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February 5th, 2022 at 3:02:22 PM permalink

As a baby boomer child I got all caught up in the space race.

I can think of two times I faked being sick so that I could stay home from school in order to watch our early manned space shots: one was John Glenn.

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February 6th, 2022 at 3:23:16 PM permalink

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"Branded" - with Chuck Connors - I almost totally forgot that show - I liked it a lot as a kid

the deal was he was kicked out of the Army for being a coward - the Army said he ran away from a battle
but it wasn't true - he wasn't a coward - and now he has to prove it everywhere he goes

here's the opening - he gets booted out of the Army

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February 6th, 2022 at 4:16:47 PM permalink

Quote: MrV
As a baby boomer child I got all caught up in the space race.

I can think of two times I faked being sick so that I could stay home from school in order to watch our early manned space shots: one was John Glenn.

To infinity, and beyond...
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When I was in college the first space shuttle blew up. It was "Finals" day but I stayed home and watched CNN all day. I had to repeat the two classes that I blew off the final.

At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.

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February 6th, 2022 at 6:00:57 PM permalink

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"Branded" - with Chuck Connors - I almost totally forgot that show - I liked it a lot as a kid

the deal was he was kicked out of the Army for being a coward - the Army said he ran away from a battle
but it wasn't true - he wasn't a coward - and now he has to prove it everywhere he goes

here's the opening - he gets booted out of the Army

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I loved that show. They had a three part arc with the 7th Calvary and Sitting Bull. I got sent to bed early and missed the third part. It wasn't until the early 90s that I finally saw the conclusion. Connors was from my father's block in Bay Ridge and evidently, their families were close.

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February 7th, 2022 at 1:44:39 AM permalink

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"Branded" - with Chuck Connors - I almost totally forgot that show - I liked it a lot as a kid

the deal was he was kicked out of the Army for being a coward - the Army said he ran away from a battle
but it wasn't true - he wasn't a coward - and now he has to prove it everywhere he goes

here's the opening - he gets booted out of the Army

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I loved that show. They had a three part arc with the 7th Calvary and Sitting Bull. I got sent to bed early and missed the third part. It wasn't until the early 90s that I finally saw the conclusion. Connors was from my father's block in Bay Ridge and evidently, their families were close.
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YT has one full episode in English with Spanish captions - I plan to watch it later - enjoy

although this show was good, IMO the best Western tv show ever was "Gunsmoke" by a longshot
my cable has it and I watch reruns almost every day on "MeTV"

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February 7th, 2022 at 5:53:44 AM permalink

My favorite Western as a kid was Broken Arrow, set in the wild town of Bisbee Arizona. By total coincidence, I ended up living here.

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February 7th, 2022 at 9:25:06 AM permalink

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my fave scene from my fave movie of all time from 1998
The Dude is trippin' - his drink was spiked
I never liked Kenny Rogers at all except for this song which I love
except for this caper he's involved in, as you might guess, The Dude is all about bowling

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February 7th, 2022 at 9:57:47 AM permalink

Lillredrooster writes: IMO the best Western tv show ever was "Gunsmoke" by a longshot
my cable has it and I watch reruns almost every day on "MeTV"

Moses writes: I think my favorite episode was the last one. Busters with Jon Voight and Gary Busey.

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February 9th, 2022 at 1:37:27 AM permalink

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one more scene from my fave movie of all time - I don't know how John Goodman kept a straight face - honoring the fallen

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February 10th, 2022 at 3:50:51 AM permalink

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kinna funny - to me anyway - am reading some hardboiled fiction from the 50s

the women that my generation called "sluts"___________in these books they're often called__________________𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨_______(-:\

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February 15th, 2022 at 3:42:02 AM permalink

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𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨

when I was just a little kid - they were so exciting

they had an incredibly powerful forward - Gus Johnson - who shattered and completely demolished 2 backboards with his shocking dunks

they had Jumping Johnny Green - an early high flier who I'd be willing to bet could go to the top of the backboard

and then they got Wesley Unseld and the absolutely breathtaking Earl The Pearl Monroe

I attended Monroe's first home game with the Bullets - if someone else had the ball many in the crowd would shout -

"Give it to the Pearl___!!!!!!!!_________Why don't you give the ball to The Pearl_____________????????__________________(-:\

I was just a little kid and I lived 40 miles away from the Baltimore Civic Center. I took the Greyhound bus with my friend to see them.

the area around the Civic Center was not safe - it was a scary place for us kids - we used to run across the street to buy burgers from

"Ginos" - a fast food joint owned by Baltimore Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti.

