The CONTROVERSIAL Scene That Took Gunsmoke Off The Air
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- The CONTROVERSIAL Scene That Took Gunsmoke Off The Air
Gunsmoke is considered one of the greatest TV shows in history. It was a very popular Western drama loved by Americans and even foreigners across the globe. People watched Marshal Matt Dillon's adventures every week for 20 years, from 1955 to 1975. There was also a radio show from 1952 to 1961. Many thought it was the best Western series on TV at the time. With how the show gained worldwide recognition, it was shocking to find out that a particular scene made viewers collectively cancel it before CBS, the channel sponsoring it, suddenly brought it to an end. What was the controversial scene? Keep watching to find out.
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Thank God for INSP, Grit TV, and MeTV for continuing to play these old Westerns.
We watched Gunsmoke every week,from the fifty's to the seventies. It was a great show for the whole family. So was Bonanza..
The scene that took Gunsmoke off the air was held inside CBS's offices when they decided not to have a 21st season and the cast and crew only found out in the newspapers.
I loved Gunsmoke and was heartbroken when it was killed. John.
How far we have come; not always to the better.
I'm still watching reruns.
Should have never canceled gunsmoke . It was good in the 50 and still good today. And watching it everyday now.
I have DVD's and watch it on Pluto on my Roku almost every day. Gunsmoke is the best western that was ever on TV. It should have ended with Matt retiring from being a Marshal and getting married to Miss Kitty.
Gunsmoke had it all and has entertained me all my life.
So the TV boss' wife had more say than the viewers, just like today's politicians.
My wife loved the show. I used to tease her and say, "C'mon honey let's go watch Goon Schmuck." She is no longer with us, but every now and then I remember this tid bit and what a great time we had together. R.I.P. Katie XOXO
Gunsmoke was a part of my whole life while growing up it helped me distinguished the good people from the bad
I have the mortar and pestle that sat on Doc’s prep table for most of the show’s run. My dad and stepmom loved the show so much, they named their third son James Arness, and everyone calls him Matt to this day! 😄
Festus was my favorite character. He was kinda geeky and humble but he was the rootingest tootingest badass. Several episodes had Festus Haggin polishing off the bad guys with a squinty eyed killer look and nerves of steel. He was the guy Matthew sent in when he needed a reliable closer and Festus was just a bit more effective gunfighter.
I loved Gunsmoke… I still do! Thanks for this wonderful post!👏
We still watch "Gunsmoke" re-runs regularly. Another we frequently watch is "Rawhide".
I had watched Gunsmoke reruns for EVER. I remember when I was little ( I'm 71 years old now) Gunsmoke was my dad's favorite TV show.. One of the episodes had James Arness daughter, Jenny, in it. I never got to see that one.
When Bill Paley and his wife Barbara returned from vacation, they found out Gunsmoke was canceled and replaced with Gilligans Island.
Barbara loved Gunsmoke and demanded Gunsmoke to be brought back. She got her wish.
Bill Paley was the founder and owner of the entire CBS empire.
That’s the facts. My father was very good friends with Bill Paley.
Gunsmoke was a great show from a time when kids
learned moral lessons while being entertained.
Please watch "I'm Glad We Met - A Short Drama Film" next.
It is only 17 minutes and has an important message. Thank you.
True WWII story about Arness : "On January 22, 1944, Arness was deployed to Anzio Beachhead in Italy, and because of his 6'7” stature, he was ordered first off the landing craft-to determine the depth of the water."
My father and I ALWAYS watched Gunsmoke together. There was no 'one scene' that caused Gunsmoke to be canceled. CBS had tried to cancel it before but there was an out cry from the views. But, toward the end the ratings were way down so it was canceled almost secretly.
This is why CBS is not watched by many today , we all want western TV, but CBS screwed them selfsame. 😢
Gunsmoke was a big part of my childhood. As soon as the episode was over, me and my 2 brothers would race outside with our cap guns and re-enact what we just saw for our parents. Good times!
Still one of my favorite shows. Better than almost anything on TV today.
As a small English boy, I loved Gunsmoke. My favourite scene, every week, was the opening shots of the close up of a hand loading and firing a revolver!
Gunsmoke was the best show ever!!
