Gunsmoke 1962 Opening

[MrJin501]

I see nothing!!!

[JxT1957]

i remember candy bars were 5 cents and 1 cent peice of candy and bazooka joe bubble gum. small plastic army man with a parachute was 2 cents

[AshburnStadium]

RIP James Arness (May 26, 1923 - June 3, 2011).

[The630803f]

Estos programas hacen falta que se transmitan nuevamente en la TV, me gustaria saber como puedo adquirir estos videos, ya que los veía hace muchos años en compañía de mi abuelito. mi correo es fhtm_felipe@yahoo.com.mx

[morykwas]

We hear the bad guy's shot before we see Matt Dillon's shot. The bad guy drew faster but missed.

[jimaroo100]

This is the classic opening of the TV show before it was "cleaned up" by taking out the gunfight scene... Pretty funny to take out the gunfight scene in a show called "GUNSMOKE"!

[ronaldt491]

@jimaroo100 Encore Western has the Burt Reynolds/early Festus hour long up to 1966 black and white episodes and the opening gun fight is still there. I read that it was removed and replaced with Matt riding his horse as a result of the JFK assassination but someone was wrong apparently as it continued for several years afterwards. Must have been at least when the color episodes started.

[lanetemple]

It saddens me that a site like this attracts so many douchebags and they would not know who John Meston was..... he should be put in Televisions Hall of Fame. If you agree with my comment please write a brief note to the Television Hall of Fame....thanks.

[FUSSYMUAYTHAI]

DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER MISS KITTY ?

SHE WAS THE OWNER OF THE BAR AND ALL THOSE THIRSTY GIRLS HANGING AROUND ?

I WAS TOO YOUNG THEN ,TO RELIAZE WHAT THAT PORTRAYED.

[lanetemple]

My goodness, I will never forget the "classic" episodes written by John Meston who created the show. I can't understand why Mr Meston is not in the television Hall of Fame. If Rod Serling and Gene Roddenberry are there then John Meston should be there also.

[bobbybloo2003]

I know but it s worth it to me and i meant full episodes of season 7 through 11 streaming to your comp. and dvd's of earlier versons of Gunsmoke, Roy Rogers, and many other tv classics.

[bobbybloo2003]

You can see full episodes 7 through 11 on Neflix but have subscribe about $10 a month. all black and white.

[Landaux]

@bobbybloo2003 Funny when Neflex first came out it was something like $2.99 a month, then $4, then $5, then suddenly now $10. Next year it will be $15. Thats what got us in this recession.. GREED! Its just like that Magic Jack.. $4.99 a year, now its like $19.99.

[coolanddark]

@Landaux I remember when you could by a candy bar for a nickle. Now there like 75 cents!

[CatFanInTheBathtub]

@Landaux it's called inflation, supply and demand, etc. You could get milk for 5 cents 100 years ago...now it's 3 bucks...the GREED of those farmers !

anyway Netflix online is only 8.00 a month and you can use it on 6 different devices - doesn't have to be same person hint hint -

[Landaux]

@CatFanInTheBathtub $3 a GALLON? Now thats more like $5. Ive never ordered or payed Netflix for anything. If I dont watch many movies, but if I do, ill just go out and BUY the DVD. :-)

[erniecannon100]

@Landaux it is 29.99 a yeAR for the magic jack plus

[tunesmith09]

Wish I knew the truth...first I have heard about Arvo Ojala...not looking for a debate, but decades ago I heard from a friend (independent film director in California) that the 'bad guy' in the opening sequence was actually someone named Rod Redwing. Supposedly Rod could draw "faster than a speeding bullet"...you know the drill. Either way...Arvo or Rod...our beloved Marshall Dillon would have 'bitten the dust'...OK...thank you James...NEXT?

[1Bandit455]

Super -- Gunsmoke had the Best sounding Gun's !!!! .

[worseto]

We can watch this show in full on tv land

[Landaux]

@worseto The black & white episodes?

[worseto]

@Landaux not sure

[scott23456]

@Landaux The Black & white are the best

[ELITEHAMSTER123]

@worseto But now they got junk like TV Land Prime. We watch tv land to get away from this crud! come on people!

