Very first Gunsmoke -1st Episode - 1st season 1955 " Matt gets it" nearsighted Bandit Richards
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- Gun smoke first aired on TV in 1955 and ran for 20 seasons till 1975.Color started in 1966.There was a total of 635 episodes in the 20 seasons total.. The majority were filmed in black and white..
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Great TV show
The original 30 minute black.& white episodes were the best.
I love Gunsmoke and Matt and the gang of friends in those episodes. Please keep showing Gunsmoke. 👍❤️😀
@@jimcrews2216 thanks
I could be wrong, but this might be one of the few gunsmoke episodes to actually show blood, they have shootings and such in most episodes. But, usually they don't show blood, as far as in a shooting. Occasionally for a surgery with doc adams they might show blood.
At 635 episodes and 20 years you can understand why Americans loved this TV series. There were the great actors. The fantastic writers, and some top of their game directors. Gunsmoke was a wonderful Western drama. It's still as good today as it was when first aired.
OMG.....Matt is so young and thin. His voice never changed.
Kitty is stunning!
Albeit, within 10 years he would age quite a bit and become heavier given the demands. He was in his early 30's when he started Gunsmoke.
@@soundjudgement3586 He is 32 here.
He was working with a lot of back pain. James Arness was a great Actor
Kitty was a loose floosy that ended up owning a Bar the old fashioned way.
@@soundjudgement3586 early 30s...he seemed older
I remember watching it in 1959 and in 2021
I still watch it
I'm 71
I was three years old in '59.
The greatest TV era of all time
True story
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
Excellent. Loved this show as a child. Still do. Sad that all the actors are gone and sad I will soon be too. Glad that others will be able to see this way of life in the future.
😢
@@rschiavvo6977 Oh. Ill check.thanks
Roger Ewing (Thad) and Buck Taylor (Newley) are the cast's surviving members.
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@davegreene8588 Ok thanks!!! I thought they were gone too. 😋
Love gunsmoke and getting to watch it every day. Even when it’s an episode I’ve seen I’ll watch it over the crap that’s on now. 68 years ago and still worth watching
I still watch Gunsmoke.
It seems as though early Mat Dillon survived a lot of gun fights when he fired last. He was a very lucky man or he had good writers.
Like Wyatt Earp, he was steady, hit what he aimed at, and nerves of steel.
Wyatt never claimed to be fast with a gun, just accurate under pressure.
The other guy drew first and fired. Problem was he was only good close up.
😂 yes I’ve noticed that too
Sometimes it isn't the speed, but fearlessness and accuracy!
"A slow hit is better than a fast miss."
I wish several Gunsmoke shows everyday. I plan my day around these shows.
Me too
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
Love Matt Dillon❤️ GunSmoke was one of the very-best Western shows of their time. Miss Kitty, Doc and Festus were awesome actors!
I liked it when they had quint and Chester on there
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
Also Chester
@@eugene7518 but its the code of the west 🔫 hollywood style !
I liked Chester much better honestly
This is by far one my Favorite Shows of all time, I believe ive seen every episode 2 or 3 times over the years, its the First Western I watched as a kid in the early 1970s. Heck Matt Dillon was a hero to me (Still is) . there are two channels that bring this show, and I watch em in the afternoon, its so much better then the stuff the tv shows of today are made of for me, Im sure ill watch some today. This video was Super Cool! The characters are so young, truly a show that stands up to time. thank You I enjoyed this article.
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@eugene7518 It's not a saloon but the hotel but you're right.
He always gave the bad guys a chance.
@@davidshumski4629 He was always tough, but as you said he was fair too. He dealt out Justice with Temperance, yet still managed to uphold the law, even when it was a friend he had to deal out the law to them even if he didnt like it. fair but always diligent. Made for one great show, with all respect to the rest of the cast which completes the stories, still watching it today.
@@eugene7518 Maybe he should have thrown a flash bang grenade through his window in the middle of the night before bashing his door down and shooting him in bed, so he could go home at night. That would have been safer.
I guess they're just depicting a different way of doing things back then, maybe something a little more palatable that would gain the support of an audience and the public.
Once in a life time series.
