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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:47 PM Original message |
'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dead at age 88 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow... He was really something... RIP, Mr. Arness |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Dad loved that show. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. My Grandpa did too |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. a little before my time |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. He was my father's all time favorite. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Don't forget Chester! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Dennis Weaver was a GREAT guy, an early environmentalist |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I liked the interplay between Doc Adams and Festus |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. I loved Festus and Doc together too and Ken Curtis who played Festus was a very |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. They don't make actors or cowboys, for that matter, the way they |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. And here's your Gunsmoke factoid ... |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Every week for years, my dad and I squared off for the |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Had a "Gunsmoke" themed metal lunchbox w/thermos bottle |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. His brother, Peter Graves, was star of Mission Impossible |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Interesting that he had an IRL knee injury that caused him to limp |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That was Dillon's first deputy, Chester, |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Chester fake limped on the show (Dennis Weaver) |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Chester was faking it?: |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. RIP Mr. Arness...knr |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Him and Jack Kevorkian were both born on May 26. |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I still watch. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. I guess he decided it was time to get out of Dodge. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. William Conrad was the original Matt Dillion |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. and the best, too! |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 04:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. and who would have thought that Floyd the Barber on Andy Griffith |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. RIP - I enjoyed "Gunsmoke" as a kid, and also loved "The Thing". |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Rest in Peace, sir |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. DAMN!!! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. I first remember watching Gunsmoke when I was just 3 back in 1955. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think one reason those of us old enough |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I agree with you. |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. My mother dated both him and his brother Peter Graves while in. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. R-I-P Marshall Matt Dillon ... I always loved Gunsmoke |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. I just learned of this. So sad to hear it. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. We watched Gunsmoke regularly when I was a kid. I'll always |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. I had an aunt that would dress up to watch Gunsmoke |
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