In one TZ ep about a killer he mentions how a sheriff in DODGE CITY tried to beat right and wrong into him with a wet rope. This is clearly an unofficial reference to Gunsmoke as they could have had the killer says it was, say, Denver.
Chester himself Dennis Weaver guested in TZ.
There was at the end of TZ ep many times a shot of a drawing of Marshall Dillon and you hear James Arness's voice saying I think to watch him a certain night of the week in Dodge.
Later superstar Burt Reynolds was Quint on Gunsmoke and he also guest starred on TZ.
Loads and loads of TZ actors guest starred on Gunsmoke. Like Pat Hingle and Dabbs Greer and John Dehner just to name a few.
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Reply by bratface
on January 29, 2021 at 8:12 PM
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Reply by Benton12
on January 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM
Standing by everything I said!
Reply by PT 100
on January 29, 2021 at 11:31 PM
Yes, I'm sure you are.
Reply by bratface
on January 30, 2021 at 12:23 AM
His harping on different actors supposedly 'loving' & 'promoting' Kim Il-sung's policies just irks me, along with his bible thumping & love for the 'orange overlord'! And his not allowing anyone to disagree with him is just childish. Most of the time I just ignore him but sometimes I just have to respond.
Reply by Benton12
on January 30, 2021 at 1:15 AM
In 1968 Millburn Stone won a richly deserved Emmy as Dr. Galen Adams on Gunsmoke. Nothing wrong with giving Stone it as he had excellently and steadily stayed in character all those years. But Ken Curtis offered something way better than just a steady performance. He offered a steady performance and ( like I said)one with tremendous variation! He really deserved an Emmy much more than the highly deserving Stone did. I strongly suspect there was bigotry against giving Curtis or the steady but unvaried James Arness an Emmy because there was getting to be a trend against violence on TV. Gunsmoke would soon open with Marshall Dillon riding a horse rather than firing a gun. The Emmy award board (?) was getting negative towards actors playing gun toting types. Even being good men doing it!
Reply by Benton12
on January 30, 2021 at 2:03 AM
I am sure they kept Millburn Stone from doing TZ himself. Sure he wanted to do it. Legendary show TZ was-- see my other postings! He may have been good in that robot ep with Inger Stevens. Stone playing what became John Hoyt's part!
Reply by PT 100
on January 30, 2021 at 4:46 AM
I didn't ever run into him until this thread, so I wasn't aware of all these weird quirks, including his devotion to the orange overlord. But now that I know that, it all makes sense. Thanks for filling me in. I don't plan to put him on ignore unless I keep running into him, which I doubt I will.
Reply by Benton12
on January 31, 2021 at 6:56 AM
To the rest of you reading: three points.
Reply by Benton12
on January 31, 2021 at 7:30 AM
They really should have made Inger Stevens a regular on Twilight Zone. They nearly did that for Robert Culp on Outer Limits. Miss. Stevens should have had a role in each season of TZ for maybe 3 times a season. Due to her very great beauty and intense acting she could easily have brought fine, very depthful characters and very appealing ones each time she guested. If she had been in 'Shadow Play' as Mrs. Ritchie her part would have been more substantial.
Reply by Tresix
on October 9, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Let me chase you down the freeway in a tanker truck and see how calm and quiet you are!