Gunsmoke clip * "Get out of Dodge"

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[HistoryTwistedInc]

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[ohalana1]

Why is Doc's office on the second floor? All those poor sick and wounded patients always have to walk up and down those stairs...?? And, it appears that Chester is Matt's Deputy. However, he never wears a Deputy's badge...why?

[methedr]

@ohalana1 I always wondered about the upstairs office and you mean those poor cowboys they were getting all the time to carry the wounded upstairs.

[TheDeanmartinfan1]

@ohalana1 hes not his deputy he just cleans and does chores for matt. sometimes he helps matt with criminals but hes not a deputy

[UncleMikeNJ]

And they say his brother had "Mission: Impossible." At least Ben Cartwright could count on his sons.

[tigranvartanovitch]

That's the trouble with the world today. The Matt Dillons are out of style, and are replaced with reptiles like that guy with the handlebar moustache.

[Gingersnap27239]

what episode itthis

[principia1000]

@Gingersnap27239

How to Die for Nothing, first season. What you see here is the end of the episode.

[reddnec]

I love it! Wow this is classic shit

[alneal100]

Gunsmoke was a big hit until they came up with smokeless powder.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

One of the best shows ever.

Gunsmoke lives on.

George Vreeland Hill

[Trund27]

Woah...James Arness was totally tall

[PattiL007]

@Trund27 He was 6'5"! His brother, Peter Graves, was fairly tall too! ;-)

[PattiL007]

@Trund27 My bad...he was actually 6' 7"...and Marshall Dillon's characteristic limp was actually caused when he arrived on the beach at Anzio...German artillery took his shin out...he had to learn to walk again but retained a limp because of the injury. You've probably heard it all before...but I do enjoy a good story.

Peace...

[Trund27]

@PattiL007 I love a good story...and history. Thanks for the great info

Cheers

[upcycle]

this is a good reason why people should not be allowed to carry guns in the street. It creates danger for law abiding citizens.. and is used to threaten law enforcers.

[Kilooscarromeo]

Texans listening to another Texan saying he's going to shoot some1 in the back. Ya right, like that would happen ?

[Tumbipungi]

The jailed guy has a New York City accent.

[LkOutMtnMan]

@Tumbipungi I read recently that Billy the Kid was born /raised in the Bowery section of NYC and was Irish!

[Trund27]

@LkOutMtnMan That's interesting..Isn't he buried in New Mexico?

History rules, man

[yes350yes]

Anyone ever notice you never see a toilet or urinal in any of the jail cells? I suppose you have to assume there is at least a chamber pot in the cells even if there was no plumbing in those days. Also never a mention of an outhouse etc.

[rickshaw60]

@yes350yes nothing real about western jails was ever shown on early tv people wouldnt have watched during supper for sure . oh yeah there was nothing even resembling miss kitty in dodge city nor tombstone

[Trund27]

@yes350yes I don't think they were allowed to mention anything to do with bathroom business on TV in those days! Just a theory

[ugmodude]

1:23 ha! The first Teabagger.. Matt Dillon knew how to talk to Glen Beck, lol

[utubemusiccritic]

The bad guy on the horse was played by Lawrence Dobkin, who in this role did an amazingly effective job. Mort Mills, who would go on to play many character roles, was the prisoner released from jail.

[44032]

@utubemusiccritic Lawrence Dobkin was a regular on the radio Gunsmoke. He played many roles but was in almost every episode. An amazing actor. This is the 31st of 635 epsiodes of Gunsmoke, broadcast late in the first season- June 23, 1956. They went right into the summer in those days.

[gfpirate]

The thing I remember about some of these early Gunsmoke episodes is that Matt Dillon was always a law and order man. He was willing to take the law into his own hands if he thought it was best course. In one episode, he and Chester ambushed some rustlers instead of taking them in.

[yes350yes]

Well I for one would like to see more of the old or early gunsmoke episodes with chester. The main channel I coould see gunsmoke on is the western channel on encore. plus on a local pbs channel which colorizes it which I dont care for.

[RARARANDOMcopter]

Festus ForTheWin. Chester wasn't ment to be back up, so fuck off you stupid cunts that are offending him -.-

[pandishio]

shut up chester has a shotgun sometimes. whatch the show queerbait. mister master shafter

[MisterMasterShafter]

Chester was kinda useless. Had a limp and didn't even carry a gun. "Watch out, Mister Dillon" was about as much help as he gave Matt.

Festus was goofy too, but at least when the chips were down he could handle a gun and himself, and could actually back Matt up.

[Runcycle09]

Festus was a deputy and Chester was nothing more than an Arron boy.