I still watch Gunsmoke on cable when available (Comcast).
I should've been a cowboy,
Should've learned to rope and ride,
wearing my six-shooter,
riding my pony on a cattle drive.
Still watching Gunsmoke today and Marshall Dillon still hasn't asked Miss Kitty to run away. You know if he had asked and she had said yes, Toby Keith would have never written that song.
I still watch Gunsmoke. It remains one of the best dramas and passes the test of time!
Gun smoke was the best and will always be radio and tv
I was a young boy and my father and 2 older brothers and me watch gun smoke every week i loved the show
My dad was at Anzio, the 191st Tank Battalion, had previously been in Africa.
Gunsmoke best Western ever.
The realistic acting made the difference and in not talking about the gun fight scenes, but all the other scenes.
I used to watch it every week without fail. My favourite show. Really loved it
If my memory is still working, the series was filmed in Studio City, CA. at the old Republic Pictures lot.
I'm 72 I watch every day all day ❤
Love it then still love it now and the characters
I still watch Gunsmoke i love that show, with doc ,kitty, quint, festis, chester, and the star of the show matt dillion, I've been watching gunsmoke for the last 40 yrs and watched every episode's, GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US FROM GUNSMOKE, MAY THEY ALL R.I.P. AMEN.
Our country’s morals have changed. Today people wouldn’t get it!
Still watch it today
RIP Burt Reynolds. I'm only¼native and i can't drink in town...
Early Gunsmoke was great because it was tough and violent. Later Gunsmoke got insufferably boring because the plots had only psychological themes and no bad guys that needed to die. Which CBS exec was responsible for that?
*GUNSMOKE is the Best Series that Television Has Ever Produced*
As CBS canceled Gillians Island and then Gunsmoke CBS went belly up. They stunk after that. Today, they still dont have anything decent. Most TV broadcasters have noting! It's so sad!
I still watch it everyday!
I don’t pay for tv, I cut the cable in January 2013. I use a homemade broadcast antenna. I get 40 watchable channels.
I program out the shopping stations, and court tv stations.
Then I have cable internet access, which offers up many free stations.
I do however pay for prime, but that’s mostly for free Amazon delivery. Prime has many free tv series, and first run movies, and a few older movies that are out of theatres.
Does anyone remember Arness in the movie Hondo, with John Wayne? Wayne (Hondo Lane) gave Arness (Lennie) his famous Winchester (at the end of the movie) for saving his life..
Yes I still watch this amazing 📺 show every day on Grit 📺 and it's one of my absolute favorite western 📺 series ever made and is and always will be better than today's garbage shows on 📺
Yep, we all loved Gunsmoke in the UK 🇬🇧
You can tell when you're no longer wanted when your parking spot is occupied Monday morning when you show up for work !!!
The main reason why I watched Gunsmoke was Miss Kitty. As an adolescent filled with testosterone growing up I couldn’t get enough of Miss Kitty, Della Street from Perry Mason, and Lois Lane from Superman.
Yep remember it on radio
I still watch Gunsmoke every day!!
I never really watched Gunsmoke when I was a kid. My parents may have, but they were more into Bonanza.
I was too busy playing outside.
The CBS unannounced ending of Gunsmoke reminds me of Pinterest canceling my account without any reason.🙄
Everyone I knew watched Gunsmoke, to include my mother who could not tolerate people "Shooting" each other as my grandfather, her father suffered what we now know as "PTSD", from World War One.
Thank you for your service sir my daddy was right there with you in Africa
Long live gun smoke re runs
One of the best shows on TV! Still watch the reruns though have seen them all that are available.
I still love Gunsmoke!
DON'T EVER FORGET RICHARD BOONE IN " HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL" ! THE BEST !
Gotta love the redhead...rip miss kitty
That was a great picture and ACTOR and I love that show and I wish it was stay on T.V for good 👍 😢 😀 ❤❤ and may God BLESSED all the people 🙏 ❤️ people 🙏 💙
My brother and I never missed and episode .great memories .
Gun Smoke is a treasure that taught weekly righteousness to the American audience. Clearly goodness was exposed weekly to the world.
I saw James Arness in a science fiction movie THEM in 1954 which was about giant ants mutating from lingering radiation from the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico in 1945 before we dropped them on Japan. I watched Gunsmoke for a number of years after that. I was only 7 when I saw the movie.
