Skip to comments.
'Gunsmoke' Principles Teach Us About Life
Yahoo ^
| 6-5-2013
| Sherry Tomfeld
Posted on 06/06/2013 8:01:06 AM PDT by stillafreemind
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-31 next last
Call me crazy..I just cannot think of modern shows that can even stand a chance of teaching kids (or adults) anything worth knowing. Of course...I am a Gunsmoke fan too!
To: stillafreemind
I watch the rifleman, too.
And they have Beaver on now. There's always a lesson....and they make it very clear.
Another thing they make clear in all these shows is that "wisdom comes with age"...providing you're a good person to start with.
To: Sacajaweau
TV is such a cesspool nowadays.
Not all the old shows taught life lessons, perhaps, but at least they weren’t obscene. They weren’t full of sex jokes or feature the obligatory homosexual characters.
To: stillafreemind
'Gunsmoke' Principles Teach Us About Life I also would highly recommend The Andy Griffith Show to illustrate life's lessons.
4
posted on
06/06/2013 8:07:13 AM PDT
by
MosesKnows
(Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
To: Sacajaweau
If it wasn’t for the western channel(Encore), TV Land and TCMs old movies..we wouldn’t watch tv.
I love Rifleman too. We watch that Sat or Sun mornings for a few hours.
To: stillafreemind
To: MosesKnows
'cept the government thinks that we're all a bunch of Barney's and one bullet is enough.
Thank goodness, in NY...it's 7. s/
To: stillafreemind
One of life’s lessons is that “less, is more”.
Matt didn’t say very much, only what was required, therefore what he DID say was important.
And the explicit relationship between him and Kitty? That’s the point. It wasn’t explicit. If it had been, it would have RUINED the show.
Ahhhhhh...
To quote the lyric sung by “Archie and Edith” opening their show... “those were the days”.
Ironic, they helped usher in the explicitness belied by their nostalgic theme song, right down to the sound of an upstairs toilet flushing...
8
posted on
06/06/2013 8:23:08 AM PDT
by
txrangerette
("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
To: stillafreemind
Of course...I am a Gunsmoke fan too!
I grew up in the 50s and 60s but never really liked Westerns. However, in the last 2 years I've started watching Gunsmoke via the Encore Channel if for no other reason than no commercials.
It is overly simplistic in both plot development and dialogue, but it's in your face morality is second to none. It's also fairly interesting from a historical perspective.
Oh, and Miss Kitty really was a babe.
9
posted on
06/06/2013 8:25:41 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: stillafreemind
I have noticed lately how Bonanza and gunsmoke reflect different values and teach good things.
My favorite shows were Daniel Boone and wonderful world of Disney most sunday nights.
10
posted on
06/06/2013 8:37:08 AM PDT
by
winodog
To: stillafreemind
Hopalong Cassidy was the man. He was strong and fought for justice. He was always polite and never drew first and then winged them so the sheriff could come in to make the arrest.
To: stillafreemind
I always watched and loved Gunsmoke from day one of it’s original airing and I still watch all of the reruns now. The characters from Matt on down to the town drunk Louie always brought some morality to the show.
12
posted on
06/06/2013 8:42:10 AM PDT
by
zbogwan2
To: stillafreemind
Some have their moments like 'Falling Skies':
Lourdes: I know a lot of people have lost their faith, but mine is stronger than ever.
Karen: Good for you. Next time you get on your knees could you see if the Big Guy can get us a operational B-2 Bomber loaded with nukes?
Lourdes: I don't pray for God to give me things. I don't think it works like that.
Karen: The what do you pray for?
Lourdes: I ask God to show me what I can do for him.
13
posted on
06/06/2013 8:42:17 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: stillafreemind
I was always a “Rawhide” guy myself.
To: winodog
Gunsmoke was about living in a community.
Bonanza was about living in a family.
!5 or so years ago the Ponderosa(Bonanza) ranch house was still open at the North shore of Lake Tahoe. We went on the tour and (while I am a pretty tough guy) when they closed the front door Little Joe's green jacket was hanging on the coat hook. That about got me.
To: Kartographer
To: mad_as_he$$
!5=15. Sigh, now where is the coffee......
To: stillafreemind
There’s an episode c. 1971 in which a man seeks vengeance against another who had caused him so kind of wrong. When he finally finds the man, the man had no knowledge whatever of the afflicted one. I can’t recall the details, just the general principle about vengeance being in the realm of God back in a time when many Americans still believed in God.
18
posted on
06/06/2013 8:58:56 AM PDT
by
Theodore R.
("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
To: circlecity
One of the best was the half hour ‘’Lawman’’, but I preferred ‘’Sugarfoot’’; it’s the only old show I would consider buying DVDs of, were they available.
19
posted on
06/06/2013 9:00:16 AM PDT
by
Theodore R.
("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
To: Sacajaweau
in NY...it's 7Gives new significance to the New York reload.
20
posted on
06/06/2013 9:01:59 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(People are idiots.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-31 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson