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'Gunsmoke' Actor James Arness Dies at 88
6-3-2011 | Fox News

Posted on 06/03/2011 10:35:24 AM PDT by Wilum

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KEYWORDS: arness; gunsmoke; hollywood; jamesarness; obituary; westerns
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To: Art in Idaho

I’m so glad, Art. Good will triumph, and right will win, and it is comforting to know that there are good kids out there who will grow up to be strong and courageous, and carry us forward into the future. I’ll bet you a lot of these potential little heroes are living in Idaho.


181 posted on 06/03/2011 7:08:10 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: ErnBatavia

Lol! I know... I just couldn’t resist. Lucky five year old!


182 posted on 06/03/2011 7:10:24 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: PghBaldy

You, too, P.B.


183 posted on 06/03/2011 7:11:44 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: Wilum

RIP.


184 posted on 06/03/2011 7:12:08 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Wilum

Mr. Arness left behind a letter to his fans, to be posted on his website after his death:

http://www.jamesarness.com/greeting.html

What a classy, humble man.


185 posted on 06/03/2011 7:47:02 PM PDT by GOPrincess
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To: pogo101

Send him a song from Festus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR6FLnPack


186 posted on 06/03/2011 8:17:30 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: bcsco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR6FLnPack


187 posted on 06/03/2011 8:24:05 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: bcsco

Ken Curtis appeared on Gunsmoke as a totally different character on at least one episode before creating Festus. The first time I saw that show and recognized Curtis was just recently. He was actually a decent looking man when he wasn’t playing Festus. Festus was really my all time favorite character on Gunsmoke, followed by Doc Adams.

Ken Curtis was an amazing singer. Better than most of those who were far better known.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v517yhi3yms


188 posted on 06/03/2011 8:44:31 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: bcsco

Ken Curtis appeared on Gunsmoke as a totally different character on at least one episode before creating Festus. The first time I saw that show and recognized Curtis was just recently. He was actually a decent looking man when he wasn’t playing Festus. Festus was really my all time favorite character on Gunsmoke, followed by Doc Adams.

Ken Curtis was an amazing singer. Better than most of those who were far better known.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v517yhi3yms


189 posted on 06/03/2011 8:44:48 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: RipSawyer
Ken Curtis appeared on Gunsmoke as a totally different character on at least one episode before creating Festus. The first time I saw that show and recognized Curtis was just recently.

I saw that episode too recently. He wore suits and acted as a skirt chasing, heart breaking womanizer. I also saw him in a Wagon Train episode recently where he played an Indian trained in the white man's ways.

190 posted on 06/03/2011 10:19:44 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Wilum

Gunsmoke 1964 original intro/previews/close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tskLDVeHDMg&feature=related

Burt Renyolds was in this....

Chester Dillon
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/pt-3-gunsmoke-in-marshal-proudfoot/d0435cd9e44827855ad1d0435cd9e44827855ad1-821332214513?q=gunsmoke+chester+dillon+youtube&FROM=LKVR5&GT1=LKVR5&FORM=LKVR8


191 posted on 06/03/2011 10:51:15 PM PDT by restornu (I really do need to give up my cottage in Babylon...Love One Another... God Bless America!)
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To: mware

Ward Bond also played in “Gone With The Wind”! I think he must’ve been in a number of similar movies. He played a Yankee Captain.(I think)I don’t know if you’ve seen that. A lot of people have. If you haven’t; you should see it!


192 posted on 06/04/2011 12:36:45 AM PDT by dsutah
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To: RipSawyer

Thanks for providing those videos to all the FReepers. I’ve downloaded them to my video collection.


193 posted on 06/04/2011 6:37:02 AM PDT by bcsco (..)
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To: floralamiss

I’m glad you enjoyed those sites. I too have downloaded both radio shows and some movies in times past. And The Old Corral is a favorite of mine, my being a fan of B-Westerns since a youth back in the early ‘50s. I’d watch them every Saturday on TV.

Baggy pants. Yep, I sure do remember them. I have all kinds of photos of family dressed like that. It was totally different than the form-fitting clothing of today. I also remember all the flowery dresses the women wore, and the hairdos.

I’m into family genealogy, so I’ve collected a lot of that kind of stuff over time. Not a lot of photos beyond what I already had, but documents and such. It really opens up an understanding of where we came from.


194 posted on 06/04/2011 6:41:47 AM PDT by bcsco (..)
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To: dsutah
Yeap,Ward Bond was probably in more famous movies than any other.

It Happened One Night (1934),

Bringing Up Baby (1938),

Gone with the Wind (1939),

The Grapes of Wrath (1940),

The Maltese Falcon (1941),

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

The Searchers (1956)

Arrowsmith (1931/32),

Lady for a Day (1933),

It Happened One Night (1934),

You Can't Take It with You (1938),

Gone with the Wind (1939),

, Sergeant York (1941),

The Quiet Man (1952)

Mister Roberts (1955).

Gentleman Jim

195 posted on 06/04/2011 9:09:15 AM PDT by mware
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To: dangerdoc
I have been amazed by how many TV shows have had mountains visible in the background of “Kansas”.

At least they hid highways 405, 5, and 395 from the scenes.

196 posted on 06/04/2011 10:15:29 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: mojito

I watched Gunsmoke every Sat nite.


197 posted on 06/04/2011 5:23:40 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy

RIP

I didn’t know he was Peter Grave’s brother.


198 posted on 06/04/2011 6:34:53 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: prairie dog

Ken Curtis all the way. I just watched him a couple of hours ago in the Searchers on AMC. I also saw the episode of have gun where he was made up like an old man—I almost missed that it was him. A very good actor, and singer of course.

Festus Haggen is an American icon, yeah he got a little goofy in the later episodes, but it was an awesome goofyness. He had a mule named Ruth and a bevy of aunts with masculine names. I think my favourite is the one where him and Quint get rowdy, the hangover scene is classic.

Freegards, c’mon Ruth


199 posted on 06/04/2011 6:45:08 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Impy

Yup, and both brothers were on two of the top-rated programs at the same time, “Gunsmoke” and “Mission: Impossible.”


200 posted on 06/04/2011 6:51:39 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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