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February 15th, 2022 at 3:46:11 AM permalink

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February 15th, 2022 at 7:59:16 AM permalink

I remember going to the old ABA Denver Rockets games.. I know tickets were cheap because we didn't have much money back then. Ralph Simpson, Mack Calvin, Dan issel, David Thompson, Bobby Jones. We'd see Larry Brown and Doug Moe at the dog track.

We'd keep working our way down and be sitting courtside by the 4th quarter. I think it was Bo Ellis who came over and was talking with us during free throws and after the game. We were about the same age.

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February 15th, 2022 at 8:20:02 AM permalink

Did Elvin Hayes play with Unseld and Monroe or did he join the team after Monroe was traded to the Knicks? When I started following basketball, The Bullets were my knicks biggest rivals. The Celtics were old and on the way out, and Knicks and Bullets were rising to the top.

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February 15th, 2022 at 8:29:54 AM permalink

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Did Elvin Hayes play with Unseld and Monroe or did he join the team after Monroe was traded to the Knicks? When I started following basketball, The Bullets were my knicks biggest rivals. The Celtics were old and on the way out, and Knicks and Bullets were rising to the top.
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Hayes - who was truly great played with Unseld but not Monroe

Monroe got traded to the Knicks and was on their 1973 Championship team

although the Knicks beat the Bullets and got the NBA crown in 1970 - that provided the NBA fans with one of its most exciting rivalries ever - Monroe vs. Walt Frazier

Frazier was known as a great defender - but Monroe smoked him totally when they were on opposite sides - I loved it

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February 15th, 2022 at 10:06:05 AM permalink

Earl Monroe was amazing on the Bullets. He really changed his whole game when he played for the Knicks.

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February 15th, 2022 at 12:07:12 PM permalink

One of the first games I remember ever watching was the Game of the Century. Elvin Hayes vs Lew Alcindor. 52k fans in the Astrodome.

Who were the announcers? Rooster will be amused.

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February 15th, 2022 at 12:30:09 PM permalink

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One of the first games I remember ever watching was the Game of the Century. Elvin Hayes vs Lew Alcindor. 52k fans in the Astrodome.

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yeah, that was great but Elvin Hayes soured the whole thing for me - he was bragging about what he did and it totally turned me off

I appreciate what he did for the Bullets but I never liked the guy

Alcindor was warming up with an eye patch - he was injured - he had a scratched cornea

Elvin Hayes was actually suggesting that he was better than Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar}

that is a 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 thought - as great as he was Elvin Hayes was nowhere near being in the league of Alcindor (Jabbar)

the game has been nicknamed "The Game of the Century" - ridiculous - the key player was playing injured

one of the worst parts of it was some of the sports talking heads actually bought into that BS - Hayes being better than Alcindor
it made me realize that quite a few of those talking heads are real morons

IIRC he took the patch off during the game - but here he is warming up with it on

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February 15th, 2022 at 12:57:20 PM permalink

Mike Riordan was a kid from Queens who played for the Knicks and got traded to the Bullets in the Monroe deal. I ended up going to the same high school he did so he was a special player to me. His freshman coach was my freshman coach and with him playing for the Knicks at the time it was a big deal.
Riordan was one of the smartest players I ever saw and had a knack for scrambling after loose balls.

