Gunsmoke | Ep71 | "Jesse"

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Audio Credit: The Old Time Radio Researchers Group is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

[@billywillis5647]

Thank You---and God Bless You !!!

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally broadcast on August 29, 1953.

[@ObscuredReverie]

That was a heart wrenching opening

[@KororaPenguin]

Dante would have some very _chilling_ words for Bill Stapp, and _absolute zero_ sympathy.

[@dreamingoffall7694]

Broke my heart

[@beverlysyferd1293]

Enjoy radio episodes...thanks

[@MN-pu6qx]

Another great episode with an excellent outcome. 12 Apr 2024

[@dondraper4403]

Really enjoyed this episode 👍🏻

[@ronostick9718]

Brilliant, but the beginning took me by surprise.

[@KororaPenguin]

In Euripides' _Hecuba,_ even Agamemnon--a remorseless war criminal--was incensed to learn that Polymestor had murdered a guest; no matter how Polymestor tried to frame it as a service by killing the last heir of the King of Troy known to have survived, even Agamemnon had SOME standards. In Dante's _Inferno,_ those who betray guests or hosts are the second lowest of the low. And to this day, hospitality is regarded as sacrosanct in many cultures.

[@MichaelUpdike-wf4iw]

Who doesn't like gunsmoke, ha, wtf

[@bobcapps7528]

Good episode with good performances by frequent Gunsmoke actors Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, and John Dehner.

[@jeorgedavid3239]

Listen to this episode on my xm satellite radio a few days ago & today

[@josecadena9610]

Best episode ❗️

[@vincentsartain3061]

I listened to this a couple weeks ago but I'm too busy hearing more episodes to go back and hear "Jesse" again. So here's my question: does this episode mention Billy the Kid as the young adult outlaw? One of the radio episodes does make the reference and I think it's this one (#71.) Episode #1 features a preteen William Bonney; in #71, if I'm remembering correctly, Bonney is mentioned as an ADULT outlaw. And therein lies the discrepancy: Billy the Kid couldn't have been "a youngster" in the first episode and then "an adult" in #71. William Bonney didn't become a notorious outlaw until the late 1870s, whereas the first few seasons of Gunsmoke are set in the earlier 1870s, when Billy would have to wait several more years to gain the kind of infamy and notoriety he'd later be known for. Okay, enough hair-splitting for now! Continuity / writing errors notwithstanding, both episodes mentioned above are still good ones. And of course it was common in radio and television series to always be littered with contradictions in continuity; listeners and viewers in the old days didn't have our modern luxury of being able to play marathons of episodes on our phones, DVDs, cable TV marathon reruns, etc., and catch on to the glitches and discrepancies from episode to episode like we can do today when we have too much time on our hands!

[@dontaylor7315]

William Henry McCarty, alias Kid Antrim, alias Billy Bonney, alias Chivato, alias Kid Bonney, alias the Kid, was not known as "Billy The Kid" until a newspaper invented the name during the last year of his life. Bonney was his emigrant mother's maiden name. McCarty was her first husband's name. Antrim was the Kid's stepfather's name. EDIT: I don't think this episode is about the Kid; I haven't read anything about his father or stepfather being killed in a gunfight.

[@scarlettfreedom3629]

♥️❤️♥️✨✨

[@ANDERSONEXPRESS7]

Hey do you have the tv episodes of dragnet the 50s version

[@otrarchive]

I do not 😩

[@CedroneTravels]

ANDERSONEXPRESS7 they are all on youtube

[@KororaPenguin]

@@CedroneTravels Those that aren't lost, anyway (such as the pilot "George Slocum -- Thief").