Yes,It was like everything that was good hit a cross roads and Gunsmoke was made..
Yep I agree with you, one of the finest of em all!
James Arness was a GREAT once in a lifetime Actor!
Half hour episodes are the best,
The very first episode had an introduction by John Wayne in cowboy attire, leaning on hitching post. He told about being asked to play lead in the new show but turned it down...then he said he recommended his good friend James Arness for the part. He said he was certain James would do a great job and invited the audience to enjoy " the new western , " Gunsmoke".
I have the episode taped. Matt Dillon dressed in shirt pants, vest and string tie. Stopped on boot hill in the beginning to tell about Dodge City...and gun fights & ending up on boot hill.
Kitty had NO makeup, false eyelashes, huge hairdo, jewelry, beauty spot. Mascara, eye shadow, bright lipstick. And no satin, no Vegas Style outfit. She had more authentic simple high neckline plainer dress. Very simple combed hair short....no fancy frills. Very much more realistic for the era.
Still the best show on television and its 2021!
True story..
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@eugene7518 1st of all, Matt Dillon was and is forever an United States Marshall, not a sheriff. 2nd he's the good guy and never draws first. Where have you been in over 100 years of Westerns
Nobody messes with Mr Dillon. He as the best !
They may mess - but they don't get away with it.
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@eugene7518 should have surrounded him with heavily armed men using cover, same as they would today :) the story goes matt has realized the antagonist is fast but inaccurate so he has to be close to his target. matt's thinking is revealed in that scene and the viewer thinking back to prior scenes where he coaxes his opponent closer realizes it's true. matt was able to see it at the time and act, making him the superhero
My fav TV western of all time, we still watch reruns everyday
My favorite western series , it cracks me up every time Matt take’s his six shooter out and wacks a bad guy upside his head and knocks him out 😅
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
"Pistol Whipping" as it was known was fairly common.
Despite what Hollywood showed, most peace officers didn't want to be shooting up the streets every time some drunk cowboy got up in their faces and threatened them with a pistol on their hips.
So, it they are in arms reach, you pop them on the head and they "usually" wake up alive in a cell with a bad headache.
Same principle as the modern stun gun, which cab also (rarely) kill you accidentally.
They’ll never make them like that ever again
My husband would watch Gunsmoke and I would be like ugh😭! I did not care for movies like that, until I watched an episode with my husband, and now I am ashamed to say that I have recorded close to 200 shows on DVR. Me and our daughter don't go a day without watching it, as a matter of fact, I am watching one now typing this. Marshall Dillon was a bad man, and every one on that show were great actors. I also loved how they incorporated the bible into the shows, you definitely don't see that in all the mess that is on TV today. Gunsmoke was definitely a great show!
Just wanting you to know...
"Your review was Awesome!"
Marshall Dillon was a GOOD man, one with a conscience and intelligence, rarities among Western gunfighters.
@ Carol Don’t think you have to be ashamed tho, more of an admission, it was and is a great show because of all the reasons you read in the comments about it
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@davegreene8588 carol was using 1970's slang, "Marshall Dillon was a bad man" translation; Marshall Dillion was a brave man and didn't take any mess from anyone.
I grew up watching gunsmoke with my old man. It's one of my favorite shows
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
I listened to Gunsmoke on the Radio every week
I made my folks rush home so I could watch this episode on our Rare at the time 1 channel B&W TV
I remember my "shock" at hearing the voice of Matt Dillion expecting to hear "William Conrads's deep radio voice.
It was both on radio and TV a show ahead of its time.
I suspect many of my views or Right and Wrong and manhood were shaped by this show.
Jim Arness had a great voice also.
This episode was a masterpiece and set the tone for a great series.
I watched Gun Smoke as a child in the 1960’s and The Wonderful World of Disney. The world was a different place then.
I watch it everyday
I do too .
Paul Richards was just 50 when he passed away in 1974 but left a large and impressive body of work.
Paul The Great!!!
one of his generation's best; considered by his peers to be an actor's actor.
have you ever seen his series "Breaking Point"????
He and Eduard Franz were outstanding as psychiatrists on this spin-off of "Ben Casey".