[mlkbeat]

@Runcycle09 errand

[Runcycle09]

Thanks, lol

[rarebasses]

@MisterMasterShafter If you think Chester didn't carry a gun (Shot Gun and Rifle) then you didn't ever watch the show.

[FloridaBoy5315]

Chester was a shitload better than that damn aggravatin as hell Festus!!!!!

[pigsickasham]

Was that McCloud aka Dennis Weaver as a deputy

[Teflon65]

@pigsickasham: Yes, Dennis Weaver played Chester, on "Gunsmoke", before he went on to play McCloud. Dennis Weaver was also in a very interesting original "Twilight Zone", called "Shadow Play". It was remade later, as a color episode, in the 1980s, but I think the original is better.

[melollylolly]

matt dillion had to use conflict resolution--the safety of his town had to come first.

[garys737]

chester is a JERK

[gcdcjccc]

sorry folks, but Matt got owned lol

[10191927]

Ahh Gunsmoke, classic goodness!

[alstl04]

Men die for a lot of reasons. I've even heard of worthy ones, like a man who's willing to face it for the good that might come after. But he's a far different breed than most of this Boot Hill trash. These men die for fools' reasons - a spilt drink, a wrong card, an imagined insult. But the worst is a man who dies for nothing... for no reason at all.

Brilliant writing. The name of the episode is "how to die for nothing". Unfortunately I don't see the rest of the episonde poster here.

[WSenator1]

Agreed about the quality of the writing. Always loved "Gunsmoke," always will. About your comment re: Men who die for nothing - kinda like today, huh?

[beutelkompost]

look for a channel that's simply called The Gunsmoke Channel, there you will find some good episodes (dunno if this one is included)

[alstl04]

what is the name of this episode?

[Kaps505]

On Gunsmoke, they make a point of showing that Matt is not Invincible. (like how he lost a gunfight in the first episode) Here he was up against a cowboy whose strategy was to play mind games and then shoot his opponents from ambush. He used Matt's own code of honor against him and the mind games worked... up until this scene. After this conflict, Matt snapped out of it and put the guy on boot hill by anticipating the ambush.

[Trund27]

@Kaps505 Good analysis!

[bettydaw1970]

anyone know why they only show the later episodes of gunsmoke on tvland?

[plainwain]

No but I think they should alternate between the older ones and the later ones each day. You would think they would have that much consideration for all the great episodes from the earlier days. Even though most were 30 minutes they still could show two instead of one for the time slot.

[AnthonyStJames]

@plainwain

The first four seasons (b&w half hr episodes) of Gunsmoke are available on DVD.

[WSenator1]

The answer is in four words: black and white, color. People just can't deal with black-and-white film, even when it's great stuff. Also, like "MASH" the later episodes got soft. The posted clip is tough stuff, and there's nothing touchy-feely about it.

[bettydaw1970]

i disagree..andy griffith, gilligans island, bewitched, i dream of genie.. etc were both b&w and color, and all the episodes get equal play now adays..

i thin the 30 min vs 1 hour long episodes makes more sense..

[plainwain]

That cowboy was not bluffing at all. What a poker face! "That's what we come for marshal, that's all we come for." Said the cowboy.

[Khalirei]

I hate it when people stare like that, wish he would've back handed him.

[inkey2]

DAMN that was good......but I just wish Dillion had "shot the guy in the back" as they rode away. That would be hilarious

[deltalitprof]

So often Dillon had to choose the safety of his town over the retribution he craved. And he would do it. That's why Gunsmoke is unique among the TV westerns. The movies already had established the myth of the west. Gunsmoke was about the reality.

[LerafoLuap]

The great Lee Van Cleef...

[plainwain]

Lee Van Cleef was not in this clip. What are you referring to?

[Khalirei]

he's confusing him with the mustache guy on the horse.

[plainwain]

" I'm through Talkin' "........ Marshall we both come awful close to bein' dead men....."

[dapoetmaster]

Damn, they backed down Marhall Dillon in his own town....WTF??

[plainwain]

They did not back down Marshall Dillon. Its just that Dillon was under authority of that ole wimpy Mayor! Duh.

[AcePilot101]

"You got nobody on your side, Marshall."

Nothing except the LAW, that is.

[plainwain]

lol. That was very funny the way he said that in a tauting irritating way. But notice how that hotel owner stared at Matt Dillon trying to get approval.

[JadeHeatherFowler]

No way that was def Matt!

[classicrockcafe]

Well Gunsmoke punked

[takomaguy]

HUH?????? This guy punked Matt Dillion!?!?!?!?

[plainwain]

Matt Dillon was trying to teach that cowboy not to threaten people about serious matters as life and death. Dillon had to reckon with the Full extent of the law and not just his emotions.