Gunsmoke | Ep51 | "Gonif"

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

[@pamelapack8974]

I really enjoy listening to these old radio episodes ❤️. At work we are allowed to have ear buds, these old radio shows make my work go fast and lift my spirits.

[@richardmcleod5967]

I love hearing Miss Kitty sing "Home On The Range" in this episode. It must have been a fairly unknown song at this time of history.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Per the 'net, it was written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley in 1871, '72, or '73 (depending on source) as a poem called _"My Western Home"._ It was published in the _Smith County_ (Kansas) _Pioneer_ newspaper in 1873 or 1874 and republished March 21, 1874 in _The Kirwin Chief._ It was put to music for guitar by a Daniel E. Kelley, friend of Higley's and played by the _Harlan Brothers Orchestra,_ of which Kelley was a member. The original version did not include the words, _"on the range"._ The song was arranged for sheet music by David W. Guion in 1925 and published by G. Schimer. Bing Crosby recorded it in 1933 and the song's subsequent popularity (and profit) set of a slew of legal claims regarding its origin. On June 30, 1947, it became the official Kansas state song as _Home on the Range'._ Lyrics from 1914 reprint of Dr. Higley's poem as published in _Smith County Pioneer_ : (No copies of the 1873 article exist; only the 1914 reprint remains.) "Western Home" Poem by Dr Higley Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and antelope play, Where never is heard a discouraging word And the sky is not clouded all day. Chorus- A home, a home where the deer and the antelope play, Where never is heard a discouraging word And the sky is not clouded all day. Oh, give me the gale of the Solomon vale, Where light streams with buoyancy flow, On the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever, Any poisonous herbage doth grow. Chorus- Oh, give me the land where the bright diamond sand Throws light from its glittering stream, Where glideth along the graceful white swan Like a maid in her heavenly dream Chorus- I love these wild flowers in this bright land of ours, I love, too, the curlew's wild scream, The bluffs of white rocks and antelope flocks That graze on our hillsides so green. Chorus- How often at night, when the heavens are bright By the light of the glittering stars, Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed If their beauty exceeds this of ours. Chorus- The air is so pure the breezes so light, The zephyrs so balmy at night, I would not exchange my home here to range Forever in azure so bright. Chorus-

[@markanderson4699]

I like them all, much better than today's tv

[@ralphnicksarlian3951]

Great episode. Matt admits mistakes and Kittie sings "Home on the Range".

[@justinkauffman731]

I liked the familiar voice that played Thistle (sp?). The actor was in several episodes of TV Gunsmoke playing a range of characters. Always was convincing in his roles. Helped make Gunsmoke the best tv drama ever made in Hollywood.

[@jessiejones450]

This is my favorite episode

[@AuroraBoarder1]

It's definitely one of my favorites! If only we had people like that today, to clean up the streets of our once great cities turned cesspools!

[@richardmcleod5967]

One of the saddest and most brutal endings of any "Gunsmoke" episode.

[@Babadookjenkins]

One of my favorites!

[@AuroraBoarder1]

Mine, too!

[@ronostick9718]

All's well that ends well Matt. Just!! 🤠

[@donniedraftdodger7457]

excellent episode if you're a fan!

[@Xx1tyler21xX]

Growing up I used to watch Gunsmoke on tv with James Arness as Matt Dillon. Even though I had never heard of William Conrad at the time I always felt like they completely missed the mark with Arness. I assume they toned down the program for family viewing and can only imagine that they went with Arness because he was tall but he always just seemed awkward and out of place. When I finally did see Conrad on tv he had a show called Jake and the Fat Man. Fat was a huge understatement. He was morbidly obese. Then I found him on the radio as Matt Dillon and he was the perfect man for the job. He's the Chuck Norris of his Era. I only wish he had made some Gunsmoke episodes for tv. I know they can get away with a lot more on the radio but it would have been awesome to have seen him in action.

[@freddobbs9435]

One of the better episodes, The names of the bad guys in Gunsmoke kill me Bissell etc....

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Another excellent episode that shows the lie of those that think that radio shows were poorly written and stereotypical . Screenwriters today mistake profanity laced dialogue and explicit sex scenes as being “Adult”.

[@AuroraBoarder1]

💯‼️

[@MrBritrider]

One of my favorite episodes however, Matt messed up right from the get go. Should have ended in the barber shop.

[@guyhadsell3976]

Yes, and he knows it. He put himself in a bad predicament but admits it. Though he was a great Marshall, he made mistakes and was far from perfect.

[@AuroraBoarder1]

That means he's human. If he never messed up, he wouldn't be believable.

[@dontaylor7315]

Ganef or Gonif, according to Wikipedia, is Yiddish for "a thief, scoundrel, rascal." There are no Yiddish characters in this episode and I can't think of any reason "Gonif" would be chosen as a title.

[@ShakepearesDaughter]

Perhaps the writer was Jewish. A familiar word to him, and one that could trigger people to ask their friends about the meaning. Eventually you'd find one who would know, and then somebody would learn a new word.

[@ImmaWright]

Not Conrad's best performance but still entertaining

[@x5rtm]

Matt Dillion is the fucking man

[@howardoller443]

Nice language.

[@x5rtm]

Thanks howy

[@howardoller443]

@@x5rtm Don't mention it, junior. ;)

[@daneh3443]

Potty mouth

[@glennfjenkins2702]

The episode to me in my opinion sounds good though Matt Dillon was trying to stir up trouble he sounds like he was bullying the gang I wonder what would’ve happened if they had stayed in town where they really have shut up the town sounds to me that this episode was a bully episode and Matt Dillon seems like the bad guy in this one

[@howardoller443]

Dillon was the "bad guy in this one"?! Are you for real? You sound like a whiny bleeding-heart Liberal. Trying to keep the peace is part of Marshall Dillon's job. A regular listener to this program would know that. Allowing known gunmen to have free reign in Dodge would likely result in a breach of the peace, so Dillon, a veteran and experienced lawman, was nipping the problem in the bud. It's called proactive policing.

[@glennfjenkins2702]

@@howardoller443 so what tough shit go ahead and deal with it you pike

[@anlze9557]

Chester is ANNOYING AF!