[Landaux]

@ELITEHAMSTER123 I know it, TV land was a premium channel. I remember when we 1st got cable 30 years ago, and there were NO COMMERICALS PERIOD on Nickoldeon, then one came on, then two, now too DOZEN! Now its like more commercials than the damn show itself. Makes me SICK! Yes, bring back nothing but classic TV, the original first aired reels, anf not the lousy syndicated / cut for commerical versions. I hate today's tv shows. 'Encore Westerns' is where I recorded this from guys. :-)

[tsntana]

@Landaux I haven't had cable in over 5 years. But it sounds like TV Land is going the same direction as MTV, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, etc. Damn shame.

At least we still have RTV. They even have Saturday morning cartoons!

[strat63]

THanks for the post, I grew up watching these shows. My favorite was Wanted Dead or Alive starring Steve( Bullit) McQueen.

[D500HemiRam]

The man in black on the street was none other than Arvo Ojala. Hollywood gun coach and fast draw expert that taught the likes of Gary Cooper, Paul Newman, and many other stars.

[buzzclick500]

Ojala in English is "I wish."

[eelalien]

I actually met and befriended Arvo Ojala, the "bad guy" in the Gunsmoke opening sequence. He was a gun trainer and more for the cast of Silverado in Santa Fe, NM in 1985. They bought most of the guns used in the film from Allen Firearms, where I worked. I saw Arvo teach Kevin Kline how to spin a Colt revolver in his hotel room. Arvo could have outdrawn ANYONE, trust me. Marshall Dillon would have hit the ground long before he could have unholstered that 7 1/2" Colt - sorry! Arvo was a great man.

[whiskeyify]

@eelalien I agree...but I still think James Arness was pretty quick...he's a big guy and moves kinda slow but he sure could draw fast. I think had he been a sheriff in the old west he could have taken care of most any bad guy coming his way.

[davidh0187dc]

trivia: who was the last bad guy (actor) killed on gunsmoke?

[SanctifiedHippy]

As the story goes, which was actually confirmed by his nephew, there was a local yokel cop whose enthusiasm for handing out sppeding tickets far outweigh'd his IQ, while in uniform with his trusty 6 shooter strapped by his side, set out to prove to his young son that he could outdraw Marshal Dillon. Well he did in point of fact out draw the marshall only to blos away his brand new 25" color TV console in the process!!!

[TheHauptsturmfuhrer]

Did anyone else ever notice that in the opening shootout in the street of Dodge City,that Matt Dillon is out gunned.The other guy fires first,but apparently missed,then Matt shoots him?I always noticed that and years later when I became a law enforcement officer I always concentrated more on aim rather than speed and it honestly made be a very good shot and actually saved my life

[dsrtstrmvt]

Arvo Ojala the man that James Arnez faces in the opening credits passed away in 2005.

[bill3979]

It's "Arness". He wasnt Hispanic.

[dsrtstrmvt]

My apologies I was at work and doing more then one thing. I did not realize the mistake that I had made. Thank you for pointing this mistake out to me. I also am not Hispanic.

[TheHauptsturmfuhrer]

@bill3979

Norwegian

[bill3979]

@TheHauptsturmfuhrer and German.

[melollylolly]

good western

[andrea2007homie]

Come see my new western film just type in search: A Fight To The Death MCAA.

[RQVOutdoorMoovies]

The official CBS DVD collections are quite nice, although, I'm so broke I get them from the library. Seasons 1 through 3 are now available with new collections every 6 or so months. I was born in 1961, and, with the show in its 6th season, I'm sure I watched it as a baby and toddler. Later, if I had my pajamas on I could watch it. TV Land only shows the later ones. The original b/w half hour shows are a delight to watch, and, the extras include original sponsor spots where even Doc smokes!

[Landaux]

I still have yet to see EVERY-SINGLE Black and White episode! Ive only have seen a fraction...maybe 8 to 10 % at the most!

[MetallicBill]

@Landaux I want to see the one supposedly used as audio sample in Pink Floyd's THE WALL?!?!

[RasMajnouni]

James Arness is the brother of original "Mission Impossible" Peter Graves!I remember Gunsmoke still on radio right as it was shifting to the new TV.

[RaleighDawlishRaynar]

Arvo Ojala still?

[hajune]

The man Matt shots was once Marilyn Monroes boyfriend. he is still living i believe.

[coliseumdog]

The opening scene was changed in the late 60's to a horseback riding sequence in response to the political assassinations of the time.

