I have the entire 30 minute series of "Gunsmoke." Just watching it brings me back to a simpler time where there was justice.
As the series progressed, James Arness was put in charge of the production and he delivered somewhat inferior quality episodes.
The first sight of the main character Minnie shows her walking her horse through town. She's an annoying ragamuffin character and is accompanied by an opening musical motif of flutes and clarinets.
The overly fancy musical flourishes in this episodes were not appreciated by this viewer.
Then, grizzled Buffalo hunter Alan Hale Jr., the skipper from Gilligans Island, rides into town looking for his wife Minnie. He is dressed in a big wooly vest and angry.
Now I can't separate myself from his role of the skipper and this unfortunately takes away from the viability of the episode, through no fault of the producers. But the overly ornate music continues and the episode wears out its welcome rather quickly.
The show was near the end of the 7 year run as a 30 minute TV show and about to go to an hour format. It was shows like this one that made me feel that the producers had run dry and were running for the bus.
But of course the show reincarnated itself an an hour-long and it went on for 20 years...
As the series progressed, James Arness was put in charge of the production and he delivered somewhat inferior quality episodes.
The first sight of the main character Minnie shows her walking her horse through town. She's an annoying ragamuffin character and is accompanied by an opening musical motif of flutes and clarinets.
The overly fancy musical flourishes in this episodes were not appreciated by this viewer.
Then, grizzled Buffalo hunter Alan Hale Jr., the skipper from Gilligans Island, rides into town looking for his wife Minnie. He is dressed in a big wooly vest and angry.
Now I can't separate myself from his role of the skipper and this unfortunately takes away from the viability of the episode, through no fault of the producers. But the overly ornate music continues and the episode wears out its welcome rather quickly.
The show was near the end of the 7 year run as a 30 minute TV show and about to go to an hour format. It was shows like this one that made me feel that the producers had run dry and were running for the bus.
But of course the show reincarnated itself an an hour-long and it went on for 20 years...