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February 15th, 2022 at 1:12:48 PM permalink

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the Bullets won the NBA championship in 1978 under Coach Dick Motta

in the process they were almost eliminated

that's when Dick Motta gave up a quote that will live forever and turned out to be very true for the Bullets of that year

𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨

it got hilarious - fat women were going to the games dressed up as opera singers - what a hoot

I remember the NBA play by play announcer on NBC for that era - Dick Enberg - I really liked that guy - the way he did the games - he came across as being a very modest guy who just loved sports

R.I.P.

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February 15th, 2022 at 1:34:01 PM permalink

Dick Enberg was one of my favorites. He and Bob Pettit were the announcers for that UCLA vs Houston game.

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February 15th, 2022 at 1:40:11 PM permalink

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Dick Enberg was one of my favorites. He and Bob Pettit were the announcers for that UCLA vs Houston game.
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I think Bob Pettit is the most underrated superstar in NBA history

the talking heads used to often wrongly say that Bill Russell's Celtics won the NBA Championships every year but one when the 6ers and Chamberlain beat them

no way

Bob Pettit with Cliff Hagan and the St. Louis Hawks beat Bill Russell's Celtics for the NBA Championship in 1958 - Russell's rookie year

Pettit ate up Russell and any other Celtics who got in his way - he really was phenomenal - very few people even know who he was

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February 15th, 2022 at 2:53:02 PM permalink

Rooster writes: I think Bob Pettit is the most underrated superstar in NBA history.

Moses writes. I agree.

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February 16th, 2022 at 12:49:15 AM permalink

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although the Knicks beat the Bullets and got the NBA crown in 1970 -

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in that same series the Knicks Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere was matched up against the Bullets Gus Johnson

Dave was great, and very strong - but he got worn down by Gus who was much stronger than him and who I believe was one of the physically strongest players who ever played the game

I was a big fan of Gus Johnson (R.I.P.) and knew quite a bit about him. there were lots of stories - I got to see him shatter a backboard with one of his dunks but there is no vid of it

I don't believe he ever worked out with weights or other stuff like that
I believe his great strength was all natural

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February 16th, 2022 at 3:34:39 AM permalink

The way you describe Monroe scoring on Frazier and Johnson wearing down Dave DeBusshere, it's hard to believe the Knicks won that series and had a 8-3 playoff record against them in the two-year stretch.

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February 16th, 2022 at 4:45:42 AM permalink

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The way you describe Monroe scoring on Frazier and Johnson wearing down Dave DeBusshere, it's hard to believe the Knicks won that series and had a 8-3 playoff record against them in the two-year stretch.
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other than Monroe the Bullets had little firepower
Gus was not a great scorer - not a good shooter - neither was Unseld - their talents were elsewhere
their best scorer other than Monroe was Kevin Loughery - but it wasn't enough
the Bullets had nobody worth mentioning on their bench - the Knicks had a great bench
and the Knicks were great defensively - they held their opponents to 106 per game - the Bullets - 119 per game

but anyway, you're suggesting that I'm biased - and I'll admit that - you're right - I loved the Bullets - I didn't care about the Knicks

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you might enjoy this - YT has a good portion of the 1973 playoffs where the Knicks beat the Bullets - Monroe was with the Knicks then
at that time I didn't care much about the Bullets - I only really loved them when they had Monroe and Gus - although I did get a kick out of their '78 Championship year
the Knicks won it all this year - '73 - they had a great team

wow - the Bullets had some ugly ass uniforms - terrible

at 13:20 in the YT vid the guy talks about the matchup between Gus and Dave - although Gus wasn't on the '73 team - it's real interesting to hear this

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February 16th, 2022 at 7:31:49 AM permalink

Everybody says Gus Johnson was a great player but it seemed to me whenever it was crunch time, he was on the bench with an injury.
He was great in 68 but then sat out while the Bullets got swept in the first round. I remember him, as an old man, coming off the bench to defend Dan Issell who had lit up the Pacers in the first half of Game 7 of the ABA finals a few years later. He completely shut him down as the Pacers rallied to win the title. Issell could score at will and no one shut him down like Johnson did that game.
I believe he retired after that.