I watch this show all the time while eating dinner. It was great right up until it went color, then it became nearly unwatchable.
Should have canceled CBS and kept Gunsmoke.
You couldn't get Gunsmoke on the air today.
Ms Kitty
Even better today.
I loved the old gunsmoke, pre 1970 and The Rebel...
They actually filmed Gunsmoke in Utah.
James Arness and Peter Graves are half brothers.
When Dennis Weaver left the series, I really lost interest in Gunsmoke. “Festus” took over the sidekick role and I just couldn’t buy in on him at all! Only now, that I look at the whole situation, I realize that a lot of it was because of my tender age. We’re only young once and events during those formative years carve and leave permanent imprints on our soft, pliable unguarded, accepting hearts……. I’m way past retirement age but I still work alongside young whippersnappers who have no idea what I’m saying when we all leave work at the end of our shift and I’m lagging behind the group, I’ll walk with one stiff leg and say, “….I’m coming Mr. Dillion!”
Dad loved the show, which was better than any and all on tv.
This is very interesting. Loved Gunsmoke.
My next door neighbor growing up was the brother of the doctor and a writer for the SD union for years. The cast often came to their house for gatherings. Seemed there was a
Ways some tension among certain cast members. Growing up I didn’t get it, but I remember it.
im stilll watching it every day at 1pm
Still the best show ever
Watch many episodes a day on DVDS 👍🏻
Loved james arness he was my favorite actor one of them always loved his acting ♥️♥️
As is evident the good old days are gone, few live in what used to be really of what was down home truth
I watch GS now everyday.😊
James Arness liked to surf down around San Onofre, my brothers saw him several times surfing there. This was back in the mid 60s . We were marine brats and could get on the base area but were always hassled by the MPs. My older brothers were surfers back then.
Gun smoke best show on tv we still watch it with outside antenna
I love westerns and I grew up watching Gunsmoke and a bunch of other westerns too. I guess the reason I love westerns is because my dad was born in Texas in 1909 .
Leonard Nimoy made several appearances as a bad guy, also before Ken Curtis was Festus he also played a clean-cut ladies man named Kelly in one episode.
I rarely missed an episode of Gun Smok
Still best western ever and still going strong great show 👍
Right now I seeing Gun Smoke on ME TV at 1 pm on Pennsylvania 5-2-2024. Every day
"Miss Kitty," still one of the best character names ever for a lady of MAYBE running a house of ill repute! He, Arness, was a pilot also, and the guys who knew him at the airport, call them the ramp rats, said he limped worse in real life, but was always friendly and easy to get along with. He worked at covering the limp up for the show.
James Arness was “THE THING” in 1951!
The only major character from the radio to ever appear in the tv show, was Howard Mc Nesr who played Doc on the radio show. He would appear as the store keeper in some episodes.
He played Floyd the barber on Andy Grifth show.
I do not remember Charles Bronson playing James Bond. Pretty sure that role was English actors only.
I loved Gunsmoke and the do Gooders that they curtailed violence because of taking a show like that. They are so damn ridiculous.
I enjoyed the radio show far more, bcs I used to hear it with my mom who loved old radio shows. The TV show undid my mental casting, but of course I was tiny and had no say. 😮😅😂
I still listen to Gunsmoke episodes on streaming radio platforms and old time broadcasts. Bill Connor was considered too “portly” for the role at the time of the TV show, but his voice is iconic in radio drama history. 🎭
So were the voices of Dennis Weaver (later McCloud on TV) and good old Howard McNear (Floyd the barber from TV’s Andy Griffith Show).
They all were radio programming mainstays!
Still, he always found work as a tough guy on television. If you don’t know the face, look up Cannon, the 70’s private detective show.
COURAGEOUS CREATIVE COLLECTIVE COLLABORATIONZ CLASSIC 💯🔥✔️
Gunsmoke was great show which I watched in the UK. However, I have to admit a sneaky preference for Maverick. You canna really compare them as Maverick was a more light-hearted show that was more comedy - which I enjoyed even more,
Sheesh, i always thought she just owned the place.
I still watch Gunsmoke. I love it.