Gunsmoke | Ep275 | "Bloody Hands"

[@MN-pu6qx]

This, to my mind, is one of the best episodes as it provides a few valuable lessons, as relevant today as in the times of taming the West - the first is the need for communities to have tough and fearless peace officers, the second is for the community to not be totally dependent on law enforcement to maintain peace - and the third? It is the ability of shotguns to "saw up" criminals... I love Jack Brand's bleating description of events commencing at 4:10. We can only hope that Joe Stanger had a similar demise as that of Brand's three men - unless Stanger instead surrendered and eventually ended up dancing at the end of the rope. 18 Jun 2024

[@richardmcleod5967]

Chester Wesley Proudfoot hums a song during many episodes. That song is the old Gospel Hymn "Love Lifted Me". On this episode he does the longest rendition of this Hymn than on any other previous episode in which he hums this famous old Gospel Hymn. This must have been a favorite Gospel Hymn of Parley Baer who plays the part in the radio series of Gunsmoke as he hums this song on so many occasions.

[@Phase1of2]

Richard McLeod thanks I love learning stuff like that.

[@richardmcleod5967]

@@Phase1of2 It is interesting how many times Chester hums and in I know one case sings a part of the Hymn, "Love Lifted Me". Those people from all I have heard and read were quite religious and went to church on a regular basis. I feel sure Parley Baer sang that song because it was one of his favorites.

[@coocookachoo2806]

That's the thing I love most about these old radio shows, they come from a time before America lost it's connection with God.

[@richardmcleod5967]

Very true. Even "The Big Show" had as its' closing song, "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You" with the first verse sung by the Hostess of the Show, Tallulah Bankhead and each subsequent verse sung by one of the show's guest's. The song was written by Meredith Willson in honor of Tallulah Bankhead and used on every episode of "The Big Show".

[@jrident]

Baer was an avid church goer and a man of faith.

[@EscapedAudios]

Absolutely kino

[@howardoller443]

It's too bad the commercials were removed. They added to the ambiance of these old shows.

[@lotieda]

As long as there are bad guys; men of courage must fight them.

[@KororaPenguin]

“Life itself was hard enough without monosynaptic sociopaths preying on folks.” -- Corran Horn, _I, Jedi_

[@dawnlashure]

🤠🐎He's wrong, I don't lack nerve, and I don't like killing🌟🌠

[@dontaylor7315]

"No! Don't make me kill you! No!" Tbh it's been demonstrated often that Matt is a good enough shot to disable an opponent when he wants to, but he usually just shoots to kill. For the last hundred or so episodes I've been noticing that and it bothers me. Maybe John Meston was referring to that trait when he said "Dillon was almost as scarred as the homicidal psychopaths who drifted into Dodge from all directions." (Wikipedia,)

[@Efferheim]

Another repeat

[@MN-pu6qx]

This, to my mind, is one of the best episodes as it provides a few valuable lessons, as relevant today as in the times of taming the West - the first is the need for communities to have tough and fearless peace officers, the second is for the community to not be totally dependent on law enforcement to maintain peace - and the third? It is the ability of shotguns to "saw up" criminals... I love Jack Brand's bleating description of events commencing at 4:10. We can only hope that Joe Stanger had a similar demise as that of Brand's three men - unless Stanger instead surrendered and eventually ended up dancing at the end of the rope. 18 Jun 2024