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February 16th, 2022 at 8:47:21 AM permalink

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Everybody says Gus Johnson was a great player but it seemed to me whenever it was crunch time, he was on the bench with an injury.
He was great in 68 but then sat out while the Bullets got swept in the first round. I remember him, as an old man, coming off the bench to defend Dan Issell who had lit up the Pacers in the first half of Game 7 of the ABA finals a few years later. He completely shut him down as the Pacers rallied to win the title. Issell could score at will and no one shut him down like Johnson did that game.
I believe he retired after that.
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I made a gif of Gus slamming - it has 2 - watch the 2nd one not the first

this is impressive but I saw him do some much more impressive ones - but there's not a lot of video of him out there that far back:

https://i.imgur.com/pvwh8Gf.mp4

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February 16th, 2022 at 1:16:34 PM permalink

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In the early days of chess computer programs did you ever leave it on all night, just to see what move it would come up with? I don't even know with some of those early programs, if it was really doing anything after a certain point.

I remember trying to play a whole game like that with a stand-alone chess board, and about halfway, the program crashed. It had played for like 10 days.

YES! My chess buddies and I did this a lot. The processors were SLOW back then!

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February 17th, 2022 at 12:13:29 AM permalink

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one more memory of Austin Carr

his junior and senior years at Notre Dame he averaged 38 p.p.g. - much more than Wilt Chamberlain averaged in college

in 1970 he did an in your face thing dropping 50 on Kentucky's home court as Notre Dame pounded them there

Kentucky was an all white team - their Coach - Adolph Rupp - would not allow black players on the team

this was Kentucky's team at that time:

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here's Austin at Notre Dame wearing "Chucks" short for Chuck Taylor's Converse All Star Shoes
at that time there was no better basketball shoe on the market - and they were nowhere even remotely close to the quality of today's shoes
at the time just about every Junior High School player wore those same shoes - even NBA players didn't have better shoes

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February 17th, 2022 at 8:07:23 AM permalink

$22 for a pair of red suede converse. My junior and senior year. Raked alot of leaves for those shoes.

They looked very snappy with our white warm up pants with thin blue stripes.🤣

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February 17th, 2022 at 12:22:00 PM permalink

I remember when I was a little kid the milk man made regular deliveries of dairy goods; we also had a vendor regularly deliver baked goods.

Never saw any homeless people camping / begging in public.

Scouting was popular and wihout public stain / scandal.

Candy bars cost a nickel, gas thirty cents.

And who can forget Martian Cards?

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I remember when I was a little kid the milk man made regular deliveries of dairy goods; we also had a vendor regularly deliver baked goods.

Never saw any homeless people camping / begging in public.

Scouting was popular and wihout public stain / scandal.

Candy bars cost a nickel, gas thirty cents.

And who can forget Martian Cards?

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My dad talked about bums he saw downtown where he worked. But one thing that was different about the suburbs and outer city areas at that time was, there wasn't a 7-ll type store every other mile. Even today, I don't generally see panhandlers in any areas that have no commerical businesses anywhere in sight. Sure we had gas stations but they weren't also convenience stores like almost all of them today. If you saw someone out on the road in the middle of nowhere, they generally had their thumb out.

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6'5" Jumpin Johnny Green was another legend from back in the day who played for the Bullets and Knicks and played in the NBA until age 39. Sadly, there's not a lot of video from that far back so I can't show how high up he really could go - but I knew this player well - and I know he could get up close to the top of the backboard

here he is blocking Wilt Chamberlain's dunk. he loved to torment the big guy. he dunked on Chamberlain lots and lots of times

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February 19th, 2022 at 11:08:35 AM permalink

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some will no doubt think it's corny - but I loved this back in the day TV comedy about 2 NY cops - Toody and Muldoon - "Car 54 Where Are You"

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February 19th, 2022 at 12:40:49 PM permalink

"Dobie Gillis" influenced me, I just haven't figured out how.