@@mercedyzmarieguion292 Yes it's been a long time but I remember "Breaking Point". Good show.
The greatest show on for 20 years❤❤❤all very good actors❤❤❤rest in peace you all❤❤❤
One of my favorites, I will never forget it. I cried and thought that Matt had died
Soon, as much time will separate us from this episode, as there was between this episode and the time in which it was set. This was 66 years ago, and 66 years before this episode it was the 1880s.
I agree that these original half hour episodes were much better.
I always loved gunsmoke. 👏👍
Twenty years it ran these half hour episodes are the best that is all you need to tell a story.
The great Paul Richards!!!
Beautiful eyes and voice
So many people now a days simply don’t realize how good this show was
The story lines were incredible and original like something we’ve never seen in a long time I enjoy every episode
been watching it since my chilhood.now I'm older still watching.just one of the best shows.it always will be.over 65 years of seeing. GUNSMOKE.who remembers CHESTER?BEFKRE FEDTUS..
Yes I do remember, Chester Was on then Festus came on a bit later in the series, I still watch this show most everyday too. you got good taste in TV.
I just watched this last night! FABULOUS!!
What a show that was! And still available in reruns and DVD! Just great.
2022 and still the best thing on television.
Originally telecast on September 10, 1955, and adapted from an October 2, 1954 radio episode.
I can remember as a kid standing in front of the TV with my gun on and out drawing Matt Dillon I was fast LOL LOL
IMHO, the half hour Gunsmokes were outstanding, tighter, better written stories overall than the hour episodes. Could be because many were originally from the radio program.
I agree. The hour shows have more misc conversations in them that provides background info. Chester & Doc fussing, yada, yada, yada.
I purchased the complete set of 20 seasons and it is amazing how tight the 1st 4 seasons were.
True... I always liked the half-hour episodes best. I also think the fact that they were in black and white also somehow added to their appeal.
The half hour ones (first six seasons) were by far the best. They focused on how Matt (and occasionally the other main cast members) dealt with whatever situation it was. Many of the one hour ones shifted away from Matt onto guest characters which is ok to a certain extent but by the mid 60s there were some episodes that Matt was hardly in them at all and that's a huge turnoff to me. Matt Dillon IS Gunsmoke
Agreed. It seems to me that the writers of the first episodes probably wrote for the radio series before.
The majority of the half-hour TV episodes were adapted from radio.
My father and I watched Gunsmoke together from Episode One. Good memories ...
More Gunsmoke episodes please ❤❤❤❤
Sheriff should have walked into the saloon with gun drawn, already. He's making an arrest of an armed and dangerous criminal. Nonsensical scene.
@@eugene7518 your right it dont make sence but almost all westerns are the same sinero😄
I've owned buckskin horses for 40 years because of Matt Dillon. Still do!
I love horses, but, I have to admit, there's something about a buckskin / buckskin dun, my favorite, but, I do love them all!!
I love Gun smoke.
I was 4 yrs old when this Series began, TV was still relatively a new "thing" back then, even controversial, but ,I watched Gunsmoke frome early episodes to the last, still do!
Matt almost got killed in the 1st episode but came back stronger.
Is your last name really Ewing ? I liked Thad on Gunsmoke. Played by Rodger Ewing.
@@DanneyTanner Yep.
@@jrewing1512 Are you related to Roger Ewing on gunsmoke?
@@DanneyTanner No.
series got off to such a good start with this episode...Matt has flesh and blood human being...for much of the series he was simply the fastest, toughest marshal out there, no gun fight ever in doubt...
Oh the memories ! Had a huge crush on Miss Kitty back then. It is true..."they don't make them like they used to " !😎👍
I still do...
@@DanneyTanner yeah, me too ! Hoping you are safe and well in beautiful Minnesota mate. Just starting to warm up for summer here in Geraldton Western Australia. 😎👍
This aired on Saturday nights at 9:00 pm, and was an immediate hit, because of the characters. I was 5 years old and remember it very well, all the way to the 70s my uncle said I’ll be home in time to see Matt Dillon draw his gun, extremely popular.
10pm Eastern Time, 9 Central.
@@fromthesidelines Yes exactly right.