[selmer6player]

i remember it well. shows like gunsmoke are impossible to duplicate. thanks for the memories.

[acceitunas]

I stand corrected movie/tv show when yr 8yrs 46yr is a heck of a long time ago,still liked the cowboy tv shows,into Bones,Cold Case,Fringe,Spooks,trust no one.

[arcturus33333]

Notice that the other guy outdraws Matt. Unfortunately for him his aim wasn't too good... but Marshall Dillon's aim was always deadly.

[audiophile55]

I wish someone could find the closing theme, as it appeared probably in 1959-1960 era,and post it. The scene,during the closing,as I recall,was a sketch of a wagon wheel leaning against something(I can't recall what that was)and it was in black and white. I caught the last 27 seconds of it on VHS, back in 1989,and transferred the audio onto audio tape for safekeeping. I would like to hear the entire theme,if I could just find out what year this was. I no longer have the VHS tape, just the audio

[Landaux]

As far as I can see the backgrands on the closing credits have a 'wooden' backgrand. Somthing like boards in the backgraound. But in this season, in the closing credits, its like a town in a 'selowet' with graves by the side. In time im going to upload more.

[audiophile55]

Landaux, thanks for your reply. Maybe what you described is what I actually saw, and not the wagon wheel. I transferred the 27 second audio clip of it that I have, onto my computer, some time ago. If I could send you the 27 second clip, maybe you could determine the year, and see if you have it?

[Landaux]

I just uploaded a 1960 closing credit episode. Check it out. :)

[foroke1]

you know encore western channel 193 where I live plays this intro all the time. This is infact very common to me.

We have cable.

[acceitunas]

I think this was my first movie,i was 8yrs old

[VA24541]

This was a television show on Saturday night. It was never a movie. CBS has line up back then: Steve McQueen as Josh Randall in Wanted Dead or Alive, Richard Boone as Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel, and James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillion. What a line up!

[QWZXM]

These were the days, down here in Newfoundland,it was just the beginning of a Tv era- how times changed. We never got full blown electricity until 1962. I remember well all the Tv westerns from that era.

[rainbowschild]

The Score: Heller 1, Fenty 0

[jkoncz]

ms kitty was the best. she would wait for hell and high water for mathew to come home. where are women like that today. of course festus did that too. maybe doc was a foursome?

[myworms]

It's the same exact footage from season one, just with different title, music, and voiceover.

[dereka79]

look at his ass! Wow!

[bearnurse1]

I agree, wow! Do you think there was anything going on between Matt and Festus? Festus was always "Now you be careful Matthew!"

[dereka79]

Probably! Oh, and look bearnurse1, somebody gave me a negative for my comment. Watch out, somebody may give you one for yours! LOL Anyway, I have always thought Matt was so sexy! And honestly, I think if you cleaned up Festus a little bit, he would have been cute, too! Woof! (think I'll get a negative for that????) Have a good one, buddy!

[33Mark221]

I give you a positive for your first comment dereka79 (and I'm a man). There's the callipygian view from south of the border. Very nice. :-)

[33Mark221]

Nice! It's the one thing that carries me through to the show itself.

[Landaux]

Sorry about the tags on the screen though at the beginning, thanks to good ol' VHS. I may re-edit it when I get the chance.

[wolfmaxtrp5]

Does anyone know the exact size of his nose?.

[alepryor]

LOve it!!

[Leazesenders]

It was renamed Gun Law

[cbak12sg]

I think it was originally called Gun Law in the UK. I'm 50 and only remember it as Gunsmoke in the UK.

James Arness is the brother of Peter Graves (Mission:Impossible)

[A1l2l2e2n4]

James Arness is the one who kept the family name. In early high school plays, you will find Peter Graves credited as as "Peter Graves Arness", but somewhere long the line he dropped "Arness".

[12Zwolf]

Thank You! for posting; This opening was changed after 22nd November 1963 because the 'good people' at the network didn't want to encourage any future assassinations; well!, good thinking! that worked, Huh!

Valkyrie Ziege Mourne

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Gunsmoke is a great show that will be loved even more in the years to come.

It is a classic and one of the best shows to have ever been on TV.

I still watch it.

George Vreeland Hill

[fromthesidelines]

That's George Walsh, the show's long-time RADIO announcer, giving the introduction in this title sequence (as he usually did throughout most of the TV series)....