Televisions Western Westerners have been cheering on a younger demographic of cowboys who are friendly to children such as Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassids who dominated that limit, but everything changed in 1955. Just days after the "Life and legend of Wyatt ERP" premiere of the ABC, it was CBS that really changed the landscape in the form of Western drama "Gunsmok" (Gunsmok "(Prime Minister of the ABC" Premiere " (Vile Metv). The series was a risky network cube, but proved to be one of its biggest success stories, Running for then insincere 635 episode lasts through 20 seasons.

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For more than two decades, Starwar "something from another world" Ams Ares made a name for himself as Marshal Matt Dillion, the city's protector. The role will continue to become a touch of his career, but it is easy to forget that he initially had resistance due to the popularity of the auditory predecessor of the show.

About three years earlier, Gunsmoke comes as a radio show with William Conrad like Marshall Dillon, Georgiadarist Ellis as Kitty, Howard McNear as Doc and Parley Bayer as Chester. It was moving for 480 episodes over a decade. Sometimes, more successful adaptation can make the original material that is more difficult to find, especially with older radio programs. In this case, however, the good people of the radio old not only preserved and renewed 476 half -hour episodes for your listening pleasure, but made them available for free Spotify, YouTubeAnd their web site.

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Even with the missing four episodes (4, 8, 9 and 10), it is stunning to know that someone there is dedicated to preserving these important media features of the past.

Perhaps what is most interesting about Gunsmoke is that there was a six -year period when radio and television programs were broadcast simultaneously. As the CBS series was moving in its seventh season, Conrad's reign as Marshall Dillon ended, which left Ares to fill the gap unmatched for the next 14 years To the sudden cancellation of the show in 1975.

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The audience appeared on the portrayal of Ares, but took over the ultimate stamp of approval from the cowboy legend on the silver screen to set the tone for what the audience was supposed to see. The premiere episode ("Matt gets it") was so great in 1955 because Was preceded by intro from Johnon Waynein which he approved the performance of Jameseims Ares and the adult adult themes.

In the radio program, Dillon of Conrad was a little rough around the edges and was often as ambiguous as people rolling in Dog. He audited, but there was no Gary Cooper's appearance that the network was taking place. (through Metv). But while Conrad lost the role of television, he will later continue to direct two episodes of Gunsmoke in his eight ("Panacea Sikes") and the sixteenth ("Captain Slingo") seasons. His unique voice will later be shown in the series, though as a narrator within double "women for sale" in the penultimate season.

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