quality never gets old. the only reason we die hard fans don't get tired of it, is that it's too good. the ensemble cast always seemed like a family. and now, w/ re-mastering, and high D, and so forth, the shows look perhaps better than when they first aired. I would have to say tho, that Arness(the chief reason for it's longevity) took a while to get his acting sea legs under him. he was young, and expected to lead a hit show every week. but after about 3 years, he nailed the character down so well, it stayed nailed for good. another example of it's high qualiity, when they lost Doc (Stone)due to hospitalization for a while, Pat Hingle, w/ help from the writers, who continued on w/ e few very good episodes ,made the show just as watchable w/ out ol' Doc, who thankfully returned .'Elijah' is among their best episodes. because of that, I consider Hingle to be a regular cast member, in an honorary sense.in fact, character actors ,despite the same ones used over and over, are always fresh and interesting. Victor French as 'Trafton', is only one example. drinking booze from a gold, Catholic church cup, stolen. one of the best actors I ever saw.
@@lovebaja Sadly,Majority of today's TV shows are rubbish! I don't watch them. I WATCH Gunsmoke, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Leave it to beaver, Brady Bunch, and others. Today's shows do not compare with them❤
Love JA💕 My father joined the Air Force in 1954 before Gunsmoke made its debut. He loves GUNSMOKE 💕I was his last born child and I love Gunsmoke . I'm addicted. I watch it everyday💕💕
and tho the last one ironically, was sort of a a lame comedy, nobody working on it had any idea it was getting the axe. had they knew , it may have been saved again, like it was in the mid-60's. it has that in common w/ another CBS legend, M*A*S*H, which was saved by William Paley's wife, over some apparent pillow talk, because she loved the show. and apparently, audiences checking out Summer re-runs of it by that time also became fond of it. I know I did.
He was originally even more good-looking, he had wonderful blonde hair. He was of Norwegian and German descent and his real name was not "Arness" but Aurness, and before that Aursness. Hollywood forced him to change his name and color his hair dark, for a certain calculated appeal to viewer demographics. Peter "Graves" (also a Hollywood pseudonym) from "Airplane" fame is his brother. Source of information: Wikipedia
He mentions 150 episodes have been made ... so this was probably between seasons 4 & 5, in 1959. (Season 4 actually ended with episode #156, the announcer probably just rounds the number out to 150)
He was a blessing to all of us Gunsmoke fans🙏💕
All these years and the show is still being seen in reruns.
There was never one single dud episode. What an amazing TV show. Not many can compare!
quality never gets old. the only reason we die hard fans don't get tired of it, is that it's too good. the ensemble cast always seemed like a family. and now, w/ re-mastering, and high D, and so forth, the shows look perhaps better than when they first aired. I would have to say tho, that Arness(the chief reason for it's longevity) took a while to get his acting sea legs under him. he was young, and expected to lead a hit show every week. but after about 3 years, he nailed the character down so well, it stayed nailed for good. another example of it's high qualiity, when they lost Doc (Stone)due to hospitalization for a while, Pat Hingle, w/ help from the writers, who continued on w/ e few very good episodes ,made the show just as watchable w/ out ol' Doc, who thankfully returned .'Elijah' is among their best episodes. because of that, I consider Hingle to be a regular cast member, in an honorary sense.in fact, character actors ,despite the same ones used over and over, are always fresh and interesting. Victor French as 'Trafton', is only one example. drinking booze from a gold, Catholic church cup, stolen. one of the best actors I ever saw.
@@lovebaja Sadly,Majority of today's TV shows are rubbish! I don't watch them. I WATCH Gunsmoke, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Leave it to beaver, Brady Bunch, and others. Today's shows do not compare with them❤
He was a fantastic role model for kids, as was Cheyenne Bodie, we could sure use more like them guys today
those 2 were bigger than all outdoors. their horses were visibly relieved when they would dismount.
Love JA💕 My father joined the Air Force in 1954 before Gunsmoke made its debut. He loves GUNSMOKE 💕I was his last born child and I love Gunsmoke . I'm addicted. I watch it everyday💕💕
What a great actor, a gentleman and so handsome. I'm watching reruns everyday in 2022. Loved James.
he was so good-lookin'!!!!!!!!!
They have the complete series on DVD now. Also James Arness has a website. Jamesarness.com
nobody here had any idea it would run 20 years, and seldom a clunker in the bunch. THANX southeastmissouri1
and tho the last one ironically, was sort of a a lame comedy, nobody working on it had any idea it was getting the axe. had they knew , it may have been saved again, like it was in the mid-60's. it has that in common w/ another CBS legend, M*A*S*H, which was saved by William Paley's wife, over some apparent pillow talk, because she loved the show. and apparently, audiences checking out Summer re-runs of it by that time also became fond of it. I know I did.
Love James Arness ❤❤❤
I cannot imagine how it would be at 6'7' to most always be looking down to the people you talk with.
Hard on the back ... bending over, bending down all the time!
He was originally even more good-looking, he had wonderful blonde hair. He was of Norwegian and German descent and his real name was not "Arness" but Aurness, and before that Aursness. Hollywood forced him to change his name and color his hair dark, for a certain calculated appeal to viewer demographics. Peter "Graves" (also a Hollywood pseudonym) from "Airplane" fame is his brother.
Source of information: Wikipedia
They were sweet brothers❤
I love this What year was this?❤
tall is 6' 6'' good sherif .siempre te recordaremos james [MATT DILLON]
How tall was the guy 6'6" to 6'8" ?
6 ft. 7 in.
What year was this? Love James Arness ❤
He mentions 150 episodes have been made ... so this was probably between seasons 4 & 5, in 1959. (Season 4 actually ended with episode #156, the announcer probably just rounds the number out to 150)