Matt (James Arness) eventually developed a much faster draw in some of his later episodes.
Wasn't James Arness the brother of Peter Graves? And I also heard James played the Alien 👽 in "The Thing"??? 🤔
@@andrewkerr3836 I had to go look that up. Yes, James was Peter's older brother, Peter used the name Graves to stand apart from James in acting. And James Arness has a credit on his IMDB page from 1951 for The Thing (and then in smaller letters) From Another World. Thanks for that bit of interesting trivia. I love these old shows. I love the old Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel radio theater recordings as well. There are a couple of old radio theater apps you can download for your phone to listen to them all. I know Arness wasn't the voice, but the shows were still great and they were the basis for many of the episodes later made for TV.
Definitely.....he got pretty fast.
@@andrewkerr3836 OUI. Family name was really Aurness. Arness was a natural blonde. His hair was dyed during the show. I also found it amusing that his eyebrows were as well. Especially in the earlier episode. Not a good look.
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Richards was also in a episode of Have Gun Will Travel where he played a sheriff with bad eyes....wonder if he had poor vision in real life?
"Gunsmoke", before Marshall Dillon wore his drop- holster gunbelt, when he drew 2nd and still won and when Chester had not yet begun his sniveling whine.
Chester S. Goode… the initial ‘S’ is for ‘Sniveler’ of course. By town ordinance, every town had a Sniveler but not more than one.
Hard to believe Matt Dillon was the Thing From Another World!
They say when your a beginner and looking for work in the movies dont turn anything down.
@@DanneyTanner OH I love that movie I'm a BIG SCI-FI fan also
@@davidsomerset8411 Ive seen bits and peice but not the whole thing yet.Kida ironic your name is David Somerset.
My Dads name was David and he lived in Somerset Wisconsin.
@@DanneyTanner 🤥 sorry I'm a fraud watch the movie "From Russia With Love" you'll understand!
My mother never missed an episode of Gunsmoke but never let us watch Bonanza (We only had one small B&W TV). I loved watching the Bonanza reruns during the 70’s.
I loved watching this show
other guy out drew him by a mile, guess he missed by a mile too
This first aired on September 10, 1955 AD. I was four months & four days from being born. And, 16 years, one month, and 12 days before I was saved from God's righteous wrath.
This story was first aired on radio with William Conrad as Marshall the original Marshall Matt Dillon, Georgia Ellis as the original Miss Kitty and Parley Baer. as the original Chester Wesley Proudfoot, a name created by William Conrad.. For some unknown reason Chester's name was changed to Chester Goode for the later television series. This story is almost identical and in my opinion much better than the television version although who can argue with with either version being excellent.
Most of the stories written were by "Gunsmioke's" creator John Mestin who also had editorial approval over the later stories written by other writers.
Parley Baer on the radio show version is more sympathetic and less hostile in character than the television version. As has been often said, "Radio is the Theater of the Mind", and this episode versus the original radio version proves such is definitely the case.
Love it ❤️🇺🇸
I was 6 years old and remember it like it was yesterday. You have missed or forgotten how the show was named. At the onset of the show, there were two men sitting at a poker table. One stood quickly and drew his revolver (far side) but, and you could only see their slacks and guns, the Marshall fired at the same time and hit his mark. As the Marshall stood there, the image of "gunsmoke" rose from the scene ... hence the name. It was sponsored by Carlings Black Label Beer at that time.
Paul Richards made every tv show interesting.
true
Miss Kitty looking fine!
I was seven years old when this aired. I don't know if my parents had it on or if we even had a TV set.
I have this season on disc. Matt was pup. Miss Kitty was a knockout in the early days. 20 years of Chesterfields hit them all hard.
Probably the best western series. Anybody else remember the Mad magazine spoof of the show? They called it "Hunsmoke."
I WOULD STAY AT MY GRANDPARENTS MY GRANDMOTHER LOVE GUNSMOKE!! SHE ALWAYS LAUGH AND CLAIM DOC WAS HER BOYFRIEND!! IT WAS A BIG BIG DEAL WHEN GUNSMOKE WAS COMING ON !! SWEET MEMORIES!!!
