That’s right,this Western giant actually started on the radio.
He’s compassionate, fair, and even-tempered.
Gunsmokewasn’t afraid to show every facet of its hero.
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Considering the show lasted 20 years, with 635 episodes total, that’s no small feat.
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He was a man of change and progress, while also remaining conservative in his strict sense of morality.
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The show wasn’t just a mature, adult Western, but a program that rolled with the times.
When the show started, it was filmed in black-and-white.
In 1961, during the show’s seventh season,Gunsmokeexpanded into an hour-long program.
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A few years later in 1966, the Western began airing episodes in color, beginning with Season 12.
Having been unafraid to grow up with the television format,Gunsmokesecured its fate.
It was nearly cancelled a time or two but saved at the last minutewith the cancellation ofGilligan’s Islandinstead.
But, thankfully, there are over 600 episodes of this series to choose from.
Sadly, there would never be another Marshal Dillon-centered episode.
It’s certainly the very best that classic Western television has to offer.
