Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and John Dunning writes that among radio drama enthusiasts "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." The television version ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and was the United States' longest-running prime time, live-action drama with 635 episodes. In 2010, Law & Order tied this record of 20 seasons (but only 456 episodes). At the end of its run in 1975, Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith wrote "Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own Iliad and Odyssey, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp western as romanticized by Buntline, Harte, and Twain. It was ever the stuff of legend."
*It's time for the court to step in and give these infants constant, systematic care. Constant, systematic and as sterile as a hybrid jenny mule.
*Reb Kittredge: Did you ever think of settling down in one place, Johnny?
Johnny Lake: Yeah, I did settle down once.
Reb Kittredge: What happened?
Johnny Lake: They forgot to lock the cell one night. »
*It's time for the court to step in and give these infants constant, systematic care. Constant, systematic and as sterile as a hybrid jenny mule.
*Reb Kittredge: Did you ever think of settling down in one place, Johnny?
Johnny Lake: Yeah, I did settle down once.
Reb Kittredge: What happened?
Johnny Lake: They forgot to lock the cell one night. »
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