Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Thursday Portrait.....



Remember Gunsmoke?
Up until this year(Law and Order)It was the longest
running drama on TV, 20 years!
The original cast was James Arness as Matt Dillon,
Amanda Blake as Kitty, Dennis Weaver as Chester, and
Milburn Stone as 'Doc' Adams.
Now here is the fun part...
In the original Sci-Fi thriller The Thing, from the early
50's, James Arness played the Thing. In real life he was
the brother to Peter Graves who played Mr. Phelps on TV's
Mission Impossible. 'Doc' Adams real first name on the show
was...Galen. And the first year on TV for Gunsmoke?
1955!!!!
Hehehehehe...That reminds me of something.
See ya Friday (Or 8:00 PM EST Thursday)
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18 comments:

  1. Brian MillerMay 4, 2011 at 8:47:00 PM EDT

    dude six degrees of seperation from galen to 55...well or about 24 hours...

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  2. Brian MillerMay 4, 2011 at 8:47:00 PM EDT

    this is getting to be a habit...FARKLE!

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  3. Brian MillerMay 4, 2011 at 8:47:00 PM EDT

    its still a dice game at least...

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  4. Maude LynnMay 4, 2011 at 9:22:00 PM EDT

    I'll be there, G-Man!

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  5. limeMay 4, 2011 at 9:30:00 PM EDT

    it's a freaky sort of coincidnece!

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  6. MeMay 4, 2011 at 10:31:00 PM EDT

    The world is just full of coincidences, no? :)

    See you tomorrow!

    PS - What the heck is FARKLE?!? Hahaha!

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  7. moondustwriterMay 4, 2011 at 11:29:00 PM EDT

    You have that 55 thang down

    Liked the show as a kid

    Thanks G for another trivia night

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  8. UnknownMay 5, 2011 at 6:44:00 AM EDT

    Wow! You never cease to amaze me Mr. G.

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  9. the walking manMay 5, 2011 at 8:22:00 AM EDT

    Geez I'm older than Gunsmoke? damn!

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  10. ChristineMay 5, 2011 at 9:09:00 AM EDT

    I'll put my thinking cap on now.

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  11. AkelamaluMay 5, 2011 at 10:09:00 AM EDT

    I remember Gunsmoke - vaguely. ;)

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  12. hopeMay 5, 2011 at 12:43:00 PM EDT

    And I remember it more clearly...although I was a child. ;)

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  13. TALONMay 5, 2011 at 12:48:00 PM EDT

    I remember how much my brothers loved Gunsmoke :) I was wondering how you were going to tie this in. lol, Galen!

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  14. GABMay 5, 2011 at 2:43:00 PM EDT

    Oh yes my parents made sure we watched every week.. It was one of the shows I liked as a child. One of the others was Bonanza.

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  15. Jannie FunsterMay 5, 2011 at 5:38:00 PM EDT

    Hey, if this were May 5th, would that possibly make it 5 - 5 ??

    xoxo

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  16. KBMay 5, 2011 at 5:40:00 PM EDT

    Very interesting G :)

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  17. hedgewitchMay 5, 2011 at 6:18:00 PM EDT

    Have you noticed they don't make Westerns hardly at all any more? All the popular TV shows are still about gun smoke(and powder burns, and bullet markings and other ballistical type things)though.

    See ya later, 'Doc.'

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  18. secret agent womanMay 7, 2011 at 5:38:00 PM EDT

    I can tell I'm hungry, because I am not sure I entirely followed that train.

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