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About everyday on the INSP channel.
I've had different appreciation levels of the show in my life from prime time to various years of re-runs.
I find myself enjoying them as much now as ever. Fester, not as Fester, & Slim Pickens in an episode playing as I type. Seems Ken Kurtis seen several times before he became a regular.
If you don't take it too serious, the show is fun. And, beats most of what's on TV now.
Just thinkin.
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Fester? Did you mean Festus as played by Ken Curtis?
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Gunsmoke is going on 2 channels on DISH a lot of the time
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One of my favorite shows ever. They are a pretty good escape from the current misery we find ourselves in.
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What a great actor. RIP Ken Curtis ! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/140815.jpeg)
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What a great actor. RIP Ken Curtis ! That man could sure sit a horse! 
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Ive been watching it lately. Used to watch it with my grandfather at his house as we didnt have a TV when I was a kid. That was around 62-65.
I was also watching the Ed Sullivan show with him the night The Beatles were first broadcast in the US. He hated them!
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Ken Curtis was one of the original Sons Of The Pioneers.
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Yes, he had a heck of a voice when he sang. But such did fit the character of Festus.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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If I remember correctly Ken Curtis was John Ford's son-in-law.
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As opposed to the New Gunsmoke Shows.
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Not too long ago,they aired the first Gunsmoke show where John Wayne introduced James Arness playing Matt Dillon
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Excellent show. When quality mattered
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Long time 24 Hour Campfire member, Leanwolf, was a screenwriter for the Gunsmoke TV series.
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I enjoy watching Gunsmoke, I seen the first episode a while back, I had never seen that one.
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Fester, I knew that sounded odd when I typed it. I'll blame it on midnight.
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I really like the older black and white shows. was mat banging miss kitty?
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Miss kitty was quite a looker back then
And ol beefcake Burt Reynolds hardened many a nipples I'm sure!
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What is Leanwolf's real name? You can PM the answer. Thanks
I've been watching a bunch of GS episodes in the past year or so. Started with episode 1, "Matt Get's it" and am now on season 7. The 30 minute shows up through season 6 are the best to me. Of course, I watched them back in the day too. I always preferred Festus to Chester until re-watching a lot of shows. He could be a bad ass. Killed several people. Matt had a short fuse then too. He was not afraid to slap the bad boys around or put a bullet into them. Usually 2 or 3 killings per episode.
Loved Doc but holy crap, he was always wiping his mouth with one or both hands. Sometimes right after delivering a baby or digging out a bullet. Not very sanitary!
Kitty was very attractive. She kept hinting that she would be agreeable to marriage if Matt would say the magic words. Never happened.
I think it was the number one show until it went to hour episodes in season 7.
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