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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 3355223" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>An interesting piece of Trivia about that opening scene gunfight.</p><p></p><p>Back in the early nineties I met a gentleman who was a "wrangler" on the gunsmoke set,,,</p><p>He was also a wrangler n a few other westerns such as Have Gun - Will Travel,,,</p><p>He participated in SASS shoots in So-Cal where I lived at the time.</p><p></p><p>He told me that James Arness carried the long barrel revolver because he was so danged tall,,,</p><p>They tried having him carry a short barrel gun but it looked ridiculous on camera.</p><p></p><p>The opponent in the gunfight was Arvo Ojala (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_Ojala" target="_blank">click here please</a>),,,</p><p>Arvo was the expert quick draw guy in Hollywood at the time.</p><p></p><p>They used him as he was the only guy who could draw slow enough to let Marshal Dillon beat him,,,</p><p>And still make it look like he was drawing fast.</p><p></p><p>Apparently James Arness had ongoing back problems from his WW-II injury,,,</p><p>He couldn't draw a gun quickly no matter how hard he tried.</p><p></p><p>Gunsmoke came on at 8:00 PM (I think) when I was a little kid,,,</p><p>Mom and Dad would let me stay up just long enough for that opening shoot-out.</p><p></p><p>I would stand in front of the TV with my trusty cap-gun six shooter,,,</p><p>When the bad guy made his move I would try to outdraw him.</p><p></p><p>Most of the time it was, "Oh no Buster, he got ya.",,,</p><p>Sometimes it was, "You got him Buster, but you drew first.",,,</p><p>Every little boy in America knew that the good guy never drew first.</p><p></p><p>But every now and then it was,,,</p><p>"Way to go Buster! Ya got him fair and square."</p><p></p><p>The 50's & 60's were a great time to be a little boy in the U S A.</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 3355223, member: 13337"] An interesting piece of Trivia about that opening scene gunfight. Back in the early nineties I met a gentleman who was a "wrangler" on the gunsmoke set,,, He was also a wrangler n a few other westerns such as Have Gun - Will Travel,,, He participated in SASS shoots in So-Cal where I lived at the time. He told me that James Arness carried the long barrel revolver because he was so danged tall,,, They tried having him carry a short barrel gun but it looked ridiculous on camera. The opponent in the gunfight was Arvo Ojala ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_Ojala']click here please[/URL]),,, Arvo was the expert quick draw guy in Hollywood at the time. They used him as he was the only guy who could draw slow enough to let Marshal Dillon beat him,,, And still make it look like he was drawing fast. Apparently James Arness had ongoing back problems from his WW-II injury,,, He couldn't draw a gun quickly no matter how hard he tried. Gunsmoke came on at 8:00 PM (I think) when I was a little kid,,, Mom and Dad would let me stay up just long enough for that opening shoot-out. I would stand in front of the TV with my trusty cap-gun six shooter,,, When the bad guy made his move I would try to outdraw him. Most of the time it was, "Oh no Buster, he got ya.",,, Sometimes it was, "You got him Buster, but you drew first.",,, Every little boy in America knew that the good guy never drew first. But every now and then it was,,, "Way to go Buster! Ya got him fair and square." The 50's & 60's were a great time to be a little boy in the U S A. Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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