I’m 24 years old and decided I wanted to see what Gunsmoke was all about since it ran for so long and I’m finally seasoned enough in my tastes to like black and white movies and shows. I started season 7 on Paramount+ and I’m absolutely loving it. Marshall Dillon is such a badass. I wish more people my age would get into it because it still holds up all these years later. That just goes to prove good writing and good acting are timeless. I’m watching the episode Harper’s Blood right now. Wow. I usually have a hard time with westerns but this one is different. I’ve been listening to the radio dramas as well when I’m at work but they’re pretty hit or miss in my opinion. The shows seem to be more hits than misses. I’m just enjoying it so much I wanted to come here to have people to discuss it with. Thanks y’all!

On more than one episode, Kitty sits at the bar eating a boiled egg (has a salt shaker too). Always wondered if this was popular bar food during that time. 🥚🥚

I read a story once about a director who tried to make James Arness do something that the actor felt Matt Dillon would never do. Ever since, I've been asking myself: who is Matt Dillon (the fictional character)?

Who would you say Matt Dillon is? Where did he come from? What did he do during the civil war? What are his hopes and fears? Did he ever have a family? Is he afraid of dying? Is he a cold blooded killer with a sense of justice? He has a sense of humor and a code of honor.

Or am I reading too much into this? Is he just a two dimensional character who shoots ruffians and gets shot a lot?

A lot of people were killed on the show. Most of these were in gunfights in the Longbranch or on Main Street.

But nobody seemed too upset about seeing someone killed right in front of them. Even if it is a close friend or even family everyone seemed to shrug it off.

Matt had to have killed over 200 people. Yes, it was all self defense and part of the job but he didn’t seem too traumatized by it.

I guess people were just tougher back then.

I love the television show Gunsmoke. I watch it most days on Pluto TV. However, what kind of annoys me (just a bit) is the number of times Matt was shot, or knocked down/given a concussion. He’d be an absolute physical and mental mess/disaster based upon either.

What happened to the old man who had his chicken stolen and killed in the start of the episode? Did the man who killed and cooked the chicken also kill the old man. I want justice for the old man and chicken.

How many times did Matt get shot in the entire series. Always in the shoulder lol

I never understood why they would put a doctors office up a flight of 30 stairs. LoL

I have all 20 seasons, MP4, very good quality video, no ads or anything.

Downloaded through bittorent, took about a week. I'm watching season 14 now.

Once I finish watching, I have to delete them. Takes too much disk space, almost 500gb. I'd like to share them, pass them on, but I can't because of the large file size.

If someone wants to start a cloud server, like Box or Dropbox, share the password and user name for all to use, I can try and upload a season at a time, maybe 1 season a week.

So just like the title says. I liked the TV show, but I loved the radio show.

Hello! My grandpa used to watch this show a lot, and now I can’t find a specific episode no matter what I try to look up. I can remember some guy yelling Maria? I think? Lmao. If anybody knows what I’m talking about please let me know! Thanks!

I want to watch the entire show from start to finish. I found a few places where I can purchase/stream but it isn't every episode. Its like from season 6 on. Is buying the DVDs the only option? I don't mind paying, but Id rather pay to stream.

Can anyone please tell me the name of the song that pretty much always played on the piano in the long branch on the TV episodes?

Was it ever shown where the characters lived? Did Doc have an apartment on the other side of his office? Matt is often seen leaving the Long Branch at closing but we never saw where he went unless he was going to his office. Did he a place to sleep in the back?

Kitty have a room at the saloon? Where did Festus/Chester live? The closest I remember seeing is Quint sleeping at the Blacksmith shop on a pile of hay.

New to the show. Having recently watched the Elmo Sippy episode, I’m curious.

Pluto only has season 7 and up, missing the first six seasons. YouTube has random clips, but no full ones.

Is there any place online other than archive.org where I could find full episodes to watch for free? Archive only had the first episode, which I really enjoyed. Certainly this must be near public domain by now?

What was the episode when some guy ties Matt up in a building and sets it on fire? After Kitty taunts him, saying Matt "will die a better man than you'll ever live," he unties Matt and challenges him to a duel and loses? I'm racking my brain over here.

What was the episode where the "ghost" of a preacher comes to Dodge City to antagonize the ones who killed him? Turned out to be the brother of the Preacher out for revenge.

He wore his brother's cloak, which had 2 bullet holes in it