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February 19th, 2022 at 12:51:02 PM permalink

I've never heard of the Dobie Gillis Show, so I'll randomly start with this episode.
Dobie Gillis Season 2 Ep 16 (7 Feb 1961) "The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard" - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hDEWX6K3iw

Bio for below post:
Thalia Menninger was Dobie's dream girl on the U.S. series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". ... Tuesday Weld performed as Thalia Menninger in season 1. She is a beautiful high school classmate of Dobie's who is only willing to date Dobie when he has money to spend on her. Thalia left the show after the first season.

Real Bio of : The Tuesday Weld Shebang * � DC's
https://denniscooperblog.com/the-tuesday-weld-shebang/

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February 19th, 2022 at 12:56:11 PM permalink

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"Dobie Gillis" influenced me, I just haven't figured out how.
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was maybe this was how_______________Thalia Menninger____________a young Tuesday Weld
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February 19th, 2022 at 1:37:23 PM permalink

Both Dobie Gillis and Car 54 were shown on Nick at Nite back in the day when I was growing up. Tons of other old school classics, too.

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February 19th, 2022 at 1:50:30 PM permalink

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of all of the old shows from back in the day____________"Gunsmoke"________ is by far my fave_____________especially the very early shows in black and white

it's on YT & some Xfinity channels at some times - it was so great and seems so very real - I was too young to appreciate that when it first aired

am just really appreciating it now

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February 19th, 2022 at 2:02:38 PM permalink

I didn't like Gunsmoke but so many people talk so highly of it I've been meaning to watch a bit. Should I start with the earliest episodes or watch the color episodes?

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February 19th, 2022 at 2:08:20 PM permalink

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I didn't like Gunsmoke but so many people talk so highly of it I've been meaning to watch a bit. Should I start with the earliest episodes or watch the color episodes?
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imho the very early episodes in black and white are by far the best
it ran for a very long and in the later color episodes the lead actor - James Arness - looks old and tired

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February 19th, 2022 at 2:11:57 PM permalink

There's 20 years of episodes 1955-1975. I accidently turned it on a couple months ago and saw a young Dennis Weaver on there (before McCloud or the movie Duel), so he was only on for the 1st 9 seasons.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0594246/?ref_=ttep_ep7
S3, Ep7
26 Oct. 1957
Mavis McCloud

On her way to Dodge to marry, Mavis McCloud sends a telegram to the Marshal of Dodge City. Chester and Doc want to know "Is she coming here to marry Matt" or is something else going on?

The episode I saw was:
Bureaucrat
Episode aired Mar 16, 1957 - S2 E25
A government official from Washington warns Matt that he will relieve him of his duties if he does not start using a firmer hand in Dodge.
(So the Bureaucrat wants all the guns in town confiscated and it ends up with him being tarred and feathered at the end. Such Western!)

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February 19th, 2022 at 2:18:49 PM permalink

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this is a few of the real Dodge City dudes from the Old West_____________The Dodge City Peace Commission - "Gunsmoke" is set in Dodge City, Kansas

Bat Masterson is 3rd from left in the top row_________Wyatt Earp is 2rd from left in the bottom row:

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MrV

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February 19th, 2022 at 4:43:02 PM permalink

"Bonanza" was the center of Sunday night TV viewing.

I doubt they'd be able to get away with a Hop Sing character these days.

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February 20th, 2022 at 12:23:58 AM permalink

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this was another great one from back in the day:

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February 20th, 2022 at 3:10:00 AM permalink

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this was another great one from back in the day:

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You can laugh at the cone of silence but supposedly the CIA looked at it. It would probably defeat a parabolic mic aimed at the window and would make things very hard on a bug in the room.

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February 20th, 2022 at 5:48:40 AM permalink

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the reason some of those back in the day shows are so good - not all of them of course - is that they couldn't rely on special effects

they didn't have the capability for that - what they were capable of showing was quite limited compared to later years

their storylines had to be interesting and their comedies had to be witty or their shows were going to tank - for sure

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