One of my personal favorites. Poke is one of the better minor characters to appear in OTR Gunsmoke. The simple themes of the dangers of being a jackass, and why establishing law in the wild west was so important - good stuff.
Well, that was a most disturbing episode ... a story of a bad situation that just keeps getting worse and worse, generating a sense of inescapable hopelessness. Very dark, very depressing.
Ralph Moody, classic Gunsmoke stalwart! A great actor!
One of my personal favorites. Poke is one of the better minor characters to appear in OTR Gunsmoke. The simple themes of the dangers of being a jackass, and why establishing law in the wild west was so important - good stuff.
Well said
This episode only served to aggravate the hell out of me
Well, that was a most disturbing episode ... a story of a bad situation that just keeps getting worse and worse, generating a sense of inescapable hopelessness. Very dark, very depressing.
True. However, like the Prodigal Son, Matt "saved" one in the end.
True, but it shows the lie that old radio shows were formulaic.
Drink, drink and more drinking. Somewhere between might be law
I admit, I half expected this episode to refer to the type you smoke (reefer? Pun unintended).
It does seem like whoever came up with the names for these episodes was smoking something.