Chester Goode of "Gunsmoke" limped due to having been wounded as a Confederate soldier at the battle of "Pitsburg Landing"(Shiloh), Tennessee. BTW -- Marshall Dillon had been a soldier under Confederate Gen. Sterling Price.
"...why, land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for,... because it is the only thing that lasts."
Me TV still has most of them on. Watched The Rifleman couple nights ago.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
Chester Goode of "Gunsmoke" limped due to having been wounded as a Confederate soldier at the battle of "Pitsburg Landing"(Shiloh), Tennessee. BTW -- Marshall Dillon had been a soldier under Confederate Gen. Sterling Price.
was that a part of any Gunsmoke episode? Think I've darn near seen them all and I sure do not recall.
I remember Festus being introduced as a wolf hunter/skinner.
I used to strap on my Mattel Fanner 50 and try to outdraw Matt Dillion at the start of every show.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
I used to strap on my Mattel Fanner 50 and try to outdraw Matt Dillion at the start of every show.
Years ago we had a field guy working in west Texas who shot out the tv in his motel room with a Ruger super single six trying to out draw Matthew. Did I mention his revolver was "unloaded"? . Think it was in Ft. Stockton.
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Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
The history of Chester's wound was in an early episode. I do not recall personaly seeing it, but I read this somewhere about TV trivia. I did see many years ago the episode where Matt Dillon mentioned that he had served with Gen. Sterling Price. If I recall correctly, it was casually mentioned, not a major theme of the episode.
It seems to me that even though there was interaction with soldiers from time to time on the show, it was rare that any mention of military service of the main characters was ever mentioned on Gunsmoke. However, in most all westerns some aspect of the war would come up from time to time. This would have been realistic. For instance Lucas McCain - AKA The Rifleman - had been a Yankee cavalry officer, from Indiana, I think. One of the Barkley brothers on The Big Valley had been a Yankee officer. Obviously, Johnny Yuma of The Rebel was a Confederate veteran. Several episodes of Bonanza would feature former Confederates, but none of the regular cast characters were veterans. Several characters of Rawhide were former veterans, some Yankee and some Confederate. There was a show about Jesse and Frank James, I cannot recall the name of it, but they had been Confederate soldiers as they really had been. I cannot remember about Wagon Train or Maverick. It seems to me that Paladin from Have Gun Will Travel was a Yankee veteran, but I am not sure on this. I am sure there were others. As my wife would say, I don't know why I use my rather limited brain cells to remember such trivia.
"...why, land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for,... because it is the only thing that lasts."
A couple weeks ago I watched 6 "B" movies on Encore Westerns. The star was Al "Lash" Larue. All were made in 1947. Many of the actors appeared in different roles/characters. The studios used to punch these movies out in 6 weeks or less and the actors were under contract to the studios as a weekly job. Better entertainment then the garbage today. Lash was a true bullwhip performer, too.
That really brings back some memories. Believe Borax was the sponsor. I remember siting in front of our floor mounted Philco radio & listening to The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, & The Old Ranger. Those were the days.
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The history of Chester's wound was in an early episode. I do not recall personaly seeing it, but I read this somewhere about TV trivia. I did see many years ago the episode where Matt Dillon mentioned that he had served with Gen. Sterling Price. If I recall correctly, it was casually mentioned, not a major theme of the episode.
It seems to me that even though there was interaction with soldiers from time to time on the show, it was rare that any mention of military service of the main characters was ever mentioned on Gunsmoke. However, in most all westerns some aspect of the war would come up from time to time. This would have been realistic. For instance Lucas McCain - AKA The Rifleman - had been a Yankee cavalry officer, from Indiana, I think. One of the Barkley brothers on The Big Valley had been a Yankee officer. Obviously, Johnny Yuma of The Rebel was a Confederate veteran. Several episodes of Bonanza would feature former Confederates, but none of the regular cast characters were veterans. Several characters of Rawhide were former veterans, some Yankee and some Confederate. There was a show about Jesse and Frank James, I cannot recall the name of it, but they had been Confederate soldiers as they really had been. I cannot remember about Wagon Train or Maverick. It seems to me that Paladin from Have Gun Will Travel was a Yankee veteran, but I am not sure on this. I am sure there were others. As my wife would say, I don't know why I use my rather limited brain cells to remember such trivia.
Ward Bond's character in Wagon Train had been a union officer.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
When I lived and worked in Tulsa during the late 1980's, I visited most of the local gun shows each year. I remember seeing Lash Larue at one of the shows.
He was dressed in black and visited with everyone who wanted to meet him. (I just looked up his biography and he died in 1996.)
During an October 1988 Tulsa gun show, I met Bill Jordan in person and bought his new book, "Mostly Huntin'." He was sitting at a table so I didn't see him at his full 6'6" height. After I shook his hand I was amazed he could shoot so quickly and accurately from a paw that huge!
Growing up I spent a lot of enjoyable time reading stories written by Bill Jordan, Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith.
That really brings back some memories. Believe Borax was the sponsor. I remember siting in front of our floor mounted Philco radio & listening to The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, & The Old Ranger. Those were the days.
Death Valley Days brought to you by Twenty Mule Team Borax.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
Prior to the well known old series like Roy Rogers, etc. There was Tom Mix, Lash Larue, Red Rider and Little Beaver, Flaming Arrow.
Audie Murphy played in many early western movies.
When The Lone Ranger and Tonto were in the peak, you could get games and trivia from the card board dividers in Nabisco Shredded wheat boxes.
When the milk was delivered to your door step in glass bottles, the little card board seals on top had pictures of well known western stars on the inside that kids collected.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
" ... I remember Festus being introduced as a wolf hunter/skinner."
The character of "Festus" played by Ken Curtiss on Gunsmoke, was originally a character in an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel. Both shows were owned by CBS so "Festus" migrated from one show to the other where he became a regular and favorite of the audience.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
. Think it was in Ft. Stockton. 