This Scene Wasn’t Edited, Look Again at the Gunsmoke Blooper

What is your favorite classic Western TV show? Lovers of the genre have to at least know about Gunsmoke.

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Unforgettable Cast and Guest Stars
01:58 - The Opening Scene
02:35 - Success on the Radio and TV
03:27 - A Few Unique Facts
04:30 - Timeline Troubles
05:36 - Continuity Conundrums
06:15 - How it Ended
06:59 - Where’s the Cast Now?
08:25 - Outro

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It started as a radio program and then moved to TV. Both were running at the same time, but the show became a major hit. It was the longest-running TV show of all time for decades until The Simpsons came in and snatched its record. The casting was one of the primary reasons for its success. Their first choice for the lead was John Wayne, but he recommended James Arness.
The rest of the cast was also perfectly picked and added elements to their characters. It was Dennis Wavers’ idea to give Chester his iconic limp.

They’ve gone on to be recognized around the world. A statue of Ken Curtis sits in California today. Amanda Blake’s work as Miss Kitty got her into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Great Western Performers. The show did have trouble sticking to the date it was set in. You’d see stagecoaches, buschadero gun slings, and other elements that weren’t present in the 1860s. It’s also understandable that they had a few issues keeping everything consistent during a show that ran for twenty years.

Gunsmoke never had a proper finale episode. The cast filmed a regular episode and then, all of a sudden, the TV staple was over. There were five reunion movies, but not every cast member was able to return. The impact of Gunsmoke is undeniable. It ushered in an era of classic Western shows and gave us all a classic catchphrase. It was Marshall Matt Dillon who first told the world to “get the hell outta Dodge.”

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This Scene Wasn’t Edited Look Again at the Gunsmoke Blooper

[cmurdock]

Where in the world do you get all your misinformation? Chester's last name on TV was not Proudfoot. It was Goode. Chester Goode. Ken Curtis did NOT play Buck Taylor and Newly O'Brien. Actor Buck Taylor played character Newly O'Brien for the last 8 years of the show. The show did not start on TV in 1952. It started in 1955. Milburn Stone did not miss 6 episodes. He missed 7. Pat Hingle played Dr. John Chapman in 6 of those 7 episodes. Matt Dillon never told anybody to get the HELL out of Dodge. He told people to get out of town but he would not have been allowed to say hell on the air in those days and he did not say it to even nearly every villain. Not even close. Olivia Walton did not play Mrs. Matt Dillon. On The Waltons, actress Michael Learned played character Olivia Walton. Michael Learned was in a Gunsmoke love story episode where Matt had amnesia but she did not play his wife. There never was a Mrs. Matt Dillon played by anybody.
Also, your title is dishonest and very misleading.

[dlovesflowers]

I loved Gunsmoke as a kid and today I still watch all the reruns I can never get tired of this show it was truly a great classic❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[SandyGreggs-puxk]

I grew up with Gunsmoke, before we were able to purchase a TV. Before the TV we listen to the radio. I enjoyed Gunsmoke then, and still able to enjoy it now. Thank-you for all of the hard work you all do to bring the stories to me. God Bless, Be Safe. Grannysandy, Fort Laramie, Wyoming.

[terrycook]

I am from near Dodge City and watched Gunsmoke for years. I thought it was weird seeing the mountains in the background. Kansas is so flat you can see your dog running away for three days.

[galndixie]

You've got it backwards about Chester. In the radio version of the series, Chester's full name was Chester Wesley Proudfoot, and in the episode "Marshal Proudfoot" (aired 20 July 1958), Chester's father comes to visit him in Dodge City. For the TV series, Chester's last name was changed to Goode.

[marinecorpswarrior]

Many of your facts are wrong, Chester's last name was Goode and Matt's never said, "never get the hell out of Dodge" you also had other mistakes.

[derithross]

We were the ones grew up with all this so called bad violence on tv yet we went to school everyday and never I 60s 70s and 80s and not once worried about not coming home because we were killed in a school shooting. And guns were much more available in 60s and 70s. Yet never had to worry if we were coming home or not.

[sambaritone]

Chester’s last name was “Goode” on the TV show - I’ve heard Matt introduce him many many times.

[margaretshockley]

Gunsmoke is STILL my favorite show on TV. I love the black and white episodes

[joekouyoumjian]

Gunsmoke was and is the best western ever made. I still like to watch the reruns on MeTV when I can. I especially like the early half hour episodes where Arness walks through Boot Hill while commenting on his job as marshal.

[enigmawyoming]

You suggest for us to look again at the blooper. But…. You never show the blooper. I feel so… unsatisfied for my 12 minutes of my time watching this video.

[brendasimmons]

I record every episode of gun smoke and wagon train. I've always watched gunsmoke my favorite. As a child I listen to it on the radio every Saturday night.

[MrNickmerrill]

(Nick's wife): I grew up watching Gunsmoke and had a crush on James Arness. He was so handsome, and his smile was captivating. I named my first son Matt, after Matt Dillon. I am now watching it again every night from 8-9pm and loving it as much as before. The clarity of the film is amazing, being that it was originally filmed so long ago. And the crush is still there....

[MicheleMJJ]

Gunsmoke was a favorite of mine since I was a kid, I still watch the reruns. and enjoy them as much as I did back then. The cast was pure perfection.

[shirleyjackson]

watched gunsmoke as a child still watch today my all time favorite

[lottiestanley]

The bloopers were in his narration.
Among several others…
Ken Curtis did NOT play Buck Taylor or Newly O’Brian.
Buck Taylor was an actor who played Newly O’Brian…

[deadeye]

My favorite Western was "Have Gun, Will Travel", because it was so different from most Westerns. Plus the main character, Paladin, wasn't technically a lawman.

[andrewwhite]

Overall, Gunsmoke had some of the best writing of any of the TV westerns. There is one big blooper that appeared in the intro in later years. When Marshal Dillon meets an adversary on the street during the intro, you notice his holster cords are untied. This would have made it impossible to effectively draw his weapon. The cords hold the bottom of the holster down and close to the thigh. In that intro, after noticing the untied holster, the scene quickly shows Dillon's upper body as he draws his weapon and the holster isn't scene. It was strange that this big snafu wasn't caught by the director or anyone else during the filming or missed during the editing process.

[joereed]

Gunsmoke is the best Western tv show ever I am 80 years old and still watch it every day

[dianechristy]

I love it when matt says chester get the shovel..and he always says..HOLD IT!!love the show