, 1924
CC532009 6 months ago
Is Ken Curtis older than James Arness? Yes ... he was born on July 2, 1916 in Lamar, Colorado. Arness was born in 1923.
CC532009 6 months ago
Yes, he was on the show for 9 years
Dennis Weaver played the character Chester Goode on Gunsmoke. According to IMDB.com, he appeared in 176 episodes from 1955-1964.
You can find a lot of interesting trivia tidbits about Chester on this Gunsmoke fan page, including the fact that his name was Chester Proudfoot on the original radio drama, his middle initial was B, and he was Dillon's assistant but not his deputy.
CC532009 6 months ago
Dennis Waver lasted through the season 7. He left the show to get his own show; he was quoted saying “I’m tired of playing the second banana”. George Walsh, the announcer for Gunsmoke, began in 1952 on radio's Gunsmoke and continued until television's Gunsmoke was canceled in 1975. Festus was introduced on the 7th season.
TheGunsmokeChannel 6 months ago
Amanda Blake looked particularly beautiful in that episode...her hair down in glorious black and white. I didn't realize that Dennis Weaver was on Gunsmoke as late as 1961. When did the Ken Curtis years start? I wonder. Thanks for the upload. The decline of the tv and movie western is our culture's great lost.
sleedolfine15 6 months ago 2
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Roger Ebert wrote in his current review of "Cowboys and Aliens": Why couldn't they just leave the aliens aside and make a pure, simple western? We need more westerns these days. (quoted from my memory)
TheSunmanho 6 months ago
@TheSunmanho I think that Hollywood has lost the connection to our frontier past that the golden age had. Many of those directors,for instance actually knew old westerners. Wyatt Earp lived in L.A. until his death in 1929 & John Ford,who made one the great Earp films,MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, knew him. Both Earp's & General Custer's widows lived long enough to oversee many of the film trearments of their husband's lives and Bat Masterton lived until 1921(a N.Y.City sports writer & promoter).
sleedolfine15 6 months ago
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rolandorme 4 months ago
@TheSunmanho I think that the last best 2 western ever made within the last 20 yrs was "SILVERADO & Quigley Down Under.?
MyREDTAIL 6 months ago
@MyREDTAIL I never liked Silverado..It always seem to me like actors playing cowboys,but Quigley Down Under is a great western. Tom Selleck was great. He and Sam Elliott are my favorite modern western stars..Too bad they aren't making western anymore.
sleedolfine15 4 months ago