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Wed Aug-24-05 12:53 AM
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I just wonder, does anybody else here watch "Gunsmoke", that old TV |
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show most be on 10 times a day. One more thing how many dresses does Miss Kitty have, she never wears the same dress twice.
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:55 AM
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1. I play the radio version on my station often |
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The radio version of the show is a classic...
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:59 AM
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5. I do like the show, the characters on the show are enjoyable to watch. |
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My grandfather was a big fan, you didn't get between him and the tv when that show was on.
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:57 AM
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2. Here's a little factoid about "Gunsmoke"... |
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Leo Strauss, the father of the neo-conservative movement in this country, loved "Gunsmoke." Black hats, white hats, no moral ambiguity. He hated to miss it.... He thought it was just the sort of morality play that the masses needed to understand right and wrong, good and evil....
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:00 AM
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6. The radio version was much more "gray" |
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In terms of how The West was treated; very realistic for it's time. It really was the first "adult" Western on Radio..
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:13 AM
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... but, Strauss was fascinated with the TV series.
Cheers.
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:58 AM
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thanks for the memories... my Mom had an enormous crush on James Arness.. "he sits so tall in the saddle" she would swoon...
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:59 AM
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4. Here's some interesting trivia for Gunsmoke fans |
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James Arness, who plays Matt Dillon, was the monster in the 50s horror flick 'The Thing'. And his brother is Peter Graves, who starred in Mission Impossible.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:12 AM
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8. Thats not trivia..it's common knowledge :) |
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:15 AM
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but I'll bet there are a lot of people who didn't know that.
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Wed Aug-24-05 06:28 AM
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It is pretty much common knowledge.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:07 AM
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7. Hands up, any many thought that Miss Kitty and Matt were a little more |
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then good friends.
I always thought Miss Kitty was cool, made her own money and wasn't married. She was an equal with the men on the show, and stood her ground.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:17 AM
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11. They were definitely involved |
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Edited on Wed Aug-24-05 01:18 AM by proud2Blib
romantically.
And Kitty was a madame. That was way more than a saloon if you ask me.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:25 AM
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12. I have noticed in a few shows that a cowboy and a saloon girl would be |
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going upstairs to the rooms. How did this get on TV back then, the censors would get on the Smothers Brothers but have a show that had madame running a saloon.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:28 AM
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And I don't remember it ever being scandalous.
The Smothers Brothers were liberals. Nuff said. :)
How about Soupy Sales? The censors hated him.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:34 AM
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15. I can just remember Soupy Sales, I think the crew surprised him |
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with a naked woman on one show.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:42 AM
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16. Remember why his show was canceled? |
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"How come every time I see F, you say K?"
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:49 AM
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17. I think that show was aimed at the parent's more then the kids, I can |
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remember my older brothers and sister watching the show and laughing a jokes I didn't get.
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:27 AM
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13. They were the first "Friends with benefits" couple on TV |
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:57 AM
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18. Here is a cool website, a real blast from the past. |
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TVparty / Soupy Sales The Soupy Sales Show ... "How do I get a letter to Soupy Sales? When I was a little girl in ... lunch every day to eat with Soupy Sales. It was like having ...www.tvparty.com/soupy.html - 61k
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Wed Aug-24-05 02:00 AM
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One of the best sites around..
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Wed Aug-24-05 02:19 AM
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20. I just bought the Soupy Sales DVD's. |
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Let's see what I remember of the shows.
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