I have never seen this FIRST Gunsmoke episode, I often wondered about it. Thank you for sharing!
Ever notice Matt always gets beaten to the draw but the other guy misses? Lucky!
We were kids..alot in bed...now we're allowed to watch...just like it's a new show..how many years later??
Funny. Shoot the guy in the motel lobby, walk off, leave him there, go about your day. Crack me up.
Cracks me up on many scenes after he shoots someone he doesn't call for Doc Adams. Just lets them meticulously die. They were great actors back then.
The guy was near sighted gunman. Killed many people but had to be close to see them. Matt figured it out. Made him stay back...not come close. Have seen this many times. I have it on tape.
Wow, I should remember that GUN Smoke...I was 2 years old!
Paul Richards, he was superb as playing badmen, excellent when playing scary, half crazy characters.
That was the slowest, fastest draw I have ever seen!!!
BLACK &WHITE WERE THE BEST
This was a great series.
I’ve only seen a few episodes, but I noticed that the episodes placed a good deal of emphasis on the guest cast members and their stories. That was a smart move. I suspect that it kept the series fresh.
My hat’s off to the stars of the show. I had watched a documentary in which Bruce Dern had mentioned that the main cast was very supportive of the guest stars. That shows a lot of class.
That must have been a huge boost when James Arness said you’re doing a great job.
Great clip from a great show! Thank you for sharing :) Gunsmoke & my DVR is the biggest reason I keep cable LoL. I’m old now, METV has limited commercials & the DVR allows me to skip through them, although METV is available via antenna now & my new little TV is a Smart TV, so cable’s days might be numbered. I’m on their smallest package to keep the DVR to record the few series still running. Thank you again :)
Gunsmoke is Awesome 💕I watch it everyday 💕
...1955...i was 5 years old...where did...?...thank...love...
Thanks, and subscribed from Canada
Gunsmoke was one of the first "Adult Westerns", meaning it was written for adults instead of 12 year old boys. The characters actually drank beer when they were in the Saloon
Classic western
I’ve seen that episode dozens and dozens of times and never realized it was the FIRST episode!...
Great TV show, watched as a kid. I like the Kansas palm tree at the stair landing in this one. pretty cool.
I still watch this maybe four days a week
Watch it every night.
Love James Arness ♡♡ He was a wonderful actor as well as a wonderful human being♡♡
Strangely enough, in 1962 Paul Richards played a sheriff with failing eyesight on "Have Gun Will Travel".
Actually, he just knew how to gunfight the right way. Calm, steady, accurate will beat fast every time.
First episode..two years before I was born..lordy ..miss Kitty was Purdy...
He was outdrawn, but knew his opponent couldn't see him from a distance.
Thanks for these. Granted at only 3 1/2 mins this isn't the whole show. The one thing missing is the opening of the show which has various clips of a Colt SAA 45 being fired and the black powder creating the "gunsmoke" It was only used in the first season then they switched to the street gun draw for all later shows. I remember 'cause all my family had them and we were blown away with that opening sequence. Check some of your early copies.
One of the BEST TV show EVER!! BUT...................................The radio show was even better!!!!
In this episode. The gun fighter was very fast but, extremely near sighted. Had to be within 10 feet to be able to hit the side of a barn.
Matt figured it out after the first altercation when Matt was hit and spent a week or so recovering with Doc Adams
Matt had a bad habit of walking away and leaving the mess for someone else to clean up
Matt pulled his gun to kill. And when he shot you well you weren't getting up. He didn't have to check his gun. He knew he'd just shot the man through the heart.
As Matt walks across the street( at the end) it appears to me that Matt had an "accident" during the shoot out.😝😲
I think if someone was trying to plug me with a 45 I reckon I would crap my chaps as well. 😆👍💩
Ha ha I not sure but I think toilet paper is yet to be produced. Had to be rough!
🤣🤣🤣
Had he paid for his room yet?
Paul Richards went on to act in 3 other Gunsmoke episodes, Mr. and Mrs. Amber, Joe Phy and The Jackals.
Love richards in "the jackals ".
Good actor.
Died in '74 at 50.
Love him in
"Breaking Point" 63-64 season. Spin-off of Ben casey.